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Continue to support afghan-led efforts to support peace in their country through reconciliation. we have to recognize afghanistan will not be a perfect place. and it is not americas responsibility to make it one. the future of afghanistan must be decided by afghans. but what the united states can do, what we will do, is he is cower our interests and help give the afghans a chance, an opportunity to seek a long overdue and hard-earned peace. america will always keep our commitments to friends and...

Shinse shinseki. if he was telling things were going on out of his control, you go to the next step up and did it get to the white house? im not sure. in the interim, fire him, put someone else in there. when you do that, you send a signal that works for the new administrators they wont play around anymore. they wont let you get away with hidden lists that frankly are killing veterans. >> if shinseki does go, though, the pressure seems to dissipate, right? so with him continuing to stay there, t...

Restore some of the limits on the government stripped by the house. he said i will continue to push for these reforms when we consider the freedom act next month. supporters say they got it through with bipartisan support and now its time for the senate to act. >> this is a major step forward but theres still more work to be done. we have made a very important contribution. now we reside like to see the senate step up and act on it promptly. >> two democratic senators, widen and you eu -- u dahl...

And worse yet, a lack of modernization has put officers in constant risk of inmate attack. >> every day i walk through those gates, the thought crosses my mind. is today going to be the last? >> the grounds are a sprawling 432 acres located on the shores of beautiful san francisco bay. >> customers! this is the receiving and release area of san quentin state prison. every inmate that enters or exits san quentin will come through this area right here. >> come on, step up. >> you cannot get into s...

Armed men taking over buildings and we havent seen russia step up and discourage that. we have been preparing for the prospect that were going to have to engage in further sanctions. those are teed up. it is a matter of days and not weeks. >> joining me now "time" foreign affairs correspondent, let me get your reaction saying more sanctions are teed up and could be coming very soon here. >> right. well, the agreement in geneva last week was an effort to try to forestall the need to apply more sa...

>> suny chancellor nancy zimfer is here doing a great job. i am confident that the countrys colleges and universities will step up just like chancellor zimfer and the folks at sunni asuny and studens step up. >> for folks who might not be familiar with the program, in a nutshell, how does >> what we do at the university of new york is tell people what it really costs to go to college. we have smart track that allows you to see every dollar that you will need to spend over the course of four year...

Take concrete steps to de-escalate the situation. well, it seems that that has not happened in any regard, and president obama has said that he himself is not overly optimistic, not hopeful that that would happen. >> so far at least we have seen them not abide by the spirit or the letter of the agreement in geneva. instead we continue to see militias and armed men taking over buildings, harassing folks who are disagreeing with them and destabilizing the region, and we havent seen russia step up ...

If every crew member on that boat was as brave as she was the disaster would not have been this bad. among the first to be rescued, kim says the captain and other crew members were already on dry land by the time he got there. while the captain ran away to save his own life, she gave her life to save others, says this family friend. we are so proud of her. parks relatives dont want to talk publicly but tell cnn they want to follow her example of thinking of others, although they say they could n...

Life to save so many others. we are so proud of her. parks relatives dont want to talk publicly but they tell cnn they want to follow her lead thinking of others. although they say they could not do anything so courageous. she dropped out of college two years ago when her father passed away to help support her family. she was transferred just six months ago, a step up within the company. praised for her professionalism and ultimately for her courage. >> what a remarkable young woman. >> yes. som...

Future by talking about invading ukraine. >> youre hearing, jim, the administration getting ready to tighten up those sanctions, impose stricter ones? >> certainly not -- they are going to impose stricter ones but in the economic sphere and similar to that first round. individuals, maybe some institutions. they want to be a step up. its not going to be dramatically a step up. theres no consideration, to my knowledge, and from officials ive spoken to about direct military aid. you do hear from so...