that were out, the infighting between the civilian side, the white house aides, the political former campaign aides and the military brass. well, here s another quote. when senator lindsey graham asked the president if the july, 2011 withdraw was firm, the president said i have to say that i can t let this be a war out end and i can t lose the whole democratic party. again, the president admitting he had an outside window he couldn t continue through. let me go back to chuck todd at the white house. chuck, i was talking to andrea the fact that the quotes and the book by bob woodward admitting basically, he had political concerns. that we couldn t stay in the war more than two years, or his democratic base, which is basically dovish would abandon him. fair enough? andrea points out that is fair enough. here is the other question, was he staying there at least two years to keep the military happy? in other words, was this simply a calculation? i have to stay there at least two years
long knifes that were out, the infighting between the civilian side, the white house aides, the political former campaign aides and the military brass. another quote, when senator lindsey graham asked the president if the july, 2011 withdraw was firm, the president said i have to say that i can t let this be a war out end and i can t lose the whole democratic party. the president admitting he had an outside window he couldn t continue through. let me go to chuck todd at the white house. chuck, i was talking to andrea the fact that the quotes and the book by bob woodward admitting he had political concerns, couldn t stay in the war more than two years, his democratic base, basically dovish works have abandoned him. fair enough. andrea points out that is fair enough. here is the other question, was he staying there at least two years to keep the military happy? in other words, was this simply a calculation? i have to stay there at least two years to keep the military happy. i have to