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he reports that the covert war in afghanistan is 3,000 men strong, the cia, people on the ground in afghanistan. that is new. >> right. >> also reporting about hamid karzai, our so-called ally, the leader of afghanistan that he is officially manic depressive, has been on and off his meds, and they never know which hamid karzai will show up for a meeting. >> reporter: that would explain a great deal of the counter tips going back and forth between the obama administration. james jones, national securitier adviser on a flight to afghanistan briefing reporters who had disparaging things to say about hamid karzai and the left of corruption in afghanistan, after the president was on the ground the surprise visit over one weekend the president made to afghanistan, the white house certainly dialed that back a great deal but some of this is just too good to pass up. we've got it related here, first of all the frustration that the president had feeling the military boxed him in on that 40,000 troop level, and the need that he felt for an exit strategy led him to proclaim according to this book to lindsa
he reports that the covert war in afghanistan is 3,000 men strong, the cia, people on the ground in afghanistan. that is new. >> right. >> also reporting about hamid karzai, our so-called ally, the leader of afghanistan that he is officially manic depressive, has been on and off his meds, and they never know which hamid karzai will show up for a meeting. >> reporter: that would explain a great deal of the counter tips going back and forth between the obama administration....
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afghanistan is a complex place. e we'rnot going to, quote, win even if we stay 10 years and spend a trillion dollars. but complexities are not easily explained on the campaign trail for the president in office. so it is a problem for a politician. if you believe in complexities, they're hard to explain. chris: the problem with the complexity here is it's somewhere in the middle and asking young men and women to die for a cause that's not worth staying the next year and a half for. we're going to leave so soon. >> that's why the book, i think, is damaging. it reveals a very divided process, not just by policy disagreement but by personal contempt among members and she's highly politicized process, political people involved in this process, which i think is a bad thing. and an ambivalent commander in chief and in afghanistan we have a patient, determined enemy and doesn't look like we a patient, determined president. >> it doesn't show the president was ambivalent but the opposite, the president welcomed a vigorous de
afghanistan is a complex place. e we'rnot going to, quote, win even if we stay 10 years and spend a trillion dollars. but complexities are not easily explained on the campaign trail for the president in office. so it is a problem for a politician. if you believe in complexities, they're hard to explain. chris: the problem with the complexity here is it's somewhere in the middle and asking young men and women to die for a cause that's not worth staying the next year and a half for. we're going...
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particularly in places like afghanistan. the second in command in afghanistan was asked this week, when the december re-evaluation comes up, will you be able to mark significant progress? he said progress. but flinched from the word significant. secretary gates said we won't be fighting here in 15 years. not 15 months. that's not good enough. >> thank you all so much. and the "roundtable" continues in the green room. at abcnews.com/thisweek. you can find our fact checks and the reporter's notebook stories from around the world. from our abc kor spoents. >>> up now, how the controversy over the proposed mosque is playing 10,000 miles away. >>> coming up here, "in memoriam" and "the sunday funnies." >>> now, "in memoriam". >> he must go faster. some way, somehow, he must get the clock back in his favor and has seven miles to do it. ♪ >> we remember all of those who died in war this week. the pentagon released the names of 26 service members killed in afghanistan. we'll be right back. but what if there were a different story?
particularly in places like afghanistan. the second in command in afghanistan was asked this week, when the december re-evaluation comes up, will you be able to mark significant progress? he said progress. but flinched from the word significant. secretary gates said we won't be fighting here in 15 years. not 15 months. that's not good enough. >> thank you all so much. and the "roundtable" continues in the green room. at abcnews.com/thisweek. you can find our fact checks and the...
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over there in afghanistan. does the u.s. have a reliable partner in hamid karzai? >> i think we do. >> really? why would you think that? >> president karzai has a first responsibility to the people of afghanistan. and he's operating not in a vacuum but in the context of the political realities there, and frankly in the context of the history, not so distant history when the united states after the russians pulled out of afghanistan also left. so there's a fear about how long we're going to stay. i think we try very hard to convince them, which we should, that we're committed to the fight, we're committed to afghanistan's security. remember, this is not a choice between the current government of afghanistan and a perfect afghan government. it's a choice between the current government in afghanistan and the taliban, the fanatical islamic extremists, depriver of right to women and children and all the rest. and so if that choice is simple, we ought to go with karzai, general petraeus i think is improving our relat
over there in afghanistan. does the u.s. have a reliable partner in hamid karzai? >> i think we do. >> really? why would you think that? >> president karzai has a first responsibility to the people of afghanistan. and he's operating not in a vacuum but in the context of the political realities there, and frankly in the context of the history, not so distant history when the united states after the russians pulled out of afghanistan also left. so there's a fear about how long...
