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After they achieved victory, instead of using our leverage to say you need to reach out to the anti-taliban in the country, we pushed them aside, and superimposed the political process on them and gave them the government we wanted them to have and we are defending that government today. i hope general petraeus can make sense out of this. at the end of the day, its the afghan army that has to win the war and not the united states. >> at the end of the day, success will be identified as to whethe...

♪ never nearly 70 years after his association with the klan and at a time when most lawmakers were holding back, robert byrd gave an early endorsement to the candidacy of barack obama. >> robert byrd possessed that quintessential american quality, and that is a capacity to change. >> reporter: he served on capitol hill for 57 years, with 11 presidents. >> he was a country boy from the hills and hollows of west virginia. he was trying to get elected. and maybe he did something he shouldnt have ...

Capitol. its a huge step for what this nation had three years or four years ago. its a big difference. and i think its progress. >> a lot has been sacrificed. a lot of our blood and treasure from the united states to give the iraqi people a chance and opportunity to live free and have a government of their own fashion and design. that being said, iraqis need to stand up and die for their own iraqi freedom, and americans need to come home safely and honorably. >> yeah, they have 600,000 over thei...

In a land war. thats what i thought of. we saw this with the democrat from north carolina about a month ago, you saw from the shot its clear michael steele did not know he was being taped. but i dont know why politicians dont learn their lesson. you would think george allens example, they dont learn their lesson. when you talk in public at all, assume that people like us are eventually going to see it. to julies point, i am thankful, but confounded that it continues to happen. >> just to clarify...

Snifrmt joining me now three lawmakers that speak from experience when it comes to iraq and afghanistan. congressman john few, he is currently a major in the air force reserve. congressman duncan hunter joined the marines a few days after 911. he served three combat tours, once to afghanistan and once to iraq during some of theaviest battles of the war. and then mike kaufman, rising to the rank of major, he saw combat during desert storm in 1991 and returned to serve in iraq in 2005 where among ...

The world to be there. we have made a lot of progress. the threat of terrorism is still imminent. >> let me ask you two quick questions. is the u.s. deadline of beginning to pull out troops in july of next year helpful to afghanistan? >> no. frankly not. for two reasons. first, if you overemphasize a deadline that is not realistic, you are making the enemy more bold. you are prolonging the war. if that deadline should be realistic, the deadline should be based on the reality on the ground and gi...

Senate vote. the house did act but not before an unambiguous signal to the president. there are angst about the war. 153 of the votes for a firm timetable came from democrats. those are his guys. today, presidents karzais man in washington, and then three congressman that served in afghanistan and iraq. representatives duncan hunter, mike kaufman. >> i hope general petraeus can make sense out of this. >> iraqis need to stand up and die for their own iraqi freedom. >> politics all the time with...