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But we now have a pipeline that is growing exponentially. the stuff i used to get to the principle for, a criminal record and that is nowhere for society who says they care about his children to behave. the second game of your show tonight is that washington is run by big money. i have been heartened by you going aggressively on the assault weapons ban. these politicians have failed us. democrat and republican, they are spineless. there milquetoast, harry reid was wrong to not bring the stuff fo...

12 years and whether the country feels connected to them. but theres a specific problem with drone warfare when our officials have to deny that they have any knowledge that these things are happening. do you think it would make any difference when officials who are supposedly directing the war to have to admit this stuff to us? >> well, it does give, there is some ability under title 50, what the cias under, that because they can basically lie, because its a covert program. they dont have to be ...

Feels connected to them. but theres a specific problem with drone warfare when our officials have to deny that they have any knowledge that these things aren haing. do you think it would make any difference when officials who are supposedly directing the war to have to admit this stuff to us? >> well, it does give, there is some ability under title 50, what the cism as under, that because they can basically lie, because its a covert program. they dont have to be necessarily forthful and they wou...

Merits of the war, no one can debate where our military stands now. look at the massive budget cuts. but our next guest says were cutting humanitarian missions and thats going into the pentagon budget and delusional to think well have the same fighting force. mallory is the author of this book. whats in the defense budget that you think will upset some people? >> bench budget is loaded with all sorts of stuff. nation building, disaster relief, humanitarian aid. >> brian: hasnt it always been the...

Minyons is all stuck in our defense budget. >> brian: nation building, thats what happens. after saddam is you kind of help build a nation, setting up systems for reconnecting the electricity, getting the water flowing. afghanistan as well. dont you think that belongs in the budget? >> absolutely not. war fighting is what our defense budget should be for. it should be for protecting our nation against bad guys and bad countries. were more and more were leading it up with all sorts of other stuff...

To ensure war fighting and military readiness capabilities were not degrade degraded. saying those thing in other words moving the aircraft carriers would be okay. the sequestration would result in readiness of delay in investment and cutback and equipment repairs, decline and reduction in the base ceremonies for military families. >> this is not the efficient way to cut government. we are five years past the worst recession of our lif lifetime. government has grown. now businesses paired 2% of ...

More robust debate about the justification for the policy. we want a little more transparency. remember this is war fighting. there is a balance to be struck between letting generals and the executive branch, which has the ultimate commander-in-chief authority, of conducting the warfare and then a debate over some of the legalities of it and the terms that i think is fair game for transparency. but i dont think we want judges making decisions about who we can target, for example. that is not the...

To be reviewed by the intelligence committees, but i think more probably needs to be done. i have a question for david wood. first of all, david, huge fan of your writing. >> have you guys met? >> never met him. dont know him. just a huge fan. let me ask you, again, back to the operational aspects of the drone program, what do we know about how -- who has to check off the boxes to say this person is, indeed, a member of al qaeda or related to al qaeda, is indeed an imminent threat? who is the pe...

Hearings for senator hagel to that effect. >> dana, is this hagel fight really about his views on israel, for example, and iran? or is it really, truthfully, a proxy fight for something else? >> well, look, i mean, there may be people in the senate who have legitimate disagreements with him on israel. he is pro-israel. has he been 100% pro-israel by the aipac standard? no, he hasnt been. but you know who hasnt been? thats president obama. hes the one that makes the middle east policy. the defens...

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