she's presently the director of the general billy mitchell institute for air power studies, which is an air force association non-profit dedicated to studying all forms of air power. as well, she's president of iris independent research. performing strategic planning for both aerospace and government clients, including the air force and the navy. then we'll hear from mackenzie eaglen. she received her masters from georgetown university and served as the presidential management fellow in the office of secretary of defense and joint staff. then she served as a research fellow over national security at the heritage foundation as well as a staff member on the 2010 quadrennial defense review and independent panel. she's currently a fellow in the maryland ware center for security at the american enterprise institute. finally, we're welcoming back to brookings tom davis, who is notably a former brookings federal executive fellow. behind that, a graduate of the u.s. military academy, has a masters in international security economics from harvard university. as an army officer has was a progr

mitchell. al hunt. sam stein and in new york, billy barnicle and willie geist. >> there's a reason we declared in our bylawso-attack joe zone. the guy is beautiful. like a rainbow, as cyndi lauper sang. >> he is actually very refreshing compared to the rest of the campaign, two mild-man r mild-mannered guys, the governor of the united states, and low-key, even-keel, same pitch, no matter what they're talking about. >> not joe. he's on fire! >> the guy is on fire. absolutely. and yet he's got a reason to be on fire. new bloomberg polls out this morning that shows the president has a 13-point lead over mitt romney in the general election match-up. that's a number sure to get a lot of eyebrows raised. when it comes to the president's handling of the economy, 53% say they disapprove, 43% approve. however, 45% say they are better off now than they were in 2009 when president obama was inaugurated. 36% say they are worse off. al. this is -- these are big numbers. do you believe it's really a 13-point spread right now? >> i'm not sure about that, joe. but i do believe in the poll in the sense that i think if you l

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