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the washington journal is live at the world war ii memorial in washington, d.c. is between the washington monument and the lincoln memorial. it opened in 2004, commissioned by president clinton in 1994. it cost 100 $79 million, all private donations. million, all private donations. we want to hear you're a murmured says. -- we want to hear your remembrances. still over one million world war ii veterans still living today. or if you remember world war ii as a civilian as well. i want to share this note with you in case you did not see this. it was just reported this week that the last of the world war ii navajo code talkers died this week. the last of 29 navajo americans who developed a number editable code that helped allied was when world war ii died wednesday of kidney failure. chester nez was 93 years old. now we will go back to your calls and we will talk with william here in the area in alexandria, virginia. hello. caller: yes, good morning, think you for taking my call. that i amted to say very happy you are covering this . the world war ii memorial is a ve

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." >> on the next "washington journal" former republican congressman tom davis talksñr about the tea arty of 2014. associated press reporter alicia caldwell will examine the resources of the washington border. we'll take the calls on facebook and twitter . "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. s and senate are in session for business. the house gavels tuesday at noon. for what to expect in both chambers we talk to a capitol hill reporter. >> billy house is the national journal congressional leadership correspondent. house republicans will hold leadership holding elections to replace eric cantor. are there any other challenges. >> on thursday the conference will vote. >> how about the race for house majority whip. who are the candidates? >> right now there are three candidates. there's a group about 177 conservative members. which gives a heavy lift into the race. there's a late entry from indiana. he is said to be may be eyeing the chairmanship. >> house and senate scheduled to debate spending bills. do you expect congress to get all 12 of the spending bills passed

up next, "washington journal." joining us today, charles stimson, giving us his president obama's release of guantanamo bay prisoners in exchange for bowe b ergdahl. live now to "washington journal." good morning, everyone, on this wednesday, june 4, 2014. yesterday was primary day in 8 states. thad cochranenator was fighting the political race of his life yesterday, locked in a nailbiter against keep writ -- tea party-backed chris mcdaniel's, too close to call this morning. the back-and-forth between congress and the president over the release of captured sergeant bowe bergdahl heated up

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"washington journal" continues. host: michael gordon, is the u.s. going to intervene mill tailor in iraq? in your view? guest: well, it depends what you mean by intervention. if you're talking about sending more advisors, i think that's very possible. we already have some there, although in extremely limited capacity. if you're talking about air strikes, the iraqi government has been really asking for that for months and hasn't gotten it, and president obama said yesterday that all options are on the table. i would say it cannot be excluded, but i don't think it's likely immediately, in the immediate future. host: why not? guest: because the white house, when president obama took office, in his eyes, one of his signature foreign policy accomplishments is ending the war in iraq, and i think from a political standpoint, he's reluctant to acknowledge, really, that the war never really ended. what ended was the american presence, military presence in iraq, but not the war, and we're seeing that now. host: looking at you

from washington journal this is just under 30 minutes. >> "washington journal" continues. >> raffle reed is the founder of the faith and freedom coalition and joins us live from just down the potomac river at national harbor where his group has been holding his road to ma majority conference. >> glad you could join us. yesterday kevin mccarthy addressed your conference. i wonder how you think conservatives faired in the house we would like to see the scommouse senate do more, this is not my first rodeo. this was not my first leadership race. and i can tell you categorically this is the most pro-life, pro-family and pro marriage house in the history of the modern political history of the country. we've passed legislation in the house, not just with the support of our organization. but many others. that would ban abortion after the fifth month of pregnancy, when a child in the womb can feel pain during an abortion. and when many children can survive outside the womb. we've zeroed out funding for planned parenthood the largest abortion provider in the western world. we've reaffirmed support

on washington journal bang -- on "washington journal." caller: of most states have lotteries, and most of the lotteries are supposed to pay for education and roads. they are getting us multiple ways. time we turn around there is a new tax. as far as these toll roads, i think they are bad idea's -- that ideas. that's ridiculous. way tohat is the best pay for roads where you are in maryland? caller: the roads around baltimore are horrible. this is a high tax state in maryland. things are a lot cheaper and the roads are a lot better. with the way happy things are now? it sounds like you are not? caller: i am not. we are talking about the federal gas tax this morning. would you support a federal ?ncrease in the gas tax one of the senators is senator don carper. increase.enting a he calls raising the gas tax most responsible way to fix the highway trust fund. the that is a tweet from him earlier this week. tweeted out about this issue of raising the gas tax. taxaid of raising the gas will not help families succeed, tweeting out a link to the w

