Dawn Patrol

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IRAQ

We Are All Misinformed! -- [24 Steps to Liberty - an Iraqi in Iraq]
You guys always said you don’t get all the news from Iraq. And I always agreed with you!
...I told my friends yesterday that the terrorists played it wrong. if they want to provoke a civil war, they should attack shrines of Sunni Imams, because that would upset more Sunnis than Shiites, not like yesterday. Yesterday, the attack upset and angered Sunnis and Shiites equally.]
Here are some information,which, for whatever reason, you don’t get in your news about the bombing:
...I was amazed how only the provocative and civil-war-style quotes were published today in the newspapers. Almost no newspaper showed how great, it appeared to us, the solidarity among Iraqis was yesterday. It is true that Sunni mosques were attacked by unknown men yesterday, and some Sunnis were killed. But that wasn’t the only thing happened as a reaction. Newspapers should have been neutral, as we were taught, and show both sides. Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, Arabs, Christians, Sabians, Turkumans, and others publicly condemned the attack, but no one wanted to show the truth.

Sadr's peace. -- [Free Iraqi - an Iraqi in Iraq]
...I'm not aware of any Iraqi outside those gangs and militias who keep mortars in their homes. This happened while clowns from both the Sadr trend and the Association of Sunni Scholars were signing an honor agreement that prohibits Iraqis from fighting each other. But why am I surprised! They are actually prohibiting Iraqis, average people, from killing each other but they are not prohibiting their own militias from killing Iraqis!
Why are they faking this and what do they want from it? I'm not sure, but one thought is that this behavior is typical of all ME dictators. They start the killing and the chaos and then they blame it on the people. They show themselves in public as the peacemakers and then continue to pursue their crimes in the dark. These are not ideological fighters. They're opportunists and hypocrites who seek the help of criminals and thugs and still present themselves as religious and patriotic people, mimicking dictators to a great extent.

The wicked warmongers -- [IraqPundit - an Iraqi in exile]
...The New York Times also has a story speculating on what a civil war might lead to in the region. This guy's ideal dream of a spreading civil war is so detailed that it includes ethnic cleansing:
...Why do these reporters want to see a civil war so badly in Iraq? It looks to me that they hate Bush so much that they will stop at nothing to prove that he's wrong about Iraq and they are right. The reporters have sunk so low as to take this cheap angle of insisting that an all out civil war has been underway for three years. When will they wake up and realize that this is not a White House scandal. This is about Iraq and its people.

Is Iraq on a civil war? -- [Hammorabi - an Iraqi in Iraq]
...Civil war is going on now but on a scale less than that which was planned by the known and unknown groups and forces.
The responsibility for what is going on now is not only on Al-Qaeda and its supporters among some of the political parties but all the other parties bear responsibility because of their failure to form the government. The recent unprecedented and biased statements of the US ambassador in Baghdad (Z. K. Zada) were of great push for the terrorists to commit their acts. These statements were condemned by many Iraqi writers and Intelligent as they are based on a sectarian attitude. We feel that ZKZ is a better Ambassador in Kabul. Iraq needs a healer not a high commissioner.

A rare interview with Abo-Hafsa Alansari -- [Hammorabi - an Iraqi in Iraq]
Alwatan alarabi magazine (London) published an interview with Abohafsa claimed to be one of Zarqawi deputies.
He stated that their Qaeda group in Iraq has the ability to recruit into Iraq one million fighters. He explained that this number can be introduced from everywhere along the borders which are all open for them!
He told that they are very well funded financially from the oil Gulf States and their Arab big companies and investors which is another reason keeping their operation inside Iraq.

The shrine crisis…words that need to be said. -- [Iraq the Model - Iraqis in Iraq]
... it seems there are also some positive outcomes from this incident and its aftermath; the first one in my opinion was the performance of the Iraqi army which had a good role in restoring order in many places. Actually the past few days showed that our new army is more competent than we were thinking.
But the latest events have also showed the brittle structure of the interior ministry and its forces that retreated before the march of the angry mobs (if not joined them in some cases) and I think the statements that came from the meetings of our politicians pointed this out so clearly when Sunni politicians said they wanted the army to replace the police and police commandos in their regions and this indicates growing trust between the people and the army.

