anderson? back now with jen psaki who once served as state department spokesperson and jeffrey lord. it s interesting. i ve been in afghanistan many times out with marines. a lot of what they re doing is development work, going to villages, meeting with elders. it s work that the state department was supposed to be doing and never got around to it, the level it was supposed to happen in afghanistan. and since you hear general mattis say if you don t have diplomats, you got to buy more ammunition. that s exactly right. secretary gates used to make the argument when he was with president obama and president bush that one of the lessons learned is that we couldn t win it all with military might. and we re not fighting world war ii anymore. we re fighting different wars with a much more different enemies who are diffuse around the battlefield. and we need to do a lot more with working with countries, we need to address needs on the ground. these are pivotal programs that you saw retire
the way the police did it though remains in question, and that is because there is evidence from both the victim, independent eye witnesses and others that substantiate the claims that police did use live ammunition as well as tear grass in an attempt to break up the two protest sit-ins here. the interim government as well as the police and the military say as they have always been saying, that it was only when they came under attack from supporters of the ousted president that they returned fire and engaged these protesters. in fact, state television has been putting out images showing people firing live ammunition as well as the type of rifles that you would not see in what they have been describing as a peaceful protest. by far and large, most of the accounts that we re getting from those on the ground was that these protests have been largely peaceful. in fact, many women and children there. in the early days or early hours of this morning that s what most people were reporting, th
scintillating conversation, by the way. is it time to get a new hobby? but first, should our military say see ya when it comes to north korea. we report you d
scintillating conversation, by the way. is it time to get a new hobby? but first, should our military say see ya when it comes to north korea. we report you drive a kia. let s see what you got. rv covered. why would you pay for a hotel? i never do. motorcycles check. atv. i ride those.
newt gingrich wasn t even on the ballot there. santorum cruised in his home state of minnesota. ron paul finishing second. santorum clearly seizing the momentum he desperately needs. ladies and gentlemen, i don t stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney, i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. well, cnn political editor paul steinhauser is live in washington. paul, what do you think, a game changer? reporter: wow. if you don t like the way the race for the republican nomination is going, wait. it keeps changing. mitt romney is still the front-runner but this is a big deal for rick santorum. what is he doing? he s going to be capitalizing and monopolizing, this hat trick of victories. he s down in texas today. that s where he heads. he s got some events. the real reason, he s going to want to raise some money, fundraising immediately off of this. take a listen to what he told soledad o brien on cnn. we re doing very