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And in such circumstances, avoiding mission creep toward unattainable goals is essential. >> what is not remarkable about those statements is the concern about the u.s. war in afghanistan. public skepticism about our continued war there is on the rise. what is remarkable about those statements is that the senator making them is the top-ranking republican on the foreign relations committee, richard lugar of indiana. republican. which is a huge deal, politically, if the republican party starts all...

Park is back open and tell us whats happening there today, mr. washington. >> >> dave and clayton thank you very much for having me on today. its a fine day not only for washington park but this country. this morning at 11:00 we are going to reopen the park for visitor tours. we have the houses staffed with interpreters. we have interpretive tours. soldiers, we have a lot of kids activities. a lot of activity planned for the entire day from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. >> clayton: tod...

Medevev, took a break from talking about trade yishzs yesterday to go on a burger run. not the fanciest way to treat a foreign dignitary but definitely a good way to get taste of america. both presidents ordered cheeseburgers. he added jalapenos and mushrooms to his burgers. the presidents and their interpreters ate in their shirt sleeves as surprised patrons gaped. dont forget 1:00 "andrea mitchell reports." mark is back in d.c. on monday. have a great weekend, well see you monday. [ male ann...

Response. there are several thousand local boats, shrimp boats in many cases, going out with the booms, helping us in this response. for us, this is a -- an environmental issue for the people of the gulf of mexico. were committed to meeting our obligations for fair and quick reaction to the claims processes. hot line numbers are down there, we have interpreters and people are getting pay with their checks. i met them. theyre cashing those checks and anyone who is not fishing because of this shou...

>> i mean, if i talk about some of those, we have several hundred boats already in this vessel of opportunity program where people can help us. one of the issues is, of course, we havent had that much oil come ashore yet. so the number of boats -- mainly the boats being deployed to stage material. since we dont have a lot of oil ashore, we dont need a lot of boats to respond. on the issue of people whos first language isnt english, we have interpreters to make sure communication isnt getting in ...

Last year even in light of the bad economy and the history of our country is very important as john will attest to. we have 10,000 some people that come out for the christmas day reenactment and hundreds of thousands a year want to tour the site throughout the year that are not able to do it. >> before we have to let you go, john, i want to get you in here. whats the response of the people that come out shall the kids and families that come out and see the interpretive tours? >> theyve always be...

While you are in china, the data you accumulate on that phone, conversations could be compromised while you are there. megyn: is it just the chinese? >> reporter: its not just the chinese. there was aan assessment recently that looked at large scale events like the expo in shanghai. olympic events, and the like. and what they conclude is they are real magnets for espionage. a form intelligence expert said there is no one better or more aggressive on obtaining economic or military information thr...

What you see is the alleged pirates leaving the courthouse after the hearing. but we learned today from court is that none of the men speak english. one entered a plea of guilty. the other ten get two more days to work with interpreters to be sure they understand the charges against them, which include piracy, plundering a vessel, assault with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to use a firearm. the men are being prosecuted in norfolk because the alleged crimes took place against the two navy shi...

>> its eyeya -- >> eyjafjallajokull. >> thats it? >> reporter: its a name so unpronounceable we cant even tell when someone says it right. >> and im not going to get this name right. but its -- >> reporter: most of us are so terrified of its 16 letters -- ♪ -- we avoid any mention of the name. >> the volcano. >> from that volcano whose name nobody can pronounce. >> reporter: "saturday night live" caught on to the way the press is suffering from volcanic naming avoidance syndrome. >> huge cloud...

To gain the publics trust and thats why i asked to use interpreters. >> larry: so you prefer your date of language. was it a difficult day for you? >> translator: yes, honestly, i think it was not an easy day. but i tried very hard, and i am not confident to what degree our sincerity was conveyed, but we are working together with the dealers and other customers who support us, our suppliers and other colleagues and our employer -- employees, and they all supported me, so i held on so far. >> lar...