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now today s washington journal in the next segment we asked viewers if they thought the united states should have kept troops in iraq and we got an update on the situation and open phone line for comments on items in the news., r, this is about 40 minutes. v host: as we say that theyo base was playing out on the sunday show and among those shoe participating in the debate was the former u.s. ambassador james jeffrey on cbs face the nation yesterday.face here s what he had to say. guest: that s why they recommended that they stay on. s we would have had a betterbetter eqequipped army and the better i is on the problem was and weblem would have been able to do and d certain kind of operations but most importantly we would have. still had a stake in that country and we would have careda more this is basically an iraqi issue with the misuse of power but it would have been better if we had troops. host: former u.s. ambassador to iraq yesterday mentioned a senator reid ....
should the u.s. that is harder in terms of 2011? a special line this morning for iraq war veterans. you and keep up with us on your social media pages, twitter, facebook, or e-mail us. to very good monday morning you. this debate was playing out on the sunday shows yesterday. among those participating, the former u.s. ambassador to iraq, james jeffrey, who was on face the nation yesterday. [video clip] that is why general austin recommended that they stay on. we would have had a better equipped iraqi army with better eyes on the problem and be would have been able to do certain commentaries. most importantly it was psychological. we would have had a stake, cared more what malik he was doing, and had more leverage to change it. right, this is an iraqi issue, but it would have been better if we could have had had troops. hehe mentioned host: reed,ned senator jack from rhode island. he is a senior member of the senate armed services committee. here s what he had to sa ....
both parties. it is a futile effort to continue to call for the repeal of obamacare. that is not realistic. the debate and actually moved the ball backward on getting reform and places we need. i do not like tying the provision of health insurance to employment. i think that is a mistake. they cut and 40 hours to not have to meet the mandate. another thing hits utah unusually hard, the tax on sales of medical devices. we have the medical devices industry in utah. i m upset that harry reid would refute that amendment to that provision out of tax reform legislation. i would like to see that repealed. there are some things that we , that parents can keep their children on their insurance policies, pre-existing conditions. ite of these solutions, seems obvious. let s keep the parts we like and work at what we don t like on a bipartisan basis and not have it polarized dialogue. criticism ofrpest the affordable care act? the affordable care act is not affordable. it is not ....
of state billionaires who have an agenda that is totally adverse to west virginia values? we don t need the extremes in the republican or democratic party. what we need to do is end the gridlock and disfunction to continue our rather than follow those hidden agendas. they are behind a hidden agenda. they are supporting all these efforts in congress to cut and gut programs that are so vital to our families in west virginia. follow the money my friends. when out of state billionaires came talking, my opponent went walking. that s what it boils down to. he ll do their bidding. i support coal. to support coal, you have to spot our coal miners. i have good democratic and republican friends. i do work across party aisles. even in this very divisive congress, i can bring both sides together to make things happen in west virginia above party politics. i was born and raised here in west virginia. it s my home. and it will always be my home. it s where my heart is. you have hon ....
on monday the president will meet with the advanced manufacturing partnership steering committee at the white house. on tuesday the president will what is that? we will have more details. this is a steering committee interested on partnering with advanced manufacturing. [laughter] on tuesday the president will travel to milwaukee to attend a dnc roundtable. as you may know, ms. burke is running for governor. further details will be made available over the weekends. on wednesday the president will be here at the white house and will attend some meetings. thursday the president will travel to portland, maine, to campaign event for maine democrats. additional details about the trip to maine will be available soon. after those activities in maine, the president will travel to road island to rhode island. on friday he will deliver remarks at rhode island college which will focus on the economy and the apartments of pursuing policies that help women proceed. details w ....