Available to them. If they had preexisting conditions, even the substandard plan that was offered on the individual market often did not provide any option for them. They did not even have the opportunity to complain or face the challenges that now some of them are facing. But the fact that they are trying to access an option of Affordable Care and, yes encountering some difficulties and having to push through those, etc. , even that is progress because before, they did not even have that. It is important for us to keep that in perspective. That is why i think you said earlier i heard someone say maybe it was chairman waxman that one of the common emotional responses for people when they actually can enroll is that they break down in tears. Because their years of pentup frustration at not being able to access Affordable Care. We know that in the individual market, which is the market that the new marketplaces are addressing, a large number of National Studies show that it could be as m
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Longest war, of course, eluding to afghanistan. Lets bring in colonel jack jacobs, political reporter for the guardian, neal stanitch, of course, myles jacobs is not a reporter, medal of honor recipient, as well. Sorry for saying that, colonel. So much is happening there. What do you make and understand of what he will probably be announcing . We do not, at least from the reporting from kelly odonnell, whos with the president at the moment, we dont have a lot of Details Behind this. Colonel . First of all, i dont mind being a reporter. Secondly, what were hearing is that theres going to be an increase in American Forces. First, special forces, second, special operations forces, and, third, some ground units and support, particularly artillery that can be fired directly at the enemies of afghanistan. The increase is liable to be somewhere between 5,000 and 7,000. Its difficult to say at the moment, which will bring, i think, the total up to close to 15,000 american troops there. What th