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Policymakers' decisions have caused. it is making us less safe, jeopardizing our security. >> all right. mark fallon, thank you for your insight. i sure appreciate it. >> you're very welcome. this hour in washington, the u.s.-led fight against isis is in the crosshairs. we're get an an update on what many americans fear can be end up in another open-ended war. the senate foreign relations committee is meeting right now. a formal declaration would place time limits on military commitment. elsewhere in washington, at the woodrow wilson center, the man leading the fight, retired general john al...

Can make progress there. that should just tell us alone we can have an idea where the president -- saying basically i'm not making a major military commitment until they know a political commitment can happen. if maliki can be that guy. politically, andrea, there may not be a more important voice that was uttered today, if you are the white house, than what dai david petraeus said, backing up the president's position which is i'm not doing anything here until that political process, until maliki sort of straightens out this political process. >> and that should certainly at least give some pau...

>> i think we do have intelligence. it's not to say you can stop it because you know it's coming. >> why is it surprise? why don't we anticipate anything? >> what are you going to do with crimea. once you anticipate it you can stop it. >> he didn't even know about it until they did it? >> i think they have a very clear idea. the cia director was on the ground in the ukraine with the next week. we know what's going on. >> i don't think you can blame our intelligence. >> you can say juan doesn't surprised. >> i just want to drive home a quick point which is this should be a crisis not a long ter...

One of the things you reacted to is you will most likely be put on this list of americans that will be sanctioned by vladimir putin, and you're fine with that? >> i'm just fine with that. my mother was born in lithuania and the baltics were held captive for decades by the soviets. when putin tries to show this growth in empire by invading the republic or georgia or ukraine, you bet we're going to speak out. if that makes him angry, so be it. >> i know you just recently got back from a bipartisan delegation from ukraine. what are your observations that you bring back and is the u.s. doing enoug...

>> are you -- there was some thought that engous king, whoever was in the majority is who he would caucus would. would you say something like that if you're running -- >> my real desire is to get a commitment to real roll call votes. for example, real tax reform, which would mean some increases on taxes for the very wealthy, as well as repealing certain deductions. number two, ending our overseas military commitment to intervening everywhere, a real vote on that. i'm for protecting our citizens. i'm for interventions where they're needs or killing osama bin laden, but i taught overseas as a fu...