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Their ambitions with regards to a nuclear capability? probably not. is panetta right? >> probably. he is probably right. i can tell you one thing, iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago or a month ago or a year ago. it is just moving on with its efforts. and i think there is a great danger to the world not only to my country but to the united states, to the middle east, to peace, to all of humanity from the prospect of such a regime that brutalizes its own people that sponsors terrorism more than any other regime in the world that this regime acquires atomic ...

Their ambitions with regards to a nuclear capability? probably not. is panetta right? >> probably. he is probably right. i can tell you one thing, iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago or a month ago or a year ago. it is just moving on with its efforts. and i think there is a great danger to the world not only to my country but to the united states, to the middle east, to peace, to all of humanity from the prospect of such a regime that brutalizes its own people that sponsors terrorism more than any other regime in the world that this regime acquires atomic ...

People understand, the key is not afghanistan. the key is pakistan. >> oh -- >> and you're exactly right. pakistan's playing ball. >> are they? is panetta -- are these fellows layinging a premise to say, al qaeda's contained, now we can deal with the taliban and get out of here. >> could be. >> could be the long run, possibly. >> what else are you looking at? >> more from david paterson from new york. another resignation. his press secretary and chief spokeswoman calling it quits. suggesting the administration misled her about that domestic violence case where paterson and state police alleged...

Unannounced trip. he is the first high-ranking u.s. official to visit in the wake of that u.s. soldier's alleged massacre that killed 16 afghan civilians. the taliban vows to avenge the murders by beheading american soldiers. conner powell live in afghanistan. conner, how is panetta's visit being received there? >> reporter: secretary of defense panetta arrived in afghanistan and went straight to helmond province. this is the area of afghanistan where surge strategy showed real results. security has improved. he met with afghan troops and afghan officials there. he arrived in kabul, meeting af...