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>> let's remember what we're doing in afghanistan. we're in afghanistan to deny al qaeda a renewed safe haven to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al qaeda and ensure the taliban is reversed. that is vital as al qaeda retains an ability to attack and attack the homeland. we can't allow that to hatch. it's a cold war, a difficult fight. but the president announced last year a new strategy that is designed to enable us to build up the afghan national security forces so that they can secure their country to build with the partnership of afghanistan to govern and deliver services to its people in a responsible fashion. that's our objective. and the president's strategy anticipates and plans on beginning a responsible conditions-based drawdown of u.s. forces next july. so this is not something that's going to be going on in my children's lifetime. this is, indeed, an effort to put first of all additional resources in, to security broader s.w.a.t.s of the country. we're making progress in that regard. and the aim is to transition authority and
>> let's remember what we're doing in afghanistan. we're in afghanistan to deny al qaeda a renewed safe haven to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al qaeda and ensure the taliban is reversed. that is vital as al qaeda retains an ability to attack and attack the homeland. we can't allow that to hatch. it's a cold war, a difficult fight. but the president announced last year a new strategy that is designed to enable us to build up the afghan national security forces so that they can secure...
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my focus is on making sure we win in afghanistan you have to have a stable reliable partner in afghanistan. the money we are giving this military sis tans to make sure they can fight terrorists on their side of the border more effectively. i'm willing to send those checks because i think it helps us in afghanistan. >> greta: that's the military billions in military. the 1.5 we give them every year and the 7.5 and hundreds of millions in disaster relief that is humanitarian, in a different category. >> all i can say is, pakistan is hanging by a thread. it is a country with nuclear weapons. the best thing we can do is make sure the government us is stains itself and doesn't fall. if it falls, a vacuum will be created in pakistan the same people fighting in afghanistan to take that country over with nuclear weapons this is aid to pakistan to make us safer. >> greta: i don't disagree it is serious. what are we really doing? if you take a look at pakistan according to the articles i've read today is members in parliament who make all the rules about taxes in pakistan are the rich. they managed
my focus is on making sure we win in afghanistan you have to have a stable reliable partner in afghanistan. the money we are giving this military sis tans to make sure they can fight terrorists on their side of the border more effectively. i'm willing to send those checks because i think it helps us in afghanistan. >> greta: that's the military billions in military. the 1.5 we give them every year and the 7.5 and hundreds of millions in disaster relief that is humanitarian, in a different...
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soldiers trained to kill in afghanistan. but not in the way that's being described in our special investigation. stand by for that. >>> plus, it's every plane passenger's worst nightmare. we'll take you inside a very scary, real-life emergency landing. i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew...
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why are we still in afghanistan? why did president obama decide send 30,000 additional troops to afghanistan, and does he really believe in this war, or is he simply doing the minimum he thinks is politically necessary, the most that he can politically get away with? bob woodward's exclusive and explosive new book, "obama's wars" about the internal divisions over the president's afghanistan strategy is sending shockwaves throughout washington tonight. and beginning to answer some of those questions i mentioned. here's what's new. the president repeatedly pressed his military brass for an exit plan. he secretly enlisted joe biden to push his strategy that would have greatly reduced our role in afghanistan. he signed off on an additional 30,000 troops, despite the fact that he, president obama, was looking for a way out. and he set a withdrawal deadline so he wouldn't lose democratic party people. woodward's book and the intense struggles over the president's war plan is our top story tonight. >>> plus, how's this for
why are we still in afghanistan? why did president obama decide send 30,000 additional troops to afghanistan, and does he really believe in this war, or is he simply doing the minimum he thinks is politically necessary, the most that he can politically get away with? bob woodward's exclusive and explosive new book, "obama's wars" about the internal divisions over the president's afghanistan strategy is sending shockwaves throughout washington tonight. and beginning to answer some of...
