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There is genuine improvement in the performance of afghan national security forces. but, the taliban is still robust enemy. the games are still fragile. i dont think theres ever going to be an optimal point where we say this is all done. this is perfect. this is just the way we wanted it. now, we can wrap up all our equipment and go home. theres a process. its sometimes a messy process. >> welcome back to "morning joe." 21 past the hour. with us now, the secretary of the u.s. navy, ray mabus. >>...

America. >> all right. >> to highlight the point you made, there is always a way. always working to serve this country, tens of thousands of men and women you represent. we thank you. and them for your service. thank you very much. >> ray mabus, good to have you on the show. on tomorrows show, colin powell will be here on set. "morning joe" is back in a moment. im more of an absentee plant parent.

hes a great mayor. if my house was on fire, i would hope hes my next door neighbor. in this instance, he was wrong. there are specific instances here that speak to economic theory that isnt the right theory for the country. >> good morning, everyone. its tuesday, may 22nd. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have mike barnicle. hello, mike. >> morning, mika. >> are you present? >> yes. >> in every way? >> yes. we have the treasury official. >> we dont want to become one these ...

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the falls church police department is on the scene as well as the arlington county bomb squad. will bring details as soon as they are available. there was a somber day at virginia tech. today the five-year anniversary of the mass shooting on the school campus for. >> 32 people died in the rampage. to honor their lives the community is holding a statewide day of remembrance. brianne carter spoke to a local survivor and if shes in the newsroom. >> today is a day they will never forget, e...

it shows we are all in the fight together and we have a problem, which we are continuing to address. and its not just a document that names and shape s and shams a way forward. i appreciate everyones efforts on this. this latest publication from the presidents interagency task force, progress in combating trafficking summarizes the progress we made in the obama administration over the last three plus years. finally, we know that the future of this struggle will depend on innovative sol...

some people think thats too much. that were spending too much on that. we could have a smaller stockpile. that could kind of secure -- that could secure our nation just as well what we have now. thats kind of the push and the pull in congress over, you know, these issues. >> jim writes on btwitter, we must rid the world of all nuclear weapons. this number of 2009 was over 5,100 war heads and then the number of war heads dismantled from 1994 to 2009 was 8,700 war heads. >> yes, thats co...

until the op-ed piece that these three men and henry kissinger wrote in the "wall street journal" in 2007. coming from the history that these gentlemen have. two republicans and two democrats. you have an unusual bipartisan agreement or non-partisan agreement as secretary schultz sometimes says. really put this back into discussion and gave it a credibility that it previously had not had. at least not for many years. president obama has essentially made the nuclear agenda of these gent...

very good to develop your own personality fixed to the scholarships. [applause] >> do you have scholarships yourself? very good. very good. >> the good initiative. >> let me thank you all, ladies and gentlemen, very much for your committed discussion. you can applaud yourself. the discussion was really great. a lot of very interesting points. mrs. chancellor, they gave you a lot schools, immigration, cyber set to become a volunteer is on, the people are volunteers or one to be apprecia...