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Good afternoon, monday, september 9th and the commander in chief is trying to persuade a reluctant nation. The United States should take military action. Jts even though youve seen the bodies. How can you talk about what happened if you dont have evidence . Assad has barely put a debit in his enormous stockpile. Nobody doubts the intelligence. There is video for people to measure for themselves. What does it for america . No political gain, no economic gain, no good reputation. Having a few missiles will not restore our credibility. I dont think were going to do anything to assad. The minute o...

United in confronting the threat of isil. There was a spirited debate ahead of the senate vote, 12 republicans and 10 democrats voted against the plan with opposition from war weary democrats and republicans skeptical of the strategy. I do not support the arming of rebels in syria. Some of my colleagues here are talking about combat troops. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Sending arm to socall moderate islamic rebels in syria is a fools ear rand and will only make them stronger. There is no guarantee of success. There is none. But there is a guarantee of failure if we do not even try. In iraq,...

Im back turning to iowa for the First Time Since her third finish since 2008. Is the hawk eye state ready for hillary this time around . Does it feel good to be back . Its great. Couldnt have been better. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york back from iowa. Secretary of state kerry is in paris and persuaded some arab states to join air strikes against isis in iraq, but in a meeting of 30 countries it is unclear what will be provided to baghdad and by whom. A key question is the role of turkey. We find Richard Engle from istanbul. This has not been easy getting this coalition together. Its ...

Until today, he was director of corporate security for comcast. The Parent Company of msnbc. Lets go live to nbc senior White House Correspondent Chris Jansing. What is the president s reaction . Reporter the official statement is that the president accepted julia piersons resignation, this is their wording. Recent and accumulating reports about the performance of the Agency Required new leadership. But once it was clear that in a series of cases, the president and members of his family were in danger, the situation had really become untenable. And the most recent example, press secretary josh...

To president obama . Earlier today, before meeting with the president , House Speaker john boehner dodged the question of troops on the ground. What im hoping to hear from the president today is a strategy that goes after isis and destroys them. Are you opposed to ground troops, or is that an option . I am looking for a strategy from the president that takes on this terrorist threat and defeats it. But we did get some hints about the gops directions from others in the party. Today, House Republicans met with the architect of the disastrous bush era middle east policy. Former Vice President dic...