bin laden had been part of the anti soviet resistance originally as a humanitarian worker in pakistan and then he eventually went to the battlefield and got so caught up by that he ended up leading a team of arabs who fought against the soviets inside of afghanistan no they were pretty incidental to the fight it's there are far more afghans there were arabs at any given point inside of afghanistan fighting the soviets but to this was kind of the parity got bad faith of how you get a superpower of training that the afghan soviet war brought down the soviet union i think it's not entirely clear historically that it did. especially if you do get it i mean it's a it's not entirely clear what kind of impact it has historians have mixed views on this given that you by nine hundred eighty six the afghan soviet war cost about three billion dollars i would want to accept the loss of oil export money as well as grain shortages within the soviet union the annual price tag of those far the worth of the afghan soviet war but if the afghan war was a significant contributor it was precisely by grind

bin laden had been part of the anti soviet resistance originally as a humanitarian worker in pakistan and then eventually went to the battlefield and got so caught up by that he ended up leading a team of arabs who fought against the soviets inside of afghanistan now they were pretty incidental to the fight there were far more afghans there were arabs any given point inside of afghanistan fighting the soviets but to this was kind of the heritage not that it failed of how you beat a superpower of a training that the afghan soviet war brought down the soviet union i think it's not entirely clear historically that it did especially if you get it i mean it's it's not entirely clear what kind of imagine has. historians have mixed views on this given that the sixty afghan war cost about three billion dollars i would want to accept the loss of oil export money as well as grain shortages with. the annual price tag on those far towards the afghan soviet war if the afghan soviet war was a significant contributor precisely by a grand to get down in that one theater and just make good and evil fo

. >> let me ask you, where were you when you heard that osama bin laden had been killed, because for you personally, never mind professionally, it must have been an extraordinary moment in your life having spent so long trying to catch him after 9/11. >> it was, indeed. i had just come in actually to washington d.c. i had landed that evening from california, and i flipped on the television, and they were getting ready to have the news conference, and i thought the president of the united states doesn't go into the east room this time of night. i think they got bin laden. i was so gratified. i was grateful to president obama for taking a difficult decision because by all reports, it wasn't a certainty that osama bin laden was there, and i was very glad that i think we had left the infrastructure in place to make that moment possible. the courier, for instance, who in 2007 we learned of this courier who eventually gave up bin laden, and so -- or led us to bin laden, and so this was a great story of american perseverance over ten years said to foes in particular we don't give up until t

since navy seals killed osama bin laden six months ago. libya's interim prime minister has announced a new transitional government to steer the country towards its first democratic elections in june and the freshly appointed cabinet will also be responsible for drafting the country's new cost of interim prime minister. says that the lineup is designed to represent all of libya and put an end to regional rivalries the country is aiming to forge a more democratic path after former leader more michael duffy was captured and killed just one month ago. an independent commission disputer publishes fight on the violent repression of pro-democracy protests earlier this year human rights violators are expected to be named in a report which has taken almost five months to prepare but many opposition members and rights groups fear it won't go far enough in naming those responsible for alleged torture and other abuses on tuesday police tear gas and clashed with protesters following a funeral procession for a teenager who was run over by a police vehic

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navy seals killed osama bin laden six months ago. libya's interim prime minister has announced a new transitional government to steer the country towards its first fully democratic elections in june the freshly appointed cabinet will also be responsible for drafting the country's new constitution interim prime minister ibrahim al qaida says the lineup is designed to represent all of libya and put an end to regional rivalries the country is aiming to forge a more democratic path after former. was captured and killed just one month ago. in mexico security forces have seized more than fifteen million u.s. dollars in cash after searching a car in the border city of tijuana during a military raid packages of cocaine weapons and jewelry were also found authorities believe the vehicle was heading to a home. used as a financial hub by the country's most powerful drug cartels and it's the second largest cash seizure since president felipe calderon took office nearly five years ago. and through some dramatic pictures which were seen live by ho

