16 years, so outline specifically what you want to to do. Erik prince the president can pull out completely, which i think would be a bad idea. I think taliban and isis would end up taking over the country, and it would be a rallying cry for terrorists around the world that they have beat the United States. Or we could keep the way that we have been, we have now spent almost 1 trillion, now more than the entire Defense Budget the of the u. K. , just in afghanistan. More than 2000 american soldiers wounded dead, 20,000 plus wounded. Healthcare costs from that war will be 1 trillion on top of it. At secretary mattis said that we are not winning. The terrorist forces control almost half the country as it is now, so clearly this current strategy is not working. I tried to take a step back, and the reason i wrote restructuring, is to say, lets pare away the incremental decisions that we had. We have had 17 different commanders in 16 years. There has not been a unity of command. When i say y
Talks on generals robert e. Lee and ulysses s. Grant. American history tv in prime time begins at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Matt atkinson is a former park ranger with the Vicksburg National military park. Next he talks about the 1863 siege of vicksburg and the confederate defense of the city. This 50minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war, host by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker today comes to us from gettysburg National Military park. Weve just heard from gettysburg and were going to have the get ea gettysburg talk about vicksburg. Matt is a nate irof mississippi. He is everything you hope to find when you walk to the desk at the park and you want to talk to the Great Southern gentleman with the great accent. He is going to tell you about southern charm. Ironically, this is a man i i heard has been told that hes not southern enough. Is that right . Yeah, it is. Wait until he opens his mouth. I just wish you would stop with the gentleman part. I w
Talks on generals robert e. Lee and ulysses s. Grant. American history tv in prime time begins at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Matt atkinson is a former park ranger with the Vicksburg National military park. Next he talks about the 1863 siege of vicksburg and the confederate defense of the city. This 50minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war, host by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker today comes to us from gettysburg National Military park. Weve just heard from gettysburg and were going to have the get ea gettysburg talk about vicksburg. Matt is a nate irof mississippi. He is everything you hope to find when you walk to the desk at the park and you want to talk to the Great Southern gentleman with the great accent. He is going to tell you about southern charm. Ironically, this is a man i i heard has been told that hes not southern enough. Is that right . Yeah, it is. Wait until he opens his mouth. I just wish you would stop with the gentleman part. I w
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Save the Transpacific Partnership, we want to hear your thoughts on the future of trade deals. Give us a call. Our lines are open. Republicans call in at 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents 202 7458002. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter, facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. A very good saturday morning to you. One News Organization yesterday calling president obamas calling this president obamas worst day in congress. It came at the hands of not republican, but democrats. Here is the front page of the atlanta journalconstitution. The front page of richmond timesdispatch. Here is the front page of the New York Times this morning calling it a party and revolt referring to the democrats. Finally, to the front page of the Washington Post this morning. They call this a humiliating defeat for the president. We want to hear your thoughts this morning. Our phone lines are open. Did you watch the debate yesterday . We want to get your reaction. To b