Congressman Kline reports on Afghanistan trip and congressional battles

GOP Congressman John Kline (R-Minn) shares what he saw on a congressional fact-finding trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier this month, and discusses the uprisings in the Arab world as well as the budget battles in Congress.

Guests

• John Kline: U.S. Representative (R-Minn, 2nd district. First elected 2002. Chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, member of the House Armed Services Committee. 25 year veteran of the US Marine Corps. His son is an Army helicopter pilot.

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Resources

• about Congressman John Kline