bin laden and after that there were several protests across the country in pakistan men. dani's want to cut ties with the united states the united states hinted that it would perhaps stop funding or sending aid to pakistan and obviously things cooled down after that but if there is a further investigation into this incident and everything proves to be accurate with nato killing twenty five pakistani soldiers it could have huge huge implications for relations between the united states and pakistan and further ripple effects for politics in this region. there unfortunately this isn't the first time pakistani troops have died nato cross border strike can you give us more of the back row. that's right actually not just last year of united states accidentally killed two pakistani soldiers on the border and in that incident as well the pakistan afghanistan border was also shut down there have also been a lot of talk about these unmanned drone strikes that have been going on across the border by the united states in pockets of the obviously the purpose of these missions these un

assistance to avert a military takeover in pakistan after the killing of osama bin laden in may he denies the allegations made by a u.s. based lobbyist and role has highlighted the divide between pakistan's weak civilian government and the military and washington's shadowy role in the country. a roadside bomb in the somali capital has left eleven people dead and many injured officials say the explosion happened in a normally safe district of mogadishu by the city's main base for a thousand strong african union force is located the african union has been recently pushing all al qaeda linked insurgents out of the last neighborhoods in the capital they control. and it's been a soft landing on the step of cars it's done for a russian soyuz capsule and its crew the russian american and japanese space travelers returned after six months in orbit and at least one bought reports now from mission control after a descent from the international space station the soyuz module has safely touched down in a step in kazakstan put a surrogate volkov them might force them have been up on the international

bin laden-- administration support of arab spring uprising that brought down the regime in egypt and toppled and killed libya's moammar qaddafi and the announcement of a drawdown of all u.s. troops from iraq by the end of this year, the american people give president obama some of his highest marks in foreign affairs. a recent poll showed 63% of those asked approved of mr. obama's handling of terrorism. another 52% were in favor of his iraq war policy that hasn't stopped the republican candidates from attacking the president on the issue and showing their own divisions in the process. the front-runner, former massachusetts governor mitt romney outlined his position in a speech at the sit dell in september. >> america has the strongest economy and military in the world. >> reporter: followed by former utah governor jon huntsman days later. >> the world is a better place when america leads. >> reporter: but the debates have shown a range of opinions on u.s. action in afghanistan. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> victory against the taliban in afghanistan is that taliban is

bin laden had been part of the resistance originally as a humanitarian worker in pakistan a dead he eventually went to the battlefield and got so caught up by that he ended up leading a team of arabs who fought against the soviets inside afghanistan now they were pretty incidental to the fight there were far more afghans there were arabs at any given point inside of afghanistan fighting the soviets but to bin laden this was kind of the parity fate of how you get a superpower training that the afghan soviet war brought down the soviet union i think it's not entirely clear historically that it did. especially if you did get it it's it's not entirely clear what kind of impact it has historians have mixed views on this given that you're by nature to sixty afghan soviet war cost about three billion dollars when one looks at the loss of oil export money as well as green shortages within the soviet union and you will price tag of those far the worth of the afghan soviet war but if the afghan soviet war was a significant contributor it was precisely to get down in that one theater and thus

he talked about changing his name to osama hussein, to celebrate his heroes, osama bin laden and saddam hussein. piment pimentell talked about killing u.s. service men returning from iraq and afghanistan, particularly u.s. army and marine corps personnel. he talked about bombing post offices in and around washington heights and police cars in new york city, as well as a police station in new jersey. as in other terrorist cases, pimentell's behavior morphed from simply talking about such acts to action, namely bomb building. pimentel followed instructions from anwar al awlaki's "inspire" magazine, to first acquire the bomb-making materials and then assemble them. he relied on a particularly notorious article called "how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom." pimentel acquired the readily available ingredients from home depot and other stores, being careful not to make all of these purchases from any one location at the same time. he wanted to avoid raising red flags. he used elbow joints, customarily used to join two pipes, as the main housings for the bombs. right here is an elbow

