just because we have the best hammer does mean every problem is a nail. jenna: the president laying out his foreign policy plans for the rest of his second term today. he re-emphasized what he is now calling a new chapter in the story of american leadership around the world. to talk more about that chapter, greg stevenson, foreign affairs columnist for wall street journal, ambassador nick burns, former ambassador to nato and former undersecretary of state for political affairs. nice to have you with us today as we tackle these big topics gentlemen, because these are big questions. who are we, what do we stand for as a nation? bret, based on what the president had to say today on leadership, what do you think defines that? well the speech struck me as kind of a repackaging and a justification for his foreign policy. it nice to hear him sound notes you just excerpted that america needs to be a leader. the real question is whether the record of his five 1/2, six years as president sho
outlining a picture of u.s. troops in afghanistan. 10,000 will remain there into next year. he heads to west point where he s set to explain the u.s. role in the world going forwards. this is a critical speech, at a time the foreign policy plans have come under close scrutiny. reporter: john and christine, president obama will answer people in a speech after more an a decade at war in iraq and afghanistan. now is the time for the u.s. to redefine his leadership in the world. for the u.s. to intervene but not act unilaterally. in recent weeks, the president came under criticism over the civil war in syria and the crisis in ukraine. the u.s. has greater flexibility to tackle global challenges with the war in afghanistan winding down. the president laid out the plans to reduce troop levels in
wisdom. waiting for the president s commencement address to get underway laying down the new foreign policy plans and how you deal with them. we will talk to the chairman house armed committee buck mckeon who is live to react. and the white house has committed a major security blunder exposing the name of the cia station chief in afghanistan. will anybody be held accountable for this? you cannot say poor old say and say was a member of the junior varsity and didn t know what he was doing and it was a mistake and be forgiven. people need to be disciplined so others are alert in the future to them.
for the president, both have agreed to sign the bilateral security agreement that karzai has not been willing to sign and that s the basis upon which we ll leave our troops there to make sure that the gains that they made were not lost. while we re doing well, it s a fragile victory at best and we need to stay there to help them to provide the logistics and things that they will need to make sure that they stay successful. congressman, before i let you go, i know that you have expressed your concerns about defense spending caps on the horizon and now with the president this week being at west point and being possibly laying out his foreign policy plans, how are you hoping or what are you hoping to as the
this may bring assad to the table. we hope it will. i m forearming those rebels who are legitimized in our own foreign policy plans. that s what i believe is necessary in order to remove assad. i feel no differently about that today than i did yesterday. but the president is going to have breathing room and that s what he s going to talk about tonight. we re not going to have a vote this week. there appears to be the case with these developments. thank you so much and to reiterate, syria s foreign minister says the country is prepared to flas chemical weapons in the hands of representatives of russia and other countries and the united nations. this being reported now by the associated press. coming up, senior political editor mark murray will join us with the first read. it is about the president s big speech later this evening. we need a new recipe. hmmm. let us consult the scroll of infinite deliciousness. oh! perfect. [ wisest kid ] campbell s has the recipes kids love.