Hes to work in washington for the world bank. He was the finance minister and moved back after the fall of the taliban. They are all familiar with the west. Even visitors like myself have had the chance to get to know all three of them. That part is promising. American forces to stay. They know they need help. They are less caught up in some of the backandforth that president karzai has had with the obama white house. Theyre going to have their challenges. A promisingit is top three. Cnn is reporting a very heavy security presence. Despite the threat by the taliban, that did not deter people from voting. The fingers were dipped in purple ink. We did see some of the violence with the death of the photographer that was killed on friday. Guest there have been some highprofile assassinations in the weeks. They figured out that al qaeda did not get support when they bombed schools. Of the taliban has gone after high profile legal targets. That is who they have wanted to strike at. They hope
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And the comments. The house begins its debate on budget plans. A busy week in congress. We will focus on the upcoming Midterm Elections. Our phone lines are open you can join in on the conversation on facebook. Send us a tweet at cspanwj. Or send us an email at journal cspan. Org. New york times has the voting in afghanistan front and center. A also the front page of the Washington Post Michael Ohanlon will be joining us later in the program to offer his perspective on the voting that took place in afghanistan and what is next for the u. S. Troops. Politico is reporting on the ap story that is getting a lot of attention over the weekend off of the coast of australia in the south indian ocean. It says the Australian Air chief said yesterday that the agency cannot verify any connection between the signals and Malaysian Airline flight 370. And this from cq weekly, focusing on money team and the appropriators. Congress continues its debate on budget priorities. He writes for the Washington
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