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>> the goal is a stable afghanistan. a at peace with its neighbors that is not a haven for terrorism. that can take responsibility for its own security. and obviously we will be providing help and support for afghanistan. it's just for many years things like our international aid budget, through the training support we offered to the police and the armed forces of afghanistan, brought what we want to see an end to is the presence of combat, british combat troops in afghanistan and you know, we have's said by 2015 that is what we want to see. >> how long have you known david cameron. >> how long i have known david cameron. i first met him in the early 1990s. i was a junior researcher in politics. i got involved in politics and he was already quite well established in that world. >> as a what? >> as a-- he was working in the home office which was our security department. homeland security department. >> jim baker was a former political guy without also was secretary of the treasury before it became secretary of state. it w
>> the goal is a stable afghanistan. a at peace with its neighbors that is not a haven for terrorism. that can take responsibility for its own security. and obviously we will be providing help and support for afghanistan. it's just for many years things like our international aid budget, through the training support we offered to the police and the armed forces of afghanistan, brought what we want to see an end to is the presence of combat, british combat troops in afghanistan and you...
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we're out of afghanistan. we or not going to be fighting this for the raeft of our lives. >> there's an interesting anecdote in the story about the book that has to do with the conversation between general petraeus and major general doug liu who is president obama's adviser on afghanistan in the white house. petraeus is alleged to have said in the book to lute that what we'll do is show a little progress -- i'm paraphrasing -- we'll show a little progress but at the end of the year we'll be able to say, here is what we've done, but we need a little more. he say that is a classic misreading of this president. i think this is a very healthy thing, if this internal division, dissension over afghanistan is occurring in the white house and the president is hearing it, that can't be anything but healthy. >> i think this is good. the president, though, was warned by a lot of people, harold, that he was going to be set up by the generals. the general's job is to win the war and get as many troops over there as they ca
we're out of afghanistan. we or not going to be fighting this for the raeft of our lives. >> there's an interesting anecdote in the story about the book that has to do with the conversation between general petraeus and major general doug liu who is president obama's adviser on afghanistan in the white house. petraeus is alleged to have said in the book to lute that what we'll do is show a little progress -- i'm paraphrasing -- we'll show a little progress but at the end of the year we'll...
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it's not afghanistan and you know it's not afghanistan. >> you see, the answers are clear. when there's a claim made by the u.s. government it is too well to accept it. but when mr. bush killing a million people in iraq does anybody talk about human rights violation there is? i mean, there seems to be a major contradiction here in a selective memory that i'm speaking of here and when it becomes selective, it becomes this... not honest. and when it's dishonest it cannot be accepted. so we have to speak of the mistakes that have been made and then we'll move forward 30. years ago around this same time saddam attacked us back there there was no speak of hamas and hezbollah, they didn't exist and there was no such talk of a nuke beer bomb and why did the u.s. government choose saddam over us choose to support saddam against us? what did we do? and it went full force behind saddam and the war against us. if yo go to china and japan or africa or south america and ask kids in elementary school what the problem between iran and the united states is, is it the nuclear bomb that perh
it's not afghanistan and you know it's not afghanistan. >> you see, the answers are clear. when there's a claim made by the u.s. government it is too well to accept it. but when mr. bush killing a million people in iraq does anybody talk about human rights violation there is? i mean, there seems to be a major contradiction here in a selective memory that i'm speaking of here and when it becomes selective, it becomes this... not honest. and when it's dishonest it cannot be accepted. so we...
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he wants an exit strat the jie from afghanistan. my question is why are we even there two years if he wants to get out now? >> i think they felt trapped. from reading this book, they felt trapped with the war in afghanistan that they had no option and you are right, he felt that he had to keep the lindsey grahams, the republican critics on his side and the military h is a new president who in had no relationship with the military and what does come through loud and clear in this book is the distrust and the long knifes that were out, the infighting between the civilian side, the white house aides, the political former campaign aides and the military brass. >> another quote, when senator lindsey graham asked the president if the july, 2011 withdraw was firm, the president said "i have to say that i can't let this be a war out end and i can't lose the whole democratic party." the president admitting he had an outside window he couldn't continue through. let me go to chuck todd at the white house. chuck, i was talking to andrea the fac
he wants an exit strat the jie from afghanistan. my question is why are we even there two years if he wants to get out now? >> i think they felt trapped. from reading this book, they felt trapped with the war in afghanistan that they had no option and you are right, he felt that he had to keep the lindsey grahams, the republican critics on his side and the military h is a new president who in had no relationship with the military and what does come through loud and clear in this book is...
