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Is undermined by the lack of will from the government of afghanistan to tackle them. remember, too, the west has gone its own share of blame to take on this because they have been throwing money around in afghanistan for many years without much accountability, without much process. so it is not just president karzais fault but blame for us, too. >>shepard: that sounds far and what we hear is they have to fix this, they have to fix it. is anyone offering what is soon by experts as a solution to t...

Problem and corruption problem in the new orleans police. he will also note that the surgeon general was a doctor here at the time of katrina. maxed out her credit cards and remortgaged her home to keep open her medical clinic and is now the surgeon general of the united states. greg, back to you. >> major, en route to his speech at xavier, the president actually stopped at the parkway bakery and tavern. that, of course, is an institution in new orleans and he stood for awhile and chatted with s...

Effort. it is analogous to whats happening now. he makes the point they need breathing room, they need some progress. its not just a matter of security and thats key. you have more u.s. casualties, the taliban is stronger made not weaker, and the addedç dimensi of the corruption problem, the central government, the karzai government is not trupsed. theres a reason why people turn to the taliban, because they see no other option to deal with some of the daily things in their lives like protecti...

$1 trillion in mineral deposits in afghanistan. we know they rely on the drug trade to fund the country and keep it going. and a big part of the economy. what are the thoughts about the ability to transition with the mineral find? >> a good question. its generally encouraging but it has to be handling carefully. a lot of people with the wealth see it worse than the corruption problem because only certain number of people benefit. on the other hand, it gives the afghan government revenue or poten...

About corruption and voter fraud. listen to some of this. >> its probably no surprise that with the last two chief executives of the state of illinois, convicted felons that we have a corruption problem in our state. >> congressman at a time when we should be encouraging people to vote, youre trying to suppress the african-american vote. its unacceptable. its dangerous. fly is in -- it flies in the spirit of our democracy. were in the south and west side of chicago. >> we had a conviction just i...