The Event in Pictures\Curfew in Iraq after Mosques Attacks -- [Photos From Iraq - an Iraqi in Iraq]
(pics)

William F. Buckley says we have lost -- [The Will to Exist - in Iraq]
Columnist William F. Buckley says the war in Iraq is lost:
If the war is indeed lost, then I’d like to know what he proposes we do. Should we abandon the country like we did in Vietnam? Leave everyone who cooperated with the coalition to their fate? Let the country devolve and destabilize further? Let the evil men run the show?

Marine doesn't just protect Iraqis; he becomes their friend -- [MilTracker]
Since arriving in western Al Anbar Province in July, Cpl. Michael C. Kissiah, Jr. has delivered medical supplies and food and catalogues the needs of the people here. Who says Marines ain't got hearts?

To war! -- [Talking Salmons - in Iraq]
...Luckily, the media seems to be hyping things a bit too much. I spent a good two hours flying over the capital the day after the Golden Mosque was destroyed.
Everything seemed normal from the air, but the way the news read, the whole city was erupting in mass riots like some New Orleans repeat.

MSM REPORTS ON IRAQ

A new force in Iraq news coverage is coming of age – the Iraqi blogosphere -- (Aljazeera.net)
Inside and outside Iraq, bloggers report on events from their own perspective and give a voice to the community that they say often goes unheard in Western media
Salam Adil, 38, an Iraqi blogger who lives in the United Kingdom, says: "I compared reporting from the BBC and the British newspapers to the [Iraqi] blogs and there is a world of difference.
"It is as if the Western media are on a different planet," he told Aljazeera.net.

The Soldiers Speak. Will President Bush Listen? -- (NY Times)... Nicholas D. Kristof -Subscription Required
When President Bush held a public meeting with troops by satellite last fall, they were miraculously upbeat. And all along, unrepentant hawks (most of whom have never been to Iraq) have insisted that journalists are misreporting Iraq and that most soldiers are gung-ho about their mission.

Hogwash! A new poll to be released today shows that U.S. soldiers overwhelmingly want out of Iraq — and soon.

The poll is the first of U.S. troops currently serving in Iraq, according to John Zogby, the pollster. Conducted by Zogby International and LeMoyne College, it asked 944 service members, "How long should U.S. troops stay in Iraq?"
Only 23 percent backed Mr. Bush's position that they should stay as long as necessary. In contrast, 72 percent said that U.S. troops should be pulled out within one year. Of those, 29 percent said they should withdraw "immediately."
That's one more bit of evidence that our grim stay-the-course policy in Iraq has failed. Even the American troops on the ground don't buy into it — and having administration officials pontificate from the safety of Washington about the need for ordinary soldiers to stay the course further erodes military morale.

...So what would it take to win in Iraq? Maybe that was the single most depressing finding in this poll.
By a two-to-one ratio, the troops said that "to control the insurgency we need to double the level of ground troops and bombing missions." And since there is zero chance of that happening, a majority of troops seemed to be saying that they believe this war to be unwinnable.
This first systematic look at the views of the U.S. troops on the ground suggests that our present strategy in Iraq is failing badly. The troops overwhelmingly don't want to "stay the course," and they don't seem to think the American strategy can succeed.

...Will a timetable work? I don't know, but it's a better bet than our present policy of whistling in the dark. And it's what the troops favor — and they're the ones who have Iraq combat experience. It's time our commander in chief stopped stage-managing his troops and listened to them.

Iraq Invasion: A Study in Unintended Consequences -- (Arab News)
“We must cooperate and work together against this danger...of civil war,” said Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani, but others think that the civil war has already arrived. At least 130 people, almost all of them Sunnis, were murdered in reprisal killings, and over a hundred Sunni mosques attacked, in the 24 hours after the destruction of the Al-Askariya shrine in Samarra, sacred to the Shiites, on Feb. 22. But it is not yet time to say that Iraq has slid irrevocably into civil war.

