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Also send us your tweet if you go to twitter. Com we will begin with the sunday review section of the the New York Times yesterday. We want to get your take on this. It does religion influence your politics . With more people saying they are unaffiliated. We want to get your take. Here are some comments from facebook this morning. What are your thoughts on this december 24, 2012. It does religion influence your politics . Let me show you this from the New York Times this morning. A new poll out worldwide religion shows up that one out of six follows no religion. That is worldwide. All religions outside the United States as well. The upi story. Religious identity affect voter choice. And then on the 2012 election, here is the pew forum on religion and Public Policy dorothy and baltimore, maryland. Independent caller. What do you think . Does religion influence your politics . Caller it does influence me somewhat but not so much now this time with obama. The reason why i say it does a li
Unfortunately. So i do agree that osce has a potential important and continuing role to play in supporting what at a different level needs to be hammered out between the u. S. , the european union, the ukrainian themselves, and of course the russian government. Thank you. Yes . Please state your name and affiliation. Yes, right there. Steve lair by, rand corporation. A quick comment speak up, please. A quick comment to wolfgang and then a question to doctor brzezinski. Wolfgang, that question that you mentioned regarding troops and so forth, that was the beginning of that sentence is very important, because it says as long as the current security situation does not change. Well, it certainly changed when one country invades another, and annexes it. So i think the situation most people would say has radically changed and therefore western policy is no longer obligated by that statement. I would say i want to get your reaction to china. How do you think china looks at this . Because they
Got any responses to matt taibi or maybe washingtons intransigence has got you angry . You want to vent. Finds me on facebook. Tweet me. My handle is alivelshi. Hanks for joining the conversation this week on your money. Were here every saturday 1 00 p. M. Eastern and weekdays at 3 30. Have a great weekend. Its 4 p. M. In the east, 1 p. M. On the west coast, im Martin Savidge in for Fredricka Whitfield st. A pleasure to be with you. If you are just tuning in thanks very much for joining us. These are the top stories we are following right now in the cnn newsroom. The gun control debate, it Takes Center Stage on tuesday. Thats when Vice President bidens expected to present his recommendations to president obama on how to reduce gun violence in this country. A ban on assault weapons likely to be among those proposal. New york senator Charles Schumer today asked walmart and other retailers to stop selling those guns voluntarily. Im urging our countrys major gun retailers like walmart and
Little bit on this friday. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for being with me. Im brooke baldwin. Now we take you to washington. Wolf blitzer. The situation room. Brooke, thanks very much. New plans for ending the war in afghanistan. President obama meets with the afghan President Hamid karzai. The white house looks at the connection between video game and gun violence as battle lines form in the looming fight over gun control. And a new report on the flu. We now have a clearer picture of where this epidemic stands. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Its the longest war in u. S. History and now were learninging new details about how president obama intends to end it for the United States. After meeting with hamid karzai at the white house, the president said the u. S. Will probably be able to speed up, to accelerate plan troop withdraws. Some americans will remain, presumably, their role, though, potentially becoming clearer. Our White House Correspondent Bria