Wrenching decision that i have to make. i can promise you i will never do so unless it s absolutely necessary, and that when we do we must give our troops a clear mission, and the full support of a grateful nation. reporter: those comments important now given all of the threats around the world, some of which you were just talking about a moment ago, iran, not to mention syria as well. interesting that the republican presumptive nominee mitt romney will have an event in a short time a memorandu memorandum memorial event in san diego honoring the men and women serving. john mccain was blasting the president s foreign policy, saying he had a feckless foreign policy that has not shown leadership around the world. they sharply disagree with that inside the white house. while both sides are taking off a day from campaigning focusing
who serve and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [ applause ] the president of the united states and the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal meyer for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 2-8. command 3-7 in kunar province. corporal meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with two platoons of afghan national army and border police into the village for a predawn meeting with village elders. moving into the village, the patrol was ambushed by more than 50 enemy fires, firing rocket propelled grenades, mortars, machine guns, from fortified positions. hearing over the radio that four u.s. team members were cut off, corporal meyer seized the initiative. with a fellow marine driving, corporal meyer took exposed gunner position in a gun truck as they drove down the steeply te
than the testimony in court? none. none. he s set to be put to death next wednesday unless they grant clemency. no two hours, john boehner will reveal the republican plan to create jobs and close loopholes. they said they could go along with some of the president s jobs plans until they found he would raise taxes on wealthy americans. the line for first time jobless claims jumped 11,000 for a total of 428,000. it s the highest number of first-time claims since june. the postmaster general is outlining a plan that could cost 150,000 jobs. they want to close more than 300 mail processing facilities, saturday deliver could end, first class mail would be slower to arrive. they are $10 billion in the hole this fiscal year. in los angeles today, lawyers in dr. conrad murray s manslaughter trial are going over juror questionnaires with the judge. the final phase of juror selection is next week. they say murray had a hand in michael jackson s death. jacqueline kennedy is
the reality is that employers will hire, if they ve got the right incentives. but the incentives have to outweigh the costs. as an example, businesses aren t going to hire someone because the government s going to give them a $4,000 tax credit. if the government mandates that are imposed on them cost a lot more than that, temporary credit. in recent years these mandates have been overwhelming. private sector job creators of all sizes have been pummeled by decisions being made right here in washington. they ve been slammed by uncertainty from the constant threat of new taxes out of control spending and unnecessary regulations from a government that s always micromanaging, meddling and manipulating. they ve been hurt by government ideas that offer short-term gimmicks rather than fundamental reforms that will encourage long-term economic growth. they ve been hampered by a government that offers confusion to entrepreneurs and job creators when there needs to be clarity. they ve b
also this change, petraeus isn t going to be in charge in the near future. is all this change that we re seeing in the next weeks, months going to affect the situation in afghanistan? i think, you know, gates is probably one of the best secretaries of defense since george marshall. he s been a hugely effective public servant. petraeus is a military genius. a lot of experience. having said that, look, leon panetta who comes in as one of the country sรง best, most able public servants, a marine force talent going into afghanistan. a brilliant u.s. ambassador going into afghanistan. so the leadership will be there. i think it s way too early to be pessimistic about afghanistan. but the president does have a political dlaem ma and he s got to address it. brilliant leadership and one of the most extraordinarily brilliant men and women serving in the armed forces in the history of the world. thank you.