we will be talking about those races in the 9:00 hour of "washington journal." will be talking about these five primaries, the last set of primaries until august. here on capitol hill, a focus on veterans agency is the headline from "the washington post." house and senate negotiators planned to meet tuesday to merge several proposals to enact broader changes at the v.a. those talks are being led by congressman jeff miller, the chairman of the house veterans affairs committee, and senator bernie sanders. you can watch the conference committee hearing on c-span 3. that is happening at 2:00 eastern. happeningening up -- over on c-span 3. ino today, plenty of stories the papers from last night's late-night hearing on the irs. here is the story from "the washington times." aside.ions were brushed here is a little bit from that hearing yesterday. [video clip] >> i asked a question. >> and i answered it. >> so you told us that all e-mails would be provided. when you discover that they would not be provided, you did not come back and inform us. >> all the e-mails will b

"washington journal." -- and your calls and comments on "washington journal." he is also expected to talk about the russia/ukraine conflict and the us-led russia relations. we will have that at 12:00 noon. >> from a policy perspective, the way it should work its congress should appoint an agency that has the authority to manage the spectrum resources of the country and look at the highest and best use is so we can continue to serve all of important functions. national security functions driving the spectrum need that continue innovation. >> issues facing the telecommunications industry with craig silliman. >> lauren bush, the granddaughter of george h.w. bush acepted the jfk profile in courage award on behalf of her grandfather. jfk's grandson gave the award. jack has taken over the hosting duties from his mother. she's currently serving as the u.s. ambassador to japan. also honored, paul bridges. joining a federal lawsuit against a law targeting undocumented immigrants. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning

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"washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning.ecretary of state john kerry in egypt today as he embarks on a series of meetings if leaders in the middle east and europe. the topic is iraq. a new nbc news wall street journal poll gives the president approval rating since taking office in handling foreign policy. this is the subject of a white house summit tomorrow in washington. congress is back in session this week. some statewide races including oklahoma

he'll join us on the next washington journal. we'll talk to congresswoman loretta sanchez about u.s. options in iraq. she serves on the house homeland security and armed services committees. later as part of our spotlight on magazine series. steven levy on the health care website. you can join the conversation on facebook, by twitter and by phone. washington journal each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> british prime minister david cameron appears before members of the house of commons during prime minister's questions times live coverage at 7:00 a.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span 2. >> the thesis of the book is that there's a whole group of people in america, a big swath of america, that is being ignored, left behind, not included in the discussion, i think, for either party. particularly, though, i would argue the republican party. i call them blue collar conservatives, the folks out there that are working people, most of whom don't have college degrees. folks that really still understand the value of work and t

washington journal continues.ack we want to welcome peter baker. his book is now out in paperback. thanks so much for being with us. your newspaperof is the soldier freed by the taliban and. what happened? host: this is been the last american pow in afghanistan. president obama is trying to turn a page on that war. he went to visit the troops and came back to washington and announced he was going to withdraw all troops by the time he leaves office in 2016. finishing up the war in afghanistan means ringing home the last prisoner. he was not going to leave him behind. the trade-off is it required people that you don't want to do business with. five inmates from guantanamo were spent to cutter. the republican say we should not be trading bad guys for us. they could do more damage down the road. a statement from a republican from california. jim and off is the ranking member of the senate armed services committee. this is what they had said in a joint statement. the presidenthis, violated law that would require dayso