Soldiers Caught Between 2 Sides -- (Los Angeles Times)
...For the American soldiers it was an unfamiliar role. They found themselves in the middle of a fight they could only partially comprehend, stuck between two sides on the edge of civil war. This was an Iraqi problem, their commanders told them. The solution would have to be Iraqi as well.

For U.S. Troops: Tough Choices -- (Washington Post)...Jonathan Finer
Army Lt. Michael Mattingly was leading late-night raids in a city south of Baghdad last week when a new assignment came in via a 2 a.m. radio message.

Iraq makes terror 'more likely' -- (BBC News)
The US has ruled out any hasty withdrawal
People across the world overwhelmingly believe the war in Iraq has increased the likelihood of terrorist attacks worldwide, a poll for the BBC reveals.
Some 60% of people in 35 countries surveyed believe this is the case, against just 12% who think terrorist attacks have become less likely.
In most countries, more people think removing Saddam Hussein was a mistake than think it was the right decision.

Sectarian Slaughter Sets Iraq On Road To Schism -- (London Times)...James Hider and Ali Hamdani
Sunni and Shia extremists are dividing their land by murdering fellow Muslims

Iraq symbolizes failure of U.S. Middle East policy: Leader -- (Tehran Times)
TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Monday that the Iraqi government symbolizes the failure of U.S. policies in the Mi...

No Peace for the Middle East -- (Spiegel Online)
As Iraq's religious and political leaders try to calm internecine violence and the West sizes up the Russian-Iranian uranium enrichment deal, German commentators on Monday look at the broader prospects for peace and stability in the Middle East.

Surge in Violence Kills More Than 1,300 in Iraq -- (Washington Post)
Toll from week of attacks is more than three times higher than once reported, making recent days the deadliest outside major U.S. offensives.

FACTBOX-Developments in Iraq, Feb. 28
Feb 28 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents and political developments in Iraq reported on Monday, as of 0600 GMT.
U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a largely Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in
Baghdad.

U.S., Iraq Looking For A Few Good Firms Willing To Do Business In A War Zone -- (Los Angeles Times)...Evelyn Iritani and Borzou Daragahi
The seminar was billed as "Doing Business in Iraq." A better title might have been "Think Twice About Doing Business in Iraq."

Major al-Qaida in Iraq Figure Jailed -- (The Guardian/ AP)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi security forces announced the capture of a senior al-Qaida in Iraq figure as they sought to deflect criticism of their handling of a surge of sectarian violence. The U.S. ambassador said the risk of civil war from last week's crisis was over.

AL-ZARQAWI SAID TO HAVE NEW COMMAND STRUCTURE -- (AKI)
Baghdad, 27 Feb. (AKI) - The organisation of al-Qaeda in Iraq, led by Jordanian miltiant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has adopted a new command structure, according to Salafite sources quoted by the Arabic news portal Wifaq. The new line-up is said to include a sort of shadow government at the head of the organisation mandated to direct all the activities of the group. Al-Zarqawi has been flanked by six 'ministers' and by a chief of staff who will coordinate all the operational brigades, the sources said.

Germany Denies Giving U.S. Iraq's Plan To Defend Baghdad -- (New York Times)...Richard Bernstein and Judy Dempsey
The German government on Monday labeled as "false" a report in The New York Times that two agents of the BND, the German intelligence agency, obtained Saddam Hussein's plan for the defense of Baghdad before the American invasion of Iraq and that the information was passed along to the United States Defense Intelligence Agency ahead of the war in early 2003.

AFGHANISTAN

I Suspect He is Not Bluffing -- [Miserable Donuts]
Pol-i-Charki Prison has had a wing taken over by prisoners. "We can take all these prisoners in one hour," Mohammed Qasim Hashimzai, the deputy justice minister, told The Associated Press as he traveled to the prison Monday. "But to prevent bloodshed we are trying to negotiate."
I rather think he isn't bluffing.

