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State tv announced among the dead, assad's defense minister and his intelligence chief who also happens to be the president's brother-in-law. >> this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control. >> reporter: in the u.s., defense secretary leon panetta called it a real escalation of the fighting. it's the first time rebels have taken out some of the very officials responsible for the bloody crackdown that activists say has killed 17,000. syria already appointed a new defense chief who threatened rebels with a promise to cut off every hand that harms the security of the homeland and c...

kelly ayotte the new freshman senator from the state of new hampshire will be appearing with mitt romney in portsmith in a few minutes from now. this is part of the veep stakes. she's one of the potential running mates that the romney campaign will be taking a good long hard look at. that vet progress sees, that selection process is just getting under way. there's a throat be said for kelly ayotte and why she's being considered. she has a lot of tea party support up in new hampshire. she was endorsed by sarah palin. she has a tough on crime background. she was the attorney general in...

>> i don't think he's really factor in south carolina. the story line as i see it, is you have a number of conservatives and i don't b put huntsman in that category who are dividing the same vote. you have perry, gingrich, santorum all competing for that same vote that pulls away from one another. if you had one conservative standing there, they could give him a run for his money. >> all right. thank you very much smiek l smerconish. thanks. iran raised its rhetoric against the west. the intelligence chief warns of firm response to last week's killing of a nuclear scientist in tehran. it's a...

that it's krun f time? and we're digging deeper into ron paul's writings and finding -- sexual harassment victims. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're here in the new cnn election center counting down to the final few days and hours before the first contest of 2012. the new iowa poll out today reenforcing mitt romney's place at the top of the pack, running neck and neck with ron paul. it drives home the bombshell findings of our poll this week, sh showing rick santorum has surged to third place in iowa, while newt gingrich has faded. it's put iting more and more p...

And you and i and everybody else ends up picking up for them. i don't think having a free rider system in health is any more appropriate than having a free rider system in any other part of our society. >> let me ask you about the u.s. role in the world. we're still digesting the intelligence that's coming out of the raid in pakistan that killed osama bin laden. you said in february, an honest assessment on 9/11 this year, ten years after the attack, would have to lead to the conclusion that we are simply and slowly losing the war. do you still feel we're losing the war against terror? >> abso...