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Overwhelming public support. a new gallup poll shows three-quarters of americans support raising the minimum wage. 57% of republicans and 64% of independents according to a recent poll. a campaign was launched for a higher wage in 2014. according to "the new york times," they see it as a wedge issue that they hope will replace candidates in a difficult position but also as tool and puts republicans on the wrong side of an important value issue when it comes to fairness. the current democratic bill in congress, the fair minimum wage act, would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by...

To be, there's great relationships in the senate. our problem in the senate is leadership of the senate, not members of the senate. >> unpopular senate minority leader mitch mcconnell up for re-election in 2014. according to a poll, only 17% will vote for mitch mcconnell, no matter who runs against him. 34% will vote against mcconnell, no matter who runs against him, and 44% will wait to see who his opponent is. if mcconnell survives a republican primary challenge, his general election opponent will likely be, we hope, actress and activist ashley judd. we, of course, being the political media ...

The senate is not nearly as dysfunctional as it is made out to be, there's great relationships in the senate. our problem in the senate is leadership of the senate, not members of the senate. >> unpopular senate minority leader mitch mcconnell up for re-election in 2014. according to a poll, only 17% will vote for mitch mcconnell, no matter who runs against him. 34% will vote against mcconnell, no matter who runs against him, and 44% will wait to see who his opponent is. if mcconnell survives a republican primary challenge, his general election opponent will likely be, we hope, actress and act...

Would support any decision he made if he wanted me to go back or if he wanted to suspect my resignation which i carried with me. >> the president accepted your resignation? >> correct. >> you do not want to miss hannity tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. because retired general mccrystal will join the program for the entire hour. >> afghanistan's president car design will visit washington next week as president obama considers options on ending the longest war sources telling fox news the top u.s. commander is reportedly laid out three different plans for the pentagon. national security correspondent...

Exclusive details about our military's role going forward in afghanistan. as president obama obama weighs several ons for our exit from that country, it now seem at least some troops may stay behind. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details. >> fox news has learned the white house is not considering any option that would leave more than 10,000 american troops in afghanistan beyond 2014. according to at senior administration official. despite reports the white house was considering plans to leave a much larger footprint after the deadline for handing over security to the afg...