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you are on "washington journal."aller: good morning. -- i justted to say happened to see a documentary on the vietnam war. is almostme how it like a repeat of what we went through there. lyndon b. johnson had inherited a war from the prior president, just like obama has. like the previous caller noted, he had begun sending in advisers to vietnam. this -- either president obama should attack the problem and go into win or not at all. that is ultimately my answer. host: thank you. for) 585-3881 republicans. (202) 585-3880 for democrats. (202) 585-3882 for independents. talking about u.s. military advisers heading to iraq. we want your view point. we set aside our fourth line for iraq war veterans. (202) 585-3883. house gopalso was the leadership elections. here is "politico," inside the house gop leadership shakeup. scalise,ut steve republican of louisiana who became the new majority whip. the story of scalise's assent detailed by more than a dozen gop aides and lawmakers. a tale of keen attention to detail, unrelentin

from washington journal, this is just under 30 minutes. continues. >> raffle reed is the founder of the faith and freedom coalition and joins us live from just down the potomac river at national harbor where his group has been holding his road to ma majority conference. >> glad you could join us. yesterday kevin mccarthy addressed your conference. i wonder how you think conservatives faired in the house we have passd legislation in the house not just with the support of our organization but with many others that would ban abortion after the fifth month of pregnancy when a child in the womb can feel pain during an abortion. and when many children can survive outside the womb. we've zeroed out funding for planned parenthood the largest abortion provider in the western world. we've reaffirmed support for marriage after the supreme court decision putting the house on record that they believe marriage should be defined as a man and a woman. and repealed obamacare. and we can't get those things through the senate. so i guess in a nutshell what i

"washington journal" continues.e are back for open phones here for the last half-hour of today's "washington journal." you can start calling in now. we'll get to your phone calls in a minute. but first joining us on the phone is cameron joseph to talk about primary day yesterday. and there were eight states with primaries. alabama, california, iowa, mississippi, montana, new south new mexico and dakota. what's the lateest? >> well, it looks like there's going to be a runoff in the most highly-contested senate runoff. it's probably going to g ugly going to be another three weeks looks like and start cochran did not manage to win. he is trailing his opponent daniels, state senator but looks like we are going to have another two weeks of the two of them beating the heck out of each other and mcdabble finished a little ahead of cochran. cochran had very little momentum. he managed to kind of stop mcdaniel's momentum with a couple of local scandals and a local blogger who filmed his wife is in a nursing home and that the

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. >> next, president obama's foreign policy from washington journal. back thet to welcome new york white house correspondent and his best-selling book, "days of fire." now out in paperback this week. thanks for being with us. an american soldier is freed by the taliban. that is causing a lot of consternation at capitol hill. what happened? the last american pow in afghanistan. it comes at the end of the week in which president obama is trying to turn a page on that war. he went to visit the troops the day before and came back to washington announcing he's going to withdraw troops by the time he leaves office at 2016. finishing up the war in afghanistan means bringing home, for him, the last pow. the trade-off of course is that it requires a detente with the taliban. inmates in guantanamo are sent to qatar. beublicans say we shouldn't theyng bad guys because could do more damage to others on the road. >> the statement getting a lot of attention a republican from california -- he is our guest on "newsmakers." here is what he has said in a joint statement

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"washington journal" continues. to endere to discuss how political gridlock in washington, d.c., as henry bonilla, a former member of congress. thank you for joining us. you work with the commission on political reform, a bipartisan policy center. tell us what the commission does. guest: it is a stellar group. the founders are a group of bipartisan senators and started the organization back in 2007. this particular commission that i have been serving on for the last year has been made up of a good, strong, bipartisan group, former elected officials, senators, house members, people from the private sector, people from academia. and we wanted to look at some strong recommendations on how to try to get congress out of a ditch. their ratings were in our are in the tank. i saw was about 8% or 9%. if you figure in the margin of error, we are approaching zero. it has become dysfunctional. i think both sides would agree on that. well-respected senator that was quoted in the newspaper the other day that said he is now living

"washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> the i.r.s. has reported ex- employee's computer had recycled and her emails lost. >> well, transparency and freedom of information, my colleagues and would gave conservative grade liberal or conservative. the access to freedom of information has been a joke but this administration has perfected the delays and excuses. and it's shocking, because i feel strongly the information they withholdal belongs to the public because we own it, but there's no sense of that. they covet it as if they are a private corporational protecting their trade secrets. >> emmy award-winning journalist cheryl at can i son on the changing face of journalism. sunday on c-span's "q&a." >> up next barry posen. the director of the m.i.t. securities studies program on the use of military forps and the use for restraint. this is part of a conference hosted by the american conservative. it's just over an hour. >> he is the author of several works, the military doctrine nd most recently his -- making the case for restraint as an

