testifies on afghanistan be he goes to the region. lugar s statement already has said it s unrealistic to expect that a significant downsizing of u.s. forces could occur at that time without security consequences. the lack of clarity in afghanistan does not end with the president s timetable. savannah and luke, i wanted to play a bit of an extraordinary interview that our own rachel maddow did last night. this was her question to holbrooke in advance of today s hearing. i think the question strategically has been what can we do in year 10 that we couldn t do in years 1 through 9. it s really not ten years. it s like a little more than eight, and secondly, a lot of that time was a wholly different atmosphere. the resurgeonsens of the tal back began about five years ago and completely neglected by washington, and that s why we find ourselves in that position. savannah and luke, these are
plan today for preventive health care with health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. plus what has bill clinton done lately for barack obama? wheel check that out with politico this hour. attorney general eric holder is now heading to the gulf to meet with state attorneys general, but new delays have now stopped all work on the new containment cap and both relief wells. savannah guthrie is live at the white house. this is a big setback. we heard from that will allen last night that the administration was asking bp for better valuation, for more seismic tests. it seems they are concerned about the pressure readings and they ve got some real issues to whether this containment cap is going to work. reporter: the pressure readings are key. it could tell you whether or not they can completely try to seal off this well obviously this isn t the ultimate solution, but
party activists to stop tolerating racist aspects, but before that resolution passed, sarah palin spoke out defending the tea party. the tea party movement is a beautiful movement, full of diverse people, diverse backgrounds, folks of all walks of life who, for the most part, happen to oppose president obama s policies, not the color of his skin. they don t care that he s half white or half black. it s very unfortunate they re teak this tactic, because it s a false accusation that tea party americans are racist. any good american hates racism, we don t stand for it, it is unacceptable. naacp president responded last night. i don t know what to say about sarah palin, but what s real is that, you know, we aren t taking issue with the party itself, what we re taking issue with is the perpetual