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fair, not fair at all to come to come down on people already hurting and leave unscathed the wealthiest people in the countr. in large profitable corporations. so what i would say today to the president of the united states, mr. president, stand tall, do not yield to the republican black male, stand with the vastb majority of the american people who believe deficit-reductionfie requires shared sacrifice, thatt everybody makes a sacrifice, not just working families or the j elderly, not just the sick, not just the poor. with that, mr. president, ind i would yield the floor and the believe note the absence of a quorum. of och to lead u.s. forces in afghanistan. at his senate confirmation hearing he discussed the president s plan to draw down 40,000 troops by next september. also at this hearing he s been nominated to head the special rations command and general james thurmond picked as the commander of u.s. forces in korea. this hearing of the senate armed services commit ....
literally shown some deterioration would you agree? that appears to be the case. do you believe we ought to have an enduring military presence for example airbase in afghanistan and everything that i know and here is president karzai is very interested in such an arrangement. we would have an enduring military relationship with the afghans. it would be negotiated and ultimately the missions and rules and functions would be determined i think remains to be determined by discussions with the afghans and certainly our own discussions and determinations. with regard to a permanent base i don t believe we need a permanent peace in afghanistan we can conduct operations over the long term from the shared based in concept. i guess to get into the semantics now, the base concept is fairly agreeable. this committee has shown serious concerns about the cost and policy of the base realignment. i hope you will work with us closely on that issue and we are going to ask for a ....