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And are you trying to stay in contact with a lot of the people that you met and worked with? >> yeah, campbell, my -- the employees that i worked with had much the same reaction as they did with dave. they were all very pleased that i had actually done that, you know, actually come out and tried to walk in their shoes. and i have stayed in touch with each and every one of them. since the show, ive followed up with several of -- well, every one of them i made commitments to and weve been followin...

Producer the finger, okay? >> bill: which finger did he give him? >> none of the two on either side. >> bill: the middle. bun something teed off because he did give an explanation on the senate floor. should very been teed off. >> here is a guy that voted against pay go. he voted against the bill have to pay for everything. >> when devote against it? >> last month. >> when the elevator door closed it was likened scene. i think what bun something trying to do is hold the senate to its word and sa...

Producer the finger, okay? >> bill: which finger did he give him? >> none of the two on either side. >> bill: the middle. bun something teed off because he did give an explanation on the senate floor. should very been teed off. >> here is a guy that voted against pay go. he voted against the bill have to pay for everything. >> when devote against it? >> last month. >> when the elevator door closed it was likened scene. i think what bun something trying to do is hold the senate to its word and sa...

>> before that, he gave the producer the finger, okay? >> bill: which finger did he give him? >> none of the two on either side. >> bill: the middle. bun something teed off because he did give an explanation on the senate floor. should very been teed off. >> here is a guy that voted against pay go. he voted against the bill have to pay for everything. >> when devote against it? >> last month. >> when the elevator door closed it was likened scene. i think what bun something trying to do is hold t...

The whip count. they want to wait and see exactly what the legislation is as its unfolded. is the white house prepared or is the president already started to engage in the arm twisting to get some of those 39? >> well, the white house says that their legislative affairs office has obviously reached out to those members who voted against the house health care bill back in early november but they have not received any firm commitments from any house democrats that theyre going to flip, that theyre...

Conversation in 1980, all over again. >> exactly. bill: robert gates, secretary of defense, delivered his proposal to the white house on monday. whats likely to come out of this, jim? your best guess is what on policy? >> yeah, i think were going split the difference here. were going to see some change. were going to see no more nuclear weapons, were not going to pour money down that rat hole anymore, were not going to see new missions but were not going to go as far as folks on the other side w...

>> this town has a problem. this problem -- this town is dysfunctional. you get to say anything you want when you need to say it. when it comes to actually commitments and making those commitments reality theres a huge disconnect. its not happening. >> reporter: the obama administration says it is adh e adhering to its promise, granting a handful of waivers only do those lobbyists like william lynn who are critical opponents. in this freedom of information request to the pentagon asks if lynn me...

Ministry, our ministers to meet during -- to meet today to coordinate with the current government so we can get together a plan for reconstruction and recovery for the effects this earthquake has caused our country. will you be making any changes to your government plan that you promised in your campaign? we will keep our government plan. it was ambitious, serious, responsible, but its going to work. its sad that -- this earthquake is not going to affect the commitments that we made during our c...

Which include overseas contracts that must be approved at the pentagon, are up 7% since its former lobbyist moved back to government service. >> drew griffin. >> leslie page with citizens against government waste says lynns hiring by the obama administration is an example of the same old broken government. >> this is exactly what they, what he, said was not going to happen. >> this town has a problem, and this town is dysfunctional. you get to say anything you want when you need to say it. but w...

>> everyone was wrong about how bad unemployment was going to get. blame the statieses and the people to project but i deal with reality. we have 10% unemployments and a jobs home of almost 11 million jobs. the time has come to come up with job creating programs specifically, not a cornucopia of programs. >> we got a glimpses of the jobs bill floating around and it seemed like there was quite a few instances of a cornucopia of pork in that. >> yeah, yeah. i mean theres some good things in the se...