he actually needs in order to sign this deal and to get it done. and you see the level of frustration rising among the u.s. officials trying to deal with them. this is only the latest in a series of problems with karzai in trying to figure out exactly what it is he wants. and it comes at a point when the administration really does have to make a choice about what it s going to do next year. what does karzai want? is there any chance he won t sign this security deal? i read somewhere it was kind of said in jest but this guy really thinks we need this more than he does. that s correct. that s the problem. he s convinced the u.s. is going to keep troops there no matter what, that we re bluffing. that s why it s vital that the white house carry out on this threat to essentially start the full withdrawal of american troops in afghanistan. there will be another president of afghanistan next year. the vast majority of afghans disagree with karzai on this most of his cabinet disagrees with
plus their recent trip to afghanistan. rapid increasing gas prices. how high and how long? with former ceo of shell oil. i m candy crowley. and this in is state of the union. the afghan government says the man who killed two american soldiers inside a highly secured afghan government building is an afghan intelligence officer. president hamid karzai has offered condolences to the families of the four americans killed since news that u.s. personnel apparently inadvertently burned copies of the koran at an air base in afghanistan. karzai called for calm but insisted the u.s. must prosecute those responsible for burning the muslim holy book. joining from me kabul, ryan crocker. mr. ambassador, let me ask you, first, the u.s. over more than ten years has spent half a trillion dollars in afghanistan, almost 2,000 american lives have been lost, and the american people wake up this morning to find that two high military officers sitting inside a secured afghan government building
healthcare. and they say you have to start paying, people don t generally like that. if you look at the referendum campaign, you will see situations where a third, half of the electorate changed their mind. public sectors make up minority of organized labor in the united states. that is one reason they will watch it closely and why a defeat would be a major blow indeed. chris: doug mckelway from windy ohio. thank you for that. next on grapevine, guests of the guess who president of the guess who president of afghanistan and hillary
healthcare. and they say you have to start paying, people don t generally like that. if you look at the referendum campaign, you will see situations where a third, half of the electorate changed their mind. public sectors make up minority of organized labor in the united states. that is one reason they will watch it closely and why a defeat would be a major blow indeed. chris: doug mckelway from windy ohio. thank you for that. next on grapevine, guests of the guess who president of afghanistan and hillary clinton were talking about. we ll explain. we re going to he into the interview.
starr. apparently the incident happened last week that caused the problem between president karzai and david petraeus. you and i spoke about that last week. today, barbara, what can you tell me about that and what about the pressure mounting on karzai from his own people? well, this is a very difficult situation, brooke. yesterday hamid karzai, president of afghanistan, met with general david petraeus. petraeus tried to apologize, karzai wouldn t have any of it. he said the apology was not accepted for the death of these nine young afghan boys at the hands of a u.s. apache gunship, a helicopter which struck them last week, an inadvertent accidental killing yet again of afghan civilians. today defense secretary bob gates shows up in kabul in a long-planned visit. it went a little more smoothly, but make no mistakes these ongoing incidents of civilian cashties, the deaths of afghans at the hands of u.s. operations,