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iraq, afghanistan, and -- what's the third? that was the great catch by spencer ackerman, national security reporter at wire.com. when "the washington post" published their big expose on the giant post-9/11 intelligence bureaucracy that we don't fully understand and we fund anyway even though no one is totally sure of who it serves except itself. the national counterterrorism center has never produced one shred of information, one shred of information that helped me prosecute three wars. so says the military intelligence guy. three wars. iraq, afghanistan -- what is the third one? here's one idea. today it's report that had we shot a missile from an aircraft southeast of a town named miranshah. yesterday another one west of the town. three people killed. another one, four people killed. we hit the same town on saturday, three to four people killed. two more missiles fired by aircraft on wednesday, 12 to 19 people killed. another four to six a week ago today. last weekend we hit that same town we hit yesterday and this weekend f
iraq, afghanistan, and -- what's the third? that was the great catch by spencer ackerman, national security reporter at wire.com. when "the washington post" published their big expose on the giant post-9/11 intelligence bureaucracy that we don't fully understand and we fund anyway even though no one is totally sure of who it serves except itself. the national counterterrorism center has never produced one shred of information, one shred of information that helped me prosecute three...
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withdrawal from afghanistan next july? what is his take on the emotional stability of president hamid karzai? we will ask him that and more. >>> and a plot of a controversial activist targeting cnn. [ male announcer ] the craftsman cordless multi-tool. the power and versatility of six tools packed into one. more innovation. more great values. craftsman. trust. in yo anople really lover, i jugot ae our claimservice. gecko:speciallthe auto repair xpress. repairs are fast and they're guaranteed for as long as you is thisyyourcphone?ey, th! gecko: yeah, 'course. sswhere do you po you...carry... for as long as you is thisyyourcphone?ey, th! waitress: here you go. boss: thanks gecko: no, no i got it, sir. ncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> jack cafferty is here with the cafferty file. jack? >> it is no wonder that the tea party is getting the traction that it does. house democrats voted today to adjourn so they can go home friday and campaign for the midterm elections there. is no budget. the
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iraq, afghanistan, palestine, syria, lebanon. and beyond. >> rose: and how is it using that leverage in your judgment? >> i don't think it's using it to the full extent possible but i also think that the three plus three group three years ago when we presented our offer to iran we included deliberately a section which said we also want to cooperate with iran on regional issues. what we meant was the need to recognize iran's interest in the region and without giving iran any preferences compared to other countries to allow iran to participate on equal footing with others in regional discussions and then convinced iran wants it. and if we all are reasonable and if we all recognize that there are security interests of iran just like there are security interests of other countries in the region, if we recognize that iran must cooperate, we fully remove any reasonable doubt, any doubt at all regarding its nuclear program. and if we engage iran on these grounds, if we develop a package which would oblige iran to do what we all wanted t
iraq, afghanistan, palestine, syria, lebanon. and beyond. >> rose: and how is it using that leverage in your judgment? >> i don't think it's using it to the full extent possible but i also think that the three plus three group three years ago when we presented our offer to iran we included deliberately a section which said we also want to cooperate with iran on regional issues. what we meant was the need to recognize iran's interest in the region and without giving iran any...
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he made the trip to afghanistan and pakistan. and it upset him deeply, and rightfully so that the soldiers on the ground didn't exactly know what the mission was. >> it really strikes me in this book what a big presence biden is and how open he is with you. i couldn't help compare it to the cheney presence or nonpresence in your four-book series where cheney was one of the four people who refused to communicate with you -- >> actually, that's not true. there's a good deal of cheney in those books. cheney is a hold it type. biden is the opposite of let it go. and one of the interesting parts here is the relationship between obama and biden. and i asked obama about this, and i said, you know, don't -- isn't joe a little heavy handed here? doesn't he go too long too far? no, obama said, he's doing exactly what i want. i want him to push in the strategy review sessions, and during this whole process up to a couple months ago as i report. biden is asking the questions, worried profoundly about getting into another vietnam. and he's 19
he made the trip to afghanistan and pakistan. and it upset him deeply, and rightfully so that the soldiers on the ground didn't exactly know what the mission was. >> it really strikes me in this book what a big presence biden is and how open he is with you. i couldn't help compare it to the cheney presence or nonpresence in your four-book series where cheney was one of the four people who refused to communicate with you -- >> actually, that's not true. there's a good deal of cheney...
