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Perhaps. there is no doubt that some of the opposition to the iraq surge was political. some politicians are political. you know about everything. the gates book talks about arguments within the administration over policy concerning afghanistan. and the beltway media pretends that it is shocking. like i mean, explosively shocking. there couldnt possibly be arguments within the white house. here is one of the explosive statements that gates makes about that. quote, the continuing fight over afgha...

Will receive under the program itself. you will see the deductible is significant lehigher. >> -- significantly higher. >> do you think doctors hillary fuse to see -- will refuse to see patients? >> thats a concern i have had for a longtime as have others. with the narrowing of panels and the decrease in payment to physicians, you are not going to be able to see the doctor you thought you could see or go to the hospital or the clinic or the facility you thought you were going to be able to go to...

Disparity, and this study we talked about shows the gender gap narrows. 93% for women under 35. but 84% for women of all ages. in other words, 84 cents on a dollar. is that a sign that its going to be a matter of time before we catch up? is there any way to make that faster? >> well, the good news is that the gap is narrowing for young women. the bad news is that maternal status or motherhood is a greater predictor of wage discrimination right now than gender. >> if you decide to have babies, th...

Families a fighting chance. >> when you consider the atmosphere here on capitol hill, expectations were for a modest budget deal at best. we are now hearing that could be narrowing from there so we will soon find out if they can reach even a mini budget agreement this week. jenna: i like a mini budget agreement. well see if they can do it. thank you. jon: some damaging allegations against a top member of the obama administration. james clapper is accused of knowingly lying to congress about the ...

Problems that he described. >> meanwhile republicans and democrats are trying to hammer out a budget deal to avoid another government shutdown next month. paul ryan and patty murray are heading up these talks. the two sides are said to be about $100 billion apart with the gap narrowing in these talks very much continuing. your fast food order may not arrive so fast this morning. restaurant workers in 100 major u.s. cities are threatening to walk off the job demanding higher wages and demanding...

Fast food workers and nurse assistants and retail salespeople who work their tails off ian are still living at or barely above poverty. and that is why its well past the time to raise a minimum wage that in real terms right now is below where it was when harry truman was in office. >> republican leaders took issue with the presidents approach. house speaker john boehner suggesting mr. obamas policy created the very problems he described. another government shutdown looming next month they are ...

Dont need you, alec baldwin, any more. >> and then he brings out his gay hairdresser to defend him? i thought that was a joke. >> honest to god. >> and this hairdresser who is like the gays love him because they love drama. >> its so painful stereo typing. now, look, we need to -- we dont need to divide about this but talk about it and understand it. im a sinner too. i have -- we all have feelings that were not proud of. but we do our best to restrain them and we dont threaten them with violence...

Tolerance towards homophobia that is gap is narrowing. the fact that he is being suspended its the same with the mary cheney and liz cheney thing. there is a shift. it is not inefbtable. but thats the best thing you can say about the american story there is this norm of equality. it takes us longer to get there with some groups than others. but that is the trajectory we are going. >> i have been disappointed with someone who is a gay rights supporter, i have been disappointed with the left in ho...

Appeal across the board. normal and fresh. after eight exhausting years of obama care and 20 of clinton. >> listen. that would explain some narrowing of the polls in general. this is just on the heels of obama care. >> an nbc poll which came out within the last day has hillary up. its important to remember that these polls arent great indicators. ask rudy giuliani and hillary clinton who two years out from 2008 were tied. rudy giuliani was beating hillary clinton when republican favorability was...

Nice to me. his family was terrific to me. they were always wonderful. i would never say anything otherwise. politically, can we argue with the fact that hes deceived america at this point? he said if you like your plan you can keep your plan, period. thats just one. >> do you believe hes a different kind of politician as he promised he would be? >> absolutely. hope and change. where did that go? hes using government as a weapon against the american people. its unprecedented. >> in the observati...