resolution and voilths national risk is not at play. and there is too many questions on syria and including the fact that it is utterly detached from the sievele war there. russian president offers a transferring control of syria weapons. the house democratic leader said give the president some credit. i think what the initiative from the russians has done has given the president a victory. because it has taken and recognized that for two and half years, the president has used and attempted diplomacy to try to have a political solution to what is happenin syria. the truth is, the alternative proposal is a huge sigh of relief for democratic members who don t want to risk alienating the liberal base or constituents and voting on
the size of our country and the particular special role that we play around the globe. the key for the president tonight is not just going to be about explaining the mission in libya but how it fits into the prodder change. in a briefing with white house officials, peppered with such a question saying is there a libyan precedent, given the actions there, is the u.s. considering action here. it gives you an idea of the pressure on this president to explain not only this mission in libya but how it fits into the foreign policy goals. normally when the president sends young men and women off to war there s ran address from the oval office to the american people, and in this case the president has decided to go to
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talking to the senate on the right. are they talking about cowboy movements with a fork tongue here? we need an initiative. which we don t have. when you go to war there s a mid beginning, middle, transition period and an end. there s mixed signals for the white house. the republicans just yesterday told the american people that we can t afford to extend unemployment benefits for those out of work right now. many of our fellow citizens because we don t have the money. yet when it comes to supporting president karzai, a corrupt leader, we re a bottomless pit. we need some clarity here. that clarity needs to include an exit strategy, which we don t have right now. let me ask you congressman nadler, what s the difference between the bush strategy in afghanistan and the obama
movements with a fork tongue here? we need an initiative. which we don t have. when you go to war there s a mid beginning, middle, transition period and an end. there s mixed signals for the white house. the republicans just yesterday told the american people that we can t afford to extend unemployment benefits for those out of work right now. many of our fellow citizens because we don t have the money. yet when it comes to supporting president karzai, a corrupt leader, we re a bottomless pit. we need some clarity here. that clarity needs to include an exit strategy, which we don t have right now. let me ask you congressman nadler, what s the difference between the bush strategy in afghanistan and the obama strategy? we know we have the same secretary of defense. now we have the same field kmanter petraeus. we have gates, petraeus, the only thing missing is w himself. what two policies can you discern?