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Of military people who believe its time to pull out of afghanistan. >> lets do a little math here. were spending about $150 billion a year in afghanistan, right? were about to talk about the budget. >> yeah. >> cia director says there are 50 al qaeda members left in afghanistan. im not good with math. youre an economist. what is 50 into $150 million? >> that would be $3 billion, right? >> so were spending $3 billion a year per afghanistan fighter. >> doesnt seem like a good ratio, does it? >> le...

House correspondent on the road with the president in kansas city now. this trip is a little bit about policy and a lot a bit about politics. right? >> thats right, shepard. lets talk about policy. welcome to smith electric vehicles where they made battery powered trucks. this opened in 2009 and sold trucks then and hopes to sell more this year. it will lower their unit cost which is about twice the cost of a competitive diesel delivery truck. but when that money expires in 18 months, the compan...

Of energy grant to subsidize the truck sales and the hope is the sales will lead to lower unit cost and eventually more sales and more jobs. >> what the government can do is lay the foundation for small businesses to expand and to thrive. >> the smith visit was policy atizer to a two-day trip devoted -- appetizer to two-day trip to the mideast. he unveiled it for fundraiser for robin carnahan. >> this is a choice between policies that got us in the mess in the first place, and policies that are ...