moral unity in the second world war, as remembered in "sands of iwo jima" in '49, we have more equivocation and disillusionment in "the steel helmet." what's your outfit, soldier? (thomas doherty) where we see the increasing disintegration of the american memory and experience of war. say, what kind of an outfit is this? u.s. infantry. where's your officer? by the time we get to "platoon" the american platoon is not fighting the enemy; they're fighting each other. (announcer) vietnam veterans disagree on whether this shows the war exactly as they fought it, but most agree it has a profound effect. it's a pretty devastating film. it really is. it really touched the personal side of it. for vets, be ready for it. good afternoon, candidates, i'm captain vickers, leadership office here at officer candidate school. get cha' in the afternoon, get cha' during the death hour. to get us goin' this afternoon i'm going to show you a little bit of a film clip that's gonna give you an idea of everything that's wrong when you talk about a unit and professionalism and ethics we expect them to demonstrate.

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if you look back at his record, which is really one long series of equivocations and calibrations on the subject of abortion, you realize that he doesn't really have any strong personal feelings himself or doesn't seem to. when he was running for the senate in massachusetts, for instance, he was told by his pollster that basically you have to be pro-choice or you can't win in massachusetts. so he effectively became pro-choice. as he gets ready to run for president when he's been governor of massachusetts, now he needs to be anti-choice, and so that's what he becomes. while he's governor of massachusetts though and preparing to run for governor, he actually vetoed an emergency contraception bill. in other words, a woman comes in and says i've been raped or maybe my contraceptive device didn't work and i'm afraid i might become pregnant, i need something to prevent a pregnancy, no, mitt romney doesn't think women should have that available to them, and paul ryan, of course, doesn't think they should be able to have an abortion in the case of rape or incest either. >> i want to show som

will circle at least the foreign policy concept adopted in his biggest in because john says an equivocally because the country cannot be part of military alliance and cannot host other countries military bases or troops can only say tory goes back you stay in the band will be participation and this is crucial it is your dissipation membership they have suspended chest we hope this is a temporary measure in the mirror why did they take this step but i think they did because countries vastly different approaches to building a collective security system a story in six of the member states have been saying we should join our forces we should form a combined force and that we should set up next for coordination on the mic and should work together in various areas where they can but i won't go much into detail but the government is biggest in keep saying no we want to do everything within a bilateral form it only knows we're not interested in collective activities. when we say we should coordinate our efforts in aiding afghanistan's post conflict reconstruction is biggest and says it will only w

when we equivocate on our values, it make us look weak. when we look weak, our adversaries are much more willing to test us. >> that is a bunch of malarkey. this lecture on embassy security. the congressman cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. so much for the embassy security. governor romney, before he knew the facts, before he knew that the ambassador was killed, he was out making political statements. he was panned by the media around the world. this talk about this weakness, i do not understand what my friend is talking about. this is a president who has done everything he has said he is going to do. he has repaired our alliances. this is a guy who brought the entire world to bring about the most -- the most devastating efforts on iran to make sure they stop. these guys bet against america all the time. >> let me go back to libya. what were you first told about the attack? why were people talking about protests? when people in the consulate first saw armed men attacking with guns, there were no pr

there was no equivocation, no ambiguity whatsoever. he dominated.hat will be the impact in the polls as a result of what he did? >> yeah. well, first of all, got a white board to make the points. lou: all right. >> the debate challenger benefits from the debates, and seven of the last nine presidential debate serieses if you check polls before and after, the challenger has picked up ground. lose the first debate, and you tend to lose the series, and even if you are cover, have recovery in the second and third debates so the fact that was this was the first debate and strong performance by romney and weak by obama, probably means romney will at the end of the series have a gain. the gain is the impact is generally two to three points which may not sound like much, but when you're in a close as a race as this one is, and it is close. the track is five points as you said. take a look. there's 91 polls in the last 30 days, 91 national polls, not state polls, national polls, and the margin's been over two points. if mitt romney moves up two points and pr

when we equivocate on our values, it make us look weak. when we look weak, our adversaries are much more willing to test us. >> that is a bunch of malarkey. this lecture on embassy security. the congressman cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. so much for the embassy security. governor romney, before he knew the facts, before he knew that the ambassador was killed, he was out making political statements. he was panned by the media around the world. this talk about this weakness, i do not understand what my friend is talking about. this is a president who has done everything he has said he is going to do. he has repaired our alliances. this is a guy who brought the entire world to bring about the most -- the most devastating efforts on iran to make sure they stop. these guys bet against america all the time. >> let me go back to libya. what were you first told about the attack? why were people talking about protests? when people in the consulate first saw armed men attacking with guns, there were no pr

it's equivocal at best. it sometimes ends up being aggravating, but so far it hasn't panned out. why hasn't it panned out? in part because science isn't quite there yet in that we're able to see some things at a group level, but being able to talk bay single individual to look at their brain and to understand the extent to which their brain differences contribute to their behavior is very challenging. there just isn't enough data for that yet. you can say things at a groupwide level, though. and so kent mentioned earlier the case out of florida in the sue presume court graham in which the court said the juvenile should be treated differently with respect to life without the possibility of parole. the same happened in simmons where the court has treated juveniles differently. it may be the case we can start to do that. we can start to categorize people. we categorized a group of individuals in virginia and said those people who have mental retardation have lesser couple ability for a whole host of reasons, they're more likely to follow people. they're more likely to be subject to

