good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us on this friday. i m betty nguyen. the american soldier supported of killing 17 afghan civilians, sergeant robert bales s expected to be officially charged today. bales is being held at a military prison in kansas. prosecutors say in the early morning of march 11th bales went on a shooting rampage in two afghan village. nine of his victims were children. bales will be tried in a military court. his lawyer says bales does not remember much about the incident. the taliban said again this morning it will seek revenge for the attack against u.s. troops stationed in afghanistan. the u.s. currently has 90,000 troops in afghanistan. the remaining 28,000 surge troops are scheduled to be withdrawn by this october. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan told a senate investigation yesterday he does not envisioning a drawdown next year. we ll need significant combat power next year. 68,000? that s a good going in number. but i owe the
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several other states in what they re doing. jon: and you ve had a lot of people move to nebraska for that very reason, you ve got jobs there. that s exactly right. for the last two years we ve exceeded the national population growth, that s very unusual for a state our size. and it s because people are moving here for the jobs that we have. from technology to transportation, from insurance to agriculture to alternative energy it does make a difference, and we re keeping our young people here. that s critical to future growth. jon: well, my uncle ken farmed there for years and years and years, he still lives there, i still like to go visit him and the cousins in the nebraska. it s a great state. didn t know you were such an economic pour usa, but congratulations to you. governor dave heinemann of nebraska, a lot of people are going to want to pay attention to what you re doing there that s right. thank you, vir. thank you very much. jamie: new reaction in washington today, quite a b
balance its budget every year during the recession, so what the heck are they doing right in nebraska? joining us now is the governor of that state, governor dave heinemann. what s the answer, governor? well, first of all, good morning and happy 15th anniversary. jon: hey, thank you. the answer is to provide certainty to the private sector. we modernized our economic incentive programs, we passed the largest tax relief package in the history of the state, we ve controlled our spending, but we ve invested in education and jobs. you have to have a laser-like focus on jobs. i was just in the western part of my state yesterday visiting a piping company that s expanded in the last year from 30 jobs to over 100. you can do it if you create a business-friendly environment in your state. that s what we need all across america. jon: well, how do you go about doing that? you talked about the largest tax leaf package, that s the argument underway in washington right now. are taxes too high, o