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COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THIS
NATION.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE
SENATOR CORKER WHO'S THE RANKING
REPUBLICAN ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
AND WHO CARRIED THE RESOLUTION
WITH SENATOR MENENDEZ, WHEN YOU
HAVE THAT KIND OF VERY DIRECT
LANGUAGE, ESSENTIALLY EXPRESSING
DESPAIR, DOESN'T THAT CONCERN
YOU ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE
CONGRESS?
>> LOOK, I THINK THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE JUST TIRED OF THAT
KIND OF HYPERBOLE.
I WOULD ALSO REMIND SENATOR CORK
EARN WHEN HE QUESTIONS THE
COMFORT LEVEL OF THIS PRESIDENT
THAT THIS PRESIDENT WAS VERY
COMFORTABLE KILLING OSAMA BIN
LADEN.
>> AND ENDING THE IRAQ WAR AND
BRINGING TO AN END THE
AFGHANISTAN WAR.
AND CONGRESSWOMAN BLACKBURN, I
HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
DO YOU THINK SENATOR CORKER IS
WORRIED ABOUT HIS POLITICS AT
HOME WITH THAT STATEMENT?
>> NO, I DON'T.
I THINK SENATOR CORKER IS
EXPRESSING THE FRUSTRATION OF
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE OF LEADERSHIP.
AND WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE SYRIA SITUATION, THE LACK OF
ATTENTION OF A PRESIDENT WHO WAS
A U.S. SENATOR AND STATE SENATOR
VOTED PRESENT, HE BEGAN BY
VOTING PRESENT.
SECRETARY KRAER WENT OUT AND
MADE A SPEECH AND THE
PRESIDENT --
>> SO BRINGING ASSAD TO HIS
KNEES AND RUSSIA TO THE TABLE IS
ACTING WEAK?
THAT'S NOT A STRONG ACT.
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN
VERY WEAK ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
AND THE ONE WHO HAVE GOTTEN
ATTENTION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE FOR STANDING FIRM HAS BEEN
THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES THAT --
>> WITH THEIR CRITIQUE --
>> OR THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE
SAID --
>> I STILL CANNOT UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY
THAN THE PRESIDENT WITH THE PLAN
THAT I OUTLINED.
>> I HAVE TOLD YOU WHAT I WOULD
DO DIFFERENTLY.
FIRST OF ALL, A PRESIDENT HAS TO
BE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND
THE DECISIVE LEADER.
AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID WAS
TO TAKE THIS ISSUE AND THEN HE
FUMBLED IT.
HE SAID, HERE YOU GO TO THE
CONGRESS.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON IT?
>> I WOULD VOTE NO.
>> YOU ALREADY DID VOTE.
I RESPECT YOUR VIEW BUT YOU AND
400 OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
VOTED FOR THE SYRIA
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT WHICH
SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT WE
SHOULD NOT ALLOW SYRIA TO OBTAIN
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
>> AND EVERYONE AGREES ON THAT.
>> YOU MAY AGREE ON THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL BUT HOW DO YOU HOLD
THAT REGIME ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE
SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT?
>> WE HAVE CONTINUED TO TALK
ABOUT THAT.
>> THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO DO
IT.
THAT'S TO PUT THE USE OF FORCE
ON THE TABLE, WHICH AS A RESULT
BROUGHT RUSSIA TO THE TABLE TO
HELP US NEGOTIATE A PEACE
PROCESS.
IF OUR ALLIES ARE COMING TO THE
TABLE --
>> THIS WHOLE LINE STARTS WITH