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Command er commander, where is the pentagon? why don't we have communication among the four groups? why is the state department handling what is essentially a military operation at that point and the cia who has all of their people there. >> you hit on something extremely important. because at the end of the day, one of the primary reasons for being in eastern libya has to do with the state department. the operation is one of the largest of the operations in africa and also the middle east. director, when the cia is under attck in libya, may be some place to be found in this. >> well there is ...

Ever realistically an option? >> i don't think so. i wouldn't expect any command er in chief to even consider this proposition of leaving somebody behind on the battlefield. there are suggestions because of his political views, religion, you don't leave people behind. i was talking with someone earlier. my parents freaked out when i went to afghanistan both times. if i had been captured. do i want to say this nice jewish kid, not sure if we're going to go get him. >> we owe it to our men and women in uniform. >> i disagree. i think not getting him now was an option. the assertion that we're at...

Clear. he definitely made clear battle lines between them saying i'm realistic basically and they are being pie in the sky. >> panel, thank you. we have this stereo speech going on in ohio with vice president joe biden taking the obama reelection message on the road. now the first major stop moments ago in ohio. what may be the most pivotal swing state. the command er in chief had had their back. >> i'm back. you're back. the industry is back. mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich, these guys have a fundamentally different economic philosophy than we do. simply stated, we're about promo...

shot rick santorum leap frogs into fourth. his support has tripled since the beginning of the month and closing in on mitt romney and ron paul who are locked in the statistical ties within the margin of error. joe johns is in des moines to break it down. of course, the question is, did the gingrich camp see this coming? >> yeah, i think to some degree they saw this coming. hammering ron paul, for example. also, mitt romney. it's pretty clear that gingrich saw he had some problems because he was just getting hammered on tv ads day after day from these guys. a lot of people attacking h...

>> gates was? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but he says he couldn't get anything done. and i think, you know, as you read through his complaints, what you see is really just a lack of leadership on the part of the command er in chief. >> he supported the troops, but he didn't support his own strategy. not the surge in 2009 but against the advice of robert gates and david petraeus, the military commander at the time, he put a deadline on all withdrawal. meaning he undermined his own war effort and undermined the troops he was sending into afghanist afghanistan. >> kim, what about this issue that he talk...