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Karzai calls on the united states to put pen to paper on plans it to continue funding the afghan army and police. quote here: they are providing us money. there is no doubt about that. but they say they will not mention the amount in the agreement. we say give us less, but mention it in the agreement. give us less, but write it down. jennifer griffin with the news live at the pentagon. so they want us to write it down. is that likely? >> not according to u.s. military officials who i have been speaking to. they tell me that the strategic partnership document that the u.s. ambassador ryan crock...

Recently as a month ago, he kept traveling on the taxpayer dime. bottom line is the gsa inspector general says it was the magnitude of the problem. >> we turned over every stone and every time we turned over a stone we found 50 more with all sorts of things crawling out. >> tomorrow, gsa day three on capitol hill where it shifts to the senate. focus to be on the way forward for this agency, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel live at the rotunda on capitol hill, thanks. the afghan president harmid karzai today said he wants at least $2 billion a year from the united states after it withdraws troops...

Refining is the real problem. he dismissed the republicans' promises to lower gas prices. >> may start acting like we have got a magic wand and we will give you cheap gas forever if you just elect us. every time. been the same script for 30 years. like a bad rerun. >> shepard: but it could have a big impact on othe race as new fox news poll shows more than 60% of americans disapprove of the president's handling of gas prices. wendell goler is live at the white house tonight. what do the polls show about who they are blaming for these gas prices? >> well, the polls indicate, shep, that they don...

President harmid karzai is demanding that u.s. and nato forces pull out of rural areas there and go back to their main bases. karzai is also calling for a quicker transition to control to afghan security forces. but he says it's all because of the massacre in kandahar in which a u.s. soldier is accused of killing 16 innocent afghan civilians. most of the victims women and children, gunned down in their own homes in the middle of the night. now the fbi and homeland security department are warning the killing spree could have consequences here in the united states. they insist there is no specif...

>> shepard: yet, yesterday, in parliament. in israel, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu seemed to be laying the groundwork for the israelis to be going it alone. >> he gave a passionate speech outlining how successive israeli prime ministers for the last 65 years have went against u.s. president's wishes militarily and how the relationship survived. today we spoke to this former israeli national security advisor who argued israel would need tacet approval from the u.s. >> even the american president said we future in a very explicit terms don't even think of that. the netanyahu any...