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Interconvenienvene into another conflict? >> reporter: particularly i would call it an iraq and afghanistan syndrome because with two long engagements in the muslim world, there is very little appetite. weve seen a lot of push back and there are mixed signals coming from congress. you see people like john kerry saying there should be a no-fly zone, you see his partner on the foreign relations committee, dick lugar, republican, saying no there should be and there should be a war resolution from c...

Airstrips and stopping gadhafi from attacking their strongholds, and that is not likely to happen any time soon, because secretary of state and the other allies with the exception of france and great britain, indicated that they think this should go to the united nations for deliberation and debate. that could take weeks. and there will be opposition from russia, from china, which could veto any resolution authorizing that. theres also mixed signals coming from congress, some in both parties sup...

Clear people they were still holding out for in a woman a war resolution the means theyre there were pretty delegations meeting trying to find a solution. right we released all these lobbying efforts right up until the last minute we knew that the temporary exemptions that the european union and canada and mexico had obtained after the towers were originally announced in march were set to expire at the end of this month so we knew some kind of decision would be coming down by today at the latest...

Quote in the book many senators came to wish they voted against the resolution, the war resolution. i was one of them. wasnt alone in getting it wrong. i got it wrong plain and simple. lets go to mike on this. i think one question. why did hillary clinton and the other democrats vote for the iraq war? >> so what i tried to do -- >> is that a question youre going to answer? >> no, im not going to answer. >> take the question like hillary does. >> im glad youre straight about that. >> because in t...

2013, almost two years. but it doesnt seem like many of the new protocols have been implemented. he wanted to refine and repeal the war resolution itself to have to deal with this. new protocol for the drone program. reduction, reduced drone strikes by the end of 2014. this was done in 2015. obviously, i think the goal was when the afghanistan war was done and the withdrawal complete the drone program would maybe completely end or nearly end and move from the cia to the pentagon. obviously we di...

About this war resolution where they arguably have much more of a constitutional role in the matter and thats why when it comes to iran they want to obstruct obama. when it comes to iraq they want to be in a position to blame obama. they dont want to come up there and be on the hook and even get any buy-in on what is a very difficult proposition, and its a project that the american public is really not that keen on in terms of military involvement, further military involvement in iraq. >> evan, ...

American pilots its a quickie and its over and an actual cakewalk though it never happens as a cakewalk. theres allies in the field, iraqi government iranian forces shia mill sharks but we cant get the congress the republican senators, corker the foreign relations committee, nobody wants to get involved in saying this is what we should be doing over there in terms of a war resolution. explain. >> this is an amazing and stark juxtaposition. when it comes to diplomacy, when barack obama is out the...

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