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The taliban. and quite frankly, it's what's so complicated and intriguing about afghanistan to begin with, chuck. >> and mick, one other question. i know defense secretary gates seemed to raise the possibility, at least, that some u.s. forces might actually be able to leave earlier than planned. what's that all about? >> well, that's the way it's being touted. actually, if you listen closely to what secretary gates said, he said it would be conditional, of course. you know, president obama has said he wants to start withdrawing forces in july of 2011, but it's all going to be based on conditio...

I'm chris matthews in jerusalem. i'm here in jerusalem where the united states has just been whacked in the face by the israeli government. its announcement of new settlement construction is the new story especially after vice president biden said here yesterday there is no space at all between the united states and israel. well, there is now. i've got some tough thoughts on that later. i have part two of my interview with vice president biden. the big subject was health care reform. president obama is in missouri on a last big push to get his health care reform package passed by late next wee...

I think symbolism was noted when biden showed up 90 minutes late to his dinner with the prime minister. you yank our chains, two can play at that game. i don't think there is any way to interpret it other than a total rebuke, a slap in the face. notice when the interior ministry when they apologized today, he apologized for the timing saying maybe i should have waited for a week but did not apologize for the substance. they are unapologetically going forward with settlement construction in east jerusalem. >> david, what is your view on this? this kind of thing happens occasionally, an american...

Palestinian leaders seized. netanyahu should stop settlement construction to resume a pieeac proces process. when he was asked, he said the term two-state solution is a label. he said he doesn't want to talk about labels. he wants to talk about substance. what is clear, john, the middle east policies are far from formulated. it is vague. we have seen him change on embassy from jerusalem and settlements. that policy is unclear at this point. >> oren liebermann for us in jerusalem. thank you. let's break down the latest from washington this morning. political reporter eugene scott is joining u...

Saying settlement construction is not something he supports. what is the reaction in israel this morning? we have cnn's oren liebermann live in jerusalem for us right now. a little bit of a duelling message. no more push of the two-state solution. he nudged the prime minister on settlements. i have a sense the prime minister knew that was coming and not unhappy with the results. >> reporter: right. netanyahu's government is hailing that press conference as the beginning of the new era. we heard that in hebrew and english. many now putting pressure and israel government putting pressure on neta...