also tim romer is here, former u.s. ambassador to india, a former policy adviser to the obama campaign. thanks to both of you coming in. when the president of the united states says justice will be served, these killers will be brought to justice, that says to me if the libyan government doesn't find them, the u.s. will find them, arrest them, detain them, and kill them if necessary. that's what it says to me. what does it say to you? >> well, i think the united states is already playing a role in sending fbi forces to help investigate, find out who was responsible. but i think the thing that was so striking about chris was that he would have wanted them to be brought to justice under a rule of law that reflected the transition libya has made from a truly autocratic state where justice was never guaranteed to one where you could see these people tried in a fair courtroom and sentenced. >> you knew him well. >> i knew him well. >> for how many years? >> at least 20. we go back a long way. he was a wonderful man who had a

tim romer, thank you very much. good to have you here today. >> thanks for having me.vite me back. martha: we would love to. bill: martha, i want to bring in fox news contributor ambassador john bolton, occasional advisor to the romney team for his reaction. good morning to you on three of his four answers you were shaking your head in disagreement. >> get rid of the campaign piffle, can we? can we talk about policy? we're standing at the edge of the abyss in the middle east. we're seeing riots all over. you mentioned earlier this the show that the takeover the embassy in libya of 1979. obviously our diplomats were taken hostage in iran in 1979. our embassy in islamabad, pakistan, was taken over in 1979. a wave of events that catapulted us to a. it is not who issued what statement at what time. the issue do we have effective policy in place to protect american interests around the region. the answer as of right now, no, we don't, because we've got an administration that doesn't understand what is happening in the middle east. isn't prepared to take strong steps to adva