the a.a. will do something, the taliban will do something. don't think that it will be the end of the war. >> the final tourney home is through one of the more unusual security checks. through hisifles hand baggage. the government wants this base) july, well before the last combat troops leave afghanistan. the u.s. will lose its only military footprint in central asia. >> as those american troops prepare to leave, our next guest warns that it should not be at the cost of gains that have been made there. saxby chambliss recently returned from visiting american forces in afghanistan and he joined me earlier from capitol hill. secretarythe defense expressing frustration with the afghan government for not signing the bilateral security agreement. how urgent is it that this gets done? like certainly, it needs to progress to the point where it is ready to be signed, it is very evident that karzai is not going to sign the agreement. that is kind of indicative of the very weak and poor leadership of karzai over the last couple of years. thank goodnes

star rating demonstration, do you guys have a projection of what a.a. spending growth would have been had that demonstration not been in place? demonstration m.a. plans for more lower quality scores than otherwise would have happened. >> no we don't. that's outside the scope of our project. we don't have those figures. >> are you able to quantify the impact the affordable care act on spending growth? you said it had a minimal effect. i was wondering if you're able to attach numbers to that >> over the course of three years, 2010 through 2012, it had an effect of less than .1 percentage over all level. total. less than .1 percent. positive. >> over the years, economist had attributed technology development and diffusion as a major factor in the increase in spending. i don't know exactly how joe defined technology but is there any way to break that out and attribute some percentage to technology? the way we put the historic national health expenditure accounts together, we're not able to parse out the spenting growth in this project. specifically attribut

>> we have actives in a.a. and b.a. we could try him in b.a. i'll go back and visit him. rubio. discussed your situation with the captain. he's approved you to go back but in unit b.a. so are you okay with that? >> i'll go anywhere. >> you don't think you're going to get assaulted -- >> i don't care anymore. we'll find out when we get there. you can house me wherever. whatever happens happens. ♪ >> for years the mexican mafia has been the largest and most powerful gang at bexar county. but now a new gang has emerged. born in san antonio and rapidly spreading both on the streets and in prisons and jails. they are called the tango orejones. >> at one point they were all together and then as the years progressed they eventually broke away and now they're at odds with each other. the orejones began as foot soldiers of the mexican mafia but in the late 1990s they split off to form their own gang, which today rejects the mafia's strict rules and structure. >> [ bleep ]. >> they're very loose. there's no constitution. there's no real process on getting in. you can literally be an orejo

star rating demonstration, do you guys have a projection of what a.a. spending growth would have been had that demonstration not been in place? demonstration m.a. plans for more lower quality scores than otherwise would have happened. >> no we don't. that's outside the scope of our project. we don't have those figures. >> are you able to quantify the impact the affordable care act on spending growth? you said it had a minimal effect. i was wondering if you're able to attach numbers to that >> over the course of three years, 2010 through 2012, it had an effect of less than .1 percentage over all level. total. less than .1 percent. positive. >> over the years, economist had attributed technology development and diffusion as a major factor in the increase in spending. i don't know exactly how joe defined technology but is there any way to break that out and attribute some percentage to technology? the way we put the historic national health expenditure accounts together, we're not able to parse out the spenting growth in this project. specifically attribut

. >> at the a.a. meeting. >> is it because they're always wrong? 11,000, why do you think?- >> i think you said a.a. meeting. >> you're so quick, joe. it's really good. no, i looked it up in your script. it's aea. >> they need a 12-step program to get off the idea that they entirely control everything we do in our life and economy. it's all based on their shoulders. >> all of the fed presidents -- >> first admit there's a higher power. >> they have a lot of making up to do. one other thing, i was surprised to see rogoff and reinhart were up there. they are prominent the. their work and credibility has not suffered at all. the mistakes that were made, were not that big a deal and they're out with new research basically showing there's a chance of a double dip with some of the rebounds from financial crises. and their work remains as highly regarded as it had been previously. although the critics are out with another paper that i haven't read yet. challenging rogoff and reinhart to a debate. >> on the debt thing or on the eight years it takes to get out of a financial crisis

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