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Think in the middle east. at this juncture it's wiser to hold back and let others act. >> your point as we saw on the map, those other countries with military might should, perhaps, give us pause if they are not acting. but spider marks, what is the risk, then, in not acting or just doing too little here? >> well, it appears like we're going to do too little. yet get ourselves potentially entangled in a fight in syria. and i completely agree. you don't want to have -- this is not necessarily a war of choice. it should not be a war of choice. in fact, the president has described the possibility...

Five-year-old hostage with as many comforting items as possible. what is really being done behind the scenes to secure the little boy's release. mary ellen o'toole is a former f.b.i. profiler, hostage negotiator and author of the book dangerous instincts how gut feelings portray us. first and foremost, law enforcement doesn't want to do anything that would antagonize dykes and exacerbate the situation. >> well, that's very true, they certainly don't. and they don't want other toss do that either, so i think that is a -- the most likely reason that there is very little information coming out on...

Wants. i don't think you can get anybody really different in the treasury position, and i think in the end, he's going to be confirmed. >> sean: what do you think, standing back, big picture, because the president clearly wants a lot of fights. he's willing to fight on chuck hagel and here you have a guy, john brennan for the cia who said that jihad is a legitimate tenant of isl-- tenet of islam and he said that he's not going to allow the debt ceiling debate to be died to spending cuts which we desperately needs. he obviously -- he wants a fight. what do you make of the strategy that he's emp...

Wants. i don't think you can get anybody really different in the treasury position, and i think in the end, he's going to be confirmed. >> sean: what do you think, standing back, big picture, because the president clearly wants a lot of fights. he's willing to fight on chuck hagel and here you have a guy, john brennan for the cia who said that jihad is a legitimate tenant of isl-- tenet of islam and he said that he's not going to allow the debt ceiling debate to be died to spending cuts which we desperately needs. he obviously -- he wants a fight. what do you make of the strategy that he's emp...

To the leadership in both houses of catholic. i have spoken personally to those folks over the course of this process and pledged that i would give them the input and information that would help them understanding how we're doing our job and how to do it better. >> i want to go to the white house where jill dougherty is standing by to talk about the politics of this bill. again, this is back and for the here. it is a controversial move that the president has made. i am assuming that this is helping him in some ways for his democratic base who don't think that he's been tough enough with republ...