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With spending that has already taken place. and we dont want the united states of america to default so we understand that its going to be necessary for us to increase the debt ceiling but having said that, we should not do it without getting absolute ironclad commitments that we are going to be cutting spending. we have a $14 trillion debt that exists today and its overwhelming. being passed on to future generations and the american people on november 2nd told us we absolutely have to do everyt...

Being in good company. what a clue? 49 out of 50. the senate careens towards christmas not with holiday cheer but with partisan sniping. a debate over a rather productive lame duck session is helping president obama stage a year end rally. new polling is among the items to debate. first lets ask dana bash if the republican objections to the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with russia are on policy or political grounds? >> reporter: the answer to that is both. many republicans have substantive issues with the ...

Complaining about earmarks, some marked by republicans, that reneged on their commitments to support that omnibus. the house on the road to ramming through a trillion dollars in tax cuts that our kids will have to pay for. democrats battling republicans, battling democrats. in the final days of the 111th congress. we begin with $858 billion in tax cuts expected to pass the house tonight. debate beginning hours after how house leadership would give progressive democrats their opportunity to open ...

They are now ready to come to the table and fulfill the commitments that they have already made. >> clinton is also sending a high level state department team to the region next week to follow up, shep. >> shepard: james rosen live in washington. james, thank you. iran kicking off first nuclear talks with world powers in more than a year. our coverage continues on tensions overseas in a live update on whats going on there next. plus, terrorists talking about a new way to get a bomb passed airpor...

Say here that in 1993 on the 9th of september, of this year we signed, mr. prime minister, what is called a document of mutual recognition between us and israel. between former president arafat and yitzhak rabin and the document was signed. and in this document we give enough so to show that our intentions are good, our intentions with respect to recognizing the state of israel and that in camp david also commitments were required from us. and when we came back with

President clinton, we carried on with all our commitments because we respect our commitments and our agreements. therefore, we start from here to reach a peace that will end the conflict, that will meet all the demands and start a new era between the israeli and the palestinian people. thank you and peace be among you. >> i want to thank both leaders for their statements, and i also want to thank the members of their respective teams who are here in both delegations. the people sitting here have...

Of this year, we signed, mr. prime minister, what is called a document of mutual recognition between us and israel. between former president arafat and yitzhak rabin and the document was signed and in this documents we gave enough so to show that our intentions are good. our intentions, with respect to recognizing the state of israel, and, you do know, sir, that in camp david, also, commitments were required from us. and when we came back, with president clinton, we carried on with all our commi...

Issue of refugees, border security, all of them are on the tail and the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, said he, too, believes he can, along with the israelis, find something thats been impossible to find before. >> we want to state our commitment on all our commitments, ending incitement, and we call on the israeli government to move forward with its commitment to all settlement activities and completely lift the embargo over the gaza strip. >> reporter: the question of settlements looms ...

What is called a document of mutual recognition between us and israel. between former president arafat and this document was signed. and in this document, we give enough to show that our intentions are good. our intentions with respect to recognizing the state of israel. and did you know, sir, that in camp david also commitments were required from us. and when we came back with president clinton, we carried on with all our commitments because we respect our commitments and our agreements. theref...

The dream that a better life awaits anyone who is willing to work for it and reach for it. our most urgent task is to restore our economy and put the millions of americans who have lost their jobs back to work. to strengthen our middle class we must give all our children the education they deserve and all our workers the skills that they need to compete in a global economy. we must jump-start injuries that create jobs and independence on foreign oil, we must unleash new products to roll off our ...