at the commencement ceremony at west point. the afghan effort tied to success in kandahar. it is sunday, may 23. the new york times reporting that kim jong il authorized the torpedo hit that sunk a south korean vessel in march, killing 46 soldiers. secretary clinton is calling for a more balanced economic relationship between our two countries. a special election in hawaii. the republican has won, marking the first time the gop winning a congressional seat in hawaii. it is the district where president barack obama grew up. we begin from the washington post and your calls focusing on afghanistan. we welcome your participation. 202-737-0002. above the fold in the washington post, the obama administration s campaign to drive the taliban out of the second-largest city is a go for broke move that even its authors are run sure will succeed. the that is the operation backed by thousands of u.s. troops and billions of dollars will break the mystique and the morale of the insurg
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that pipe. more than 4.5 million gallons have spewed so far. the president calling on congress for $58 million for emergency funding to fight this major catastrophe. david mattingly is live in louisiana this morning. david, seeing the oil and natural gas gushing out of the ocean floor really does put a face to what we re seeing. what are the efforts to cap that spill? reporter: well, all the pieces are in place this morning, john. and the plan is to have the top hat solution in play either today or possibly tomorrow. what bp is going to do, first, they re going to try that smaller, revised dome, that they re going to place over the top of that leaking pipe that we saw. if that doesn t quite work the way they want it to, then they ve got a plan b already onsite that they would insert a tube into that leaking pipe. so they ve got two plans to attack it with today. they hope that one of them works this time. you know, david, yesterday, congressional hearings in the house r