bin laden had been part of the resistance originally as a humanitarian worker in pakistan and then he eventually went to the battlefield and got so caught up by that that he ended up leading a team of arabs who fought against the soviets inside of afghanistan now they were pretty incidental to the fight there were far more afghans there were arabs and any given point inside of afghanistan fighting the soviets but to this was kind of the parody of how you get a superpower. that the afghan soviet war broke out and. i think it's not entirely clear historically that it did. especially. if it's not entirely clear what kind of impact it has historians have mixed views on this given that you by nine hundred eighty six the afghan war cost about three billion dollars i would want to accept the loss of oil export money as well as green shortages within the soviet union the annual price tag of those far to worth the asking of soviet work but if the afghan war was a significant contributor it was precisely by grinding it down in that one theater and thus making it an evil for the soviet union to

bin laden had been part of the anti soviet resistance originally as a humanitarian worker in pakistan and then eventually went to the battlefield and got so caught up with that that he ended up leading a team of arabs who fought against the soviets inside of afghanistan you know they were pretty incidental to the fights there are far more afghans there were arabs in any given point inside of other afghanistan fighting the soviets but to this was kind of the parity that it failed of how you get a superpower by training them that the afghan soviet war brought down the soviet union and i think it's not entirely clear historically that it did. especially if you did get it it's it's not entirely clear what kind of battle has historians have mixed views on this given that you by the age of eighty six the afghan war cost about three billion dollars. will look set to lots of oil export money as well as grain shortages within the soviet union the annual price tag on those far the worth the afghan soviet war but if the afghan soviet war was a significant contributor it was precisely by grinding

and violated pakistani sovereignty to assassinate osama bin laden with lost respect because people now fear. the united states because we're like a drunken person will go to war anywhere if you threaten us but now what is obviously his prime minister has come out and said there would be no more business as usual with washington there are no clear choice of probably a problematic because politically speaking i experiment and i'm going to prague. is not going to be a door it can be pretty good with total war and i want to meet you and warning everyone pakistan has been america's main ally in the region for decades but constant abuse of the partnership by the us has driven a wedge between the two many believe that papa stands case highlights that a u.s. bearing gifts while later stop at nothing to get what it wants marine upper nile artsy new york. two million public sector workers all over britain are on a massive strike over pensions they've marched through many of the u.k.'s major cities over half of all schools were closed as were many offices while hospitals have been badly affected

assistance to avert a military takeover in pakistan after the killing of osama bin laden in may he denies the allegations made by a us based lobbyist the reality of the divide between pakistan's civilian government and the military and washington's shadowy role in the country. roadside bombing that somali capital is left eleven people dead and many injured officials say the explosion targeted the city's airport located in a normally safe district of mogadishu there is also home to over nine thousand members of the african union force units recently been pushing al qaeda linked insurgents out of the last neighborhoods under their control in the capital. and it's been a soft landing on the step of kazakhstan for a russian soyuz capsule and its crew the russian american and japanese space travelers returned after a six month stint in orbit and artie's tumbling reports from mission control. after a descent from the international space station the soyuz module has safely touched down in a step in kazakhstan so to put a surrogate volkov and mike fossum a pin up on the international space statio

troops killed osama bin laden in may they claimed it was successful partly because pakistan didn't know about it so how big do you think a deal would be for nato and russia in particular in particular to lose islamabad support. well i think it would be a big issue and it certainly would but whether or not it's a big issue for washington it should be a big issue for the rest of us this is after all pakistan is after all a nuclear state the region is unstable the relations with india never been settled the outstanding question of kashmir has never been independent of kashmir has never been so i thought the border with afghanistan is used for the constant pretext for drone attacks with inside pakistani territory we know that the u.s. military with regard and in the preferred for the whole area after act as if it's one single single state so i think this is a very very dangerous moment i think what the united states and its allies nato allies have done is an extremely dangerous incursion i'm not surprised at the anger of the pakistani of the pakistani people and i think the message should g

