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I think we have a residual role and im willing to take the heat on it. >> he is using political capital he has on bin laden. and trying to sell -- trying to explain why the united states is going to be staying in afghanistan in one form or another for another, what is it now, 12 years. i mean, that is an amazing number when you think about it. a ten-year commit many here. now this is both on the economics front and on troops and all of that is still to be negotiated. every years, there will be a...

And run people. i think we have a residual role and im willing to take the heat on it. >> he is using political capital he has on bin laden. and trying to sell -- trying to explain why the united states is going to be staying in afghanistan in one form or another for another, what is it now, 12 years. i mean, that is an amazing number when you think about it. a ten-year commit many here. now this is both on the economics front and on troops and all of that is still to be negotiated. every years,...

also, james wolfensohn has many claims to fame. yes, he ran the world bank but he hired paul volcker when he started his own investment firm. ill talk to him about the global economy and more. later, an inside look at the silicon valley facebook, paypal, facebook, zynga. reid hoffman has been at the ground floor of all of them. and why is one of americas friends, india, friends with one of its sworn enemies, iran? playground politics are at large. ill explain. but first, heres my...

many claims to bank. ill talk to him about the global economy and more. later a. look at the silicon valley facebook, pay pal, zynga. reed hoffman has been at the ground floor of all of them. and why is one of americas friends, india, friends with one of its sworn enemies? ill explain. but, first, heres my take. were going to hear a lot of polarized rhetoric over the next few months. the republicans and democrats will seem to disagree about everything. but there is one huge and i...

Unemployment benefits is just above that, 375,000. when applications fall below that number consistently, thats usually a sign that hiring is strong enough to impact the unemployment rate. a staggering number of americans are now in poverty or just scraping to get by. new census figures showing one in two americans are either poor or low income. low income means roughly $45,000 for a family of four. states in the south and the west have the highest share of low income families as those states ...

Among -- the united states has been offering aid programs, educating on egyptians for decades now. many of these are young lawyers who have gone to american backed universities. and now they are pushing for these ideals that they have talked about for decades. its all about money and economic problem. they dont want to give that up. things are going much more smoothly, there. the egyptian military is not willing to give up the economic holdings and they have botched this transition. the obama ad...

Into some of that money to help pay for some of these reconstruction and aid programs? >> well, i think the libyan transitional government itself should want to do that. this is what they said that they have been striving to achieve. so getting some of the money that otherwise was just out of the hands, out of reach of average libyans makes a lot of sense to use that. and lets also hope that qatar and the united arab emirates and others are helping the libyan state oil company and western compan...

>> hillary clinton has already said hezbollah-controlled government or a hezbollah-influenced government would definitely lead to a change in the u.s.-lebanon relationship. does that worry you? do you want to keep a good relationship with the u.s.? >> i am keen to have the best relationship with washington. i can ensure mrs. clinton and definitely im looking forward to see her soon that this government is a government, the main object of this government is to maintain good relation with internat...

Pair of attacks near baghdad, killing nearly 50 people. their targets, government-backed sunni militia men. the first attacker plowed into a group lined to collect their paychecks. a second gunman stormed militia headquarters in the far west anbar province, opening fire before blowing himself up. the attacks were the deadliest against iraq security force far this year. secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan this morning announcing $500 million in new aid programs. the idea is to hel...

The question again, bill, is then what? because general mcchrystals plan relies on protecting the population and not on killing taliban. is he deemphasizing that question, can we win any kind of war without killing the enemy? two, when we secure marjah, can the afghan government of president harmid karzai come in with reasonably honest police, reasonably effective military to protect the surrounding territories and provide worthwhile honest aid programs to locals. >> lets assume that nato will k...