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also programs are available as c-span podcasts. president obama promised u.s.forces in afghanistan that america's longest war will come to a close at the end of the year. the president made a surprise visit to the airfield to celebrate the memorial day weekend with troops, and he said the u.s. combat mission will end at years end and that the war will come to a responsible conclusion. after leaving afghanistan, the president went to germany to visit troops at an air base before returning to washington. book "sundays at eight" -- >> i decided to take it, because whether it is usual or not, i do not think it is, it helped my concentration. it stopped me being bored. and it stopped other people, to some extent. prolonging the conversation, to enhance the moment. if i was asked, would i do it again, the answer is probably

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"q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts.ns copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> next, live, your calls and comments on " washington journal." onn an event focusing medicaid expansion under obamacare. speakers include the arkansas surgeon general joseph thompson and the medicaid director for michigan. >> each issue should be handled differently but i have a different philosophy for all issues. it starts with the >> from that comes for facts. one, let the commission have authority to act on a particular issue. what authority has congress given us in the statute. too, is there harm to the consumers? is a solution that we can remedy the harm. toee, is a solution tailored the particular problem that we are addressing? forth, even with those two elements, do the benefits outweigh the costs? you do take -- you tend to take each issue as a come before your with my new philosophy. next --el o'reilly, the tonight on the communicators on c-span2. >> rollcall senior ed

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