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Selected. >> it's interesting on who made that call. it's a small point but i learned in political debate you find the other side's weakness a question they're not willing to come straight with. it's like in boxing, you keep going to that bad eye, the one that's closing. we got this many on benghazi because for some reason they can't give it to us straight for some reason. >> the white house got itself in this mess on the talking points because they left the impression with reporters that they only made one change. the white house and the state department. jay carney said that back in november...

Went. >> yeah. >> issue, i predict, is going to be whether the white house had any hand in keeping this silent in 2011 when it became known to the leadership of the irs. >> president obama spoke for the first time, as i said, today, an this story. most important, perhaps, is when he said he first learned of it. this is he, personally speaking. not his white house staff. hard statement by the president today which made me very happy. here he is. >> i first learned about it from the same news reports that i think most people learned about this. i think it was on friday. and this is pretty straig...

The speaker of the house says he's committed to it. he's going to ride it as long as he can. what can the president do to protect himself in 2014 when republicans are going to use the issue to fight for control of congress? what can secretary clinton do with it if she runs for president? the president can hit it off to the side. the secretary is not so lucky. benghazi happened on her watch. assuming she did the right thing, she can grab ahold of the matter and stand out there before the american people and explain to all of us minute by minute how she met with the matter. i think she can. you ...

People. the question about whether or not there was sufficient amount of security, whether or not reasonable resources were there, they don't go to the competence of individuals seeking public office in 2014 and it will not even be a spectrum on the whole horizon by 2016. >> i agree with the mayor on 14. i'm not sure about 16. it depends on how your generation generates this issue. >> because it's hillary clinton, if she wasn't involved, it would be off the table. >> hillary has a pretty clean image. let me go to the irs issue, which i think has legs. if it's clean now, clear, rather, that age...

It clear the president is going to be asked about benghazi today. i was speaking to other reporters. they say that's the one they want to hear the way they view that issue. >> i'd like to put the people in different rooms, put them under oath and get the transcript. we'll be right back. we're waiting for the president and prime minister cameron to join us for a news conference. we expect it will be all about the irs and the benghazi questions that still linger. right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my ven...