0 mainstream. this is being said, by the way, of a war hero. right. of a this is important. a war hero with shrapnel around with him. this is a guy. we know him from many different things but runs the atlantic council which is about as mainstream an organization as you will get in foreign policy. anybody out there wants to say that chuck hagel is outside the mainstream of foreign policy, i suggest they turn the mirror around on them. so josh, in your article as i said you pointed out some of these organizations who will come out and try to pressure lawmakers. joe says i suggest they turn the mirror back on themselves. are you seeing effective argument that is are last through the nomination process and may certainly put hagel against the ropes? i don t know if hagel is outside the mainstream but in a place there aren t many members of congress publicly, you know, when these letters are sent up by apac and other pro-israel groups, hagel among maybe six or four senators that
so as the nation commemorates more than 6,400 troops who died in post-9/11 wars, it s a sobering statistic of the 1.6 million iraq and afghanistan war vets, 45% are now seeking disability benefits. that s more than double the number who filed for such claims after the gulf war in the 1990s. and i m joined again by colonel jack jacobs, an msnbc military analyst, recipient of the congressional medal of honor, and john saltz, chairman of votevets.org joins the conversation. gentleman, great to have you here. and jack, as we look at that number, it is an eye-opening statistic for a lot of people. let s talk about the explanation for why that number has doubled over the past decade. well, for one thing, it s the way we fought. when you send people down unsecured roads on administrative and logistical jobs and you do not secure the
class of 2012, you are dismissed! from nbc news in washington meet the press with david gregory. candidate, you were here about a candyear ago declaring your ut a candidacy. where are you in this race? are you unequivocally behind governor romney and do you think he can win? oh, sure, given this level of unemployment and this level of deficits it s very likely he will win and you ll see it pull away in september and october. what have you learned about mitt romney? he s tough. much tougher than i thought. hehe p hehe s prepare he s takes to win. he s a very good organizer, in the end he can organize at a scale that can match obama, i couldn t. i think he s a good study. i think he really worked hard at understanding when i beat him in south carolina, what he had to do to come back in florida, and so i have substantial respect for his ability as a leader to do the things he has to do to get the jobs done. you heard me frame this. who s got the skills? p i fei fe
veteran. john, let s start with you. there s a lot of saber rattling going on. when i was listening to rick santorum i thought we were going to get hit with the iranians. the depiction that obama is weak, fair or unfair? completely false. he finally ended the war that supercharged al qaeda recruiting, strengthened iran, because as we invaded iraq, there s tremendous influence there. what president obama, he has done things the republicans never could do. he has a very effective counter-terror campaign across the world and ended a world that s supercharged recruiting. they are the reason we re less safe. the president is the reason the number one bad guy is dead. richard, the president was criticized tonight for not bombing iran over a drone. a drone. we re in a situation where the republican field the most sane person is ron paul that s how
in the debate tonight in iowa, the republican candidates went after president obama on foreign policy again and again they said he is weak. president obama s actions invited war. absolutely. the right course under obama s pants is to shrink our boggle t. i am at present joined by richard wolf . alsoball. also john saltz, and iraq war