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Facts on the table, because they say for doctors without borders, its very simple. if they are going to operate in a war environment, they need to understand everyones rules of engagement. currently they do. they say it took two years of sort of talking to set up these hospitals in afghanistan. so they say if the rules of engagement have changed on the u.s. or afghan side, they need to know about it. it needs to be on the table. then they can decide how to operate. really there is a very strong ...

How can anyone view this as anything other than the lowest moment between united states and russia in the post-cold war environment? >> david, you can get into these grand proclamations about where things are and where they arent. the fact is we live in an extremely complicated world right now where everybody is working on ten different things simultaneously. russia is working with us in a cooperative way on the p5 plus 1. we just had important meetings in vienna. >> this is about irans nuclear ...

Shooting at and thought they were shooting at one thing and it ended up being a tragic, criminal mistake. >> absolutely. a key thing in a war environment is everybody is on a hair trigger. the adrenaline is pumping. they are looking at how to score another kill. thats the mind set that you are dealing with. because you are dealing with that kind of mind set, the mistakes are going to happen. we had a similar incident involving the u.s. navy when we shot down the iran air jet in 1988 from tehran ...

The two big takeaways that i think i want to answer that with, the first and foremost is that this is really about russia trying to flex its muscle in this post-cold war environment. now, if russia is able to do this and to support crimea, really this is just going to expand their foothold in the region as they look to expand. you know, but also, i think that folks have to remember, there is a natural gas pipeline running through ukraine. if russia has that influence, a lot of europe, a lot of o...

international norm that we believe in and for us to provide strong support to continue to talk to the russians, the chinese, and others about why it is that they need to stand up on behalf of people who are being shelled mercilessly and why it is important for them to join us in a coalition, thats the most important thing that we can do right now. there may be immediate steps to discuss to make sure that humanitarian aid is being provided in a robust way and to make sure that an opposi...

Cases and hear both sides would have made the determination that the best thing is to go with the tried and true, to go with the system that has served us well. and distinguishes us as a nation. >> reporter: republicans in congress called it the right thing to do . >> american people realized how wrong it was to hold a civilian trial anywhere in new york or anywhere on the continental united states. >> reporter: so did some family members of the 9/11 victims. >> the man was caught in a military ...

The u.s. said -- some spanish courts have also found that this was in a war environment and that the u.s. troops were not intentionally trying to kill civilians. >> al goodman. we will follow up. 40 years on capitol hill but today will be like no other for legendary congressman charlie rangel. going to work with kids. i want to run a marathon. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe youre never done growing. i want to take him on his first flight. [ female announcer ] discover the best of what...

In an insurgency and a war environment. >> karen, this idea of training and arming iraqi forces is a compromise measure of sorts. hes ghg but going in cautiously. do you thing president will be able to get away from these aczagss a accusations from hawks on the hill hes leading from behind? >> the military supported this concept of the light footprint. you have got these 300 special forces and they are going in to gather intelligence so we have a better sense of whats really going on on the grou...