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If it is true. i suspect we are going to see this is an immediate threat. but i -- pakistani government understands they need the u.s. intelligence relationship as well. we have seen radicals inside of pakistan. as much a threat for pakistan. lets remember from our perspective, we cant succeed in afghanistan and i agree with tom. you are not talking about succeeding in that sense. we need that relationship, too. >> u.s. cannot even find bin laden or any of his henchmen in afghanistan, along the ...

washington on capitol hill as democrats and republicans prepare to vote on the last-minute budget deal packed with billions of dollars in spending cuts. so what is really on the chopping block? im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." but up first, to a near nuclear meltdown in japan where a fresh round of intense quakes are rocking parts of the already disaster-battered country. until today, the crisis at the fukushima daiichi plant was rated at a number five. three mile isl...

president obama should propose a strategy for innovation and growth that could appeal to both republicans and democrats. we know that republicans and democrats disagree on basic economic strategy. democrats want more direct government stimulus and republicans want to cut spending. republicans just enacted a huge fiscal stimulus in the form of tax cuts but never mind, they say they want to cut spending. obama should do an end run around this pointless debate and propose an agenda for lo...

committee. journalist sebastian junger, author of "war." tom ricks, author of the bestseller "gamble" about the war in iraq and author and combat veteran of afghanistan, wes moore and retired army general barry mccaffrey and a look back in our "meet the press" minute when president truman clashed with his top general. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> 311 soldiers have died this year in afghanistan. the latest just yesterday by an improvised explosive device in the south...

bestseller "gamble" about the war in iraq and author and combat veteran of afghanistan, wes moore and retired army general barry mccaffrey and a look back in our "meet the press" minute when president truman clashed with his top general. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> 311 soldiers have died this year in afghanistan. the latest just yesterday by an improvised explosive device in the south of the country. june is the deadliest month since the war began in late 2001. the...

combat veteran of afghanistan, wes moore and retired army general barry mccaffrey and a look back in our "meet the press" minute when president truman clashed with his top general. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> 311 soldiers have died this year in afghanistan. the latest just yesterday by an improvised explosive device in the south of the country. june is the deadliest month since the war began in late 2001. the g-8 summit in toronto, president obama and david cameron...

withdraw timetable and all of it with you. i want to talk to you about general mcchrystal. the president fired him this week. he spoke to the nation about it. this is in part what he said. >> the conduct in the recent published article does not mean the standard that should be set by a commanding general. it undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system. and it erodes the trust that is necessary for our team to work together to achieve our...

author of "war." tom ricks, author of the bestseller "gamble" about the war in iraq and author and combat veteran of afghanistan, wes moore and retired army general barry mccaffrey and a look back in our "meet the press" minute when president truman clashed with his top general. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> 311 soldiers have died this year in afghanistan. the latest just yesterday by an improvised explosive device in the south of the country. june is the deadliest m...

a good thursday morning to you. we are going to add one other phone line, active duty military personnel, for your reaction to the top command position change in afghanistan. that number for active duty, if you would love to get your perspective, 628-0184. we will get to your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets in just a couple of minutes. an interesting ticktock story, those of like the back channel of washington. a piece in "the new york times," short, intense deliberation. he tells us ...

not addressing treatment. >> many of them do. many of them have cut deals with the white house and congressional democrats to make sure their cost controls are in the neighborhood of what they can afford. the pharmaceutical industries have cut a deal with $100 billion. that is in the neighborhood of something well there may be concerns that costs continue to rise, they do not feel they can go any further to increase those costs. >> how will this affect the public on how this is shaping...