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Sanctions. as we have heard from will ripley's reporting in north korea, that doesn't seem to have an effect. in fact, it has a reverse effect where it galvanized them to achieve their goal of having an advanced nuclear program for what they say is a deterrent to what they perceive as western aggression which the united states and south korea says is laughable because they say the only thing they are doing is defensive measures. these drills we saw this last week, they say they are just defensive measures as a show of force. but they say all the drills that are conducted, all the military exer...

Fighting a local revolution. the biggest threat to us is the ones that glum on to the transnational terrorist agenda. that's what we're trying to protect the homeland from. i think the second thing we need to be aware of is the limited ability that we have on our own to control this. we need local partners. we need people in these nations who are willing to stand up and fight against al qaeda, and when those people emerge, we have to help them. that's why for some time i thought we should have done more in syria, in terms of at least supporting the moderate groups who are opposing the violent ...

In fact, we've been speaking to sources on the ground in damascus. the official government line out of syria is that they are remaining defiant. the situation remains calm. the people and the government will defend their territory in the face of what they're calling western aggression, but no doubt about it, when you speak to ordinary syrians as we've been, there is a great sense of anxiety and fear. in fact, we've seen in the last 24 hours a massive spike in prices of basic food commodities, basic gasoline, a lot of basic medicines. people are nervous. people are anxious. that is a dimension ...