Terrorist Porn -- [Strategy Page]
February 26, 2006: In Afghanistan, a recent Taliban radio broadcast asserted that some 6,500 American and Coalition troops had been killed by Taliban fighters so far, and that not a single civilian had suffered in the process. Now, to any Afghans in the areas where fighting is taking place, this is absurd. But to some pro-Taliban Afghans, outside of the combat zone, this will be believed,

MSM REPORTS ON AFGHANISTAN

Afghan prison siege enters 4th day; some optimism -- (Khaleeji times/ Reuters)
PUL-I-CHARKHI, Afghanistan - A siege at the Afghan capital’s main jail entered a fourth day on Tuesday but the government expressed hope for a peaceful resolution to a bloody revolt by hundreds of inmates.

Taliban attacks on schools create 'lost generation' -- (The Independent)
...The attack at Kartilaya High School in Lashkar Gar was just one in a series which is crippling Afghanistan's education system. At least 165 schools and colleges have been burnt down or forced to close so far by a resurgent Taliban and their Islamist allies.
Five years after the end of the Afghan war and Tony Blair's famous pledge that "this time we will not walk away", it seems the Taliban and al-Qa'ida are back with a vengeance, and one of their main targets is the country's education system.

AFGHANISTAN : MONEY SHORTFALL THREATENS EFFORT TO FEED 3.5 MILLION -- (AKI)
New York, 27 Feb. (AKI) - With a break in food supplies looming in Afghanistan in March, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday urged donors to immediately make up an 11-million US dollar shortfall in critical funds to feed 3.5 million vulnerable people. "Basically we don’t have enough food for vulnerable communities as they come out of winter and head into the lean season prior to the summer harvest," WFP country director Charles Vincent said.

Kidnapped Nepali dies in Afghanistan, another safe -- (Reuters)
KABUL (Reuters) - One of two Nepali security men kidnapped in Afghanistan has died of illness during more two weeks in captivity but the other has been found safe, a government official said on Tuesday.

US AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD

US Ports Fiasco Effects on Korean Business -- [GI Korea - in S Korea]
Many of you have probably heard about the US port management controversy involving a Dubai based Arab owned company. I find it interesting that the same people like Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer who are complaining about this business deal are the same people that complain about police using racial profiling yet are willing to use racial profiling when it comes to business deals, but that is whole different rant. This fiasco has now wisely been referred to a 45 day security review where I expect it will get approved anyway.

Not just another “U.A.E. ports” post: a GOP blogger speaks out brilliantly -- [Gun Toting Liberal]
My good Republican friend, Mark, of Liberty Just In Case has some sharp words for our President:
...Now before you go assuming this is just a “lovefest” going on between the two of us today, allow me to point out the fact that Mark is completely for the U.A.E. ports deal and I am, as you know, completely opposed to it. But that is obviously not what Mark’s concern is.

MSM REPORTS ON US AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD

Coast Guard Warned of Port Deal Intel Gaps -- (AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican congressional leaders had hoped to curtail bipartisan outcries over a United Arab Emirates-based company's pending takeover of some U.S. port operations by brokering an agreement for a new investigation of the deal's potential security risks. Then came the disclosure that the U.S. Coast Guard had raised concerns weeks ago that, because of U.S. intelligence gaps, it could not determine whether the UAE company, DP World, might support terrorist operations.

Bush, Speaking Up Against Bigotry -- (Washington Post)
There are times when George Bush sorely disappoints. Just when you might expect him to issue a malapropian explanation, pander to his base or simply not have a clue about what he is talking about, he does something so right, so honest and, yes, so commendable, that -- as Arthur Miller put it in "Death of a Salesman" -- "attention must be paid." Pay attention to how he has refused to indulge anti-Arab sentiment over the Dubai ports deal.

WAR ON TERROR /TERRORISM

The Long War Strategy: Varian's War, My Heroes, and Rear Admiral Bill Sullivan's Strategy Brief -- [Bobby's World]
...have heard the critics proclaim that we are doomed to lose, and yet still found themselves raising their right hand and swearing to obey the orders of the officers appointed over them in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. They are an awesome collection of young men and women-- America's finest, perhaps not in socioeconomic status or academic inclination, but absolutely in character and spirit. If I thank them every day for their service (and I try to), it is still not enough. They are my heroes, each and every one of them.

