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Two more quick points quickly. >> i agree. bill: the china drone, is that matter over now, yes or no? >> i've been told by the united states navy that they have it now back in their possession p so, you know, in terms of the theft of it and the return, that's over. but, obviously, look, we're mindful of the tensions there in the south china sea and what they did did nothing to deescalate the tensions we're all feeling there. bill: final question. you go to private life very soon. what advice do you have for your successor or successors? [laughter] >> well, i tell you that's a great question, b...

The ground. the notion that the united states should be putting boots on the ground i think would be a profound mistake and i want to be very clear and very explicit about it. >> it would be a profound mistake. but that is what the obama administration announced very quietly today. american boots on the ground inside syria, which is unavoidably, something president obama has explicitly said would not happen. well, the white house went out of its way today, and this is stressed as well by a lot of the press reporting about this, they went out of their way today to stress that the total number o...

Prepared to respond. >> can you talk about the role in the media in this? some of these news organizations are holding back information. the australian press reporting quite a bit about what they say is not being reported because they assume that the person who has taken the hostages might be monitoring the media. >> that's right. he probably is if he has any access to a radio or television, he has any brains, he'll be monitoring it. that's good that the australian press is showing restraint. this is something i think american press also do whether it be a hostage situation that's purely crimi...

Side that the story be told. you can use it to condemn israel and use it to condemn hamas. >> bob, what about the deaths of the teenagers on the beach. how does that play into it? >> well, you just can't help it. you go to gaza. it's so tightly packed. there are civilian casualties. even when the israelis call in advance to bombard a neighborhood you can't get that message through. not everybody has a telephone. you know, the moment they decide to go in, you knew the casualties would go way up. i think the press reporting has been fair the. i have been listening to cnn all day. it's been fair....

Take official action to benefit the company in exchange for all that stuff. and for the entirety of that months-long investigation into that lucrative friendship between governor give me a rolex and the man who gave him a rolex, bob mcdonnell has maintained that he did not give any preferential treatment from the company and that the pile of loot that he received was essentially just a pile of gifts from a friend who he's not friends with anymore. that said, governor mcdonnell's wife did travel around the state and the country, touting the company's products. governor mcdonnell and his wife ho...