when we see the equivocation that took place because this administration wanted a precondition policy so when greed and revolution started they were silent for nine days. when they see as putting daylight between ourselves and our allies in israel,t gives them encouragement. when they see russia watering down any further sanctions, the only reason we got the sanctions is because russia watered it down and prevented the sanctions. when they see this kind of activity, they are encouraged to continue. >> let me ask you what is worse, another war in the middle east or a nuclear-armed iran? >> this is the world's largest sponsor of terrorism. there dedicating themselves to wiping off the country off the map. if they get weapons, other people in the neighborhood will pursue nuclear weapons as well. we cannot live with that. >> war should always be the absolute last resort. that is why these crippling ebections -- that bb netanyahu says we should continue. governor romney says he we should continue. he changes his mind so often. he says they're working. the fact is they're being crippled by

lou: there was no connection our intelligence says without equivocation which is rare at the early stageswas murdered in a terrorist attack affiliate's of al qaeda. >> he was killed in a safe house. had you get into this eight house? lou: precisely the point*. >> it was planned. they knew where to go. i will hold on to this point* they were disgruntled lou: thank you for your thoughts and assuring them tonight as always. [laughter] fred barnes, they give for being with us and up next

. >> we should not be imposing these devastating defense cuts because what that done when we equivocate- >> bill: get in there. >> they are much more willing to test us. >> with all due respect that's a bunch of mularkey because everything he said was not true. >> bill: paul ryan came across as inexperienced and very very nervous. did you notice how many times he kept sipping water, like get me out of here. obviously a lot of his lines were rehearsed. he was not natural or uncomfortable at all. ryan said, mitt romney is a car guy. yeah, his father was the head of a car company, but he wanted detroit to die. >> to be fair mitt romney is a car guy. he has so many cars he needs an elevator for them. >> bill: and he said let me tell you about mitt romney he helped people who were injured in a car crash. and basically joe biden turned to him and said don't talk to me about car crashes, buddy. my wife and son were killed in a car crash. so ryan didn't have such a good night. anyhow, i thought it was great what do you say? 866-55-press. and all the reasoning could say was joe biden was smiling

lou: there was no connection our intelligence says without equivocation which is rare at the early stagesered in a terrorist attack affiliate's of al qaeda. >> he was killed in a safe house. had you get into this eight house? lou: precisely the point*. >> it was planned. they knew where to go. i will hold on to this point* they were disgruntled lou: thank you for your thoughts and assuring them tonight as always. [laughter] fred barnes, they give for being with us and up next i know the name of eight princesses. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. so let's talk about coverage. based on this chart, who would you choose ? wow. you guys take a minute. zon, hands down. i'm going to show you guys another chart. pretty obviou

we should not be imposing devastating defense cuts because what that does, when we equivocate on our values -- >> here -- >> it makes us more weak. it projects weakness. when we look weak, our adversaries are more willing to -- >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarky-- >> reporter: why's that so? >> that's not true. >> reporter: be specific. >> i will be very specific. the lect our embassy security, the congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. number 1. so much for the embassy security piece. number 2, governor romney, before he knew the facts, before he even knew that our ambassador was killed, he was out making a political statement, panned by the media around the world. and this talk about this -- this weakness -- i don't understand what my friend's talking about here. this is a president who has gone out and done everything he has said he was going to do. this is a guy who has repaired our alliances so the rest of the world follows us again. this is a guy who brought the entire world, including russia and china to bri

and not imposing these devastating defense cuts because what that does when we equivocate on our values -- it projects weakness, and when we look weak our adversaries are -- >> biden: that's all a bunch of ma lar i can. >> be specific. >> biden: the congressman here cut embassy security in his bert by $300 billion below what we asked for. number two governor romney before he even knew that our ambassador was killed he was making a political statement panned by the media around the world. and this weakness. i don't understand what my friend is talking about here. this president has done everything he has said he was going to do. he repaired our alliances so the rest of the world follows us again. he brought the entire world including russia and china to bring about the most devastating -- the most devastating efforts on iran to make sure that they in fact stop -- look i -- i -- these guys bet against america all the time -- >> let me go back to libya. >> biden: sure. >> what were you first told about the attack? why were people talking about protests when people in the consulate first sa

what that does well way equivocate on our values, we sure we are cutting our own defense, it projects weakness. will we look we, our adversaries are more willing to test us. >> with all due respect, that is a bunch of malarkey. not a single thing said is accurate. i will be very specific. number one, this lecture on embassy security, the congressmen here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. so much for the embassy security. no. -- no. two, before he even knew the ambassador was killed, he was making political statements that was panned by the media around the world. this talk about this weakness, i do not understand what my friend is talking about here. this is a president has gone out and done everything he has said he will do. this is a guy who has repaired our alliances of the rest of the world follows us again. this is a guy who has brought the entire world including russia and china to bring about the most devastating efforts on the iran did to make sure they in fact stop. these guys bet against america all the time. >> a look back at some o

