ground. does that apply only to iraq or when broad policy decisions are being made about the military, are the generals somehow uninformed? well, i think what they were doing, the republicans said we ought to listen to the generals because some of the generals were saying what they wanted to hear. but, for example, when senator mccain was saying, well, we can muddle through in afghanistan, the generals there were saying that s not working. but he didn t want to hear that because he was so focused on iraq. and what happens is you try and get political cover for what you want to do by theoretically relying on the experts. but what happens when you open that door, then the experts change, then you ve got a big problem. and senator mccain had a big one today, particularly since on the hardball tour three years ago he took the opposite position. defense secretary mr. gates said it could take two years to implement the change to don t ask, don t tell. why so long? and would that peri
uninformed? well, i think what they were doing, the republicans said we ought to listen to the generals because some of the generals were saying what they wanted to hear. but, for example, when senator mccain was saying, well, we can muddle through in afghanistan, the generals there were saying that s not working. but he didn t want to hear that because he was so focused on iraq. and what happens is you try and get political cover for what you want to do by theoretically relying on the experts. but what happens when you open that door, then the experts change, then you ve got a big problem. and senator mccain had a big one today, particularly since on the hardball tour three years ago he took the opposite position. defense secretary mr. gates said it could take two years to implement the change to don t ask, don t tell. why so long? and would that period of time not allow for plenty of time for congressional opponents to make sure the policy stays in place or to give mr. mccain
congressional republicans threw a party following final approval of the g.o.p. tax reform bill. for president is calling it historic. his critics say will be historically bad. chief white house correspondent john roberts start us off tonight. good evening. good evening. critics have said the president has had very few legislative achievements to point doing his first year in office but with the clock running out on 2017, the president stuck the landing on a very big one today. it was a moment president trump had waited 11 months to the day for, celebrating the passage of his signature legislative item, tax reform. it s been an amazing experience. i have to tell you. hasn t been done in 34 years but actually really hasn t been done because we broke every record. with the president came away with what a cut in the corporate tax rate to 21%. cut in the top tax rate to 37%.
lauren graham also selling off on the post reports weing white house source with direct knowledge just told me washington post didn t talk to any us official at meeting, it is fake news, meaning washington post didn t talk to any white house official to confirm their story. this was a big one last night, a big one today. let s talk about the media feeding frenzy. though their hatred donald trump cloud their ability to bring you the facts. log on to fox and friends first, our facebook page after the show for a live debate. this fox news alert, surveillance video capturing this terrifying moment that a plane explodes into flames killing everyone on board. learjet in north jersey flipped upside down slamming into three buildings in a suburban