And so it was that I realized one of the ironies of contemporary politics. The Bush Administration's critics are convinced that America is losing the War on Terror, a point that I believe they make not because they believe it to be quantitatively or qualitatively true, but because they think they need to beat that drum to win their elections. Similarly, perhaps their favorite argument is to claim that we have no "strategy for victory" in Iraq; in their minds, they think they're scoring political points against the Bush Administration when they posit this claim. What they don't realize is that, as a rather senior mentor of mine at the Pentagon recently pointed out to me in an email, the argument doesn't really hit the White House-- it strikes ...

Money, Media and the Moslem World -- [Strategy Page]
February 27, 2006: The war on terror has led to some subtle tactics that are not much noticed. For example, in the Islamic world, media is seen as a tool, not an independent institution dedicated to finding and reporting the truth. Most news media (print and electronic) in the Islamic world cannot survive on advertising revenue.

MSM REPORTS ON WAR ON TERROR /TERRORISM

Taliban ‘renews Bin Laden offer’ -- (Business Day)
ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s former ruling Taliban militia had on Sunday renewed an offer for dialogue with the US on al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to a report.
“We have imposed restrictions on Osama, and there are several ways to solve this issue,” said Taliban spokesman Abdul Mutmaen. “We are ready for talks with the US to resolve the problem, but it should solve the problem amicably and not through the use of power.”

America outwitted on world stage -- (The Cincinnati Post)
Can America win a sustained war in this media age? The U.S. military doesn't seem to be too sure.
According to a Pentagon report released earlier this month, "Victory in the long war ultimately depends on strategic communication."
...For his part, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld doesn't offer a whole lot of hope. "Our enemies have skillfully adapted to fighting wars in today's media age," he declared in a speech last week, "but for the most part, we - our country, our government - has not adapted."
Those words are worth pausing over. Can it really be true that al-Qaida is beating Uncle Sam at the communications/propaganda game? Are Arabs really better at getting their message out?

SUPPORTING THE TROOPS...OR NOT

New Project -- [The German Princess]
There is a new Project I am working on. It's actually a new video for Dales son, but wow.. never thought it could take so long. It must be perfect, Dale's son only deserve the best and I hope it'll be great.

He stepped on IED and lost his leg up to the knee. I was so shocked when I heard the news and thank God he's still alive. It could have killed him.

I thought I could call him in Walter Reed but they didn't put me through, they didn't want to give the information to me. Instead ...

Patriot Guard Riders Pass 10,000 Membership Mark -- [Soldiers' Angels Germany]
Congratulations and THANK YOU to the Patriot Guard Riders.
Bikers Guard US Military Funerals Against Protesters
(CNSNews.com) - A group of motorcycle riders who attend U.S. soldiers' funerals to protect them from anti-homosexual protestors on Saturday surpassed the 10,000-member mark.

MILITARY

A Sense of Where You Are -- [Strategy Page]
February 27, 2006: The use of the new Stryker wheeled armored vehicle in Iraq has accelerated the development of the new "Land Warrior" equipment for the infantry. The Strykers were using a partial set of the "Mounted Warrior" equipment. Put simply, the Land Warrior gear is a wearable computer/GPS/radio combination, plus improvements in body armor and uniform design.

Bitches, gripes, complaints -- [Fun with Hand Grenades - in Iraq]
Sometimes we’ll have meetings with everyone in the platoon to dish out news in the company and tell us about any upcoming missions or any plans for the next few days. Whenever it’s over the guy who’s doing the talking always ends with “Anybody got anything? Bitches, gripes, complaints?”
Yes, actually…
#1: We have new pieces to go with our body armor. Two pieces go on either side of you and attach to the inside your main vest, essentially shielding your kidneys. The other pieces look like huge ass shoulder pads, which we call “water wings.” All of them have Kevlar inserts. Besides being unbearably hot (the air conditioning in our Humvees is now negated, as I found out today) I’m now totally immobile. I seriously hope I never have to get out of my Humvee and run for cover because if I do I’m totally fucked and will be cut down in a hail of machine gun fire.