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how is president obama working with american generals in afghanistan? who's calling the shot? that's my question for bob woodward. >>> remember this scene when michele bachmann was so inspired by president bush that she wouldn't let him go at that state of the union. well, she's turned on bush in her latest ad. that's in "the sideshow." all of that is ahead. first, let's check in on the latest polls in the tight races around the country. for that we go to the "hardball" scoreboard. let's start with california. where a new ppi c poll shows what we've seen from other current polls. senator barbara boxer's building a strong lead over republican challenge, carly fiorina. up in alaska it looks like a real race now with republican joe miller at 38%. senator lisa murkowski at 36%. and democrat, scott mcadams down at 22%. and that new cnn/"time" poll, remember murkowski's is running as a write-in. finally, to florida. where marco rubio is pulling away. he's up 13 points over charlie crist in a quinnipiac poll with meek way behind. we'll continue to check the scoreboard each night lead
how is president obama working with american generals in afghanistan? who's calling the shot? that's my question for bob woodward. >>> remember this scene when michele bachmann was so inspired by president bush that she wouldn't let him go at that state of the union. well, she's turned on bush in her latest ad. that's in "the sideshow." all of that is ahead. first, let's check in on the latest polls in the tight races around the country. for that we go to the...
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joining me now is paul rykoff the founder and executive director of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. if this one doesn't boil veterans, paul, i don't know what will. to even think about this. what if we were to privatize veteran's health care, what could happen? she well, it's not going to happen so i think that it should stop right there. there's not a single veterans group from america from either sisted political spectrum that would support the privatization of va health care, it's just not going to happen. a real really fringe idea that's dead on arrival. there are problems with the va, it gets banged up a lot, but the quality of care is generally very good. we've got improve access to care, especially if rural areas especially in places like colorado, but privatizing is a crazy idea that's going nowhere, no veterans organization is going to support. >> veteran organizations might not support it, but an unpredictable candidate, you know, they go out and they win and they turn republicans with them. i mean if they were to get the majority this could be a major issue in wa
joining me now is paul rykoff the founder and executive director of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. if this one doesn't boil veterans, paul, i don't know what will. to even think about this. what if we were to privatize veteran's health care, what could happen? she well, it's not going to happen so i think that it should stop right there. there's not a single veterans group from america from either sisted political spectrum that would support the privatization of va health care, it's...
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how is president obama working with american generals in afghanistan? who's calling the shots? >>> remember this scene when michele bachmann was so inspired by president bush that she wouldn't let him go? well, she's turned on bush in her latest ad. first, let's check in on the latest polls in the tight races around the country. starting with california. a new poll shows what we've seen. boxer's building a lead over fiorina. looks like a real race with joe miller at 38%. murkowski at 36% and mcadams at 22%. finally, to florida. where marco rubio is pulling away. he's up 13 points over charlie crist with meek way behind. we'll continue to check the scoreboard each night leading up to the election day. >>> now, my interview with former president clinton. i begin by asking him about the negativity that seems to be dominating. let's talk about the phenomena in american life. it's gotten much worse. this fiery negativetivity. >> i don't know how it could get much worse, but i do think -- >> oh, now, it's crossed parties. seems like everything is far left or far right. >> i think you
how is president obama working with american generals in afghanistan? who's calling the shots? >>> remember this scene when michele bachmann was so inspired by president bush that she wouldn't let him go? well, she's turned on bush in her latest ad. first, let's check in on the latest polls in the tight races around the country. starting with california. a new poll shows what we've seen. boxer's building a lead over fiorina. looks like a real race with joe miller at 38%. murkowski at...
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they can't go into afghanistan now. so it is -- now the other thing which i wanted to mention is this is -- this is obama up close. you really see what he said, what his emotions are. he gets angry. he says i'm done doing this. they are stiffing me. the military is cooking the b k books all the time. and it's not -- if you look at it, it's not the spun version that we get from this white house or any white house. it's real life in realtime, and obama is -- you have to give him credit. intellectually engaged, he addresses every problem. encourages joe biden to go after the idea of 40,000 troops. and biden is in there, which is natural for him, like a hammer, pounding, pounding, making very logical, potent arguments. and the intellectual engagement, if you were looking at it, i think you'd give it an "a." and the question is obama looks at it intellectually and realizes it's a dreary situation in the afghanistan war. it's violent. we are not in control of it. we have to deal with president karzai who now is out in public
they can't go into afghanistan now. so it is -- now the other thing which i wanted to mention is this is -- this is obama up close. you really see what he said, what his emotions are. he gets angry. he says i'm done doing this. they are stiffing me. the military is cooking the b k books all the time. and it's not -- if you look at it, it's not the spun version that we get from this white house or any white house. it's real life in realtime, and obama is -- you have to give him credit....
