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Better. do you believe that relations have gotten better since president obama has been in office? >> it has certainly gotten better. i think for example, my colleague, tim scott from south carolina who defeatedstrom thurmond's son. it included ft. sump ter. it is undeniable. there has been undeniable progress for african-americans in this country. we've been electing senators and governors and running major corporations. obviously wave long way to go and i'm not going to assess the president's role in all this. there have been a lot of survey data on this. people can draw their own conclusion...

Let me put it like this. is there anything concrete and affirmative that this new leadership will actually try to get through the house before the midterms or is it all about holding the line and being anti-obama? >> look, right now, as we know from all the survey data that's been out over the last couple of days, the president is in a very precarious political situation. his numbers are very low. republicans stand to take control of the senate to expand the majority in the house. and so the house agenda is to do no political arm. you won't see anything getting done until after the midterm ele...

He has turned the once much heralded republican study committee into a toady group for house leadership. let me put it like this. is there anything concrete and affirmative that this new leadership will actually try to get through the house before the midterms or is it all about holding the line and being anti-obama? >> look, right now, as we know from all the survey data that's been out over the last couple of days, the president is in a very precarious political situation. his numbers are very low. republicans stand to take control of the senate to expand the majority in the house. and so th...

Boy, this person got a raw deal. they were sent away from home for a year. they had to go there and engage in this incredibly dangerous activity. well, indeed that was true, and that is true, but far lot of those folk, this is their calling. they signed up to be members of the military. they don't want pity. they don't feel like they were pushed into doing something they didn't want to do. in some cases, they see it as their job. and they were simply doing their job well for their nation in their view. >> thank you for your time tonight. thanks for your reporting and thanks for whatever you ha...

Those folk, this is their calling. they signed up to be members of the military. they don't want pity. they don't feel like they were pushed into doing something they didn't want to do. in some cases, they see it as their job. and they were simply doing their job well for their nation in their view. >> thank you for your time tonight. thanks for your reporting and thanks for whatever you had to do to talk the "post" into doing this in such a big way. that survey data i think is going to be a benchmark for us for a really long time. >> thanks for devoting so much attention to this issue. in the...