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Leverage and influence in iraq? this central bank is part of repercussions from the war. is this opportunity for leverage or intelligence gathering? is there something there for us? >> there is leverage but the problem is we basically said we don't have a problem iran any longer through the nuclear deal. so iranians will have their way over there regardless. we're talking about leaving iraq to the extent that we can. jenna: leaving iraq but leaving our dollars, economy still the is up under u.s. dollar. >> so continuing to help them as sort of a lingering policy from the war. jenna: it is wort...

And two, is comprehensive one big bill or law even a possibility? >> well look she's likely -- i don't want to fast forward too much. >> yes, you do. >> if she does win, it's quite likely she will also have a senate because the senate map in 2016 is actually the inverse of the 2014 senate map. you have a lot of blue state republicans. >> president obama had that he couldn't get one bill done. >> i think there's a difference to -- well i don't want to criticize the president too much for inability to be an effective legislator. but he hasn't actually had great luck legislating. >> the republica...

And with his family especially at this time of the holidays. there are some strong arguments on both sides of this. this ended allan gross's imprisonment, but at the same time, with a snap of the finger, president obama announced a normalization of relations with cuba, how -- where do you sit on this? because i have a feeling you might have a view that is interesting to people. >> so, immediately after it came out, there were a lot of conservatives saying what is he doing? obama, here he is, getting close to another communist country, another communist leader. i'm not on that bandwagon, i thin...

Into question. representative hunter says those men have every right to tell the american people what kind of soldier bergdahl really was. >> these are pathetic allegations to hide a botched policy move when you are fighting. when it is dirty and tired it is not always for your country it's for the woman or man standing next to you. he betrayed that. that's the most sake cid trust you have in the military. bergdahl walked off his base at least one other time before he was captured the taliban. >> general motors have details on an investigation as to why it took so long years for the auto maker...

Growth. we do. >> you are there. fifty, when we talk about the long term unemployed increasing to 30%, it's a frightening number. >> it speaks to the issue peter raised. a few months ago, the congress in its wisdom, i'm being sarcastic decided not to expand unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed. the numbers are ticking up. given the persistent weakness in the job market especially for those stuck in unemployment, it's a bad policy move. the point peter made, one of the problems is when you run an economy at such low gears for so long, you reduce the speed limit. you reduce the po...