this man, al rahman, described as al qaeda s top operational planner and one of the only remaining figures in al qaeda s leadership who could serve as both an ideological guide and the operational leader. say he was killed last week by a cia drone strike in pakistani tribal region dealing al qaeda another major blow. nearly ten years since 9/11, u.s. officials are now sounding cautiously optimistic that a strategic defeat of al qaeda could be near. for most of the past year rachel has been working with nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel about not 9/11 itself, but the decade after, how 9/11 has changed the country, what we ve done and
as al qaeda s top operational planner and one of the only remaining figures in al qaeda s leadership who could serve as both an ideological guide and the operational leader. that was until u.s. officials say he was killed last week by a cia drone strike in pakistani tribal region dealing al qaeda another major blow. nearly ten years since 9/11, u.s. officials are now sounding cautiously optimistic that a strategic defeat of al qaeda could be near. for most of the past year rachel has been working with nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel about not 9/11 itself, but the decade after, how 9/11 has changed the country, what we ve done and what we ve done different now because of it. here now is a short clip from the piece, take a look.
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rick perry, texas governor, and for the moment front runner in the presidential primary say this about social security. we need to have a conversation with america just like we re having here today and admit that it is a ponzi scheme for these young people. it is, i mean, the idea that they are working and paying into social security today and they are under the current program that it s going to be there for them is a lie. it is a monstrous lie on this generation, and we can t do that to them. if you re not paying really close attention, if you re a casual listener on the campaign trail, sounds like governor perry is saying social security, yes, is a ponzi scheme, a monstrous lie to this generation, and therefore, he seems to be implying we need to fix it, make it solvent so it will be around for these young people. it is a monstrous lie on this generation, and we can t do that to them.
latest victim i mean, his latest pick to head up the economic advisory council, allen kruger, former assistant treasury secretary and professor at princeton where i used to work. come to think of it, i used to work at the university of chicago too. joining us now, ezra klein, columnist for the washington post and bloomberg news. nice to see you tonight. nice to see you, melissa. you say allen kruger is the obvious pick for the president, what makes him so obvious? it is the entire history of how the president picks these economic positions, so the thing about allen kruger, he s a labor economist, a guy who studies the job market and he s good at it, one of the best labor economists in the country. he s breathed a lot of new life in the field when it fell a few years ago, but allen kruger is