"t has>> "washington journal continues. host: joining us now is jonathan turley, a professor at george washington university law school here in a d.c. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you bot. host: we will talk about the release of bowe bergdahl in members for 5 taliban at guantÁnamo bay. if the white house wants to transfer prisoners out of that facility, what do they have to do legally? guest: there is a law in which congress sets some standards. some of them are rather obvious. that is a provision saying if you released someone from guantÁnamo bay, you need to have the secretary of defense make certain determinations, like this is not going to come back on the united states in terms of risk, that you have taken steps to determine what is going to happen to them. these are the types of determinations that any administration would do anyway. the provision relevant in this controversy is the one that says before you make these releases 30 days in advance you need to tell congress. has consultedtion with congress in th

with that of the hearing is now adjourned >> next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal." then the senate hearing on high speed stop transactions. after that, we discuss the 2014 mid term elections. >> freedom of information process has pk a joke. it was already well on its way prior to the obama administration. they have perfected the stall, the delay, the redaxes, the excuses. and really it's shocking because i feel very strongly that the information that they withhold and protect many times belongs to the public. we own it, but there's no sense of that when you ask for it. they covet it as if they're private corporations defending their trade secrets rather than understanding what they hold is information they've gathered on our behalf. >> any award winning journalist sheryl atkinson on the changing face of news and her career, sunday night at 8:00. >> this morning on "washington journal" -- host: good morning. on today's three-hour washington journal, we will discuss the west role in the ongoing violence in iraq. houseown of the new whit the we effort. we take up the

"washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning.t is june 8, 2014 on the sunday morning on capitol hill. we have a three-hour washington journal program for you where we will discuss the 2014 senate races, hillary clinton's new book, and the prison camp at guantÁnamo bay cuba. we are focusing on the department of veterans affairs in the out wake of veterans seeking treatment. members of the house have announced plans for overhauling the be -- overhauling the v.a.. we are asking viewers if you have lost trust in the vap it up if the answer is yes, what can the v.a. due to restore that trust? phone lines are open -- you can also catch up with us on all of your favorite social media pages, on twitter, facebook, or e-mail us at journal@c-span.org. of a very good sunday morning to you. from "the guardian close quote newspaper -- "the guardian" newspaper -- in the wake of some of that outrage, members of congress from both sides of the aisle announcing plans for overhauling the v.a.. of the senate brokered a deal last week. that story lea

"washington journal" is next. host: good morning. it is saturday, june 28. a three-hour washington journal begins now. we will wrap up the week at the was. discussion onble the status of same-sex marriage after the court's ruling on the defense against marriage act. and we would take a look at what is shaping up to be a record year for automobile recall. some on capitol hill are calling for an increase in the federal gas tax.

washington journal. live it's been :00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> during the friday session of the conference, michelle it --nn -- bachmann fight criticized president obama and hillary clinton. this is about 15 minutes. are you feeling good? i am, too. thank you for the warm introduction. i may be leaving the congress but i am not leading the fight. god bless you all. i'm sure the last couple of weeks, you have been following hillary clinton's book tour. it has been a tour de force. she has made so many errors that barack obama is considering making her his vice president. hillary clinton and i do have a lot in common. both of us were members of congress. we have served there. we are both the only women to have participated in a presidential debate. she on the democratic side, me on the republican side. i am proud of that. i made a contribution. many of the men on the stage with me, believe it or not, were not for the repeal of obamacare. [applause] most importantly, both mrs. clinton and myself are obsessed over by msnbc. inte

this is from "washington journal." it's 40 minutes. matt kibbe of s , it is looking like kevin mccarthy is going to be the majority leader. yeah, it is interesting, the republicans have a tendency to pick the next guy in line, particularly when it comes to leadership races. it is such an inside game that anybody within the web structure has a competitive advantage. i think labrador will give them a run for it. i like competition, and i think it would be good for fiscal conservatives to get a seat at the table. i also think that the leadership should probably learn something from this about inclusiveness. i think they have been a little heavy-handed. eric cantor is certainly prove that in his district in virginia. they might think that this is a good time where we all sit down and say ok, how do we actually work together on some things that matter? what you think about kevin mccarthy? guest guest: i think he is a typical product of the eric cantor leadership model. i would not criticize him specifically, but i would suggest that the old

