impact the incentive behavior for the taliban and al quaid and are we prepared to encounter any new behavior? congressman, i would answer it this way first that almost everybody on the committee knows some more than others who have served in war. war is a dangerous business, and a soldier is always, always at ri risk. that is number one. two, you probably know that the taliban has standing orders to capture american service members, and that is a standing o order for 12 years. so there is nothing new here. about where the taliban have been and continue to be. but i will say this, now that we have the last prisoner back, this very much gives us more flexibility quite frankly to free up resources that everyday
republicans around the country, and independents around the country, and i want to work with congress to get them done. but, when congress refuses to act and as a result hurts the economy and puts our people at ri risk, then i have an obligation as president to do what i can without them. i ve got an obligation to act on behalf of the american people, and i m not going stand by while a minority in the senate puts party ideology ahead of the people that we were elected to serve, not with so much at stake and not at this make or break moment for middle-class americans. we are not going to let that happen. for way too long, we have had a