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POLITICS."
JOHN.
>> TOP OF MORNING TO YOU ON ST.
PAT TRICKS DAY.
DRIVING OUR DISCUSSION "INSIDE
POLITICS" TODAY IS A PRESIDENCY
IN CRISIS, BOTH ABROAD AND HERE
AT HOME.
LET'S START WITH UKRAINE.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE SPEAKS
WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN AGAIN AND
SAYS THIS WILL NOT STAND.
BUT WE'RE STARTING TO HEAR MORE
CONVERSATION FROM REPUBLICANS
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS WEAK AND
SOFT AND IS INVITING THIS
BECAUSE OF HIS OFFICE.
THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE
CONDOLEEZZA RIGHT SAYING THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MUST
STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF
UKRAINE.
>> AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
SPEAK TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT
THE LIBERTIES WE HAVE.
WE CANNOT ABANDON THEM.
WE WERE ONCE THEM.
AND IF IT IS GOD'S WILL AND IF
IT IS HUMANS' POWER, THEY WILL
ONE DAY BE US.
>> SHE DIDN'T USE THE TERM BUT
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE "NEW
YORK TIMES," SHE SEEMS TO
SUGGEST THE PRESIDENT WAS NAIVE,
THAT HE HAD THIS HOPE AS HE
PULLED BACK FROM IRAN AND FROM
AFGHANISTAN, THAT GOOD
INTENTIONS WOULD STILL THE VOID
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO INJECT
U.S. POWER.
>> I THINK HE IN A WAY IGNORED
HIS CRITICS.
THIS IS WHY THIS PRESIDENT WAS
ELECTED.
THIS IS WHAT HE RAN ON,
RETRENCHING FROM ONE WAR HE
CALLED DUMB AND ANOTHER HE
WANTED TO WIND DOWN.
IN SOME WAYS, HE'S DOING EXACTLY
WHAT THE PEOPLE ELECTED HIM TO
DO THROUGH THE ANTI-BUSH FIGURE
AND AMERICAN RETRENCHMENT AND
REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO SORT
OUT WHAT DID THIS POST-BUSH ERA
MEAN IN TERMS OF THE WORLD.
>> YOU MAKE AN IMPORTANT POINT.
IT IS REPUBLICAN NOW BECAUSE OF
THEIR FIGHT OVER IMF FUNDING
HOLDING UP THE APEC.
REPUBLICANS HAVE A LITTLE
LOOKING AT THE MIRROR HERE.
HERE'S NEWT GINGRICH AND LINDSAY
GRAHAM, SENATOR FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA, FORMER SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE, WRITING "THEODORE
ROOSEVELT IS FAMOUS FOR A
FOREIGN POLICY HE SUMMARIZED AS
SPEAK SOFTLY AND SCARY A BIG
STICK.
OBAMA'S POLICY IS CLOSER TO
SCREAM LOUDLY AND CARRY NO
STICK.
THEIR POINT IS AFTER DRAWING RED
LINES IN SYRIA, HE DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING.
>> THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE
FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT DID NOT
CARRY THROUGH WITH THAT SYRIA
THREAT.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY'RE
HAPPY TO RESOLVE IT
DIPLOMATICALLY BUT THEY SAY THAT
PUTIN IS NOT LISTENING TO YOU IS
THE REASON WE NEED TO RAMP UP
OUR PUSH.
>> EXPORTS TO WANTS TO EI
ALLEVIATE THE RMS -- GETTING
SIMPLY A $1 BILLION IN LOAN
GUARANTEES IS DIFFICULT TO MOVE
QUICK THREW THROUGH THE PROCESS.