The White House administration took to the Sunday morning news shows to plead their policy cases this weekend.

While President Barack Obama was on CBS’s "Face the Nation," Timothy Geithner appeared on ABC’s "This Week" and U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke with Gen. David Petraeus spoke on CNN’s "State of the Union." As leading figures in Washington unveil crucial plans concerning U.S. relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as how the government will save America’s crumbling economy, the Obama administration apparently prides itself on keeping an "open government" by working the media circuit.

In case you missed any of these segments, wowOwow highlights below the important speaking points from all three shows.

Obama on "Face the Nation":

President Obama, who called himself a "student of history" on Sunday to Bob Schieffer, said that his plans in Pakistan and Afghanistan include the introduction of social programs that will help citizens thrive and eventually become U.S. allies. He also spoke about the introduction of agricultural and other specialists to help upgrade farming, schools and infrastructure as being crucial to gaining widespread support in a nation still riddled with anti-American extremism. A similar commitment in rural Iraq is starting to create pro-American sentiment in its countryside. As the president said to Schieffer, it is not all about the number of combat forces on the ground.

Obama’s War Plan Doesn’t Rely on Bullets or Bombs

President Obama: No. Our plan does not change the recognition of Pakistan as a sovereign government. We need to work with them and through them to deal with al-Qaeda. But we have to hold them much more accountable. And we have to recognize that part of our task in working with Pakistan is not just military. It’s also our capacity to build their capacity through civilian interventions, through development, through aid assistance. And that’s part of what you’re seeing — both in Afghanistan and Pakistan, I think, is fully resourcing a comprehensive strategy that doesn’t just rely on bullets or bombs but also relies on agricultural specialists on doctors, on engineers, to help create an environment in which people recognize that they have much more at stake in partnering with us and the international community than giving into some of these —

Schieffer: Are you concerned at all? Because some people say the more troops you put in is just gonna inflame the situation. It’s gonna make it worse. What do you say to them?