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health care debate from a ranking member of the finance committee, senator charles grassley of in an hour-and-a- half, we will look ahead to president obama speech on afghanistan with a democratic representative, gerry connolly. washington journal is next. . host: here are the phone numbers. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for independents, 202-628-0205. the bill get to your phone calls in just a minute. we will get to your phone calls in just a minute. first, bob cusack, the front page of the hill a newspaper newspaper. how will the president be defined by what he says tonight? guest: basically he is going to own the afghanistan war. he called this the good war on the campaign trail. he sent 17,000 additional troops to afghanistan. at that time democrats embraced the move. they said that president bush had not paid a lot of attention to afghanistan and that he was focusing too much. just like president bush was defined by his decis ....