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about afghanistan now -- no success lay ahead for us, no victory. people were being killed on both sides, americans and vietnamese, to know end that could be justified. -- no end that to be justified. that to me was murder. it had to be stopped, even at risk to my own career. that was an example that i like people to see in this movie, that not only can someone make that choice, with a background -- i was a marine lieutenant, i was in the government, worked on pacification, and can hav...

not one party alone. clerly this was a time of republican strength and knowledge that was made of the. the assumption was that whatever steps might be taken were going to limit is not very well described the human freedom i hear uil today. see, s. and you begin your comment by quoting edward how youre not talking about a liberal anymore. i was thinking of a different edward. [laughter] >> one edward is as good as another, iuess. . . >> and walter badge jet who in the great essay on sir...

politicians actually duest more good when they are not so ready to their principles and ials and he says the parliamentarian, or the legislature is elected to serve this elector is not to serve himself. we have valorize this notion of e visionary political party that low right wrongs or lten to the future. i have never heard of conservatism that pledged itself to the future whether it was the american and i will make one last point which is to say before we arrived too quickly the abse...

the health care debate has begun in washington and across the country. unfortunately the plan democrats has in store for the american people will do little to improve our health care situation. in fact, it will make the problem worse. when democrats talk about health care reform, what they really mean is a government takeover of health care with few details available. some reports suggest that the plan for this government takeover will cost upwards of $1.2 trillion. and as robert samue...

companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> the house is about to meet for legislative business. members have 19 bills and resolutions scheduled for debate today. among them, letting the inspector general overseeing afghanistan war spending hire more inspectors. we will take you live now to the floor of the u.s. house. we expect them to come through the doors and get started in just a moment. the speake...

Confusion, it is the fact that the republicans are confused. over arching focus of the vote it was gop in disarray. it is what didnt get done in the fiscal cliff deal. if i can watch jims word. it is a political story that comes out of the debacle. one column was thoughtful by robert samuelson who said it is it a failure of presidential leadership. the president was not talking at all about the fact that the country was. >> it wasia financial store foreand fot political. >> no. >> no it is it ab...

Said it is not liberal confusion, it is the fact that the republicans are confused. over arching focus of the vote it was gop in disarray. it is what didnt get done in the fiscal cliff deal. if i can watch jims word. it is a political story that comes out of the debacle. one column was thoughtful by robert samuelson who said it is it a failure of presidential leadership. the president was not talking at all about the fact that the country was. >> it wasia financial store foreand fot political. >...