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period to defeat soviet expansionism, and does he not recall that it was governments of all colors -- >> order. we got the question. prime minister? >> mr. speaker, i think its important, i mean, i think its important in this house that people recognize whether there is agreement and where there is not. and there is agreement on our membership of nato. there was agreement on what we had to do to end the cold war. theres been agree but that we need to finance our defense forces more, an...

Competent commander-in-chief who believed in the mission that he sent his troops over to fight, and gave them every resource available including changing the strategy completely against the advice of many of his advisors in 2007, and committing to the surge. he understood the long-term ramifications of a failed state there. and, on the other side, the opportunity for what could happen in the middle east. if a beacon of democracy took hold and provided the example to thousands or millions of musl...

good morning, america. on this monday, march 8th. im george stephanopoulos. >> and im robin roberts in los angeles. the oscar afterparty. this morning, first-timers take all. oscar makes history as the first woman wins best director. >> a moment of a lifetime. >> for a small movie that took home the biggest award of them all. and emotional winners jeff bridges and sandra bullock remember moms and dads. >> moms take care of the babies and children no matter where they come from. >> come...

construction, as well, and this had to be shared as much as possible with the international community, and that is what we went to the imf and eaglebank, so these are the preparations that we made, but the first public advancement of setting aside money was in november, and we set aside when does billion, but by that time, i had already made available to the defense secretary $500 million for the purchase of necessary equipment in case we were to be at war. i think that it came in trun...

>> steve: dr. oz, thank you very much. we continue the conversation in the after the show show, log on right now to fox and friends.com. off to hemmer and martha. bill: so here we go, fighting for hearts and minds on health care reform any moment now, president obama leaves the white house in a final drive to turn public opinion around and convince those waiverring democratic lawmakers to pass health care overhaul. the president will be near philadelphia this morning, stump fog his pla...

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...

of what lesson do you draw from especially the u.s. attempt to try to build the new iraqi security forces, and i know these are forces some iraqi generals have talked about with secretary and ethnic divides. but what lesson is important from your perspective and maybe we can begin in a direction. tom, you are nodding your head. maybe we can begin and turn to linda next. .. by the civilians and the purging, the potential purging of their ranks. not to say there arent terse but i think b...

The airport, within the hotel and we have heard from some experts that some of the suspects are looking up at the cameras at certain moments, smirking at certain moments. did they assume they had got away with it because they were trying to make it look like an accident. >> paula hancocks covering the story for us in dubai. well check back with you, paula. thank you. violence rising and an important election looming. what does it mean for plans to bring u.s. troops home from iraq? tom ricks ha...

Less than a week before a crucial election. violence is on the rise in iraq even as the u.s. moves toward a troop draw-down. should the obama administration rethink the exit strategy? well talk about that and the elections with tom ricks, a senior fellow at the center for new american security and the author of "fiasco" and "the gamble." thanks for coming in, tom. you have been a critic of the war in iraq, yet you wrote a piece in the new york times the other day which i jumped back and said, wh...

sheriffs office, is responding to this possible hazardous material threat at this irs building. jeanne meserve and i were talking about this a while ago and i was curious why this person was being taken out in a gurney, and taken out in that situation. you might see people being walked to, perhaps, a fire resc rescue, but to be taken out. wolf blitzer will be all over this. you can expect it on "the situation room." rick, thanks. also happening now, scrounging for food, digging for...