they no doubt will be discussing exit strategy. perhaps more importantly, you have the new ukrainian and russian governments for the very first time talking on a cabinet level at least, and a russian defense official is discussing ukraine with nato members in brusse brussels, as well. so, kristen, what s emerging, it seems in this from the swirl of diplomacy is a couple of end games. the russian plan and the western plan, if you will. washington and berlin pushing hard now for something that would include international observers to replace the russian or pro-russian forces in crimea, direct talks between russia and kiev, and new elections in may. now, reduction erussians want t return of viktor yanukovych to head a national unity government and new elections in december, so there s a gulf between the two sides, but at least the two sides are talking again.
wildest dreams, would you pin that on a republican united states senator? well, sadly, you can t do that anymore. because i would know exactly where it came from. yeah. but the fact of the matter is, i mean, it s those kinds of statements that are just irresponsible. and if you go back to the government shutdown. this guy is a bomb thrower, he s a flame thrower, but he s got no exit strategy, he doesn t have a plan b. he doesn t have the responsibility of governing, which mitch mcconnell does. he can go on shows and say whatever the heck he wants. well, i mean, a guy who says the single thing that republican politicians hate and fear the most is telling the truth, steve, why is he a republican? i don t think he is a republican, to tell you the truth. i wish he would stop being a republican and leave the party. that would be a nice thing. he s really a libertarian. he comes out of the ron paul wing of the libertarian wing of the party, and, you know, they use the republican pa
we ll have to go in and rescue. 10,000 is a force used to train and self defense and protection. and also as a counterbalance with pakistan and with iran. if we go to 0, we are just saying it is another iraq and never mind and you young men and women, next time the nation calls and steps up remember what happened in iraq and afghanistan and you will see how many people beat their feet to the recruiter office. how long are those 10,000 troops staying behind. what are we trying to do. what is the exit strategy? i would like to hear the president and national security advisors what is the plan and what are we doing other than getting young americans killed? thank you. and coming home to new jersey. cutting short a 10-day trip
evidence that they are dangerous and he will release them. what does this is a about the relationship? it is a symptom of a broader problem of what is a weak exit strategy and exit strategy are left to the last-minute and not considered when we go in the conflict as the post conflict plan we saw in iraq. it is a big problem. i spent two years in afghanistan and we were looking over the political and lives and development and the single thing that plagued all three was corruption. mainly due to narcotics and a issue with loyalty. in 1992 coalition went in iraq a lot of the iraqis pledged allegeance with the forces. when they withdrew, saddam hussein purse cuted those iraqis. it was a transfer of power and there is a serious issue with the way the afghan is loyal to
two years of serving at president bush s secretary of defense. even awarding him the medal of freedom a few months ago, the nation s highest civilian honor. you re not only one of the longest serving secretaries of defense in american history, but it is also clear that you ve been one of the best. gates in this memoir describes a meeting in the situation room in march 2011 where the president became visibly frustrated about the withdrawal timetable from afghanistan writing, quote, i thought a president doesn t trust his commander. he can t stand karzai. doesn t believe in his own strategy and doesn t consider the war to be his. for him it s all about getting out. of course, plenty of obama supporters will be happy to hear that version. that the president was set on finding an exit strategy, period. and the fact that he didn t trust military commanders. to an extent, your view of this book will depend on your view of the iraq and afghanistan wars in general. gates does have some pra