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A way to turn this into a positive thing and try to make amends for what i've said and for what others have said and done over the years. a lot of what i think is wrong here is not enough communication, not enough understanding of how people feel and how, you know, there has been immoral leadership in my part of the country for a long time. >> were you a part of that? >> yes, i can't deny that. and i, you know, i believe that i have changed and i'm trying to do a better job. yes, i believe i'm a part of the region in history that has not always done what they're supposed to have done. >> were ...

Yes, i believe i'm a part of the region in history that has not always done what they're supposed to have done. >> were you a part of that? >> yes, i can't deny that. trent lock made those comments about strong thurman and segregation in december, 2002. within a few weeks, he had resigned his leadership post in the senate and then later resigned from the united states senate all together. in the history of good or at least thorough political apologies, there's mark sanford's rambling 20 minute apology to essentially everyone he has ever come into contact with. there's trent lott apologizing ...

Troops. we actually have a full screen graphic of our troop levels from december 2002, 9,700, december of 2005, 17,80 o we went up 67,500. 97,000, now at 90,000. 68,000 troops a number we can hold at? does the american public stand by that? >> it's twice what was there when president obama was inaugurated. and there is this clearly articulated two-year plan to phase out in two years. so to the degree, apart from what the military people on the ground believe is the optimal number, as an optics thing for what the american people can stand, we're not cutting and running, it's an orderly phased o...

Doing. we knew some had visas to the u.s.. >> then the cia refused to share those with other agencies, such as the fbi, and the border patrol which allowed two to literally walk into the united states through the los angeles airport a week after the summer of terrorism concluded. >> we blew it. >> we blewett that advanced notice. we could have gotten a listening device in the condominium unit. the director of the cia had just said that al-qaeda, bin laden, was the number one priority to the agency and every effort should be given to corralling them before they attacked us. >> former senator gr...

December 2002. it dove into intelligence activities before and after the attack. intelligence matters, new novel keys to the kingdom. >> that was one of the recurring themes of nine 11. that is the right hand not talking to the left hand. >> this is probably one of the most painful things about me or things that i regret, i could not tell the bureau about what we were talking about. without getting approval from the bosses to tell the fbi. because it was cia-protected information only. >> after -- [ inaudible ] they arrived at l.a.x. via bangkok january 15th, 2000. unlike bin laden from a weal...