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People with different fate faith s, some liberal, some conservative who nonetheless share a sense of urgency, who understand that fixing our broken immigration system is not only a political issue, not just an economic issue but a moral imperative as well. so weve made progress. im ready to move forward, the majority of democrats are ready to move forward, and i believe the majority of americans are ready to move forward, but the fact is without bi-partisan support, as we had just a few years ag...

President? >> i think its his confirmation hearing, a special hearing. the most important thing he said today, very assuring to mothers and parents of soldiers over there that hes going to re-evaluate the rules of engagement. >> lets listen to that, because it is a key point going forward. a lot of the military, yes, theres a concern about civilian casualties, a legitimate concern about bringing down civilian casualties. and yet the troops sometimes feel their hands are tied behind their back. l...

Stage. >> i want to assure the mothers and fathers of those fighting in afghanistan that i see it as a moral imperative to bring all assets to bear to protect our men and women in uniform and the afghan security forces with whom my staff troopers are fighting shoulder to shoulder. those on the ground must have all the support they need when they are in a tough situation. megyn: mike emanuel live on capitol hill, it seems that general petraeus was pretty effective at supporting his commander in c...

The force, that there are not leaders at certain levels that are perhaps making this more bureaucratic or more restrictive than necessary. when our troopers and our afghan partners are in a tough spot. and when they are in a tough spot, its imperative that we use everything we have to ensure they get out of it. >> general david petraeus there. he soon will be on his way to afghanistan as the new u.s. and nato commander there. discussing in that testimony to the senate armed services committee, t...

Petraeus promised a hard look at the rules. >> in any operations outside of the gate, you dont want to take risks that should not be there in the first place. that is what we do, but we have a solemn obligation, really, moral imperative to ensure when our troops and our afghan partners are in a tough spot to do what is necessary. >> reporter: and more difficult news, a new report from the special u.s. inspector general for afghanistan says that afghan forces, they are woefully unprepared to take...

Enemy in recent months. since the beginning of april alone, more than 130 middle and upper level taliban and other extremist leaders have been killed or captured. together with our afghan partners, we will continue to pursue relentlessly the enemies of the new afghanistan in the months and years ahead. on a related note, i want to assure the mothers and fathers of those fighting in afghanistan that i see it as a moral imperative to bring all assets to bear to protect our men and women in uniform...

Welcome back to "hardball." in the wake of general mcchrystals dismissal, liberal democrats are challenging president obama on his war strategy in afghanistan. this is big stuff now. california congresswoman barbara lee has sent a letter to the president asking for a clear plan for troop withdrawal before congress votes on anymore more funding. she wrote we believe its imperative for you, the president, to provide congress and the american people with a clear commitment and plan to withdraw u.s....

Welcome back to "hardball." in the wake of general mcchrystals dismissal, liberal democrats are challenging president obama on his war strategy in afghanistan. this is big stuff now. california congresswoman barbara lee has sent a letter to the president asking for a clear plan for troop withdrawal before congress votes on anymore more funding. she wrote we believe its imperative for you, the president, to provide congress and the american people with a clear commitment and plan to withdraw u.s....

Were first in business worldwide. now its back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." in the wake of general mcchrystals dismissal, liberal democrats are challenging president obama on his strategy in afghanistan. barbara lee has sent a letter to the president asking for a clear plan for troop withdrawal before congress votes on anymore more funding. she wrote we believe its imperative for you, the president, to provide congress with a clear commitment and plan to draw u.s. forces from afg...

Spain. but there is still no consensus here in toronto on stimulus spending and the president finds himself having the same debate with european leaders that he has with republicans back home about whether the spending boosts the economy enough to justify the added debt. the leaders of germany, france, britain and japan all plan substantial budget cuts. canadian prime minister says the goal is to strike a balance. >> here is the tight rope that we must walk, sustain recovery, it is imperative we...