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I think the pakistan stuff, that could be significant. we'll see. it's going to cause ripples. my question and i hate to go to the operational side of things. but so many of our lines of communication and resupply run through pakistan. it will be interesting to see how they thread that needle. on one hand dependent on them and on the other hand taking them to task, fairly. >> it was interesting when we got the supporting reporting around what was going on in the administration to prepare for this speech and we got word that the vice president was speaking with the afghan president and that rex...

And bringing india into it, it's such an insult, i can't see what the incentive is for pakistan to take any action. they have their pride and authority and nationhood challenged by the president. it is a strange way to expand the strategy to include all of south asia. >> and in terms of the u.s. government, the president didn't appoint a random crony or fundraiser to be ambassador to pakistan. a career foreign service person has been named the ambassador to pakistan. that seems a gesture toward stability. that said he dissolved the special representative for afghanistan and pakistan which is s...

>> my pleasure. >> to the congresswoman's point, the politics on this have changed a lot. but what hasn't changed is the existence of this war. it's more than 2300 americans have been killed in afghanistan. it's more than 20,000 americans who have been wounded in afghanistan. you look at the number of americans who have served there, including an incredibly different circumstances and conditions, the idea that there is a military solution that's going to offer more of a chance of success in year 17 than we could have put together in any of the last 16 years is something that would take quite a...

Iraq and of course going on 17 years now in afghanistan. for the past decade or so, every year, congresswoman barbara lee has introduced an amendment to repeal that authorization so congress would have to pass a new one for the next military authorization. this year, finally, unexpectedly, congresswoman lee did manage to get her amendment through committee to applause with republican support and everything. before the amendment got stripped out of the final bill by republican leadership who absolutely did not want to talk about why they did that. joining us now is the persistent congresswoman ...

Many years, i was trying to think about this as we were driving. we, i don't know when we first met, but we were both really, really young. randy weingarden. along with thanking randy, the president of the afg. let me thank all the educators and teachers. i think it's about time we stop scapegoating teachers and support them. >> comes in tonight on "snl." >> you have hillary clinton on the left, pembroke pines making an acknowledgement to the mother of trayvon martin and acknowledging people in the senate she is hoping to work with. as she continues to thank people in the crowd. let's look to ...