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Line here is that the president brought the international community along, i think, with an expanded set of authorities out of the united nations security council, that allows us frankly, chris, at a time when we're seeing us stretched to unbelievable military support of the situation in japan, ongoing effort, obviously in afghanistan and our ongoing effort to wind down the war in iraq, we thought it was much more important rather than sit by and watch the slaughter of these innocents, to bring along is the international community. we didn't wait to see where the international community was, w...

Afghan good enough is good enough and that means having traditional social organizing structures as part of the ultimate solution, if you will, with tribal councils which are quite democratic. they then connect at the district or province level with what goes up to kabul and comes out as well. >> afghanistan good enough, does that entail redefining, defining down some of the goals for rebuilding the nation? >> i think some of that was done last year actually during the course of the process that president obama and the new administration led. i think there was a refinement of objectives. a rec...

Traditional social organizing structures as part of the ultimate solution, if you will, with tribal councils which are quite democratic. they then connect at the district or province level with what goes up to kabul and comes out as well. >> afghanistan good enough, does that entail redefining, defining down some of the goals for rebuilding the nation? >> i think some of that was done last year actually during the course of the process that president obama and the new administration led. i think there was a refinement of objectives. a recognition of realities on the ground that need to be meas...

Three to five years or less. afghan good enough is good enough and that means having traditional social organizing structures as part of the ultimate solution, if you will, where tribal sura councils, which are quite democratic, by the way. they then connect at the district or province level with what goes up to kabul and comes out as well. >> afghanistan good enough, does that entail redefining, defining down some of the goals for rebuilding the nation? >> i think some of that was done last year actually during the course of the process that president obama and the new administration led. i t...

Horizon rig itself. and it's been reported that improper seals responsible for more than a dozen previous blowouts in the gulf. "the wall street journal" saying the deepwater horizon did not have a deepwater shutoff valve that is used by other drilling companies. in 2000 the minerals management service began considering making that and other backup measures mandatory. the oil industry pushed back against the device. three years later, an administration led by two oil men decided not to mandate any new backup systems. the shutoff valve being "not recommended because they tend to be very costly....