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The u.s. is now comparing with other wealthy countries when it comes to things like student test scores, miserably, graduation rates, life expectancy, crime and national debt. were falling way behind on all fronts. zakaria says the larger discussion in washington is about everything except whats important. unquote. like killing funding for sesame street. heres the question -- is the federal government broken beyond repair? i sort of think it is. go to cnn.com/cafferty file. post a comment on my ...

Or poor americans. and tom in pennsylvania writes, its easy, jack. legalize drugs. you want to read more on the subject, find it on cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> see you in a few minutes, jack. more than two decades after the deadly bloming on pan-am flight 103 in scotland, a renewed effort to bring gadhafi to trial. and the libyan leader has vowed to stay in libya or die a martyr. if he were drif on the exile, where could he go? [ male announcer ] theres just something about werthers caramel

Jack cafferty has been thinking about our dependency on foreign oil. heres here with the cafferty file. >> violence in the middle east is driving the price of oil higher. its time like these that our addiction to imported oil comes back to haunt us. its worse since the horrific bp spill in the gulf of mexico last spring, which killed 11 rig workers and dumped 5 million barrels of crude oil into the gulf waters. suddenly all drilling activity in water deeper than 5,000 feet was ordered stop. the ...

Jack cafferty is closely watching the white house today. hes here with the cafferty file. jack? >> mexican president felipe calderon met with president obama at the white house today. the two leaders discussed everything from a trucking dispute that has hurt trade to the increasing violence in and near and along the u.s./mexican border. relations between these two countries are worse than theyve been in a long time now. drug gangs rule the streets in a lot of mexican border towns and vin violenc...

Spring. in a column on politico.com, steve forbes writes by freezing u.s. energy assets in the gulf, the u.s. governments, quote, fuelling an energy crisis to bring the nation to its knees, unquote. one-third of the oil used in the united states comes from the gulf of mexico. by limiting the oil there, we become more dependent on oil rich nations abroad. the question is this. in light of the middle east turmoil, is it time to drill aggressively for oil in the gulf of mexico? go to cnn.com/caffer...

Gas. they pollute our air and water, poison and kill our animals that could end up being our food. its time to kick our addition to dirty energy and get on the path to clean energy that will ultimately be cheaper and help bring the debt down. in no uncertain terms should we be drilling again in the gulf of mexico. pete in georgia writes, drill, baby, drill. and quit pretending we live in a disney movie. we dont. and conner in chicago. totally. lets have bp do it. that will work out just fine. wa...

And returned to libya on compassionate grounds. he is still alive. >> i think we have to have a fair trial. >> jack and kathleen flynn lost their son j.p., who was returning home with other students after a semester abroad. they said they believed always gadhafi was behind the bombing. >> its a hard scenario to go through life knowing someone murdered your child and no justice was done. >> burts brother tom was killed in the bombing. he wants the u.s. to be directly involved in removing the liby...

Jack and grace, my wife is sally, my dad is richard, and my sisters marie. so i, >> i can totally relate. i can relate with you. and im following you now @rein @rein @reincepriebus on twitter. lets get ready for jack. hes coming back with the cafferty file, your e-mail. hes asking, whats the answer to worsening relations between the u.s. and mexico? plus, gadhafis last stand. why the embattled libyan leader wont go down without a long, hard, brutal fight. thats ahead. on the serengeti, and s...

Waltening beach, florida, says for his $30 billion ill let him stay at my house. if you want to read more, cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> jack, thank you. see you back here tomorrow. one is a dictator the other is an actor. jeanne moos is next. in creamy peanut butter, making your craving for a sweet & salty bar irresistible, by nature valley. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% more on car insurance? host: does it take two to tango? ♪ ♪ anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15%...

Interesting note, tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the day matthew snyder died in iraq. >> jack cafferty is coming up next.