A and that action has cost us dearly. It has cost all of us dearly. And so i believe that the investments that we have planned to continue building afghanistans economy, to continue building its capacity of its people and to continue to set it on a path for its own self sustainability is a critical opportunity that now more than ever we have to recommit too. Thank you. [applause] thank you all. Were trying to pack a lot in todays we dont have much time for question and answer, but i think we have about 15 minutes where we can take some questions from the audience. We have microphones that can be handed out, if you identify yourself. I would make a plea to keep your questions or comments short so that we a time for as many people to as questions as possible. So please identify yourself. We will start there, close to the microphone. I think probably afghanistan is the only democracy where there are no Political Parties which are so crucial for any democracy. So why it didnt happen when t
Years. It rose from 57 all the way from 51 in june. Weve been talking about goldman sachs. They themselves are reporting secondquarter earnings. Topped analyst estimates. Net income doubled at the firm held by gains in fixed income and securities and commodities trading Ceo Lloyd Blankfein saying improving Economic Conditions in the u. S. Drove clint activity. Liz General Motors says sales grew nearly 4 in the first half of 2013 to 4. 5 million cars and light trucks. Gains in north america, particularly along with china, helped offset softness in europe and south america. David cocacola weighing on the dow today after Second Quarter sales came in weaker than expected. Global economic weakness and cool weather crimped sales of soft drinks. Liz shares of shfl entertainment soaring today. Look at this, up 21 , after rifle Bally Technologies announced it will acquire the casone games maker for roughly 1. 3 billion. This will expand ballys presence in Key International markets. Toss the dic
After the attack that the Intelligence Community knew within 24 hours that it was terrorism. The report in recounted the statements of the president and the senior officials. The fox report was the subject of a sevenchain e mail. Dennis mcdonough, the president president S National Security adviser, john brennan, the former terrorist adviser and ben broez, linked the video to benghazi were all part of the discussion. The sevenpage dialogue concerning one fox news report to me demonstrates an alarm well situation where theyre reacting to and trying to shape a response. The contents of those emails are being withheld because government lawyers told a federal court, quote, the release of this information could reasonably be expected to chill the frank deliberations that occurred when state department and other u. S. Government officials are formulating public response to address sensitive issues. Separately fox news confirmed tonight that the select committee will have 12 members, seven r
Of a sevenchain e mail. Dennis mcdonough, the president deposit any National Security adviser, john brennan, the former terrorist adviser and ben broez, linked the video to benghazi were all part of the discussion. The sevenpage dialogue concerning one fox news report to me demonstrates an alarm well situation where theyre reacting to and trying to shab a response. The contents of those emails are being withheld because government lawyers told a federal court, quote, the release of this information could reasonably be expected to chill the frank deliberations that occurred when state department and other u. S. Government firnls are formulating public response to address sensitive issues. Separately fox news confirmed tonight that the select committee will have 12 members, seven republicans and five democrats if the democrats choose to get involved. Katherine, thank you. Unfortunately its come to this. A Benghazi Select Committee is now being formed to get to the bottom of the terrorist
Plus, msnsnbc scrutinized. How the press is portraying and shaping this frenzied primary process. Trump, clinton, sanders, all had wins last night but it was ted cruz who arguably had the best night winning two states and helping bill his case against trump. The week ahead going to be dizzying with more primaries, two democratic debates and a big gop faceoff. Let get right to three insiders. Cnn tonight host don lemon, one of the questioners, mark preston, executive editor of cnn politics and washington, david gregory, former moderator of meet the press. For a while ted cruz underestimated by some segments of the media, its been about marco rubio and expectation that rubio will be the establishment choice and hell come through in the end, no matter what happens with donald trump after the super tuesday wins by cruz and super saturday, is that over . Can he no longer be underestimated by political talking heads. Certainly. But some due to his own fault. The selfinflicted wounds of the d