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Jobs. bill: you know what harry reid is saying? he says republicans need to express more flexibility, greater flexibility on raising taxes. where are you as a party on that? >> we believe fundamentally what we have, bill, is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. it is not that we tax too little. that we spend too much. we have to address what is driving federal spending. that is entitlement programs. we need to deal with reforms of the programs in order to save social security and medicare....

axelrod and republican national committee chairman reince priebus. also spending cuts, tax cuts, and what do women want in 2012 with senators barbara boxer and kay bailey hutchison. plus, an exclusive interview with nato secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen on the exit of afghanistan. and chewing over the week with jeff zeleny of "the new york times" and cnn congressional correspondent dana bash. im candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." while vice president biden ...

security to hamid karzai and the specific road map for troops to come home from the more than decade long war. >> last year, we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of summer. after that, reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more of our troops coming home. as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. >> the trip fell on the one-year anniversary of the ...

as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. >> the trip fell on the one-year anniversary of the day that the president ordered navy s.e.a.l.s to take out osama bin laden. >> over the last three years, the tide has turned. we broke the talibans momentum. we built strong afghan security forces. we devastated al qaedas leadership, taking out over 20 of the top 30 leaders. one year ago, from the base here in afghanist...

im erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, iran. we begin with a new report on irans nuclear program an 11-page release from the international atomic energy agency. the conclusions reveal the doubts and suspicions about what the iranian government the telling the world about its nuclear efforts. iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes including cancer treatment. we read the report and it does not say that iran is making a bomb, but it does say that iran is rapidly expanding it...

im erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, iran. we begin with a new report on irans nuclear program an 11-page release from the international atomic energy agency. the conclusions reveal the doubts and suspicions about what the iranian government the telling the world about its nuclear efforts. iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes including cancer treatment. we read the report and it does not say that iran is making a bomb, but it does say that iran is rapidly expanding it...

a new career. im year yeah borrow ger and youre in "the situation room." it may not be everything, but aappearance is everything on the campaign trail. a lack luster speech, the bang promise by his campaign was more of a fizzle. the gap is down from six points on tuesday to two points today. joe, what exactly happened? >> reporter: well, gloria, mitt romney is still struggling to get his momentum back and todays speech was supposed to be a step in the right direction but for a bunch ...

Time for austerity is not today. the challenge is how do you do two things at the same time. put money forward for payroll tax holiday and getting a jump-start of infrastructure. >> the plan calls for spending 3.8 trillion in 2013. congressional republicans are seizing on that number reminding voters the president promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of the first term and will reduce the deficit by $ 4 trillion over the next ten years. republicans say that the presidents proposes is a ...

economy. now is the time for action. so i want to send a clear message for congress. do not slow down the recovery that were on. dont muck it up. keep it moving in the right direction. >> steven moore is an editorial writer with the "wall street journal." steven, the presidents message dont muck it up. your message is to the voters and youre saying the worst thing they could do for the economy is four more years of president obama. why do you see president obama as a particular threat ...

Senate republicans willing to work together but the outlying members were the tea party members. >> you have people not going to walk the plank on a payroll tax issue. and mitch mcconnell wants to be the majority leader and the way he does that is to give those campaigning on the republican side, a path forward. that dynamic exists still. all the rhetoric you are hearing now is not about what they were talking about in september. offsetting and finding ways to pay for this. its the keystone pipe...