really becomes pretty empty. >> aaron david miller. a lot of interesting things.ng about the speech, obama is giving at west point in a few hours. book ending foreign policy here. ,000 then president bush outlined the new american strategy for the war on terror, defined this country up until this point. how thach deal wiey deal with t policy, military foreign pom see. it's a chance to close the book, what was essentially george bush's policies and move forward. >> it's interesting too. for the united states. they are criticized for being the world clils. when they withdraw, then they criticize again. for the american public. and we will have live coverage of obama's speech. cnn. coming up. 6 1/2 hours from now. >> of course. the european parliament it reeling after sun day's election brought major inroads for nationalists and anti--eu parties. >> the result of public anger. they're launching ee -- germanys chancellor and the french president spoke. >> we already feel pressure on the second day. we have how to either deep side. black or white. yes, no, that its not

there's some people fiercely critical, republicans especially, but aaron david miller wrote an interestingis visionless foreign policy that the president is pursuing seems to be working. maybe it's right for this moment, he said. >> you interviewed the president six times, four -- >> four times since he took office. >> what changes do you note? >> the hair is a little bit grayer, he remains very relaxed and calm and remains a careful talker. he parss words very carefully and that makes it a struggle to know where he stands. and that's what i think some of his critics are struggling with right now. for example we're wondering about syria, is he ready to aid the rebels more in syria or not? we got mixed messages from the administration and president on that. >> he was talking about syria. let's play a little bit of that from your interview. >> ultimately i did not think then and still do not believe that american military actions can resolve what is increasingly a sectarian civil war. and i also believe that ultimately the only way you're going to get a resolution that works for the syrian p