bin laden had been part of the anti soviet resistance originally as a humanitarian worker in pakistan a dead he eventually went to the battlefield and got so caught up by that he ended up leading a team of arabs who fought against the soviets inside of afghanistan now they were pretty incidental to the fight there are far more afghans than there were arabs at any given point inside of afghanistan fighting the soviets but to build large this was kind of the heritage not bad faith of how you get a superpower by training them that the afghan soviet war brought down the soviet union i think it's not entirely clear historically that it did given that you by ninety six the afghan soviet war cost about three billion dollars whereas i would want to accept the loss of oil export money as well as grain shortages within the soviet union and you will price tag those far towards the afghans of the war but if the afghans are viewed as a significant contributor. to get down in that one theater and just be good and evil for the soviet union to adapt to other crises that so i think there are definitel

bin laden six months ago. he is interim prime minister has announced a new transitional government to steer the country towards its first fully democratic elections in june a freshly appointed cabinet will also be responsible for drafting the country's new constitution interim prime minister of durham shows the lineup is designed to represent all of libya and put an end to regional rivalries the country is aiming to forge wards of a credit past former leader of water get up he was captured killed just one month ago. an independent commission in bahrain is due to publish its findings on the violent repression of pro-democracy protests earlier this year human rights violators are expected to be named in a report which the state in almost five months to prepare but many opposition members and bribes groups fear it won't go far enough in naming those responsible for alleged torture and other abuses on tuesday in bahrain police used tear gas and clashed with protesters following a funeral procession for a teenager

assistance to avert a military takeover in pakistan after the killing of osama bin laden in may he denies the allegations made by a u.s. based lobbyist rose highlighted the divide between pakistan's weak so brilliant government and the military and washington's shadowy role in the country. a roadside bomb in the somali capital has left eleven people dead and many injured officials say the explosion targeted the city's airport in the normally safe district of mogadishu air is also home to over nine thousand members of the african union force in has recently been pushing al qaeda linked insurgents out of the last neighborhoods under their control. in the capitol. and the south korean parliament became a battleground when an opposition lawmaker decided to throw what's being called tear gas powered up it was angry that ruling party lawmakers pushed for a long haul free trade deal with the u.s. economy speaker was seen driving his eyes after being pals with the chemical ratification of the trade deal with washington was agreed despite strong opposition saying it favors us over self korean work

bin laden he's killed an american in yemen he's kept one time in the open is revive the military commissions but he could never be strong enough for me as he looks at the republican side if you look at the candidates that are running for office you can't be done in a week you can't be hateful enough so you can have a choice between dumb and hateful or just a lack of backbone on the on the left did he opened up the door for that you know at this latest presidential debate which focused on foreign policy we saw a majority of all the kind of society from jon huntsman and from ron paul say that they support waterboarding on that page don't believe that waterboarding is torture and that they support torture how president obama actually gone after people you know tried to work within the system and apprehend those who tortured those who ordered torture and you could say at the very highest ranks would this even be a part of the discussion it was interesting you were a party to the convention against torture this. there's an affirmative duty to investigate and prosecute you've had president obama y

bin laden he's killed an american in yemen is kept one time in the open these revive the military commissions but you can never be strong enough i mean it seems like on the republican side if you look at the candidates that are running for office you can't be done in a you can't call them so you've got the choice between dumb and hateful or just a lack of backbone on the what did he open up the door for you know at this latest presidential debate which focused on foreign policy we saw the majority of all the candidates aside from john huntsman and from ron paul say that they support waterboarding or that they don't believe that waterboarding is torture and that they support torture how president obama actually gone after people you know try to work within the system and apprehend those who tortured those who ordered torture and you could say at the very highest ranks would this even be a part of the discussion was is interesting you know we're a party to the convention against torture that's. there's an affirmative duty to investigate and prosecute you had president obama you had john mccain

