the administration on top of that military financing, pried money for iran dome, missile defense, rocketystem that is protecting israeli lives. in terms of the u.s. israeli cooperation relationship, in my view it's the best it's ever been. i think our relationship with the u.k. and poland has both been strong. we have had great success in working with the u.k. in afghanistan, and libya, and elsewhere. in poland, we continue to have a strong relationship as we address the challenges of afghanistan and elsewhere. and we have been pleased with the success of our efforts with both countries. >> in the 30 or so seconds we've got left, what about fast track for arms sales to india? what's the state role in that initiative. >> we are working very closely with the partner of defense and we anticipate the relationship is going to blossom. we have an on opportunity to double that over the next few years. we think that it's a real opportunity for the united states and india to >> pentagon and industry leaders are doing their best to turn up the heat on lawmakers to avoid automatic defense cuts they

israeli interceptor known as iron dome which, of course, is used for short-range guerrilla rockets and says, both systems, however, are designed to prevent wars, so with iran'sounting threats an serious instability how they'll these devices work to prevent war? >> well, i think the hope is that israel can have adequate missile defenses, to cause decisionmakers in iran or syria or terrorist groups like hezbollah, or hamas, not to take the risk of firing missiles including those that might have chemical or biological or even worse, nuclear weapons in them because they wouldn't succeed in the first place and, would surely risk a massive israeli retaliation. that is the purpose of missile defense. it's too bad it's not as popular with the obama administration as it is in israel. >> kelly: why do you say that, given the fact that the obama administration has provided the support for iron dome, and, apparently, now, arrow-2? >> well, it is a curious hangover from the cold war, the president, vice president biden and others supported what used to be called field protection, which protected south korea or israel but not national missile defense and the national miss

dome. he had meetings with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. a big topic of discussion was iran. what benjamin netanyahu had to say about the need to do something about iran soon. >> right now, the iranian regime believes that the international community does not have the will to stop its nuclear program. this must change and it must change quickly because time to resolve this issue peacefully is running out. >> as a response, panetta says the united states, quote, will not allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon, period. >>> the secretary of state, hillary clinton, has started a major tour of a crucial continent, africa. she's going to be visiting many countries. she starts in sen gal. she's going to be talking about economic growth and also talking about democracy. democracy is a crucial issue, especially in mali, where al qaeda is rising. the secretary address that had during a speech today. >> by some estimates, this could set back mali's economic progress by nearly a decade. it certainly created a vacuum in the north in which rebellion and extremism have spread, threatening n

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morning for talks with israeli leaders, iran's nuclear program and violence in syria are expected to top agenda. panetta is scheduled to visit israel's iron dome, a missile defense system funded largely by the united states. >>> hollywood is mourning the death of gore vidal, a fixture on talk shows and gossip columns, "lincoln" and tony-nominated play "the best man." he ran twice for congress and lost both times. his nephew confirms he died at his holy wood hills home yesterday of complications from pneumonia. he was 86 years old. >>> a recent college graduate from glenn elenvirginia was able to save her father's life thanks to quick thinking and super human strength. her car was working on his car when the jack slipped. that's when his daughter leaped into action. >> lifted it up right here and kind of kind of threw it like, shoved my body into it as hard as i can and came back and dragged him out and started cpr. >> lauren says an adrenalin rush helped her lift the car off her father. her lifeguard cpr training helped keep him alive until the paramedics arrived. and her father is expected to make a full recovery. an average car weighs about

israeli interceptor known as iron dome which, of course, is used for short-range guerrilla rockets and says, both systems, however, are designed to prevent wars, so with iran'squate missile defenses, to cause decisionmakers in iran or syria or terrorist groups like hezbollah, or hamas, not to take the risk of firing missiles including those that might have chemical or biological or even worse, nuclear weapons in them because they wouldn't succeed in the first place and, would surely risk a massive israeli retaliation. that is the purpose of missile defense. it's too bad it's not as popular with the obama administration as it is in israel. >> kelly: why do you say that, given the fact that the obama administration has provided the support for iron dome, and, apparently, now, arrow-2? >> well, it is a curious hangover from the cold war, the