repair it in the long run. so, there is no good answer, it is a hard choice. and people on both sides of the debate have a great explanation. richard, some people say we are sowing the seeds for the next crisis by the spending to get us out of the last crisis and this is the way that policy-makers operate. you bounce from one bad choice to the next and hope that you have minimized the pain for your citizens. that is true. the problem being of course, everybody said there had to be an exit strategy from the huge fiscal spend that was underway. but everybody heading pour the for the exit at the same time. that is the risk do countries like the uk, do they need to be beating their chests quite so much about cutting back on
his name, prestige and all that comes with it to romanoff who needs a lift because he s running behind michael bennett, the obama approved candidate in colorado. it s a schism for sure but not maybe as big as it would be if bill clinton were going to campaign alongside him and raise money for him. it s unusual. there was no heads up given to the obama white house and i asked robert gibbs you know, the other divisive potentially divisive issue is afghanistan. i m looking at the letter on the computer. some democrats sent the president a letter telling him they really want a clear exit strategy. how pressured is the president now feeling from within his own party on that issue? the pressure on the president is not overwhelming, at least yet.
always be remembered for many reasons. cnn won t be the same again without larry king live, the signature talk show of the network. god bless larry as he starts a new chapter not only for himself but for cnn as well. a lot of people on twitter saying you re great, we ll miss you and glad you ll still be on for regular specials. 25 years for at least five nights a week. almost 50,000 interviews. john the conversation right now at cnn.com/amfix. still ahead, a tough road in afghanistan. the goals, the obstacles and the exit strategy. 34 minutes past the hour. cciden. well.i couldn t have gotten by without aflac! is that different from health insurance? well yeah. .aflac pays you cash to help with the bills that health insurance doesn t cover. really? well, if you re hurt and can t work, who s going to help pay for gas? ..the mortgage, all kinds of expenses? aflacccccccccc! it s the protection you need to stay ahead of the game. exactly! aflac. we ve got you under our wing. aflac, a
that would be our tax money. the journal says that president hamid karzai s brothers is one of the officials in question. what the hell are we doing? president obama has said that u.s. troops would begin pulling out in july of 2011, but he seems to be hedging on that lately, and the former secretary of state henry kissinger is warning that the u.s. exit strategy provides a mechanism for failure. kissinger says that the public needs to be prepared for a long struggle. here is the question, is success possible in afghanistan? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, and post a comment on my blog. you should get a lot of responses. thanks, jack. president obama s pick to run the afghanistan war endorsed his chief of strategy, including the 2011 deadline for starting a troop withdrawal. while members of the senate armed services committee bickered over the issue, they gave general david petraeus their endorsement and the
committee and shellie ping agree has also signed on to that letter. thank you both, congressmen. i was watching you yesterday. you made a strong case. but bottom lining this thing, do you think this president will ever give you what you want? a date for the beginning of the withdrawal? and a date for the final removal of all troops from afghanistan? i certainly hope so, chris. because remember, nine years ago, when we went into afghanistan, the president then was given authority to wage what i considered then an endless war and i did not vote for that resolution. but the american people were told that we were going into afghanistan to capture osama bin laden and to stop bin laden. and to stop al qaeda, excuse me. this is now the longest war in american history. the american people are weary, chris. we need to develop an exit strategy, a plan, and a time line to begin to safely redeploy our young men and women out of afghanistan. i did not support the july timetable because when you l