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Of military people who believe it's time to pull out of afghanistan. >> let's do a little math here. we're spending about $150 billion a year in afghanistan, right? we're about to talk about the budget. >> yeah. >> cia director says there are 50 al qaeda members left in afghanistan. i'm not good with math. you're an economist. what is 50 into $150 million? >> that would be $3 billion, right? >> so we're spending $3 billion a year per afghanistan fighter. >> doesn't seem like a good ratio, does it? >> let's see, $3 billion per afghanistan fighter. >> say high yield cost here. >> say high yield ...

House correspondent on the road with the president in kansas city now. this trip is a little bit about policy and a lot a bit about politics. right? >> that's right, shepard. let's talk about policy. welcome to smith electric vehicles where they made battery powered trucks. this opened in 2009 and sold trucks then and hopes to sell more this year. it will lower their unit cost which is about twice the cost of a competitive diesel delivery truck. but when that money expires in 18 months, the company hopes to be up on its own and no longer needs subsidies. the president says that kind of grant a...

Of energy grant to subsidize the truck sales and the hope is the sales will lead to lower unit cost and eventually more sales and more jobs. >> what the government can do is lay the foundation for small businesses to expand and to thrive. >> the smith visit was policy atizer to a two-day trip devoted -- appetizer to two-day trip to the mideast. he unveiled it for fundraiser for robin carnahan. >> this is a choice between policies that got us in the mess in the first place, and policies that are getting us out of this mess. mr. obama compared the g.o.p.-controlled congress to a wayward teenage ...