customers offline and online every day of the year. there s always a baby s first christmas. there s always somebody that s about to get married. there s always somebody that they want to send a little gift to at christmastime. i guess after all these years i ve stayed true to our vision of what we re doing and stayed true to understanding the need of my customer, so that i m taking care of them. 2014 turned out to be a pretty good year for small business. at least relative to recent history. the national federation of independent businesses optimism index rose at the end of the year to its highest level since february of 2007. so, what does the new year hold for america s small business owners? bill dunkelberg is chief economist for the nfib and j.d. harrison reports on small business and entrepreneurship for the washington post. great to see both of you guys. hi, j.j. thanks for having me. bill i think you have been
these darker areas were controlled al qaeda and iraq and sunni insurgents. here in baghdad you are talking about most of the city. most of the city was definitely controlled the al qaeda, by the sunni insurgents. the city was just hell. take us to the map on the right? the surge began in january and february of 2007. quite remarkably by the end of 2007 we began to achieve tangible success. by 2008 we had driven the al qaeda out of all of the regions you see on the map to the left. they are now gone from baghdad of any consequence from fallujah to ramadi. in the latter part of 20008 we were able to drive them out of the last major city and that was mosul. al qaeda in 2008 and 2009 in their own communications to each
controlled al qaeda and iraq and sunni insurgents. here in baghdad you are talking about most of the city. most of the city was definitely controlled the al qaeda, by the sunni insurgents. the city was just hell. take us to the map on the right? the surge began in january and february of 2007. quite remarkably by the end of 2007 we began to achieve tangible success. by 2008 we had driven the al qaeda out of all of the regions you see on the map to the left. they are now gone from baghdad of any consequence from fallujah to ramadi. in the latter part of 20008 we were able to drive them out of the last major city and that was mosul. al qaeda in 2008 and 2009 in their own communications to each other admitted we had been defeated in iraq.
all controlled by al qaeda in iraq and by the sunni insurgents. absolutely. and here in baghdad, you re talking about most of the city. most of the city was definitely controlled by the al qaeda by the sunni insurgents and the city was just hell. now take us to the map on the right. the surge began in january and february of 2007 and quite remarkably by the end of 2007 we began to achieve some tangible success. and by 2008 we had driven the al qaeda out of all of the regions you see on the map to the left because they are now gone from baghdad of any consequence from fallujah from ramadi. in the latter part of 2008, we were actually able to drive them out of the last major city and that was mosul. al qaeda in 2008 and 2009 in their own communications to each
and iraq and sunni insurgents. absolutely. here in baghdad you are talking about most of the city. most of the city was definitely controlled the al qaeda, sunni insurgents and the city was just hell. take us to the map on the right. the surge began in january and february of 2007 and quite remarkably by the end of 2007 we began to achieve some tangible success. by 2008 we had driven al qaeda out of all of the regions you see on the map to the left because they are now gone from baghdad of any consequence from fallujah, from ramadi. (gun fire) in the latter part of 2008 we were able to drive them out of the last major city and that was mosul. al qaeda in 2008 and 2009 in their own communications to each other admitted that we had been