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Noneconomic. this posture suits barack obama. he s a judicious and judicial guy. he likes to be the adult in the room. he wants to be bipartisan. the fact he got a deal, especially one that gives everybody a tax cut, plays into what his strengths are as a leader if not a candidate. what do you make of the economic projections he s citing, 1.5% drop that the unemployment rate? i think that s about right. maybe a 1% rather than a 1.5% drop in unemployment rate. even so, that s 1.5 million more jobs. think about this, we have 9.8% unemployment. in this one obama did in a bit call the republicans bluff. they have basically been blocking effort after effort to help the economy grow and create ....
The tea party groups we have got to get the federal spending and growth under control. a year ago tea partiers would go out of their way to steer clear of any noneconomic issues. now powerful factions inside the movement are actively debating whether or not to tackle these hot button social issues. whether or not it s a good or bad thing they have to wait until 2012 to find out. julie: thank you so much. doctors in miami today trying to determine whether a sick airline passenger who arrived in the city last night is suffering from cholera. the unidentified man reportedly became severely ill on a flight from the dominican republic. we re told the threat to other passengers was minimal. that s because cholera is hard to spread through contact. but health experts are on alert because the current cholera outbreak in neighboring haiti is expected to sicken 400,000 people. a new study said to be the first look at the global impact of second hand smoke released today. researchers claim se ....
Thank you, mr. president. one of the noneconomic issues you covered here was afghanistan. and i m curious whether you believe that the talks that pakistan is reportedly brokering between the taliban and president karzai of afghanistan, hold promise or do they concern you? and a related, not a second question. is. do you agree with the new prime minister of great britain, david cameron, david, to you, that the we can be totally out of afghanistan by 2015 and turn the lights off? president barack obama: i m not sure that is a quote from david. but, i ll take the second question first. we have been in afghanistan now for nine years. next year we will have been there for a decade. this is now america s longest ....
Take seriously not just what we re saying but what a number of countries, up including countries like canada, are saying. all right? jackie. where are you at? reporter: right here. thank you, mr. president. one of the noneconomic issues you covered here was afghanistan. and i m curious whether you believe that the talks that pakistan is reportedly brokering between the taliban and president karzai of afghanistan hold promise or do they concern you? and a related question, not a second question, is, do you agree with the new prime minister of great britain, david cameron, david to you, that we can be totally out of afghanistan by 2015 and turn the lights off? i m not sure that s quoted from david, but i ll take the second question first. ....