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that s right. you can already tell, in the combat power, from car kyiv, to izum s corridor, where they have not been that successful but concentrateed so much man power, so much equipment, they have been able to make incremental gains and if anything else. i think we should remember that vladimir putin said from the very beginning, the reason he was going into ukraine was to severe the donbas. essentially these two separatist regions, that s what he wanted, that s where the east is, that s why he has to at least focus on there, because he has not been able to make gains anywhere else, so if he doesn t do that, he s in trouble and those forces that you see leaving belarus, heading north out of kyiv, they will be repositioned, reconstituted, and brought down into that fight and it won t happen instantly, it will take a week, maybe up to three weeks to get them over there but definitely the plan they re going. he has a sense that he needs to capture that region to come with the nego ....
states. it s a fascinating, troubling story. we re also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, here s my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. that s understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contrast, half the euro zone economies are going to actually shrink this year and not one major european country will grow over 1%. last thursday christine lagard, the head of the international monetary fund and former french finance minister, said there were dark clouds hanging over the global recovery and that the euro zone was at the epicenter of potential risks. borrowing costs for countries like spain, italy, and greece are rising again. what is going on? didn t it look like the europe ....
Life and i need a little break and i think the people need a break from me, too. trace: so . guest: for now i will return to positive life. trace: i would like your take on the former president of shell saying that by 2012 gas prices could be $55 gallon $55 gallon. guest: i hope not. the only way we can stop that is if we do have a national energy policy where we are looking at renewable energy, we are look at natural gas, we are looking at nuclear, and a concentrateed effort to lessen our dependence on fossil fuels and paying more attention to reducing greenhouse gas emission. i hope he is wrong. but this is a very volatile energy market and we have not moved as fast as we should in ....
Saying we ve got to fight for our interests in washington. greta: i don t know why they are so concerned. our research has shown they ve spent 4.8 million dollars on lobbyist this year it is not like they have no voice. now, gm says that it is not gm making the contributions but it is their pac. it is employees contributing to pac. the big question is what employees? concentrateed to any sort of economic strata? usually the top executives. i wouldn t be surprised if it isn t gm. there s a limit at the top. somebody on the assembly line isn t gonna fork over $5,000. that s something very easy for gm executive, even after the bailout to do. usually these political action committees are funded by top executives who have the compensation to spare. ....
Saying we ve got to fight for our interests in washington. greta: i don t know why they are so concerned. our research has shown they ve spent 4.8 million dollars on lobbyist this year it is not like they have no voice. now, gm says that it is not gm making the contributions but it is their pac. it is employees contributing to pac. the big question is what employees? concentrateed to any sort of economic strata? usually the top executives. i wouldn t be surprised if it isn t gm. there s a limit at the top. somebody on the assembly line isn t gonna fork over $5,000. that s something very easy for gm executive, even after the bailout to do. usually these political action committees are funded by top executives who have the compensation to spare. ....