without a prescription. the president himself. remember as early as the 2008 campaign before his first term, president obama had vowed to shut down that facility. fox news polled registered voters last december, near the end of his first term, the results showed people were split over whether they thought guantanamo bay would close during his second term. doug mckelway guantanamo bay, citing a lives reasons to shut it down. it is expensive. it lessens cooperation with our allies on counter terrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for extremists. mr. obama s earlier plans to shut it down couldn t pass muster in congress with many concerned about security and resistant to giving terrorists legal rights once they housed were
tried and failed. i don t think you can understate the importance of health care reform. another thing that we ve been trying to do for decades, those are really important. i think you re right. the job creation numbers. i wouldn t be so quick to dismiss syria depending on what happens there. that could be an important part of the legacy. another thing that the president addresses at the press conference today that could be part of his leg is i is guantanamo bay and what happens there. let s take a listen. i think it is critical to understand that guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. it hurts us. in terms of our international standing. it lessens cooperation with our allies on counter terrorism efforts. it is a recruitment tool for extremists. it needs to be closed. now we haven t heard much about gitmo lately and the reason this is coming up now is because out of the 166 detainees
and its counter terrorism efforts. somehow the feeling is because we haven t been successfully attacked in 11 years that we have nothing to worry about. well, if anything good can come out of such a horrible event as today maybe a wakeup call. we have enemies out to destroy us. they never let up. many ways more treacherous than they were before. since september 11th. metastasized and mored. under the radar screen. we have to be aggressive and on top of this. once somebody arrives at an event with explosive device. it s very difficult to it stop them. you can have all the security but the real way to stop it is by intelligence beforehand and going out into communities and finding out what s going to happen not waiting for it to come to us. bill: informs hear something. remind people what happened in times square when the guy from connecticut drove down with a car and was going to park it and blow times square up. just remind people what the motus on per ren day was and how authorities
throughout my presidency and will continue to do is make sure our countries are supporting counter terrorism efforts. number two, make sure that they are standing by our interest in israel s security because it is a true friend, and our greatest ally in the region. number three: we do have to make sure that we are protecting religious minorities and women because these countries can t develop unless all the population, not just half of it, is developing. number four, we do have to develop their economic their economic capabilities. but number five, the other thing that we have to do is recognize that we can t continue to do nation building in these regions. part of american leadership is making sure that we are doing nation building here at home. that will help us maintain the kind of american leadership that we need. let me interject the second topic question in this segment about the middle east and so on. and that as you both mentioned, alluded to this and that is syria. a war i
throughout my presidency and will continue to do is make sure our countries are supporting counter terrorism efforts. number two, make sure that they are standing by our interest in israel s security because it is a true friend, and our greatest ally in the region. number three: we do have to make sure that we are protecting religious minorities and women because these countries can t develop unless all the population, not just half of it, is developing. number four, we do have to develop their economic their economic capabilities. but number five, the other thing that we have to do is recognize that we can t continue to do nation building in these regions. part of american leadership is making sure that we are doing nation building here at home. that will help us maintain the kind of american leadership that we need. let me interject the second topic question in this segment about the middle east and so on. and that as you both mentioned, alluded to this and that is syria. a war i