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Line here is that the president brought the international community along, i think, with an expanded set of authorities out of the united nations security council, that allows us frankly, chris, at a time when were seeing us stretched to unbelievable military support of the situation in japan, ongoing effort, obviously in afghanistan and our ongoing effort to wind down the war in iraq, we thought it was much more important rather than sit by and watch the slaughter of these innocents, to bring a...

Afghan good enough is good enough and that means having traditional social organizing structures as part of the ultimate solution, if you will, with tribal councils which are quite democratic. they then connect at the district or province level with what goes up to kabul and comes out as well. >> afghanistan good enough, does that entail redefining, defining down some of the goals for rebuilding the nation? >> i think some of that was done last year actually during the course of the process that...

Traditional social organizing structures as part of the ultimate solution, if you will, with tribal councils which are quite democratic. they then connect at the district or province level with what goes up to kabul and comes out as well. >> afghanistan good enough, does that entail redefining, defining down some of the goals for rebuilding the nation? >> i think some of that was done last year actually during the course of the process that president obama and the new administration led. i think...

Three to five years or less. afghan good enough is good enough and that means having traditional social organizing structures as part of the ultimate solution, if you will, where tribal sura councils, which are quite democratic, by the way. they then connect at the district or province level with what goes up to kabul and comes out as well. >> afghanistan good enough, does that entail redefining, defining down some of the goals for rebuilding the nation? >> i think some of that was done last yea...

Horizon rig itself. and its been reported that improper seals responsible for more than a dozen previous blowouts in the gulf. "the wall street journal" saying the deepwater horizon did not have a deepwater shutoff valve that is used by other drilling companies. in 2000 the minerals management service began considering making that and other backup measures mandatory. the oil industry pushed back against the device. three years later, an administration led by two oil men decided not to mandate an...

Have a remote control shutoff valve that is mandatory in at least two other countries and is used voluntarily by two other drilling companies. in 2000 the minerals management service began considering making that and other backup measures mandatory. the oil industry pushed back against the device. three years later, an administration led by two oil men, including the former ceo of halliburton, decided not to mandate any new backup systems. the shutoff valve being "not recommended because they te...

In order to save energy and taxpayer dollars, my administration led by secretary chu at energy as well as administrator johnson at gsa is doubling the number of hybrid vehicles in the federal fleet, even as we seek to reduce the numbers of cars and trucks used by the government overall. so were going to lead by example and practice what we preach, cutting waste, saving energy and reducing our reliance on foreign oil, but we have to do more. we need to make continued investments in clean coal tec...

Country to reach a historic agreement to raise fuel economy standards in cars and trucks. and tomorrow, after decades in which we have done little to increase auto efficiency, those new standards will be finalized, which will reduce our dependence on oil while helping folks spend a little less at the pump. my administration is upholding its end of the deal. we expect all parties to do the same. id also point out, this rule were going to be announcing about increased mileage standards will save 1...

Security council, that allows us frankly, chris, at a time when were seeing us stretched to unbelievable military support of the situation in japan, ongoing effort, obviously in afghanistan and our ongoing effort to wind down the war in iraq, we thought it was much more important rather than sit by and watch the slaughter of these innocents, to bring along is the international community. we didnt wait to see where the international community was, we brought them along. now we have an opportunity...