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Domestic job-creating investments. let's start with general petraeus' testimony today. of course our war strategy in afghanistan. democratic senator claire mccaskill is a member of the senate armed services committee. i guess the hardest question in the world is the ones you're asking. everyone is asking as you review the case for general petraeus to lead the forces over there. if we're going to leave afghanistan in july, why not just leave now? >> well, first of all, we're going to begin the process of leaving next july, but it's going to be conditions-based. and general petraeus has said i...

Welcome back to "hardball." in the wake of general mcchrystal's dismissal, liberal democrats are challenging president obama on his war strategy in afghanistan. this is big stuff now. california congresswoman barbara lee has sent a letter to the president asking for a clear plan for troop withdrawal before congress votes on anymore more funding. she wrote we believe it's imperative for you, the president, to provide congress and the american people with a clear commitment and plan to withdraw u.s. forces from afghanistan. this should include not only a date certain for the initiation of this w...

Welcome back to "hardball." in the wake of general mcchrystal's dismissal, liberal democrats are challenging president obama on his war strategy in afghanistan. this is big stuff now. california congresswoman barbara lee has sent a letter to the president asking for a clear plan for troop withdrawal before congress votes on anymore more funding. she wrote we believe it's imperative for you, the president, to provide congress and the american people with a clear commitment and plan to withdraw u.s. forces from afghanistan. this should include not only a date certain for the initiation of this w...

>> glad you're up. general david petraeus is set to take control in afghanistan following a confirmation hearing which will begin on tuesday. but can he lead the troops to victory and turn things around like he did in iraq or is petraeus poised for failure? for a pullout? joining us right now is a member of the armed services committee asking some of those questions next week. democratic senator from north carolina, kay hagan. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> what questions do you want answered next week when -- when general petraeus sits down and talks? >> first, let me say that genera...

That makes you want your eyes to glaze over. the things these world leaders need to discuss are pretty important because a lot of countries have major financial problems. what they want to avoid is what is going on now in greece. they have a $1 trillion debt and they are talking about selling off some of their more beautiful islands to pay down that debt. this is something we're going to pay very close attention to as we look at our financial situation. our growing deficit and what happened in congress last night, for example, saying no to an extension on employment benefits because they're wo...