consistently. chris: the report said that it was going to be sped up and be next year, 2012. that i think would be disasterrous. the president has already put things at risk by his withdrawal down to 16,000 troops in october of 2012. the message from the american military commanders and diplomats from afghan, friendly friends in the afghan government was that if we can hold that 68,000 level through 2013 continue the kind of insurgency operations, work on the handover to the of a gone forces in an orderly way and not in an excessively rapid way that was a winnable war and that was the message that i took away. it is incredibly impressive what our troops and soldiers and marines are doing there. the highlight is going out and seeing the areas they recently cleared at some considerable cost. but really there is a disconnect between the impression here in washington which is that it is hopeless. it is a tough place and difficult government to work with. we page huge progress.
consistently. chris: the report said that it was going to be sped up and be next year, 2012. that i think would be disasterrous. the president has already put things at risk by his withdrawal down to 16,000 troops in october of 2012. the message from the american military commanders and diplomats from afghan, friendly friends in the afghan government was that if we can hold that 68,000 level through 2013 continue the kind of insurgency operations, work on the handover to the of a gone forces in an orderly way and not in an excessively rapid way that was a winnable war and that was the message that i took away. it is incredibly impressive what our troops and soldiers and marines are doing there. the highlight is going out and seeing the areas they recently cleared at some considerable cost. but really there is a disconnect between the impression here in washington which is that it is hopeless. it is a tough place and difficult government to work with. we page huge progress.
consistently. chris: the report said that it was going to be sped up and be next year, 2012. that i think would be disasterrous. the president has already put things at risk by his withdrawal down to 16,000 troops in october of 2012. the message from the american military commanders and diplomats from afghan, friendly friends in the afghan government was that if we can hold that 68,000 level through 2013 continue the kind of insurgency operations, work on the handover to the of a gone forces in an orderly way and not in an excessively rapid way that was a winnable war and that was the message that i took away. it is incredibly impressive what our troops and soldiers and marines are doing there. the highlight is going out and seeing the areas they recently cleared at some considerable cost. but really there is a disconnect between the impression here in washington which is that it is hopeless. it is a tough place and difficult government to work with. we page huge progress.
ticket or up to $1,300, the previous amount was $800 so there is a little more money in your pocket. time here is money. and the cost to the airline, they say, is going to be millions and millions of dollars because of this hurricane. shepard: i am sure they will pass the fees along to us. thank you. the future of the international space station is now in question. after russia suffered a disasterrous set back, and, now, nasa, while seeking funding, is warning the astronauts they may have to evacuate the station and soon. details ahead.
traders and the new market structure which the government, the s.e.c. has created, started about five years ago, and they took away the short sale rule and they greased the rails of volatility. neil: what is short sale rule? guest: they took away the plus tick rule which was in effect since after the crash in 1929 to put a cap on the volatility created from the short side. it said that if you are selling short you need to do it on a plus tick but when they took that tick rule away, they greased the rails of volatility and it was two things that happened, which was repealing of glass steagel and the most disasterrous thing that the government does if my opinion, the s.e.c. if particular, they