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Senator mccain said look, president obama never noted as a senator he opposed that surge. senator mccain was also pretty fired up about the fact that he believes some military generals as has been noted wanted at least a small u.s. force to remain behind. president obama could not come to an agreement with iraqi officials. senator mccain charged this was about politics take a listen. i believe the history will judge this president s leadership with scorn and disdain that it deserves. the fear of being among republicans who have criticized this president that once the u.s. leaves the iraqis will not be able to stand up on their own but the remaining u.s. commander on the ground in iraq today told reporters he believes the iraqi troops are tenacious and that they will be able to stand up on their own, shep. shepard: ed henry chilly night on the capital. remember jessica lynch? her capture made international headlines back in the war in iraq. about to complete her own ....
And that the focus should be on the fact that this war is now ending with folks returning to their loved ones. take a listen. so as your commander and chief, and on behalf of a grateful nation, i m proud to finally say these two words and i know your families agree, welcome home. now in addition to fulfilling the campaign promise to bring the troops home the president also promised in 2008 as those troops came home he would focus more on al qaeda. as he noted today, he believes that has worked especially after taking out usama bin laden, shep. shepard: it s important to note that senator mccain not only criticized the war effort and the ending thereof he went after the president as well. one of his beefs was president obama praised the surge that president bush implemented to turn the war around when it was going badly in 2006 and 2007. ....
Truck right into a store. but what happened next had her calling for help. it s a small price to pay really just to know everybody is okay. shepard: hello? @xóx ....
From helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn to financing industries that are creating jobs in boston or providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community and supporting training programs for tomorrow s workforce in los angeles. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can help make opportunity possible. shepard: seems we re getting a look at china s first aircraft carrier. satellite company reports it took this photo of the ship in the yellow sea last week. the pentagon is not confirming it s authentic but here it is. we have seen pictures of this carrier before. the chinese claim it s only for research and training and humanitarian missions. but it s apparently raising some concern over in taiwan which is said to be working on missiles to strike a carrier at sea. experts say it will probably be years before china can actually launch planes from ....
I think it s time for us to wait and see what the senate can do. so i m hopeful that the president and the senator reid will allow the appropriators to sign the conference report and allow that bill to come to a vote in the house and the senate to keep our government open. this afternoon senate democratic leaders were summoned to the white house. among the topics discussed scrapping the surtax on millionaires as the pay-for of this payroll tax holiday. that, of course,as been controversial with republicans. shep? shepard: mike, what is the chance in your estimation that we might actually see a government shutdown by the weekend? it feels like everybody is trying to avoid that. a last-minute scramble is underway. it should be noted that the appropriations people, the people that deal with spending matters have a deal but the senate leadership has not moved forward with it. so, one key democrat in the house who negotiated this deal bucked his leadership and said ....