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john yang, thanks so much. >>> so iran, afghanistan, and now iraq. six months after iraq held its elections, still no government. now reports that the united states and iran are actually on the same side supporting efforts by the malaki government to create a broader shiite coalition. what's going on there? former u.s. ambassador to iraq christopher hill just retired last month after 33 years of foreign service and is now the dean at the university of denver's school of foreign policy. thanks so much for joining us. ambassador, what do you think is going on with these endless negotiations in iraq? are we finally getting to the point where the malaki government is going to create a new government? >> they are -- what we have been trying to do is work on what -- >> sorry about the audio problems. >> and help the iraqis get to that -- >> ambassador, let me just apologize because i had a little trouble hearing you and i think our viewers did as well. let's ask you again about where you think the process is with the malaki government trying to create a co
john yang, thanks so much. >>> so iran, afghanistan, and now iraq. six months after iraq held its elections, still no government. now reports that the united states and iran are actually on the same side supporting efforts by the malaki government to create a broader shiite coalition. what's going on there? former u.s. ambassador to iraq christopher hill just retired last month after 33 years of foreign service and is now the dean at the university of denver's school of foreign policy....
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why are we spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan? when are we going to get out of afghanistan? >> iowa and new hampshire, the states that will dominate the republican contest, both had those isolationist, passivistic. those two conflicts in iran and afghanistan are costing the united states too much money. as we've said before, even though the republicans tend to be critical of the president for not being tough enough in those conflicts, there's room for a republican to come in and stay these wars are too expensive. in new hampshire, i found what you found, lots of people feel that way in the republican party and independents. >> also, i think that was the number one thing that we both commented on about new hampshire voters. the number two thing, a lot of "morning joe" viewers up there. >> tons. >> let's bring in right now republican senator from tennessee, which, by the warks home of the vanderbilt commodores, bob corker. and also national political correspondent for new yorker magazine john heilemann who actually dabbled in witchcraft. >> warlockism. >> you actually joined,
why are we spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan? when are we going to get out of afghanistan? >> iowa and new hampshire, the states that will dominate the republican contest, both had those isolationist, passivistic. those two conflicts in iran and afghanistan are costing the united states too much money. as we've said before, even though the republicans tend to be critical of the president for not being tough enough in those conflicts, there's room for a republican to come in and...
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we're going to start with that breaking news out of afghanistan. nine americans were killed in a helicopter crash overnight, making this the deadliest year for western force so far as. nbc's john yang is live in kabul with the latest. john, good morning. what happened here? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this was the worst helicopter crash in about four years for u.s. troops. nine troops dead. this happened in zabul province, which is in the south-southeastern section of afghanistan. an area where the taliban controls much of the territory and where coalition forces have been stepping up their attempts to push the taliban out. we are told this crash happened about 4:00 this morning, local time. the military says that there were no reports of enemy fire. that the crash is still under investigation. now, despite the fact that there were no reports of enemy fire, the taliban has called news organizations, including a call here at nbc news in kabul, to claim responsibility for the attack. they say they shot the helicopter down. the taliban often
we're going to start with that breaking news out of afghanistan. nine americans were killed in a helicopter crash overnight, making this the deadliest year for western force so far as. nbc's john yang is live in kabul with the latest. john, good morning. what happened here? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this was the worst helicopter crash in about four years for u.s. troops. nine troops dead. this happened in zabul province, which is in the south-southeastern section of...
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then obama's real war, afghanistan and bob woodward's new inside look at the battles over policy in the white house. we'll discuss that and all the week's politics in our roundtable with george will, donna brazile, matthew dowd and ron brownstein and "the sunday funnies." >> listen to this, one day delaware elects a witch, the next day the recession is over. i don't know. is that a coincidence? >>> hello again, and this week the recession was finally declared over. it officially ended june 2009, but the recovery has been slow, and the voters have been losing patience. with five weeks to go before the midterm elections, president obama and congressional democrats are facing potentially huge political losses. joining me now, the president's top political adviser, david axelrod. thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. >> i want to first though ask you about something very close to what the president has been doing, and that's middle east peace. the moratorium expires tonight. >> yes. >> the president asked the israeli prime minister to keep the moratorium on. he's not going to do it
then obama's real war, afghanistan and bob woodward's new inside look at the battles over policy in the white house. we'll discuss that and all the week's politics in our roundtable with george will, donna brazile, matthew dowd and ron brownstein and "the sunday funnies." >> listen to this, one day delaware elects a witch, the next day the recession is over. i don't know. is that a coincidence? >>> hello again, and this week the recession was finally declared over. it...