he called out mitt romney on some of his equivocations with such prowess that it was almost admirable to watch our president continue to defend his policies . have no regret or remorse and that is saying that i will gladly support him. host: frmo john -- next, allen, supporter of governor romney. caller: i think romney did well but i think mr. obama put the rick perry could fight and i honor him deeply. he is a good man. -- put up a good fight and i honor him deeply. he is a good man. thank you. host: the campaign continues tomorrow. the president will have a rally. we will have live coverage of his event. governor romney and paul ryan will be in henderson, nevada. live coverage of their campaign at 3:15 eastern time. next, west palm beach, florida. caller: i though governor romney was comfortable talking about the economy. i thought president obama was clearly talking about foreign policy and he did a better dog -- better job of talking about it. i am leaning towards obama because some of the stuff he was pointing out mitt romney has said it into the past. i feel like he will be bett

and we should not be imposing these devastating defense cuts because what that does when we equivocate on our values, when we show that we're cutting our own defense, it makes us more weak. it projects weakness. when we look weak our adversaries are much more willing to test us, they're more brazen in attacks and our allies are more willing -- >> with all due respect that's a bunch of malarky. >> why is that so? >> not a single thing he said is accurate. >> be specific. >> i will be very specific. number one, this lecture on embassy security, the congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. number one. so much for the embassy security piece. number two, governor romney, before he knew the facts, before he even knew that our ambassador was killed, he was out making a political statement which was panned by the media around the world. and this talk about this weakness. i don't understand what my friend's talking about here. we -- this is a president who's gone out and done everything he has said he was going to do. this is a guy who's repai

and not imposing these devastating defense cuts because what that does when we equivocate on our values- it projects weakness, and when we look weak our adversaries are -- >> biden: that's all a bunch of ma lar i can. >> be specific. >> biden: the congressman here cut embassy security in his bert by $300 billion below what we asked for. number two governor romney before he even knew that our ambassador was killed he was making a political statement panned by the media around the world. and this weakness. i don't understand what my friend is talking about here. this president has done everything he has said he was going to do. he repaired our alliances so the rest of the world follows us again. he brought the entire world including russia and china to bring about the most devastating -- the most devastating efforts on iran to make sure that they in fact stop -- look i -- i -- these guys bet against america all the time -- >> let me go back to libya. >> biden: sure. >> what were you first told about the attack? why were people talking about protests, when people in the consulate first saw

because what that does, when we equivocate on our values, when we -- when we look weak, our adversaries are more willing to test us. and our allies are -- >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> why is that so? >> nothing he said is accurate. >> be specific. >> i will be very specific. number one, this lecture on embassy security. the congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. number one. so much for the embassy security piece. number two, governor romney, before he knew the facts, before he knew that our ambassador was killed, he was out making a political statement, which was panned by the media around the world. and this talk about this weakness. i don't understand what my friend is talking about here. this is a president who has gone out and done everything he had said he was going to do. this is a guy who repaired our alliances so the rest of the world follows us again. this is a guy who brought the entire world, including russia and china to bring about the most devastating, most devastating efforts on iran to make

. >> when we equivocate on our values, when we show that we're cutting our own defense. >> our analystsre -- >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> that's how it's going all around america. look, you don't -- >> that's not how it's going down. >> it's a two-minute answer, please. >> let's bring back the brain trust, bob franken, kevin baker, jennifer rubin. jennifer, the piece in the "washington post," you brother that biden lost his cool. you called it a rude-a-thon and said that the sheer jerkiness of the man certainly comes through. you went on to say that biden's behavior went on to show the contempt that he has for biden and ryan. couldn't this have been a strategy on the vice president's part? >> well, if it was, it wasn't executed very well. the most of the conversation the day after was whether he turned off moderates, whether he had turned off women, whether his antics detracted from actually the substance of what he was saying. and i think he went too far. i think every one of us know you have to be likable if you're going to get your message across. and it's

. >> we should not be imposing these devastating defense cuts because what that does, when we equivocate on our values, when we show we're cutting our own defense, it makes us more weak. it projects weakness. when we look weak, our adversaries are more willing to test us, they're more brazen in their attacks, and they're much more willing to attack. >> that's a bunch of malarky. the congressman cut defense spending in his budget $300 million below what we asked for. >> both agreed it's time to wind down u.s. involvement. ryan said he agreed with the president to pull troops out of the country by 2014 but felt the white house should not announce a deadline and expose potential weakness. >>> a difficult day for the wife of a man beaten and robbed in eastern market. she'll come face to face with the subjects in court. thomas macelin has been in the hospital since august. he's blind in one eye and unable to walk or feed himself. last night a business community in capitol hill announced a $10,000 trust for macelin's family. his wife abby accepted the donation. she also talked about a safety f