"washington journal" continues.ost: back with senator ron johnson of wisconsin, sits on the foreign relations and homeland security committee. i want to get back to iraq and homeland security threats. if we could begin with where we started with our viewers, speaker boehner's decision to sue the president of executive action, do you agree? hast: it is sad that it come to this point. i have my own lawsuit against president obama because he is basically governing through unilateral executive fiat. he is changing loss. there is nothing that gives the president any power to change, amend, or appeal laws. the president is supposed to faithfully execute the laws, he is simply not doing that. it is not just conservative republicans that have busy point. self-described liberal professor jonathan turley has testified before congress, he says we are at a constitutional tipping point and the president has crossed the line. our founders were geniuses and they set up a tripartite form of government, each branch would defend thei

-- the pulse of the republicans have their finger on is right-wing tea party extremism. >> "washington journal continues. host: earlier this week, the obama administration announced plans for a major expansion of protected marine areas in the pacific ocean. juliet eilperin was the first reporter on this story of "the washington post." she joins us now to talk about it. juliet, this is a pretty remote part of the pacific ocean. why is this expansion area so important to environmentalists? guest: it's really important for a couple of different reasons. the first reason is just because of the biodiversity there. this is, in the words of national geographic and also one of the few scientists that spent a lot of time there, it's as close to the pristine ocean as any place he's seen on earth. the fact that these islands are uninhabited has meant that the ecosystem there looks like what the ocean used to look like before we really started fishing it out. so that's one reason. the second is that a lot of environmentalists, as well as some scientists, are on a campaign to put somewhere between 10% to 2

washington post." "the wall street journal" on the issue of sgt. bergdahl. army officially launched an investigation into the 2009 disappearance of sergeant bowe bergdahl, the 28-year-old soldier at the sinner of a controversial caliban -- center of a controversial taliban prisoner exchange. military officials said that they won't make sgt. bergdahl available for media interviews while he is recovering." want to get in a couple more calls. lineis in montana on our for independents. hostcaller: i think we need to y in our own country. we have problems with our own government and we need to clean house and get rid of obama and all his lies and hillary clinton . it is 15 minutes with the missing tapes for nixon and they impeach him. we have all this with the irs tapes lost. that is a crock. we need to keep our soldiers here, secure our borders, and clean our government out and get people who will fight for people and quit lining their pockets. host: birmingham, alabama, on our line for democrats. caller: it is so paradoxical. you look at sgt. bergdahl and the p

from "washington journal." id >> i wanten to direct the answer to -- george h. w. bush making his way to the persian golf. can you explain? >> no question about it, whens. you look at ukraine, syria, afghanistan, they're just lot of foreign policy complications for the president that don't have any solutions. you keep hearing that up. see a political debate over and over again. the democrats in the middle of l this midterm run and the president again having to deal with something that doesn't havt a clear solution. the other complicating fact is a distrust. this is one the key factor the.i i read the "new york times" story about many of the people who fled and decided to go back. because they felt like the isis group in there that was better and the marine. you realize, you have a very complicated situation here and what does the president do? does he back the mosulelf government and someone align themselves with iran. when you have that as your issue, you're the president, yov sit there in the white house, you think what do you do hereint up. saw john mccain say t

"washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this weekend, "american history tv" is live from the gettysburg college civil war institute. saturday morning starting at 8:45 eastern, you'll hear historian peter carmichael on robert e. lee followed by arizona state university professor broorks simpson on grant and later historian megan kate nelson on the burning of chambersburg this weekend on "american history tv" on c-span3. next, defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs can of staff chair general martin dempsey at a senate appropriations hearing on the defense department's 2015 budget. some of the topics addressed as the this two-hour hearing include the current situation in iraq and afghanistan, military readiness and the potential effects of additional budget cuts in the future. >> good morning. the subcommittee meets this morning to receive testimony on the physical year 2015 budget request for the department of defense. pleased to welcome the leadership of the department, secretary hagel, general dempsey. to represent

"washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the reason we are trying to focus on the speaker is because it is the speaker with the full majesty and weight of his position who yesterday made certain allegations which he has not at this point answered to. i will yield -- >> you have an audience that you don't normally have in the 26 hours that you presented the case to the public. the interesting fact is the whole tenor of your remarks, going back to 1970 and going back to 1972, taking out of context on mr. born. you were there for one purpose alone and that is to imply that members of this side were un-american in their activities. you waited. when you responded, you knew that there was no one here. >> cam scam. put those two men from your perspective. give us your perspective on the two. giant.ker o'neill was a he knew the politics of the house. he knew the politics of the house and he kept much of it to himself in terms of other members. he obviously received a great amount of intelligence all day long fr

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washington journal continues. back we want to welcome peter baker. his book is now out in paperback. thanks so much for being with us. your newspaperof is the soldier freed by the taliban and. what happened? host: this is been the last american pow in afghanistan. president obama is trying to turn a page on that war. he went to visit the troops and came back to washington and announced he was going to withdraw all troops by the time he leaves office in 2016. finishing up the war in afghanistan means ringing home the last prisoner. he was not going to leave him behind. the trade-off is it required people that you don't want to do business with. five inmates from guantanamo were spent to cutter. the republican say we should not be trading bad guys for us. they could do more damage down the road. a statement from a republican from california. jim and off is the ranking member of the senate armed services committee. this is what they had said in a joint statement. the presidenthis, violated law that would require dayso notify congress 30 or explain how t

from "washington journal," this is about 40 minutes. host: we continue on this sunday morning with shibley telhami, a professor, and the author of the world through arab eyes. we appreciate you being with us. . back,t to take a step because we have been hearing so much about the sunnis and the shias. we thought it would the interesting to give our audience a lesson into this conflict that that dates back to the seventh century. guest: as a cautionary note, to understand that a lot of these divisions are the logical, and the principal political -- theological, and in principle, political. when the prophet mohammed died, there was a battle over succession. the majority selected the successor, there was a minority , also hisd his cousin son-in-law, to succeed him. means the party of valley, from that beginning. it was a battle of succession that flared up into a battle for iraq. of hussein, who was also the expected successor, was killed. from that point on you had this very deep divide in his long. still, there were very much a minority i

"washington journal" continues. host: joining us is nanticoke with washington journal.he is there fiscal correspondent. as far as the numbers that came out yesterday, what are some other things that we should know behind the numbers about what is going on with jobs and the economy? guest: a lot of people thought these numbers were great. it was one of the consecutive months where we had a job growth. these are all great headlines. underneath the headlines there are some worrisome things. a couple of key takeaways from that is if you have a college degree you are much less likely to be unemployed than anybody with a high school agree. that is a big problem. the other problem is how the unemployment rate actually breaks down among different people. there are still a really high unemployment rate for teenagers, still for african-americans. the final concern is the quality of jobs being added. this recovery has been marked by a lot of lower wage jobs rather than jobs in the professional business services. we have seen huge losses in manufacturing, construction, and governme

you're on the "washington journal." should the u.s. get involved in iraq? terry? caller: yes, i'm here. thank you for taking my call. no, we shouldn't get involved, and i'm actually offended that the newspapers, the media is trying to push us back into another war. we can't even take care of our own people here. we've been fighting this war for years for no reason, and now you got people like john mccain, lindsey graham talking nonsense, and it's just so disrespectful. it's disheartening that we are being tried and being pushed back into another war over there. wary done. we're out. take care of our veterans. take care of our homeless people here. feed our children. educate our children here. that's what we need to be thinking about. thank you for taking my call. host: here very quickly, iraq by the numbers. when the u.s. invaded iraq, that was march 19, 2003, eight years, nine months, and 12 days. 1.5 million americans served in that war. u.s. military deaths, about 4,500. u.s. troops injured, about 32,000. we've set aside our fourth line this morning for iraq ve