[inaudible] its to protect our National Security. There is not been an attempt at any point to downplay the significance of the operation their undertaking. That is true if youre talking about our military pilots flying combat operations through ten or 11000 airstrikes now been taken against isil targets in iraq and syria. Its true of special operators been informed and station throughout iraq to carry out raids when an opportunity presents itself to try to take out a senior isil figure were to capitalize on a treasure trove of intelligence that may be there for the taking. Its also true when you talk about our military Service Members are engaged in training efforts. In some cases, particularly earlier in our efforts you had u. S. Military members who are in dangerous parts of iraq who are working to try to train several iraqis to make them more effective on the battlefield against isil. We had not not at all tried to downplay the significance of those operations, of of the risk of th
I think its a great asset for democrats. They have tried 45 times to do the same thing, and they lost every time to defund obama care. Now we have a new deal. What were going to do is hold a bunch of hearings and try to embarrass the president this way. All their yelling and screaming about obama care, what is their alternative in they dont have one. That came after nancy pelosi made it clear she believes it was the bank bailout affectionately known as t. A. R. P. And not obama care that torpedoed them in 2010. I dont buy into the idea we lost the election because of the health care. One of the most damaging votes our members had to take was the t. A. R. P. That was really the vote that sort of soured people. They didnt like that vote at all. Still even as some red state democrats go to survival mode not all are climbing aboard the freakout train. One said, if Jeanne Shaheen thinks it helps her in new hampshire, then you know what . Go do it. Pam stein, political reporter at National J
Who had the worst year in politics . He revealed to had the worst year in washington. We will broaden that out more across the country. You can join the 10th conversation. The numbers are on your screen. Also, you can join in the conversation via twitter cspanwj. Send us an email if you want to. We will get to your calls momentarily. The political column in the Washington Post it is a weekly column called the worst week in washington. He brought ended out to president obama had the worst year in washington. I will pull this off and show you the inside of the peace. Washington, hein charts the president s year. In 45 minutes or so, we will show you some of them. We are focusing on health care. Here is what he writes. Then there was the Affordable Care act the single biggest achievement of the president s time in office. The rollout of the Health Exchange was a complete failure, even though we did not realize until the republicans reversed course. They reopened the federal government aft
KM Peyton, the much-loved author of more than 70 novels and grande dame of the pony book genre has died aged 94. Best known for her Flambards trilogy with its background of the First World War, hunting and early flying machines, she had a lucid literary style that never pandered to the idea that children […]