And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
We have blegedegged and pleaded and nobody has listened to us. If you had to pay for all we pay for, the hospitals the tens of thousands of babies, all you have to do in this country is you walk over the line, you get someone pregnant, i cant leave these are american babies. Thats something we have to get rid of. I tell you, blacks should be the most upset about that. They should be the most upset. That was put in there to keep blacks safe. And i just went to my 50th reunion to get the party going. And they cant believe what theyre seeing. My friends i have so many hispanic friends. What am i supposed to call you mexican hispanics or we will be covering donald trump this weekend the live weekend event. Tell you more about that. We want to hear your thoughts on scott walker has he entered the race. Hes had two term governor. He won reelection last year in wisconsin. Athens, ohio, on our democrats line. Caller i cant believe i got through. Iate have to tell you the first time i got throu
Firestorm. Serious wrongdoing or an orchestrated attempt to discredit the group . Im chuck todd. Joining me to provide insight and analysis this sunday morning are msnbc and Telemundo Jose diazbalart. Former white house political director under president george w. Bush, sara fagan. Amy walter and ron fornier of national journal. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Well good sunday morning. Its been another big week in the president ial campaign with donald trump continuing to wreak havoc in the republican race. Well have plenty of that later in the program, including trumps strong numbers in our brandnew polls from iowa and New Hampshire. But were going to start by focusing on the battle for the democratic nomination and those new nbc news surveys out of iowa and New Hampshire. Theres some particularly troubling news for the Hillary Clinton campaign, confirming that there is a negative trend happening here. Her favorability numbers are dismal. Remember iowa and New Hampshire are act
Firestorm. Serious wrongdoing or an orchestrated attempt to discredit the group . Im chuck todd. Joining me to provide insight and analysis this sunday morning are msnbc and Telemundo Jose diazbalart. Former white house political director under president george w. Bush, sara fagan. Amy walter and ron fornier of national journal. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Well good sunday morning. Its been another big week in the president ial campaign with donald trump continuing to wreak havoc in the republican race. Well have plenty of that later in the program, including trumps strong numbers in our brandnew polls from iowa and New Hampshire. But were going to start by focusing on the battle for the democratic nomination and those new nbc news surveys out of iowa and New Hampshire. Theres some particularly troubling news for the Hillary Clinton campaign, confirming that there is a negative trend happening here. Her favorability numbers are dismal. Remember iowa and New Hampshire are act
Gaunzy committee. I am confident that i never sent nor received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received. I think what youre seeing here is a very typical kind of discussion to some extent disagreement among various parts of the government over what should or should not be publicly released. A much ado about nothing defense from her. Well get a lot more on the clinton email controversy in the show. Right now i want to bring in the independent senator from vermont, Bernie Sanders, who joins me from new orleans. He has been spending the weekend in louisiana. Senator, welcome back to meet the press. Good to be with you, chuck. Youre in louisiana so let me start with the tragic news there. Get into the politics of it a little bit, which is having to do with the issue of gun control. A lot of democrats, president obama has expressed some remorse that he hasnt been able to make more progress on gun control. And you continue to walk a straddle a line here. You