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Decades as kristen well ewelker put it. >> it seems to be a huge move on the part of the united states. lets be clear eyed first of all about the cuban government. its a terrible government. the stalinist government functioning. how do you change that? we tried a policy for 5050 -- 50 years that hasnt worked. i think what president obama is going to attempt is -- a lot of people makes more sense which is enga engagement. the policy they took toward the old soviet union and china with results. we...

Unable to pay what it owes. i said on the floor that is not only a bad policy, its an immoral policy. i would hope in the next few hours that we can come together, democrats and republicans, not as a partisan effort, as is now occurring. every democrat is going to propose this bill that john boehner offered. its a bad bill. its a bad deal for the american public. its a bad deal, frankly, for all of those who rely on government functioning well. so that what i hope to see is for some of the repub...

A right to be enraged as i am about the dysfunctional spectacle that they see with america on the brink of -- in the first time in history being unable to pay what it owes. i said on the floor that is not only a bad policy, its an immoral policy. i would hope in the next few hours that we can come together, democrats and republicans, not as a partisan effort, as is now occurring. every democrat is going to propose this bill that john boehner offered. its a bad bill. its a bad deal for the americ...

Public. its a bad deal, frankly, for all of those who rely on government functioning well. so that what i hope to see is for some of the republican party to come to their senses and reelize they cannot survive as the party of no and start saying yes to reasonable compromise that will solve this immediate problem and, yes, well deal with the long-term problem of debt and deficit in the coming weeks and months. >> congressman, what about the 14th amendment for the president? i dont mean to put the...

Reclaiming their communities. >> so fragile and reversible. thats the theme that came out of here. they do say that they have made progress. in the same breath, brooke, it is always fragile and reversible. youd have to say the two things that president said that are important to do in afghanistan to get that government functioning and to provide services to the people both politically and economically and then also with pakistan. he said there has been some progress in convincing pakistan that t...