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She got thrown out. she wasn't volunteering to leave. >> for instance in the state department you have ambassador ann patterson who is one of the most deeply knowledgeable people about the middle east. >> victoria new lin. >> they quit in recent days. these are long serving public servants. and you are seeing that in different parts of the government. and you know, it remains to be seen who their replaced by. but when you don't have any bench strength any institutional memory bad things can happen. >> michael torque that point of jonathan's in terms of whether or not a purge might be coming,in...

0 as long as they hurt the affordable care act. that sounds like a productive agenda, doesn't it? >> well, we have continued to see over this year the 45th, 46th time for them to try to eliminate the aca, the affordable care act. what i have told my colleagues on the republican side is, come and help us. come and help us get this right. i know -- i'm a californian, lucky for me. we have a state legislature, a governor, we have covered california, which is our exchange. we all decided from the very beginning we wanted to make this work. and as you have seen, the numbers have been surging in cal...

his military brass for an exit plan. he secretly enlisted joe biden to push his strategy that would have greatly reduced our role in afghanistan. he signed off on an additional 30,000 troops, despite the fact that he, president obama, was looking for a way out. and he set a withdrawal deadline sew wouldn't lose democratic party people. woodward's book and the intense struggles over the president's war plan is our top story tonight. plus, how's this for outrage in the top health insurance companies have already found a way to not cover children with pre-existing conditions. they are...

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Nearly two-thirds of republicans don't want their political leaders to compromise. how's anything going to get done if people aren't going to be willing to talk to each other? and let me finish tonight with some thoughts on a vital good anniversary, the day congress permanently established the u.s. piece corps. let's start with bob woodward's book. andrea mitchell nbc news's chief correspondent and chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. let me go to andrea first. andrea, let me read to you quote from the book. this is something obama told his aides. "i ...