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league, marc morial. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> first some news. in a statement released this morning the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan general david petraeus condemns the burning of the holy koran by florida pastor terry jones last month. the incident has sparked deadly anti-american protests throughout afghanistan undermining u. undermining u.s. efforts there as the focus is on the jobless rate with the threat of shutting down the government looms. >> if these budget negotiations break down, we could end up having to shut down the government. just at a time when the government is starting to recover. >> all this as republicans ready a long-term budget plan that would slash spending and tackle entitlement programs like medicare and medicaid. joining us now, the assistant majority leader in the senate, democrat dick durbin. welcome back to "meet the press." i want to get to the budget and libya in a moment. i want to start with news out of afghanistan. it's significant. you have protests going on this weekend. they have been deadly. seven

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