what about the killing of osama bin laden? was the decision to kill him rather than capture him, whoever made it a war crime, and who do you think made it? what is the state of the evidence on that? take a good question. some the answer that into parts. first, the bin laden question. who made the call? i think the decision was to kill senior officials. i have no evidence of that. unless he walked across the room with his hand up, he was not coming out of there alive. secondly, i do not believe it was the right decision. i believe in a situation like that you be little the situation, the rule of law. the idea that we capture people, let's go to [inaudible] we went out of our way to capture the leader of panama. he was holding out in a radical capital. he was brought to justice and put in jail. it is about us, not them. the other thing about osama bin laden, we have had a lot of experience dealing with capturing people and bringing them back. if anwar milaki that's not back into new york, would have been the plan on that? the it

we've had free elections in 2004, we killed osama bin laden, we upended, dismantled al qaeda. we've achieved some very important goals for the united states of america. now, the fact that we have 100,000 troops nation building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built, when on the ground we do need intelligence gathering, no doubt about that. we need a strong special forces presence. we need a drone presence and we need some ongoing train of the afghan national army, but we haven't done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are getting very tired about where wre find ourselves today. >> let me let governor romney respond. >> let me respond. are you suggesting, governor, that we take all our troops out next week. >> did you hear what i just said? we should drawn down from 100,000. we don't need 100,000 troops, many of whom can't cross the wire. we need a presence on the ground that is more akin to 10 to 15,000. that will help with intelligence gathering and special forces responsibility

we've had free elections in 2004, we killed osama bin laden, we upended, dismantled al qaeda. we've achieved some very important goals for the united states of america. now, the fact that we have 100,000 troops nation building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built, when on the ground we do need intelligence gathering, no doubt about that. we need a strong special forces presence. we need a drone presence and we need some ongoing training of the afghan national army, but we haven't done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are getting very tired about where we find ourselves today. >> let me let governor romney respond. >> let me respond. are you suggesting, governor, that we take all our troops out next week? what's your proposal? >> did you hear what i just said? we should drawn down from 100,000. we don't need 100,000 troops, many of whom can't cross the wire. we need a presence on the ground that is more akin to 10,000, to 15,000. that will help with intelligence gathering and

we've had free elections in 2004, we killed osama bin laden, we upended, dismantled al qaeda. we've achieved some very important goals for the united states of america. now, the fact that we have 100,000 troops nation building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built, when on the ground we do need intelligence gathering, no doubt about that. we need a strong special forces presence. we need a drone presence and we need some ongoing train of the afghan national army, but we haven't done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are getting very tired about where wre find ourselves today. >> let me let governor romney respond. >> let me respond. are you suggesting, governor, that we take all our troops out next week. >> did you hear what i just said? we should drawn down from 100,000. we don't need 100,000 troops, many of whom can't cross the wire. we need a presence on the ground that is more akin to 10 to 15 15,000. that will help with intelligence gathering and special forces responsibil

we have gotten rid of osama bin laden. we made high command is essentially operational irrelevant, according to what analysts say. we will have combat troops out of iraq. as president obama promised an following president bush's plans at the end of this year. we have intensified activities in afghanistan. we got some operational results and we are on a draw down there. i think he has handled and worked his way through this pretty well. we need to be looking long-term as the united states. we need to strengthen our economy. we need to bring jobs and prosperity back to america because ultimately america's strength and influence in the world rests more on our economy than it does on the men and women in uniform. >> analyst will say that a number of major policy years -- president obama has continued many of the major bush administration policies. if you believe that thesis, i am wondering about how different things would be under a republican administration. essentially, is there a fairly unified foreign policy right now amon

