woodward tells the story of a president in turmoil foiting not only to get out of afghanistan, but fighting with his own inner circle. the president says, i have two years with the public on this and, later, i want an exit strategy. but he didn t get it. the book also shows a lot of strong personalities. vice president joe biden calls richard holbrooke the special rep the most egotistical bastard i ve ever met. he has written extensively on war strategy. thank you very much for joining us. my pleasure, thank you. president obama is quoted as saying, this is a direct quote from the book. this needs to be a plan about how we re going to hand off and get out of afghanistan. then he repeatedly, apparently, pushed his top military advisors for an exit plan and they didn t give it it him. does this in a way summarize the dilemma overall. the in fighting in afghanistan? it does. people seem apparently shock that there s infighting in the white house. and i would be disappoin
be talking about this and going through the newspapers. you can also send us a tweak to tweet, tweet certification.com twitter.com/c-span-wj. here are a couple of articles about this. it has become headlines everywhere. u.s. embassies brace for karan burning protests. this is from the associated press. governor andate s u.s. embassies around the world preparing. from the washington examiner newspaper here in washington again, that is in the washington examiner newspaper. we want to hear about what you think about this issue. michael, first up, independent line. caller: good one. i was going to say according to the supreme court this man does have the legal right hello? host: we are listening. caller: this man does have the legal right, as we know, but we also did not have the right to cry fire in a crowded theater. my position is, i was wondering, why isn t this man being brought up for acts of treason because he can see potentially what this could do to traipse
holiday tomorrow, we want to get you to weigh in on the future of the labor movement. the detroit free press this morning has this headline labor of hope. it says here that the uaw plan is to tap into worker discontent and focus on social crisis. justice.al u.s. unemployment stands at 9.6%, with michigan at 13.1%. those who do not have jobs are anxious about losing them and watching their benefits declined. incomes are down, and many people are fighting health care expensive or lacking coverage altogether. for many, retirement seems but a dream. the the union is trying to tap into worker discontent and re- commit itself to broader social and justice issues in an effort to rejuvenate its sunken membership level. in the new york times there is an article about anna burger. after all light and labor, a union leader retires, frustrated. she has dedicated her life to building the labor movement but has in nonetheless grown smaller and weaker. beyond a stepping down debt f
back. remember, this that is a good word. i am bringing it back. remember, the sense stops here. sean: the spin stops here. sean: an effort to reach a compromise, and that move was precipitated by the announcement of joe lieberman yesterday on face the nation. let s take a look. you have to take up the medicare buy-in, and you probably would have to take out the class acts, which is a whole new entitlement program which in future years would put us into the deficit. strengthening cost containment is something all of us favor. sean: meanwhile, the president is predicting the passage of the bill before the christmas holiday. here is what he said last night on 60 minutes. do you think is going to pass before christmas? i think is going to pass out of the senate. have you been involved in that process? i have been involved the whole time. sean: it now looks like it will not be the type of bill the president had in mind. he is summoning democrats to the white house
back. remember, this in stops here that is a good word. i am bringing it back. remember, the sense stops here. sean: the spin stops here. sean: an effort to reach a compromise, and that move was precipitated by the announcement of joe lieberman yesterday on face the nation. let s take a look. you have to take up the medicare buy-in, and you probably would have to take out the class acts, which is a whole new entitlement program which in future years would put us into the deficit. strengthening cost containment is something all of us favor. sean: meanwhile, the president is predicting the passage of the bill before the christmas holiday. here is what he said last night on 60 minutes. do you think is going to pass before christmas? i think is going to pass out of the senate. have you been involved in that process? i have been involved the whole time. sean: it now looks like it will not be the type of bill the president had in mind. he is summoning democrats to