Albright on the "weird" things Romney's said, his "Cold War nostalgia":

*Of the various weird things Romney has said, his position on Russia is truly out of date. If you were living in the 20th century, his position might have made some sense. In the 21st century, terrorism/al Qaeda is our #1 geopolitical threat, not Russia.

*I'm beginning to think that Gov. Romney simply doesn't have the facts, such all the things we've done vis-a-vis Russia. The Russians actually have been pretty helpful on Iran (although not so much on Syria). We can't look at Russia like we did in the Cold War. Romney has Cold War tone/nostalgia.

With regard to Romney's false assertions that there's some sort of rift between the U.S. and Israel, Sec. Albright responded:

*I know from my conversations with Israelis that they are VERY satisfied with President Obama's assistance - e.g., the Iron Dome system, assistance to maintain qualitative military edge, etc.

*Israelis believe the U.S.-Israel relationship is as good as it's ever been, that we're on the same wavelength, that the level of cooperation has been excellent.

*One of the flip flops of Gov. Romney and inappropriateness during his trip was saying that Palestinians are some sort of different culture. Now he's talking about two-state solution, but that obviously doesn't track even the things he himself says. President Obama believes in two-state solution.

Asked about Romney's short mention of Latin America, which focused solely on Hugo Chavez and the Castro brothers, Albright said:

*It's absolutely inappropriate for Romney to focus only on Hugo Chavez and the Castros.

*To characterize Latin America in that way is an insult, frankly.

*We've had new trade agreements with Columbia and Panama.

*The President has spent a lot of time thinking about Latin America, meeting with leaders in the region.

*Romney's speech was mostly a Middle East speech, he threw in a few other things probably just to show that he was aware there was a broader world out there, like 2 sentences on Latin America, very little on Africa, China and Russia.

*Romney's comments on Latin America are an example of how he and his foreign policy team do NOT have a full understanding of foreign policy, national security.