Mission #3 -- [Basic Training in Iraq]
Had my trip outside the wire on the 23rd. I was the driver:
As you can see, not a lot of room in those things with all that armor on. I still think before any more armor is added to what we wear, technology needs to advance so we can get the same protection with less weight. I feel that for me, more armor would be detrimental. Please don't let the media or your politicians trick you into thinking we are not being protected as much as possible. People that need the armor are getting it and as for those occurances like the soldier who had to pay for his destroyed insert plates, the army is a massive bureaucracy and although it sometimes takes a while to get through the red tape, this type of thing usually gets sorted out in the end.

MSM REPORTS ON MILITARY

Saving The Fish, Not Troops -- (New York Daily News)...Douglas Feiden
Body armor that can mean the difference between life and death has been shamefully tough to find for battalions of U.S. troops on the bloodiest battlefields of Iraq. But that hasn't stopped Congress from squandering Pentagon funds on thousands of wacky and wasteful projects that do more to protect pols' jobs than save soldiers' lives.

Following Orders From Administration, Army Trimmed Supplemental Request -- (National Journal's CongressDailyAM) (Subscription required)
Army leaders sliced nearly $3 billion from their latest wartime supplemental spending request under last-minute orders from the White House, forgoing money needed to upgrade a hard-worn fleet of heavy tanks and armored vehicles, defense sources disclosed Monday.
...Late Monday, company officials met with staff in the office of Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio. And last week, just days after the Bush administration released the supplemental, the firm called on Ohio Republican Sen. Mike DeWine, an appropriator in the middle of a challenging re-election campaign.
"Obviously, Sen. DeWine is working to supply the military with the equipment they need, and evidence shows that the Bradley and Abrams are critical to the warfighter," a spokesman said.
The Army, according to a General Dynamics spokesman, is aware of possible breaks in production schedules and is "aggressively working this issue."
United Defense Industries, a BAE Systems subsidiary that makes the Bradley, also is tracking the issue, a company spokesman said.
"There's a lot that both the Army and DOD are trying to do with a limited number of dollars," he said. "It is something that we obviously are going to be paying close attention to."

Veterans May Face Health Care Cuts in 2008 -- (Yahoo News/ AP)
WASHINGTON - At least tens of thousands of veterans with non-critical medical issues could suffer delayed or even denied care in coming years to enable President Bush to meet his promise of cutting the deficit in half — if the White House is serious about its proposed budget.

POLITICS

Bush’s Strategy/Bush’s political failures -- [Austin Bay]
...The “Bush political failure” I worry about hasn’t happened yet– but signs of failure abound. What preparation is the administration is the administration making to hand over strategic control of The War on Terror to a subsequent administration? How is the administration preparing to fight a multi-generational, multi-administration war?

Senator Arlen Specter: friend of liberty or wolf in sheep’s clothing? -- [Gun Toting Liberal]
It seems to me that an increasingly alarming number of Democrats and so-called “liberals” have begun to praise our Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Arlen Specter (R-PA) for his opposition to President Bush’s domestic wiretapping of U.S. Citizens lately.

MSM REPORTS ON POLITICS

Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low -- (CBS News)
CBS) The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high.
Americans are also overwhelmingly opposed to the Bush-backed deal giving a Dubai-owned company operational control over six major U.S. ports.

GOP Governors Say Bush Missteps Hurt Them -- (AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican governors are openly worrying that the Bush administration's latest stumbles - from the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina to those of its own making on prescription drugs and ports security - are taking an election-year toll on the party back home....

Analysis: Bush Beset by Political Miscues -- (AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush has been buffeted by one calamity after another. Try what he may, he just can't seem to find traction for his second-term agenda....

BUSH NOW ADMITS BIN LADEN HELPED HIM BEAT JOHN KERRY -- (Drudge Report) **Exclusive**
President Bush now says his 2004 victory over Sen. John Kerry, who is mulling a comeback in 2008, was inadvertently aided by al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.

Sen. Clinton: Rove Spends Time Obsessing About Me -- (FOX News)
Noting that Rove and his White House aides have met regularly with her possible opponents in the 2006 Senate race, Clinton said, "He spends more time thinking about my political future than I do."