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Democratic institutions to take root and to flourish. that's our aim in egypt. we're going to support that. and we believe it needs to be credible and irreversible. >> before you go i want to ask you about the u.n. vote on a we lugs brought forward by the palestinians to declare israeli settlement activity as illegal. you as the united states representative there vetoed that measure because of the word illegal. the administration believes that settlements are illegitimate but not necessarily illegal. my question is whether you worry that in the middle of all this protest, the administration ha...

As inconsistencies on the part of mr. aviation. by his actions the magazine writes mr. obama put other authoritarian allies on notice. he thinks that even pro western autocracies that fail to reform deserve to die. but how much reform? how many people are enough? to judge by the gale rat technology arab world this week he may have to answer such questions rather soon. >> david, for years and, indeed, throughout the course of this entire administration, we have been saying to our friends and partners in the arab and muslim world that there needs to be a process for full reform. there are condit...

Adviser, secretary of state clinton urging that restraint and encouraging what is now transpiring which seems to be the pull back of the military forces, and now real effort to engage the opposition in a broad based dialogue that will enable the people's aspiration to be discussed. >> can the government survive in bahrain? >> david, i wouldn't want to be in the business of predictions in this very volatile environment. we've seen change so rapidly. what we're encouraging governments in the region to do is recognize this is a yearning for change and reform. it needs to be respected. they need t...

Like ronald reagan and tip o'neil did. there's no reason not to adjust the age. we can afford some means testing. that will save social security from bankruptcy as headed towards across the board cuts in 20 years. i applaud what you're doing but let's put social security on the table. me and senator mccain will work on a resolution. >> senator durbin? >> david f-i could say this about social security. i want to thank my colleague for the kind words. social security does not add one penny to the deficit. social security untouched will make every promised payment for more than a years. the defic...

Isn't a whole lot that's actually known in benghazi, the eastern human rights watch reporting widespread government crackdown, violent -- the number of casualties unknown. what can you say about what the u.s. government knows about what's happening inside libya. >> we're concerned about reports of violence and attacks on civilians. we've condemned that violence and our view is libya as throughout the region peaceful protests need to be respected. they need to be able to exercise their universal rights that people around the world share. those rites include freedom of expression, freedom of ass...