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Atmosphe atmosphere. at the, secretary of state clinton told the u.s. panel that we have come too far to give up. >> its fair to say that progress has been made and we have invested an enormous amount of blood and treasure in afghanistan. we do have a stake in trying to help work towards the best possible outcome and that is what we are doing now. >> with me now, msnbc military analyst, and retired army colonel, jack jacobs. colonel jack. many are asking what do we gain by staying longer, especi...

Was a package, theres a whole lot more to that. well have to see what herman does. youve got a good get to have him. hes not done a lot of television since he stepped off the national stage. so tomorrow will be your chance to really kind of drill in and get an explanation of what this means and how it looks. i think he has something to offer. his business savvy, coupled with his newly acquired political savviness makes him someone to pay attention to. >> i want to know what kind of bus hes got. ...

They thought she would get beaten -- >> and yet scott brown running a tight race with elizabeth warren has come out and said i believe cordray is the right person to lead. unfortunately the system is completely -- >> your point is what? >> this is something that is not only good for the country but also good for re-election if youre from the president down to the senate. lets swivel around and talk about defense cuts. the president announced slimmer military strategy this afternoon, speaking wit...

Because this has been overextended and deployed so many times. thats the biggest benefit that came out of the presidents speech. it looks like he is cutting forces because he is less willing to utilize them than in the past. massive deployments. >> we are happy youre back. we have to share thaw are a giants fan and you were too thrilled that your giants beat my cowboys. >> i couldnt say im a giants fan. i root against the cowboys. i have to give you a hard time. >> you do, my friend. colonel jac...

Wars. this was an opportunity to undo that mistake or get a do-over and say, are we actually going to build the military that is for the conflict thats we will face. its hard to know -- >> then were also increasing our pacific presence -- >> thats a very big thing. you have the secretary of defense saying specifically that although we really love nato and we like our european partners and were going to help wherever we can, like in libya, well send cruise missiles and intelligence apparatus, we ...

Well have to see what herman does. youve got a good get to have him. hes not done a lot of television since he stepped off the national stage. so tomorrow will be your chance to really kind of drill in and get an explanation of what this means and how it looks. i think he has something to offer. his business savvy, coupled with his newly acquired political savviness makes him someone to pay attention to. >> i want to know what kind of bus hes got. >> it has his face on it. well be asking the man...

His party but i will say the production value was quite good but lets talk about the message which is that nobody belongs in anybodys elses backyard. initially i thought i cant imagine the military is in spoert of that. if you look at the numbers, ron paul is doing better among active and retired service members than anybody in the field and getting more donations than all of them combined. colonel jack, what do you attribute that to? >> surely his isolationist views are partly responsible for i...

That mistake or get a do-over and say, are we actually going to build the military that is for the conflict thats we will face. its hard to know -- >> then were also increasing our pacific presence -- >> thats a very big thing. you have the secretary of defense saying specifically that although we really love nato and we like our european partners and were going to help wherever we can, like in libya, well send cruise missiles and intelligence apparatus, we love nato. were not assuming that the ...

Thats the biggest benefit that came out of the presidents speech. it looks like he is cutting forces because he is less willing to utilize them than in the past. massive deployments. >> we are happy youre back. we have to share thaw are a giants fan and you were too thrilled that your giants beat my cowboys. >> i couldnt say im a giants fan. i root against the cowboys. i have to give you a hard time. >> you do, my friend. colonel jack, thank you as well. you are an honest man. thank you guys. st...

Be frightening many members of his party but i will say the production value was quite good but lets talk about the message which is that nobody belongs in anybodys elses backyard. initially i thought i cant imagine the military is in spoert of that. if you look at the numbers, ron paul is doing better among active and retired service members than anybody in the field and getting more donations than all of them combined. colonel jack, what do you attribute that to? >> surely his isolationist vie...