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The turbulence that might have brought this plane down. >> thanks very much. jack cafferty is coming up next with "the cafferty file." then why some democratic candidates are embracing former president bill clinton while keeping president obama at length. and a suspected 9/11 plotter held at guantanamo bay for years. so why are new images now showing up in propaganda videos? plus, the controversy over a proposed islamic center and mosque near ground zero in new york. but what is in the neighborh...

Order to, in order to get the good governance, get the economic engines started, get better rule of law and battle corruption, you have to convince the afghan people that there is a better way of life, and that starts with basic security in the towns, the villages, and the districts and the governance in the country, and once you get that, once you get that stwinwi it becomes somewhat irreversi e irreversible. >> general, thank you for coming to my situation, and thanks for the pin from your sit...

Jack. >> the question, in this economy should federal workers be earning twice what private sector workers earn. every government face this is question and the answer is always obviously yes. the problem is if you freeze wages or cut back, youll only see strikes and discontent. you think h they do things slowly now? try messing with their paycheck and see what happens. ken in maryland says as a 3r50i69 sector contractor working for the government, i can tell that you the argument made by unions ...

Wants to take it out on everybody else. >> do you agree with that assessment? >> yes, all of the victims were physically smaller than him, and i think that pat is exactly right. in that situation, maybe it is the physical size as opposed to the color of the their skin. >> well, we will learn a lot more about this man in the coming days. guys, thank you very much. jack cafferty is coming up next with the cafferty file. and then an island of ice miles wide floating in the arctic ocean and we wil...

It could all be a moot point should mrs. clinton decide to make another run at the top job herself. anyway, heres the question. should president obama drop joe biden for hillary clinton as his running mate in 2012? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. >> if he were to do that, jack, and if they won, certainly would set the stage in 2016 for hillary clinton as then a sitting vice president to run for president herself. >> assuming that the four years that the two of them held...

To close that door. but still, ahmadinejad continues every day, to the open hand, to spit in his face. just yesterday in the horrible case of the stoning of ashdiani, they tortured her into a confession and they are resurrecting, if not the stoning, an immediate execution, despite the international outcry on this, including hillary clinton recently, so they have to show something to get this conversation with these preconditions. they have to do something immediate or otherwise i think the presi...

The same curriculum, and the same quality. 85 locations nationwide and online. discover how to grow the business of you... at keller.edu. >> jack cafferty is here with the cafferty file. jack? >> wolf w the economy and nearly 10% unemployment struggling to get on its feet, it seems like it is a good time to work for the federal government. "usa today" has a story that on average federal employees earn double what private sector workers make. in 2009, federal civil servants earned about $123,000 ...

$200,000 a year or families earning more than $250,000. but most republicans are opposed to that idea. they want to extend all of the tax cuts. and some moderate democrats agree with them. they are concerned that even president obamas limited tax increase could hurt this very weak economic recovery that we have got. opinions are all over the place on what ought to happen, but doing nothing is not a good option, unless of course, the government does something ability the runaway spending. dont ho...

Thats almost unprecedented. its rarely happened in the past. but they, i think their lesson also is you have to be very careful who you recruit. because you can wind up as they are in nevada with a situation where they may blow a race they thought they had in their pocket. >> yeah. >> as jack cafferty just said, harry reid is now ahead. >> a lot of the candidates that the republicans actually recruited for senate races arent the candidates who won. for example, rand paul in kentucky. you talk ab...

Two armed and dangerous fugitives are believed to have disguised themselves and the marshals office is putting out this new composite. he is believed to have grown a beard and dyed his hair black. his alleged accomplice is now believed to be a blonde. officials say the pair may have been spotted in gentry, arkansas, and theyre suspected in a robbery there. lets go back to jack for the cafferty file. >> the question this hour, in light of skyrocketing deficits, is it time to raise taxes? tom writ...