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he talked about changing his name to osama hussein to celebrate his heroes, osama bin laden and saddam hussein. >>> now to the impending failure of the debt supercommittee. they are just about out of time and with time running out, the finger pointing has begun. we turn to fox 5's stacy cohan who is outside the capitol this morning. >> you remember this supercommit i don't was begun after congress failed to reach a deal earlier this year. that led to a downgrading of the u.s. credit rating. now, the supercommittee itself has hit a stalemate. what does that mean? the lack of success will automatically trigger $1 trillion in cuts. those cuts span a wide range of domestic programs and they include cuts at the pentagon. we spoke to mark plotkin who says the lack of success is simply unacceptable. >> i'm surprised. i thought after the debacle where the debt rating was lowered, where we were on the verge of default, that they create this contrivance to make them do unpleasant things and now, as they said, they've punted and i think they've soft pedaled the repercussions. the whole world is w

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he put our troops in to go after osama bin laden. he took them out. it is tough for the republicans to get to the right of the president on nafta security. host: here is one photograph. from the cnn debate last night company talking about newt gingrich's rise. we will show a number of clips. here is one from herman cain. it regards iran and the u.s. and israel. >> i would first make sure that they had a credible plan for success. clarity of mission and clarity of success. remember, when you talk about attacking iran, it is a very mountainous region. the latest reports say that that -- there may be 40 different locations. i would want to make sure that we had a good idea from intelligence sources were these are located. and it israel had a credible plan that appeared as if they could succeed, i would support israel, yes. and in some instances, depending on how strong the plan is, we would join with israel for that, if it was clear what the mission was and what the definition of victory was. host: general clark, there were other conversations about iran

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on osama bin laden, as you know he was discovered in pakistan in may. he was killed in a u.s. raid there. certainly the u.s. government is asking hard questions about which pakastani officials may have known what at what level. that is something there we have not heard the in. i think that the obama administration is saying that it is committed to a long-term diplomatic security economic relationship with these countries that we see as key to american security. host: we are getting your comments online at twitter. guest: if it certainly did hurt the efforts in afghanistan. once the iraq war began in 2003, it really diverted most of the focus at the pentagon to the rapidly increasing insurgent violence in iraq. there was a lot of consumption of the oxygen here in washington as violence increased in iraq. and then there was the surge and the debate about a role of the americans in iraq. the insurgency continued in afghanistan, but the military funding and the political attention that was given to afghanistan was far inferior to what iraq was receiving. i think that when obama ca

tonight, osama bin laden is history. al qaeda has been decimated. thanks to the bold and determined leadership of president, justice has been done and america is safer for it. typical of the person i know, president obama did not brag. he thanked our troops. he thanked our intelligence services. he moved on to the next terrorist who was threatening america and brought him to justice. he did not hang a banner, he did not pretend that the mission was accomplished. he got the job done. [applause] that is the change we believed in and that is the change the president delivered. four years ago, senator obama, at this podium, stood before you and said, he wanted to stop talking about the outrage of 47 million americans without health care. he wanted to start doing something about it. he promised then, i will make certain that every single american in this country has health care they can count on and i will not do it 20 years from now. i will not do it 10 years from now. i will do it at the end of my first term as president. folks, you know this. politici

this election is not going to be about osama bin laden. >> it's not about terrorism, not about 9/11 anymore. oh, i've got it. >> this election is about the economy. >> i've forgotten we don't care about this. >> look at this so we can actually show the problem area for john. a national security official under george w. bush told the "times," this is the core of the republican brand. you mess with it at your peril. it cuts directly to the essence of the brand republicans should be concerned about this. you don't agree, john, right? >> well, listen, what i think is that, mitt romney or whoever the nominee is going to have the foreign policy establishment, the republican foreign policy establishment behind them, and they are going to support each other, and i think that at the end of the day that brand on foreign policy is going to be just fine. >> you know, the other day, governor, herman cain of all people went up to see apparently henry kissinger. doesn't that show you the gap in what they were and what they are. >> it's enormous. >> and it's a hoot. the idea of those two people taking up t

