about that? >> yeah, several reporters sent this to me yesterday which he said unlike president bush who always went on surprise visits, obama was owning this war. well, i'm pretty sure that obama's trip to indonesia was a surprise since all the headlines said it was and maybe in 140 characters, howard didn't -- wasn't able to express himself correctly but certainly, the obama's trip to afghanistan was not on the press schedule. >> giving him the benefit of the doubt. that's right. and what about the fact that over the weekend close of business on friday, the president made a 15 recess payments. when the senate leaves and they have been gone for three minutes, the president appointed 15 people to jobs and in particular the one that's causing controversy is upper left-hand corner, mr. becker. he's going into the labor division. the president of the united states, that you were under,