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we can't do that in afghanistan. >> not in afghanistan. that is the problem. you justice the decision because every major terrorist attack on the west came out offing of. you want to find one way to do something. >> not anymore. there are 50 al qaeda members there. >> between 60 and 100. >> and this business of invading countries because they're hotbeds of terrorism, i guess we have to go into iran, yemen, all these other places lieberman and lindsey and mccain want us to invade but we can't. >> i supported the original decision. as you get into it, it's just not possible, not pragmatic, not feasible, the sad part. >> the human face, you talked to the boy. i say boy, because as we walked away, i realized the kid's two years younger than joey. >> what i saw was the most hurt, alienated, disrespondent confused look on a young man's face, who felt like he was walking back through the gates of hell again, completely alone. >> he told me that. >> you reach a point, i would imagine at the age of 20, 21, his third redeployment? >> yeah. >> you reach a point internall
we can't do that in afghanistan. >> not in afghanistan. that is the problem. you justice the decision because every major terrorist attack on the west came out offing of. you want to find one way to do something. >> not anymore. there are 50 al qaeda members there. >> between 60 and 100. >> and this business of invading countries because they're hotbeds of terrorism, i guess we have to go into iran, yemen, all these other places lieberman and lindsey and mccain want us...
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i've lost a 20-year-old kid in afghanistan. just lost a 29-year-old n.c.o. a few weeks ago; stepped on a landmine. you're a failure because you didn't take them home. >> logan: i don't think anyone would call that a failure. i think people understand that, in war and in combat, you lose soldiers. >> hintz: everybody knows in war, you lose people. but just not your people. >> logan: as we left captain hintz and his men, their mission at zerok was coming to an end and new soldiers were pouring in to take over this fight. is it your sense that you're winning here? >> hintz: i think we're winning. i think we're winning. >> logan: you don't look convinced. >> hintz: i'm not 100% convinced. i mean, but... but you can't look at it like we're losing. i'm not going to come here and lose. so, do i think we've gained ground? yes. is it enough ground? no. i would like to say that if, given another six months here, i could bring in the next village, the next two villages, and bring them to my side... >> logan: but you can't. >> hintz: i can't. i'll never give up on it, b
i've lost a 20-year-old kid in afghanistan. just lost a 29-year-old n.c.o. a few weeks ago; stepped on a landmine. you're a failure because you didn't take them home. >> logan: i don't think anyone would call that a failure. i think people understand that, in war and in combat, you lose soldiers. >> hintz: everybody knows in war, you lose people. but just not your people. >> logan: as we left captain hintz and his men, their mission at zerok was coming to an end and new...
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men and women to afghanistan. what do you make of what seems to be in this book and i don't know you if read it. i have only seen the accounts of it, the president's apparently ambivalence. >> there is no doubt he had ambivalence, about afghanistan and didn't want to be there forever and stuck in a quagmire but when we lent up through the long process and comes off as thoughtful and serious in the book that he agreed that a surge was required. he wanted to know that it wouldn't go on indefinitely. now, how long it goes on remains to be seen, general petraeus in the book is quoted as saying that he believes we will be there for a long time and and i think he says for the rest of our lives and probably our kids' lives. that might end up being what it is. not the numbers that are in afghanistan now but some kind of a korea situation and i don't think the president closed that off, but, yet, all of his ambivalence which i think is true, is reflected there. >> chris: 30 seconds in the segment, bill. your thoughts? >> i
men and women to afghanistan. what do you make of what seems to be in this book and i don't know you if read it. i have only seen the accounts of it, the president's apparently ambivalence. >> there is no doubt he had ambivalence, about afghanistan and didn't want to be there forever and stuck in a quagmire but when we lent up through the long process and comes off as thoughtful and serious in the book that he agreed that a surge was required. he wanted to know that it wouldn't go on...
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his new book "obama's wars" describes a team deeply divided over the war in afghanistan. bob is here in "the situation room," and thank you for coming in, and congratulations on the excellent new book. when president obama was elected in 2008, he was adored by so many people, so what went wrong? >> well, the economy has not been fixed. he's learned that he is not the commander in chief of the economy. there is an unsettled state everywhere. i find that in focusing the war in afghanistan, the war on terror, the secret war in pakistan which is really, you know, pakistan is going to be remembered in the history books because of what might happen during this period. >> like what? what do you mean? >> like, i mean, there are terrorist attacks being planned now against our country that are being hatched in pakistan by all kinds of groups, and not just al qaeda. and, the people who know, including the president, are alarmed is about as alarmed as you can be. >> well, speaking of that, you interviewed the president of the united states for your book, "obama's wars" and there is a
his new book "obama's wars" describes a team deeply divided over the war in afghanistan. bob is here in "the situation room," and thank you for coming in, and congratulations on the excellent new book. when president obama was elected in 2008, he was adored by so many people, so what went wrong? >> well, the economy has not been fixed. he's learned that he is not the commander in chief of the economy. there is an unsettled state everywhere. i find that in focusing the...
