jim accoosta, it s not the u. role to tell iraqis who should lead the country. they have no confidence in maliki s ability to reach out to the sunnis or kurds awhere arwa damon is and a political solution has got to be the way to move iraq forward and unify iraq. that s right, the president blamed much of the violence on iraq on maliki saying the prime minister failed to unite the factions tearing iraq apart but not making u.s. support contingent upon maliki stepping down. u.s. assistance would take place if maliki were to step down. the president put an end to it saying it s not the job of the u.s. to choose iraqi leaders but at the same time during a background call that administration had with reporters with the hide house,
and our approach as the united states is not to see these as some cold war chegs board in which we re in competition with russia. this difficulty handling president putin crosses administrations, you ll remember in 2001, early in his presidency, president bush said he looked into putin s eye and he saw his soul. he thought this was someone he could deal with. a few years later, in 2008 there was an invasion of georgia on president bush s watch, just six years ago, on a background call with reporters. yesterday white house officials made a big backhanded reference to that saying, we didn t look into putin s soul. both sides, both parties have had trouble dealing with vladimir putin. in the span of ten years, you have two different invasions that the u.s. administrations have had to deal with, anderson. and we re going to talk to john mccain a little later on in the program for his perspective.
he saw his soul. he thought this was someone he could deal with. a few years later, in 2008 there was an invasion of georgia on president bush s watch, just six years ago, on a background call with reporters. yesterday white house officials made a big backhanded reference to that saying, we didn t look into putin s soul. both sides, both parties have had trouble dealing with vladimir putin. in the span of ten years, you have two different invasions that the u.s. administrations have had to deal with, anderson. and we re going to talk to john mccain a little later on in the program for his perspective. he s been critical of this white house and their foreign policy in particular. their policy with putin and what s happening on the ground. we re going to hear more from jim coming up. i wanted you to meet michael mcfaul. until recently he was the united states ambassador to russia. he joins us tonight. we heard an extraordinary statement from russia s
he looked into putin s eye and he saw his soul. he thought this was someone he could deal with. of course, a few years later in 2008, there was an invasion of georgia on president bush s watch, just six years ago. on a background call with reporters, yesterday, white house officials made a big back handed reference to that saying, we didn t look into putin s soul. both sides, both parties have had trouble dealing with vladimir putin. in the span of ten years, you have two different invasions that the u.s. administrations have had to deal with, anderson. and we re going to talk to john mccain a little later on in the program for his perspective. he s been critical of this white house and their foreign policy in particular. their policy with putin and what s happening on the ground. we re going to hear more from jim coming up. i wanted you to meet michael mcfaul. until recently he was the united states ambassador to russia. he joins us tonight. we heard an extraordinary
now, the white house says that is because of choices, because they have options to work fewer hours and have subsidized health care through obamacare. jason furman, people don t see a lot, but an economist from the white house, was on the front lines there. you were in the briefing. explain. so, there was an interesting hour or so at the white house today after the cbo report came out, where you had a statement from the white house, a background call with senior officials, and then jason furman, the president s top economist come to the briefing. basically what you have are two different ways of characterizing the report. if you talk to republicans, they say there will be 2.5 million jobs lost over a decade because of the affordable care act. if you talk to the white house, there will be 2.5 million people who have a choice to leave. they may be people who decide to stop working all together, who may decide to go from full-time work to part-time work, either way, over the next decade