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>> you once worked for the navy, sir, as a ballistics analyst, i believe, was the job and ran a food service industry, ceo of a pizza chain. do you think you're qualified to be defense secretary? >> how do you define qualified? one thing people didn't talk about when i was a candidate, i served as advisory board member for strategic air command when i was in omaha, nebraska. i believe the defense department. needs strong leadership more than they need someone who might be a defense expert just as i believe that's what's needed in every one of the cabinet positions. >> let me ask you lastly, si...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com under two hours from the start of iowa's presidential caucuses. a vote to shrink the field and perhaps give us a front-runner. mitt romney predicting, quote, we're going win this but his opponents are promising the governor will have a much harder time after tonight. this afternoon the former house speaker newt gingrich told reporters his ads will start drawing, quote, a sharper, clearer contrast with governor romney and on cbs this morning, the former speaker, remember, he's the candidate who keeps promising to stay positive, well, gingrich ca...

things of which he didn't agree. >> and a holiday special. the best of our "getting to know" series. >> i didn't want to be a nun and i didn't want to be a congress wam. >> i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." the politician of the battle over the extension of the payroll tax goes something like this -- the president, one, republicans lost. >> may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. we were able to come to an agreement. >> some democrats suggest the payroll tax cut battle was a tu...

dick cheney. >> i think the vice president was disappointed that in the second term we did a number of things with which he didn't agree. and the best of our getting to know series. >> i didn't want to be a nun and i didn't want to be a congresswoman. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." the politics of the battle over the extension of the payroll tax goes something like this -- the president won, republicans lost. >> may not have been the politically smartest thing in the world but let me tell you what -- i think our members waged a good fight. we were able to c...

Newt gingrich wanted to talk about the dangers of electromagnetic pulse attacks. herman cain wanted to discuss his former career as a ballistics analyst. mitt romney and rick santorum both wanted to talk about the prospect of radical islamists invading latin america. we sort of found those answers a little puzzling, because if you asked us that question, there are all sorts of foreign policy issues that we here at the ma dough show would have had on the agenda that weren't touched during last night's debate, things like the current debt crisis in europe that threatens the underlying security. ...