Here to dover as well as funeral expenses. This heartbreaking impact of the Government Shutdown has now sparked a national outrage, one that washington can no longer ignore. Shouldnt we, as a body, republican, democrat, no matter who we are, shouldnt we be embarrassed about this . Shouldnt we be ashamed . Now Congress Plans to act. The house will vote today at 3 00 to reinstate the death benefits. The senate as well. The chaplain appealed to a higher power. Lord, when our federal shutdown delays payments of death benefits to the families of children dying on faraway battlefields, its time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough. No deal, no surrender. Are president obama and Speaker Boehner farther apart than ever . We cant make extortion routine as part of our democracy. Democracy doesnt function this way. What the president said today was if theres Unconditional Surrender by republicans, hell sit down and talk to us. Thats not the way our government works. And a fed first, when pre
Panetta, and its a sad reminder of how safe this country remains after 11 years of war. Ill ask the defense secretary about whats next here, as american troops prepare to leave afghanistan and about the fight for al qaeda. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett live in kabul, afghanistan, tonight for a special edition of outfront, as we focus on the future of afghanistan. I want to welcome our viewers in the United States tonight, as well as around the world. Thanks for joining us. Tonight, violence rocks afghanistan. A sobering reminder of how americas longest war is still not won. We still do not have a secure afghanistan. Today, just hours after i wrapped up an interview with the secretary of defense, leon panetta, in kandahar at an american base, there was a brazen attack just outside that base. A suicide bomber struck, the taliban had taken responsibility, an American Service member has been killed, two afghan civilians were killed. Three americans and 18 afghans were wou
Todays a soldier was killed in kandahar after i visited the base. It is a sad reminder of how unsafe this country remains after 11 years of war. I will ask the secretary what happened next as american troops prepare it leave afghanistan and about the fight for al qaeda, lets gooutfront. Good evening, im erin burnett live in afghanistan for a special edition of of outfront. I want to welcome our viewers from around the world. Thanks for joining us. A sobering reminder of how americas war is still not won. We still do not have a secure afghanistan. Today, just hours after i wrapped up an interview with the secretary of defense leon panetta in kandahar at an american base, there was a a brazen attack just outside the bias. The suicide bomber struck, the taliban took responsibility. An american soldier has within killed. Two Afghan Soldiers were killed. Americans and afghans were wounded in this attack today. A taliban spokesman not only claimed responsibility for the attack but praised th
Would have been better off trying to hold on to a fish while standing in a boat. Todays a soldier was killed in kandahar after i visited base. It is a sad reminder of how unsafe this country remains after 11 years of war. I will ask the secretary what happened next as american troops prepare it leave afghanistan and about the fight for al qaeda, lets gooutfront. Good evening, im erin burnett live in afghanistan for a special edition of of outfront. I want to welcome our viewers from around the world. Thanks for joining us. A sobering reminder of how americas war is still not won. We still do not have a secure afghanistan. Today, just hours after i wrapped up an interview with the secretary of defense leon panetta in kandahar at an american base, there was a a brazen attack just outside the bias. The suicide bomber struck, the taliban took responsibility. An american soldier has within killed. Two Afghan Soldiers were killed. Americans and afghans were wounded in this attack today. A ta
This heartbreaking impact of the Government Shutdown has now sparked a national outrage, one that washington can no longer ignore. Shouldnt we, as a body, republican, democrat, no matter who we are, shouldnt we be embarrassed about this . Shouldnt we be ashamed . Now Congress Plans to act. The house will vote today at 3 00 to reinstate the death benefits. The senate as well. The chaplain appealed to a higher power. Lord, when our federal shutdown delays payments of death benefits to the families of children dying on faraway battlefields, its time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough. No deal, no surrender. Are president obama and Speaker Boehner farther apart than ever . We cant make extortion routine as part of our democracy. Democracy doesnt function this way. What the president said today was if theres Unconditional Surrender by republicans, hell sit down and talk to us. Thats not the way our government works. And a fed first, when president obama today nominates janet yellen a