along the wlins incidentally that they re doing in the united kingdom. it s tough medicine, but they seem to be willing to take it, whereas in france they re rioting on raising the retirement age. on the foreign policy front, there s talk of what might be an exit strategy from this war, general petraeus following the mode of hit em hard, but at the same time encourage talks with the taliban. can you envision that as a way out? i do. i think you re beginning to see the early signs of an exit strategy. part of that is robust military action that you described, but the political part of it is that you re beginning to see conversation now with various levels of taliban leaders. that s part of t i think it s an important part of it. everybody agrees, i believe, that you re going to have to have a political solution to this war. military is very essential, but
leave a mess behind. iran, other elements and go home. i think that is how it is read in the region. bret: the administration is obviously portraying this as a positive sign that iran agreed to be at the table and see it as a diplomatic win. i think charles is right here. everyone is eyeing the exit strategy and end date of drawdown of troops that is supposed to begin in july and feels like there is a lot at the table being legitimatized and stepping in. you hear from the taliban that they are eyeing this date too, and readying for the population for what this means. i think in many ways it seems to be an odd and troubling development. bret: steve, we have done many reports about iran s influence inside afghanistan and actually directly linking to the killing of u.s. troops. directly. i mean the shipment of arms that you pledged was that you mentioned was omah only the
america is going to leave and leave a mess behind. iran, other elements and go home. i think that is how it is read in the region. bret: the administration is obviously portraying this as a positive sign that iran agreed to be at the table and see it as a diplomatic win. i think charles is right here. everyone is eyeing the exit strategy and end date of drawdown of troops that is supposed to begin in july and feels like there is a lot at the table being legitimatized and stepping in. you hear from the taliban that they are eyeing this date too, and readying for the population for what this means. i think in many ways it seems to be an odd and troubling development. bret: steve, we have done many reports about iran s influence inside afghanistan and actually directly linking to the killing of u.s. troops. directly. i mean the shipment of arms that you pledged was that you mentioned was omah only the
cutback and not be so free with the people s money. there are democrats that will agree with that and i m hopeful president obama will agree with that as. thanks. we ll miss you here in washington. i would gather you ll be back and forth. i ll be in the fight. thank you very much. coming up in the midst of the mid-term madness where is john boehner? plus america s most famous former flight attendant newest exit strategy. this is andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. come on, people, now smile on your brother everybody get together try to love one another right now [ female announcer ] the time has come to get a diaper that really works, without the really high prices. the time has come for luvs. say yes to ultra leak protection, no to pricey diapers. it s time for luvs with the luvs money back guarantee.
recession since the great depression. they are rooting for us all to get this country back on track. is there any issue that comes to mind that you disagree with the president on right now? yes. in afghanistan, i am supportive of legislation that would say let s get an exit strategy in writing so that we know we are really moving to bring those troops home. you know, i do believe a nation helping, not nation building. we have to rebuild our own nation. so i think on that, there s a bit of a difference. what about on domestic issues like economic issues, job creation, health care, do you disagree with him on any of those things? well, i did push harder when we did the economic recovery act for some more infrastructure dollars, so i pushed very hard for that and we did compromise on that i would have liked to have seen more of that. but i think the president is right when he says let s stop giving tax breaks to companies who ship jobs overseas, give them to companies that create