host: lisa curtis is here from the heritage foundation. george is on independent line, hi. go ahead, please. you are on. caller: we have been there for 12 years. our military has gone between the two wars and budget cuts. it is more or less a dictatorship country. and they have not gotten their act together, nor do they intend to get their act together. everybody is power grabbing. how long do we have to stay in a country where we can see no end to its history? guest: well, the u.s. is withdrawing from afghanistan. by the end of this year, our combat troops will be out of afghanistan. the question is, whether the u.s. maintains a residual, noncombat force, that would basically be involved in training and advising the afghan forces and carrying out counterterrorism missions as needed. certainly, the u.s. has been involved in this conflict for a long time. there has been a lot of pressure invested in this country. but, i think, everybody supported the u.s. going into afghanistan and toppling the taliban after the 9/11 attacks. we knew that al qaeda was an ally of the taliban.

lisa curtis will join us for that.ant to point you to book tv in american history tv this weekend, as we continue our 2014 cities to herer -- tour. the chance for you to learn about cultural unlit or he highlights of cities we highlight. washington is our focus. we visit the taylor shellfish company ameren about the history of the olympia oyster. we are here at the inlet, at bowman farm. it has been in operation for over 100 years. we're watching the oyster harvest. there are farms on the tidelands below us. atlow tide, the farm is dry, high tide it is covered in water. we come out with these empty tubs and throw them over to the bottom. at low tide, the workers come out and harvest them. here we are the next day, in the morning. the boat is picking up the tubs to transfer them over. then they will be cleaned and processed and packaged to send off to the final customer. >> we are in our processing plant. we deal with all of the single, individual oysters. they're all processed here. these are single, pacific. they will

lisa curtis has the latest developments in the afghan presidential elections. former u.s. special assistant in baghdad and senior adviser to general david petraeus talks about iraqi prime minister nouri all maliki and his relationship with the u.s. we will be taking your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, the president and the first lady awarding the 2013 national arts and national humanities medals. and then annual report on the solvency of the -- weekly addresses by president obama and oregon congressman. sunday on book tv, former republican congressman from texas and presidential candidate ron paul. he has written more than a dozen books on politics and history. with his latest, the school revolution, on america's education system. join the conversation as he takes your calls, e-mails and tweets, live, three hours. watch more book tv next week while congress is in recess. book tv and prime time. monday at 8:30 p.m. eastern. featuring a wide range of topics, including the mi

. >> the separatists from the heritage town nation -- lisa curtis from the heritage foundation. specialrmer cesspool -- assistant in baghdad talks about iraq a prime minister maliki and his relationship with the u.s.. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal live at 2:00 a.m. eastern on c-span -- some :00 a.m. eastern on c-span. president and first lady awards the humanities medal. after that, a discussion about executive power and the constitution. sunday, on book tv's in-depth, former republican ron paul.n from texas he has written more than a dozen ducks -- books with his latest, revolution. book tv next week well congress is in recess. monday at 8:30 eastern . featuring a wide range of topics including the middle east, immigration, marijuana, and covering book fairs and festivals across the country. book tv. television for serious readers. on monday, president obama and first lady michelle obama awarded the 2013 medal of arts in a ceremony at the white house. among the recipients were jeffrey katzenberg, maxine hong theston, diane ream, brook

joining us this morning with the story of discovery, the co-founders lisa curtis and veronica.u so much for being with us. tell us, basically, this began when you took a peace corp. volunteer trip to west africa, what happened? >> started in the peace corp. and felt malnourished myself, and people in the village told me to eat this, and i realized, wow, this is a supered fu, more nutritious than kale, and people eat it in africa, and also in the u.s., so we founded this in order to do just that. >> okay. tell us about this. what is it? >> what is it? it's a tree, and they are more nutritious than kale. it's kind of like a multivitamin in a leaf. we take the leaves and dehydrated them, put in a powder, which is what the powder is there, and that's what we put in the bars too. >> one bar you get a quarter of your daily call see yum, iron, and vitamin a, and you can add the powder to the morning smoothies or make a savory dish from it. it's delicious. >> great. you brought it here, black cherry, dark chocolate, and almond. it's not just a business startup, but making. it's about h

talks about the passage of a bill to include $16 billion to then lisa v.a. curtis on afghanistan. as always we'll take your calls and you can join the ♪ host: the white house hosts a multi-day african summit this week in washington d c. include trade investment, funding for aids relief. the president's weekly address address the weekly jobs report. the unemployment rate, however, take 6.2%. our first 40 five minutes, we want to hear from you specifically. do you see the economy improving eschenbach you can give us your thoughts this morning.