that, of course, includes osama bin laden. still, the prospect of a nuclear iran continues to raise concerns. michael o hahanlon is the auth of bending history and he joins us now. good afternoon. are we safer today than we were four years ago? i would say somewhat, and i believe president obama has done a pretty good job on foreign policy, but i m not really here to just try to answer that question definitively because for every step forward, there s been a half step back, not necessarily because of him or any mistakes he s made, but because of the world. so, yes, bin laden is dead, awlaki is dead in yemen. you mentioned another extremist operative who had been killed recently. certainly our drone operations have been quite effective generally. all that s to the good. obviously there are shared political responsibility for that and most of all it s the men and women doing the work on
administrations? so, you know, i have a lot of sympathy for both guys on this one. i think they re trying to make their differences of opinion look bigger than theyle are. it s a hideously difficult problem. there s no easy way around it. my guess is that romney would probably give israel the quote, unquote green light a little sooner than obama but i don t see a radical difference between the two. indeed. michael, as ever, thank you. thanks, martin. next, the president s busy day and busy week ahead. stay with us. i m a marathon runner, in absolute perfect physical condition and i had a heart attack right out of the clear blue. i m on an aspirin regimen. and i take bayer chewables. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. he s my success story. [ laughs ] until i had the shingles. i have never encountered such a burning sensation.y. it was like a red rash. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck.