and michelle served as undersecretary of defense for policy from 2009 to 2012. michelle, thanks for being here. and i want to start by asking you to follow up on what we just heard from house speaker john boehner, which is that this far into the crisis the white house should have done something. what something could the white house have done at this point? i actually think the administration is focused on the most important thinking, which is to engage with all the political parties in iraq, sunni, shia, and kurd, trying to get to a more inclusive government situation. remember why this is happening. this crisis on the ground is happening because prime minister maliki has taken a very sectarian approach to governance, marginalizing the sunni population, and basically creating a situation where they are turning and welcoming in sunni terrorist groups like isis. so the core driver of this is political, and that s where the first area of focus needs to be. and i think the admi
in america now to support the work force. i think the real solution would be for the government to lower the retirement age and put younger people to work that are on unemployment and that way the older people could get more unemployment money into social security. there are just too many people we leave this record portion of washington journal as the house begins legislative work today. live coverage on c-span. . chaplain. chaplain coughlin: lord, some days we do not know how to pray. what are the greatest needs of the nation? who needs your attention? to whom should we individually offer our slippery dollar? who alone, you alone know our personal needs. you see the depths i dare not confess to another. my most severe wounds are buried in my own fear. the whole truth is difficult for us to face humanly. so we will live another day on the margins. lord, help congress to do what it is able to do. anything more would be fictitous. you alone know us through and through. s