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To have a new gusher of spending, a new gusher of taxes and a new gusher of borrowing. >> a gusher of borrowing, which is what i just showed you he did. and thats not all. there are some ryan defenders who argue, well, part of that was compromising on policy in the obama era, and thats an argument but, again, lets just do the numbers. the clearest exposure of the ryan hypocrisy actually came just now in the last year because you had united republican government and ryan got one major bill passed...

To turn the page on a decade in which so much of our foreign policy was focused on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. price tag of $538 billion at its peak 100,000 u.s. forces were on the ground in afghanistan. the battle beginning while the twin towers were still smoldering. now there are 32,000 troops on the ground but they will be end of this year. at the end of 2015, only 5,000 will remain. by the end of 2016, all gone except for embassy personnel. >> we have to recognize afghanistan will not...

Policy was focused on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. >> reporter: with the total price tag of $538 billion at its peak 100,000 u.s. forces were on the ground in afghanistan. the battle beginning while the twin towers were still smoldering. now there are 32,000 troops on the ground but they will be rapidly reduced to 9,800 by the end of this year. at the end of 2015, only 5,000 will remain. by the end of 2016, all gone except for embassy personnel. >> we have to recognize afghanistan will not ...

Jon mccain. so if she were to make a dent among women voters does it bode well for republicans? >> well, i think heres the problem. i agree with andrea, its a terrific ad, she does look very polished and i think what is says to us is she wants to continue foras of us to be talking about the possibility of her running for president. the problem is that she is still a huge celebrity, but from a substantive standpoint, even a lot of republicans dont take her seriously yet. so well see. i think the ...