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Safety net thing, maybe a payroll tax holiday something for the people on the lower end if you will do that. >> im not sure its entirely ideological. part of this is pure narcissism. i dont think i have ever heard him say i changed my mind or i was wrong. >> why cant he just say i accepted an idea from the other side? hes done that. >> because he would be changing his mind. >> a switcheroo but a smart one. >> bret: well leave it there. this is a fox news alert. just getting this in. american law...

His policy has no connection to iraq. >> he says with the rapid stable government and the government they could be operating if rough waters to come. >> bret: malini wilkes, tuesday morning in baghdad. thank you. "associated press" reports that more than $5 billion in taxpayer funds have been wasted on projects in iraq. the a.p. analysis is on watchdog and among the items it sites empty prison north of baghdad and $165 million children hospital that is not used. here is a look at how federal def...

Differently. >> muslim group announced today public relations campaign. called "my faith, my voice." >> i dont want to impose my faith on you. >> organizers want to address a rising tide of anti-muslim sentiment on the airways and not responding to controversy about the proposed mosque. in less than two weeks americans will gather to commemorate the attacks of 9/11. by then, rauf should be back on u.s. soil where he is likely to be met with funding of the mosque. he said teaching of islam preven...

6,000 national guard troops to the boarder in 2006 they also were not permitted to make arrests. bret? >> bret: thank you. there were more people than ever on some type of government aid program. we go over the numbers coming up. the e.p.a. responds to requests that it crack down on lead ammunition. s, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. scount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! i...

>> home sales have been tumbling since the first-time home credit expire. even so, they wont bring it back. >> bring it back is not as high on the list as many other things are. >> economists say it distorted but did not erase the slump. >> this is you cant fool mother nature lesson. >> meaning it shifted the time of home purchases, not the overall demand. cautionary tale, but the limits of economic intervention from the federal government. bret? >> bret: major garrett live on the north lawn. th...

Today in the statement, it looks as if politically he decided hes been placed in camp of supporters of the mosque one way or another, despite alleged ambivalence or agnosticism on the issue or whether its wise or not. he might as well jump in whole hog and gave impression of supporting it. he is generous of giving advice of wisdom, cambridge, police. this is odd that he husbands his idea about the wisdom and the mosque. might have been asked about that. pity he wasnt. >> bret: there was not a fo...

Mentioned another. >> i cant spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead. >> its not clear what the political impact of the event was. as a democratic analyst put it, anytime there is that much enthusiasm for change it cant be good for a sitting president and his party. bret? >> bret: thank you. one of the decision-makers in the controversy over a mosque planned near ground zero says an inner faith should now be part of the project. correspondent david lee miller reports...

Miller made it official. filing allegation with the atto senaey general asking for investigation of vote tampering. msillers lead is at 1668 trtes with 23,000 yet to be added. those will be absentee and challenge ballots. both sides are confident and they say the votes will break their way and, bret, if the final vote count, gwsk is less than one-half percent which is 400 votes in this count, it would trigger automatic recount. bret? >> bret: dan springer live in anchorage. thank yohe nevada dem...

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Outstanding requests. as for the allegation of politicizing the foi process, the d.h.s. spokeswoman said any such allegations are patently false. no information deemed releasable by the foi office or general council was withheld and responsive documents were neither abridged or edited. they say the way theyre notified of the foi requests hasnt changed since 2003 when tom ridge was homeland security secretary under president bush. they want an answer to their request no later than september 17. i...