the federal reserve says ten of the 12 fed regions experienced growth. only philadelphia and st. louis reported mix business conditions. president obama deficit and debt commission has the tough assignment of crafting an exit strategy for tackling the government s mounting debt. as chief washington correspondent jim angle shows us the panel is prepared for the impending war over which programs to cut. reporter: erskine bowles and former senator alan simpson offered some revisions to the sweeping plan to reduce deficits by $4 trillion over the next nine years, and they got support from members of both parties worried about our future. we will be the first generation in the history of this country to pass less prosperous and secure nation to our children. i am prepared to support this plan. and to support it strongly. because i don t see another alternative. only one person said she will vote no. in all, seven commissioners were supportive, even those with reservations that want
the federal reserve says ten of the 12 fed regions experienced growth. only philadelphia and st. louis reported mix business conditions. president obama deficit and debt commission has the tough assignment of crafting an exit strategy for tackling the government s mounting debt. as chief washington correspondent jim angle shows us the panel is prepared for the impending war over which programs to cut. reporter: erskine bowles and former senator alan simpson offered some revisions to the sweeping plan to reduce deficits by $4 trillion over the next nine years, and they got support from members of both parties worried about our future. we will be the first generation in the history of this country to pass less prosperous and secure nation to our children. i am prepared to support this plan. and to support it strongly. because i don t see another alternative. only one person said she will vote no. in all, seven commissioners were supportive, even those with reservations that want
rick: today marks a great milestone for our military. we have now been in afghanistan exactly as long as the soviet s were, nine years and 50 days. the administration has laid out benchmarks for an exit strategy, but it has also made it clear that the exit dates are very flexible. for more on the significance of this milestone and on our way forward in this part of the world let s bring in chuck nash, a captain and fox news contributor. you and which were on the air talking about this exactly 9 years and 50 days ago right around when the conflict began talking about the war in afghanistan. at that time did it ever curb to you that we would be there as long as we are? no, i really didn t think back then that we would, because there had been such dramatic success early on when u.s. forces, u.s. special forces were able to leverage in the northern alliance, and the northern alliance ground forces backed by
that was in china. that s the definition of a man without an exit strategy. bill: 56% of you thought the clip was patriotic, because it was funny. 44% thought it was pinheaded. that is it for us tonight. collect out the fox news for website different from billoreilly.com. we would like you to spout off from anybody where in the world. let s foreign mail coming in. i would say we get between 3,000 and 5,000 letters a day. we know you are watching out there. when i was in the virgin islands everybody was watching. we want you guys to write what you think. if you want to do that oreilly@foxnews.com. name a town if you wish to opine. when writing the factor, please do not be nebulous.
the secret plant was stunning. says that north korean officials told him the centrifuges were already installed and running and he was not allowed to take photos though and has not said exactly where it s located and we tried to reach him and hasn t returned our e-mails. he s set to give a speech in washington on tuesday. and shows a visiting u.s. scientist, new and enriched uranium clearly appears to be calm lated move by the north korean government and now a new challenge by the obama administration. more saber rattling. thanks. president obama back to the u.s. after a trip to portugal. n.a.t.o. leaders worked on an exit strategy the plan and u.s. combat operations and turn over control to the afghans by the year 2014. we made progress and i expect that we re going to make more progress next year