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this point, this crossing point, which is near the khyber pass between afghanistan and pakistan is responsible for 80% of the nonlethal supplies -- water, food, and other material -- that goes in to the nato troops. they're still trying to work this out. they're still trying to figure out just what happened. chuck, savannah? >> john yang in kabul with the news on that. thanks very much. >>> well, now to rutgers university. two college freshman have been charged with secretly taking video of a sexual encounter by a fellow student and streaming that video on the internet. three days later, the student committed suicide. nbc's mike taibbi is live at rutgers university in new brunswick, new jersey, with this just tragic, awful story. mike? >> reporter: yeah, it really is, chuck. this is my alma mater, by the way, and i talked to a lot of people at rutgers yesterday. there are grief counselors that have been here for a week. as you said, these two freshman had videotaped the sexual activity and encounter of a classmate and they tweeted, one of them did, while it was happening, that he was making ou
this point, this crossing point, which is near the khyber pass between afghanistan and pakistan is responsible for 80% of the nonlethal supplies -- water, food, and other material -- that goes in to the nato troops. they're still trying to work this out. they're still trying to figure out just what happened. chuck, savannah? >> john yang in kabul with the news on that. thanks very much. >>> well, now to rutgers university. two college freshman have been charged with secretly...
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. >> we were in afghanistan. i was there a couple weeks ago. >> when do you exit? >> we said our combat troops will be out by 2015. the u. suchlt president has said -- is it the summer of next year? >> we'll take out three troops. >> well, whatever happens. i spoke to american presence there and there's complete -- they're working together between the u.s. and u.k. military is incredible. i think we're all kind of trying to do the same thing which is to get our servicemen and service women out. no one wants to stay a day longer than we have to. but leave behind, perhaps not a perfect afghanistan. i think it's unrealistic, but at least an afghanistan which is stable and can become a haven for terrorism. >> is that possible? >> look, it's a tough -- a very tough thing to do. i think what we need to do is move from just focusing on the military side of things -- this is not a war we'll win. there is no military solution to this. you have to try to create the space militarily for the afghan government to develop a pr
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we're following up on the shocking allegations that troops in afghanistan killed for sport. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room. >>> up first this hour, this coming in to the situation room, republicans going to extraordinary new links to try to play the ethics card against democrats with five weeks to go before the congressional election, the gop members of the house ethics committee are standing together and speaking out about the charges of charlie ran gal and maxine waters. let's go to dana bash to find out what's going on. what is going on. >> something that's going on is really, really rare, wolf. deliberations that are normally going on in secret and tend to go on in a bipartisan way in the ethics committee have spilled to the open and specifically differences in the house ethics committee spilled to the open. republicans released this statement. all five blasting the democratic chairwoman sow lofgren for what they say is stalling for whether or not to set a trial for two democratic congress before the election. the congressman is charlie rangel and maxine
we're following up on the shocking allegations that troops in afghanistan killed for sport. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room. >>> up first this hour, this coming in to the situation room, republicans going to extraordinary new links to try to play the ethics card against democrats with five weeks to go before the congressional election, the gop members of the house ethics committee are standing together and speaking out about the charges of charlie ran gal and...
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for instance, america is dealing with afghanistan. america is dealing with middle east. america is dealing with balkans. america is dealing with terror and energy transportation. diversification of energy source s. we have the same agenda. we have been dealing, also, with these issues. it's good that we are being coordinating it. we have the same views, you see. so i don't think there are many companies in the world that they have the same agenda. >> rose: you also have a good relationship with iran. >> iran is our neighbor. and they have different regimes. we are democrat and we are trying to be member of the european union so this is different, of course. but if you have a neighbor definitely you are... you want to be friendly and you want cooperation with them. we've had a very stable border with iran since 1659. so there's no border problem. there's no conflict. >> rose: you don't support sanctions against iran. >> u.n. sanctions is binding us also. >> rose: right. >> so therefore we are are applying this. we are arguing our reports to the u.n. committee. but since w
for instance, america is dealing with afghanistan. america is dealing with middle east. america is dealing with balkans. america is dealing with terror and energy transportation. diversification of energy source s. we have the same agenda. we have been dealing, also, with these issues. it's good that we are being coordinating it. we have the same views, you see. so i don't think there are many companies in the world that they have the same agenda. >> rose: you also have a good...