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terrifying. good morning, everyone. good to see you today. welcome to early start. i m john berman. i m christine romans. it is thursday, february 27th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s begin this morning in arizona, where opponents of a so-called religious freedom bill overjoyed this morning. governor jan brewer has vetoed the measure that would have allowed businesses to deny service to gays and others, to deny service to their own customers based on religious grounds. brewer says the bill could have produced unintended negative consequences. let s get more from cnn s miguel marquez. reporter: john, christine, calls for veto and protests turned into celebration here at the arizona capitol. they even produced signs very quickly for, thank you, governor brewer, and they were chanting thank you, jan, after vetoing the bill that the governor said strongly, in a strong statement to say this bill was too broadly written and there was no reason for it to be law in arizona, and
the nsa to agree not to access the material for intelligence gathering. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff warning of a grimed future for afghanistan without u.s. help. army general martin dempsey says the absence of a long-term security pact would affect the morale of afghan soldiers, and the general s afraid some of them could side with the taliban. afghan leader hamid karzai has refused to sign the agreement. president obama wants the pentagon to speed up plans to pull all u.s. troops out of afghanistan. still, he is hoping that hamid karzai s replacement will sign the pact. the election in afghanistan is this spring. new developments concerning sex assault in the military. the army says it has removed nearly 600 soldiers from positions of trust as rape counselors, recruiters and drill sergeants because of infractions ranging from sex assaults to child abuse to drunk driving. meantime, a senate bill aimed at taking the prosecution of sexual offenders out of the hands of m
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religious liberty is a core american and arizona value. so is non discrimination. going forward, let s turn the ugliness of the debate over senate bill 1062 into a renewed search for greater respect and understanding among all arizonans and americans. so many people waiting for her to come out and make a statement about what she would do. she took her time. she took her time. very, very highly watched speech. cnn political editor paul steinhauser joins us now from washington. hey, paul. jan brewer in the spotlight, paul. reporter: no doubt about it, and it really puts the republican party, in a way, in the spotlight over this issue. you saw a lot of senior republicans, both of arizona s republican senators, john mccain, jeff flay coming out and urging brewer to veto the bill. same thing with their former presidential nominee, mitt romney saying the same thing. the gop touts itself as a party of pro business, right? a pro business party, and this bill, let s be honest, was