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Months. thats a lot. thats a lot of money. and it is a testimony to vice president biden and his team that, as joe puts it, the dog so far at least hasnt barked. this team has done an outstanding job overseeing the recovery act. it doesnt mean that everythings been perfect. but when you think about the scope, the magnitude of this thing, this program has run cleanly, smoothly, transparently. we brought in one of the toughest inspector generals in washington, as well as professionals from private...

Right now on "andrea mitchell reports," how stimulating was the stimulus? the president and vice president hold a birthday celebration today for the stimulus bill. according to reports it saved 2 million jobs. >> now, despite all of this, the bill still generates controversy. part of that is because there are those that -- lets face it, across the aisle, who have tried to score political points by attacking what we did. even as many of them show up at ribbon cutting ceremonies for projects in th...

A distant governor living in germany for the last 15 years. if you do that here in the united states, you consider that man a carpetbagger. we have to find a solution for the people of marjah. people who dont speak pashco, and its not going to washing and continue to cycle the political instability going on in the country for 30, 35 years. >> the good thing about it, though, we finally understand that you clear an area, you dont just leave and let the taliban drift back in. we understand that yo...

No, there are way, way, way too many variables in alpine. but should she win? yeah. >> any other names in womens downhill, any other surprises? >> reporter: yes, a name, i think, to look out for julia mancuso. julia is the gold medalist from torino in 2006. last year, she struggled with injuries. this year, her results have not been what she wanted. but guess who was second in the downhill this week, hey, julia man cusk mancuso. >> also, the halfpipe, shaun white, what should we be looking for f...

Recovery and reinvestment act in denver, with blake alongside. it certainly wasnt a politically easy decision to make for me or for the members of congress who supported it. because lets face it, no large expenditure is ever that popular. particularly at a time where were also facing a massive deficit. but we acted because failure to do so would have led to skats strove. catastrophe. we acted because we had a larger responsibility than simply winning the in connection election. we had a responsi...

And convoluted, lets face it, weve been talking about limba snow, ben nelson, weve lost site of what were trying to accomplish. its not the american peoples fault, its our fault. i think what we should be doing is rather than having the summits with people who frankly are never going to vote for this bill, i mean my republican friends, we should be talking about whats in this bill and trying to get it right, taking things like the public option which when you explain it, people like it, competit...

Germany or france? could that happen? >> greta: is that a possibility? it is hard to think of that i cant think of our country getting to that position but is that just a threat? >> it seem like a threat. mood december gives ratings to thousands of subprime bonds they did give them out with abandon during the bubble. theyve downgraded other countries, canada, japan, ireland for example all struggled -- struggled to get out but did get their aaa back but it was a hard it. when you see what is goi...

Reducing the cost of insurance it wasnt right for america. >> greta: we ought to tell the viewers, how long have you been in the u.s. senate? you just replaced a senator recently? >> im new, i came in september. >> greta: you cant be for the rules going on for -- for centuries. >> i dont think. but i bring fresh eyes to it representing my state of 18 million. that someone comes having a business background experience in state government where we balance budgets in business we make payrolls. this...

Paying more melt care? >> when you look at the all the government programs that fund health care for various sectors of the population you have a growing entitlement cost medicare for seniors or medicaid a jointly funded program by the state and the feds for people who are poor, you have growing amount of the price tag, growing amount of the bill is paid for by the federal government. it is a different thing greta than saying the government is running health care. but the government is paying fo...

Restaurants in the fall. saying it people complained it was hard to dip their food. behind hired people to test drive the new packet for two years they drove dipping food into the ketchup. how do i get that job? say bye-bye to tai shan they are levering for china. the 3-year-old was raised at the zoo in atlanta. 4 1/2-year-old graw up in washington, d.c.. the national zoo still has two pandas left on a 10 year, 10 million dollar loan and that deal ends in december. vets hope the female will beco...