the minds of americans is the econo economy. and here is kathleen finny and general wesley clark, adviser to the president e s campaign and want you to weigh in here, kathleen jamison. well, it is interesting that the goalpost shifted this week. so for a while the argument was president obama said it is under 8.0%, and they didn t show it, but romney said under 4:%, and knowing that we won t get there and knowing that what matters is the trend. he did the same on the foreign policy front, and not just afghanistan and iraq, but pakistan. and i would argue that there were successes with pakistan based on the agreement with afghanistan. so the trend is to move the goalpost along so it is unattainable. well, the line is going to
blind audience. hello, i m melissa harris-perry, and this morning the alleged mastermind of the september 11th attacks is appearing before a military commission in guantanamo. shaikh khalid muhammad s detention is coming to an end for the open case of justice after 9/11. for many americans though, that ending came a year ago this week with the killing of osama bin laden. president obama commemorated that day with a trip to afghanistan where the war on terror began and while there he signed a ten-year agreement with afghan president karzai while we will draw down the troops and bring them home. our troops here in afghanistan launched the trip that killed osawma bin laden, ad the chance to defeat al qaeda is now within our reach. so with one speech, he is able to take responsible for killing the head of the global terrorism, and vow to commitment, and it is a do-si-do for the dove to hawk on foreign policy and it is on a day that only reminders the president s supporters
laden. president obama commemorated that day with a trip to afghanistan where the war on terror began and while there he signed a ten-year agreement with afghan president karzai while we will draw down the troops and bring them home. our troops here in afghanistan launched the trip that killed osawma bin laden, ad the chance to defeat al qaeda is now within our reach. so with one speech, he is able to take responsible for killing the head of the global terrorism, and vow to commitment, and it is a do-si-do for the dove to hawk on foreign policy and it is on a day that only reminders the president s supporters that the guantanamo bay detention facility is still open despite the campaign promises to close it. this is, not that any of us could forget is an election year where all of the presidential business as usual is campaign business. and many can read the president visiting the troops in afghanistan as a campaign stop, but remember, foreign policy is the primary work of