Obamas decisions on afghanistan, including up to the decision to seek the strategic agreement with the afghans that would keep a residual force there after the end of this year. But there were two aspects of the war in afghanistan that troubled me. One was the president s suspicion of the motives of the senior military, particularly when it came to the recommendations on afghanistan. And the second was what you describe. As i told rahm when i met with him, i dont mind that the president speaks out on exit strategies and so on, but the troops need to hear from their commander, the person who is sending them in harms way, that their cause is just and noble, and the mission is important for the country and, therefore, their sacrifices worthwhile. And into two and half years i worked for president obama he only did that once or twice. And i think thats one of the responsibilities of the commander in chief when he deploys men and women in harms way is that he would be willing to speak publi
My hope is to get this done before christmas. No substantive progress has been made in talks between the white house and the house. This week on inside washington, heading towards the fiscal cliff. Who is going to blink first . Nobody can win everything. The republicans will have to give on revenue, democrats will have to give on entitlement reform. Susan rice still in the bullseye. The concerns i have are greater today than before. Lunch at the white house whitemitt. Who will dare to break the no tax hike pledge . Republicans who voted against the no tax hike pledged damage the brand for everyone else. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org Thomas Jefferson said the purpose of government is to enable the people of the nation to live in safety and happiness. Jefferson said americans would be ok if they could keep the government from wasting their labors under the pretense of taking care of them. What is your government doing for you today . Is it preparing to d
He really damaged himself. The people that elected ted cruz are very happy. I work for the people of texas and i fight for them. The most fundamental thing this fight was about. This fight. This fight. What they like is to fight. Were in the midst of battles. They dont seem to have a goal. The fight took us off message. The fiasco has been obscure. He operates on the basis of division. We elevated the National Debate. We accomplished a great deal and we need to reflect on that. Ted cruz is not backing down. The shut down should be in our rear view mirror. There will not be another government shut down. Dont do this again, ted. The architect of government shut down leading the civil war inside the Republican Party went home to texas this weekend to continue his attack against the Republican Party. And when ted cruz went to speak to the Texas Federation of republican women he got this welcome. Thank you. We love you. That is is a slightly different reception than i get in washington d. C
I work for the people of texas and i fight for them. The most fundamental thing this fight was about. This fight. This fight. What they like is to fight. Were in the midst of battles. They dont seem to have a goal. The fight took us off message. The fiasco has been obscure. He operates on the basis of division. We elevated the National Debate. We accomplished a great deal and we need to reflect on that. Ted cruz is not backing down. The shut down should be in our rear view mirror. There will not be another government shut down. Dont do this again, ted. The architect of government shut down leading the civil war inside the Republican Party went home to texas this weekend to continue his attack against the Republican Party. And when ted cruz went to speak to the Texas Federation of republican women he got this welcome. Thank you. We love you. That is is a slightly different reception than i get in washington d. C. And having spent the past month up in dc, it is really great to be back in
In congress and inside the sec with lots of numbers and data and my hunch is that now the problem is expose. And it can do what we need to do. And we do have one new regulation. And the two things that people in congress who are concerned with the issue should keep in mind, is that everything should be in the direction of genuine transparency. Are you previewing your next book . Are you previewing bigger better faster . The book ends it will take a long time to get to it. Riding along fiberoptic cable laid from chicago to new jersey to cut off two milliseconds, cost 300 million. No one who was around knew what its purpose was. The thing is it is like a beast underground and i went riding along its on a bike and see while i am writing on the bike and a newly constructed chain of microwave towers hovering on the hills in pennsylvania over the line and those microwave towers are there because they are able to move a signal a couple milliseconds faster than this line that was put in. The m