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Transition, the one part of the president's speech i really, really liked. i thought overall it was a great performance but this part that when the first lady came out and introduced him, i mean, she had a really good understanding of the unemployment challenges the veterans will face. she really understood the role that military families took in thanking him and the president said that your sacrifice, you know, isn't going to be forgotten and you're going to get when you earned, when he said you earned it. that's true. a lot of republicans, 25 of them in the u.s. senate, voted against the new...

Over the walter reid scandal? no generals or civilians were ever held accountable for what was possibly the greatest foreign policy disas it every all time so i think keep taking care of the vets but hold the folks in d.c. accountable for their decisions. >> yeah, and that's a critical distinction that we got backwards out of vietnam, holding soldiers to account for policy. we now have an opportunity to help our soldiers heal and welcome you home and listen to you, hear your stories. i would love to hear your stories and ultimately then turn our attention appropriately at the policy making bod...

In more money than anyone else in sports. he's certainly poised to take a dip next year, but we'll have to wait and see. >> it is the celebrity 100 power list from "forbes." lacey rose, great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> the senate just unanimously confirmed general david petraeus as the top commander in afghanistan. his surge strategy worked in iraq. can it work again? i'll have a chance to talk to matt ho, a former state department official who resigned his post in protest over the war strategy. hear what he has to say, straight ahead. [ male announcer ] at triscuit,

We need a strong ally in that region. but critics say that ally will never be iraq. just look at the celebrations today in fallujah. they wanted u.s. troops gone years ago when the iraqis revolted against an allied force in the most intense urban battle that the u.s. military has been engaged in since the war in vietnam. here's how one iraqi political analyst described it to al jazeera. >> i think everyone lost this war. there is no winners there. >> we start today with two iraq war veterans, john soltz who only recently returned from another tour in iraq to chair his position at votevets.org....