At the end of the day this makes no sense. My husband was a veteran. Went for the vietnam war. When he was gone, it was the worst thing in the whole entire world. Especially when they are whening him especially they miss most of this and that. Especially at the end of the day you need help with veterans. Host what you think . Should the general have to go . Caller you cant just not know about a whole cover up. He has computers, he has this, he has that. Host thank you. A republican there. Cruiser has this. ForWashington Post intuition sekis testimony from last week, concluding that if obama wants to resolve this debacle, he will need a less passive secretary. Secretary who became in january 2009, is not up or go visitor to the obama white house. He visited the white house 33 times, according to the official visitor logs, roughly one visit for every two months of his time in that position. That is less than some cabinet officials with higher profile eric holder visited five times. The n
Alfonsi good evening. Scott is on assignment in the middle east. Well be hearing from him later in the broadcast. Im sharyn alfonsi. President obama briefed the leaders of Congress Today on the options hes considering to deal with the crisis in iraq. The white house says all options are open, except combat troops. The Iraqi Government is asking for the u. S. To air strike in its battle against sunni militants. The president has made no decision on that. But a u. S. Military operation in iraq is under way in the sky. David martin at the pentagon begins our coverage. Reporter u. S. Military aircraft, including warplanes from the uss bush with now flying roundtheclock Surveillance Missions in iraq. At the same time, Martin Dempsey told Congress Iraq has indeed asked for air strikes against the insurgents who now control much of northern and western iraq. We have a request from the Iraqi Government for airpower. You do . We do. Reporter but airstrikes have been put on hold, in part due to
Ready, dino abdallah. Okay. Ill be ready. State of the union starts right now with candy crowley. En yjoy your sunday. The white house forces the issue and signaling it will go wherever it can on gun control. Today, biden panel readies the report for a white house banking on public revulsion. There is nothing that has gone to the heart of the matter more than the visual image of little 6yearold kids riddled and not shot by a stray bullet, but riddled with bullet holes. Conversations with nra president david keene and Connecticut Governor chris murphy and also president ial candidate jon huntsman and senator joe manchin, and also we will talk to congressman elijah cummings, and Marsha Blackburn as well as jeff zeleny from the New York Times and Michael Scherer from the new york time times. A month after the newtown mas ka ser, the president is expected to present an array of options. He has publicly mentioned universal background checks on gun buyers and bans on high capacity magazines.
We are asking our viewers this morning for their opinion of eric holder. How would you rate his Job Performance question might give us a call. Republicans at 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. If you are outside the u. S. , 202 5855883. You can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages. On twitter, facebook, or email us. Very good wednesday morning to you. Talking about eric holder and asking for your opinion. His Job Performance. Several issues he has been involved in this year are highlighted in the headline tracker from usa today. Scrolling through a few of those. Once 50 million to train agents against active shooters. Most drug sentences reduced by 11 months. Justice department looks into highfrequency trading. Holder renews calls for civilian terror trials. The list of stories with eric holder in the headlines goes on headlinetodays tracker. In the Washington Post, holder 15 million from congress for active Shooter Police training.
And outrage, joe biden only wanted to talk to them about guns. Today is the birth of birthday of mary j. Blige and Jim Hightower and on the 208th anniversary of the michigan territory ford announces theyre creating 2200 new jobs. So dont say we never give you any good news. This is viewpoint. [ music ] john good evening, im john fugelsang. Thanks for joining us. Even socalled wars of necessity must come to an end. While the u. S. War in afghanistan is far from over, the effort to wind the war down is picking up speed. President obama held the News Conference with afghan President Hamid karzai it followed two days of talks between karzai and Top Administration officials including secretary of state Hillary Clinton and secretary of defense leon panetta. President obama reported that american troops would continue to fight along side afghans until 2014 when the war would be over. But it would about to change. Obama let me say it as plainly as i can. Starting this spring our troops will ha