this election is not going to be about osama bin laden. >> it's not about terrorism, not about 9/11 anymore. oh, i've got it. >> this election is about the economy. >> i've forgotten we don't care about this. governor, i want you to look at this so we can actually show the problem area for mr. feehery. a national security official under george w. bush told the "times," this is the core of the republican brand. you mess with it at your peril. it cuts directly to the essence of the brand republicans should be concerned about this. you don't agree, john, right? >> well, listen, what i think is that, mitt romney or whoever the nominee is going to have the foreign policy establishment, the republican foreign policy establishment behind them, and they are going to support each other, and i think that at the end of the day that brand on foreign policy is going to be just fine. >> you know, the other day, governor, herman cain of all people went up to see apparently henry kissinger. doesn't that show you the gap iç what they were and what they are? >> it's enormous. >> and it's a hoot. the idea of

he got osama bin laden and in this field, wolf, as you know bitter than i do, there is no john mccain. there is no republican hawk here like we saw in the 2008 elections. mitt romney disagrees with barack obama on iraq and afghanistan, but really, much more on the timetables of the withdrawal of the troops than anything else. so, these republicans are going up, whoever's the nominee, is going up against the president who really does have credibility on foreign policy with american voters. democrats and some republicans. >> how does the issue of iran and its nuclear program play into a debate like this one tonight? >> i think it's a very, very important issue and we asked in our cnn poll, let me tell you the question. the u.s. should use military action to get iran to shut down its nuclear program. we asked that question. democrats, you see, wolf. only 12%. independents, only 16% and even republicans, only 22%. so, there's really not any large amount of support per getting involved in iran in a military way, but these presidential candidates, some would argue have done a little bit of

this election is not going to be about osama bin laden. >> it's not about terrorism, not about 9/11 anymore. oh, i've got it. >> this election is about the economy. >> i've forgotten we don't care about this. governor, i want you to look at this so we can actually show the problem area for mr. feehery. a national security official under george w. bush told the "times," this is the core of the republican brand. you mess with it at your peril. it cuts directly to the essence of the brand republicans should be concerned about this. you don't agree, john, right? >> well, listen, what i think is that, mitt romney or whoever the nominee is going to have the foreign policy establishment, the republican foreign policy establishment behind them, and they are going to support each other, and i think that at the end of the day that brand on foreign policy is going to be just fine. >> you know, the other day, governor, herman cain of all people went up to see apparently henry kissinger. doesn't that show you the gap in what they were and what they are? >> it's enormous. >> and it's a hoot. the idea of

was he too smart to get osama bin laden? i mean, that's not the issue. if you have a candidate out there, i mean, ron just put it pretty well. if you're a president, you've got to be smart. you've got to have intellectual curiosity, as you talk about often. you've got to be able to absorb information. >> so you don't think there's a reason -- somewhere a kernel of truth in the charge that somewhere the president floats above the people, too elite in his experience -- or that he can think through anything and solve it. >> i think he has a lot of confidence. i think george w. bush had a lot of confidence. and you can argue maybe it didn't work out so well in many ways. >> you go on in here, ron. here's rick perry again criticizing president obama. let's listen. >> he grew up in a privileged way. he never had to really work for anything. and he never had to go through what americans are going -- you know, there's 14 plus million americans sitting out there, some of them watching this program tonight that don't have a job. this president has never felt that

was he too smart to get osama bin laden? i mean, that's not the issue. if you have a candidate out there, i mean, ron just put it pretty well. if you're a president, you've got to be smart. you've got to have intellectual curiosity, as you talk about often. you've got to be able to absorb information. you may end up with -- >> so you don't think there's a reason -- somewhere a kernel of truth in the charge that somewhere the president floats above the people, too elite in his experience -- not his experience, but his sense that he can think through anything and solve it. >> i think he has a lot of confidence. i think george w. bush had a lot of confidence. and you can argue maybe it didn't work out so well in some ways. >> you go on in here, ron. here's rick perry again criticizing president obama. let's listen. >> he grew up in a privileged way. he never had to really work for anything. and he never had to go through what americans are going -- you know, there's 14 plus million americans sitting out there, some of them watching this program tonight that