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Measures even if its for a few months need to pass and will pass because theres a lot of public pressure on congress right now and on the administration to address this. its an issue thats an emergency issue that has gotten a lot of media coverage. they are hearing from the constituents. i think its hard for people like representative flores and other members of the texas delegation, of the arizona delegation and all over the country to go back home for a one month recess without having addresse...

>> but team. he had his ear, head of intel when lockerbie happened. he has to have some secrets to tell. >> well, sure, but it depends if those secrets will be decisive. right now were seeing the rebels in retreat and we could be leading toward a stalemate a protracted civil war. weve not been able to end the violence through the no-fly zone, and issue its a good thing that somebody has left. but once again, the real important emergency issue right now is what is happening in the ground war. >> ...

So, this is as admiral mike mullen said the emergency issue, one they feel they have to deal with. >> shepard: it makes sense there would be a lot of factors behind this. >> not the least of which is the war, as they say, is hell, and what these men and women see on the battlefield, what they do on the battlefield can obviously haunt them many years after they come home, but according to former assistant deputy secretary of the army who i spoke to earlier it is the coming home that is often the ...

Forces there. and folks in pakistan dont like al qaeda but dislike u.s. drone attacks, much more. so says a new poll by the nonprofit new american foundation. it learned that 3/4 of pakistanis in the tribal areas disapprove of al qaeda. but, more than 3/4 also oppose the american drone strikes in their own back yards, 60% say they are fine with suicide attacks against u.s. troops. military suicides are on the rise. and, the top military general in the the united states says it is going to get wo...