petraeus had a plan to do just that. >> you mind if i ask what you do for a living?s. >> the only way to secure the people, the only way to ensure security, is to live with them, to be in the neighborhood 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> the general says this tactic was the exact opposite of what the united states had been doing in the prior months, pulling out of the cities and towns and neighborhoods of iraq and retreating to massive u.s. bases. >> move it! >> the other interesting innovation of the early surge was even more controversial. we needed to find a way to stop the sunni insurgents from killing american troops and iraqi civilians. they were in open rebellion against the government. >> we had to give them incentives to support the new iraq. >> the idea was to give the sunnis a piece of the pie. >> they, you know -- iraq has a bounty of energy resources and water, great farm land. it's got incredible natural blessings. and they want to have their share of that. >> petraeus hand his commanders quickly turned that around by hiring those sunni militias to

but, you know, i studied counterinsurgency at leavenworth with petraeus and his group. and i was watching -- [inaudible] this kid who's under fire -- [inaudible] called petraeus and i said, you know, i think that coupe insurgency training -- counterinsurgency training is preparing these kids for public service. and he said, you know, i hadn't thought about that. and so he started helping me find the people in this book. >> really? >> anyway, what he -- >> [inaudible] >> yeah, i know. [inaudible conversations] >> hey this, folks -- hey there, folks, good evening. hi there. i just wanted to, i wanted to warmly welcome many fojs, friends of joe, and also people i'm fortunate to call many of you longtime friends. it's so good to see all of you, and welcome to franco's home. i'm extremely grateful for him having hosted this evening. i'll say a little bit more about that in a moment. you know, as joe and i have been talking in recent weeks about doing this here in washington, it's really occurred to me that in every era in american history there has been in this tremendous in

, mcchrystal, mattis, keane, flynn. >> carly fiorina saying general david petraeus was retired earlyor telling president obama things he didn't want to hear. general petraeus actually left the army to become head of the cia under president obama and then he left that job because he had an extra marital affair and gave classified information to his mistress for which he was found guilty of a crime. maybe she meant a different general petraeus. >> and for general mcchrystal, he left after an unflattering article was written about him. i'm quite sure she knew who she was talking about when she mentioned general jack keane. i nope that's who she was talking about because he's on fox news all the time. i know that's who she was thinking of. he, too, she said was retired early after giving president obama advice that the president didn't want to hear. let's let fox take it from here. this is freaking amazing. >> one of the things i would immediately do in addition to defeating them here at home is bring back the warrior class, petraeus, mcchrystal, mattis, keane, flynn. every one of these

general petraeus was given a life-changing sentence.

. >> bring back the wore your class, petraeus, ms. crystal, flynn, all the jeeps i know, all were retired early because they told president obama things that he did not want to hear. >> now, it is true that some of those generals did leave over policy differences --. >> four out of five. >> three out of five, petraeus left because of a scandal and the mishandling much information. >> and mrs. clinton still has not been indicted over the same thing so, perhaps, petraeus dismissal was convenient. i don't know i would say that petraeus and clinton are handled very differently by this ago over arguably exactly the same issue which was the handling of classified information over a personal e-mail. >> but there is keane who never served in the obama administration said he has never spoken to president obama and were you wrong about that. >> i was wrong. i was right about the fact he is a member of the wore your class. i was naming the four out of five i argue who were retired early out of the obama administration because they said things th

. >> bring back the warrior class, petraeus, mcchrystal, keene, flynn. every one was retired early, because they told president obama things he didn't want to hear. >> now, it is true that some of those generals did leave over policy differences. >> four out of five. keene had already left. >> well, three out of five. petraeus really left because of scandal, also the mishandling of classified information. >> by the way, accomplice clinton still hasn't been indict indicted over the same things, so perhaps petraeus's dismissal was convenient. i don't know. i would say they're being handled very difficultly by this administration over arguably the exactly the same issue, which information says his 'never spoken to -- >> i was certainly right about the fact. i was naming the five warriors of our generation who have experience, four out of five i would argue were retired early out of the obama administration because they said things the obama administration didn't particularly want to hear, but all five have real experience. all five of them have been highly

so perhaps petraeus's dismissal was convenient. i don't know. i would say they're being handled very differently by this administration over arguably the exactly the same issue, which was the handling of classified information over personal e-mail. >> then there's keene who never served in the obama administration and said he has never spoken to barack obama. weren't you just flat wrong about that? >> i was wrong about keene. i was certainly right about the fact that he's part of the warrior class. i was naming the five warriors of our generation who have experience, four out of five i would argue were retired early out of the obama administration because they said things the obama administration didn't particularly want to hear, but all five of these generals have real experience. all five of them have been highly critical of both mrs. clinton and barack obama, and all five of them have said we are not doing what is necessary to lead and to defeat isis. >>> one of the other points you made in the debate, as president, you would work more closel

yougeneral petraeus, recently talked with. was very straightforward and said, look, we basically paid eiks, and now we continue to do that across the border and syria, to pull together a fighting force. it worked. it worked in part because of repulsion against the predecessor, al qaeda in iraq, the treatment of everybody at their hands. that also works because they were promised that they would have the autonomy and authority to make a lot of decisions within iraq, on their own behalf. and hisately, maliki views towards sectarianism slowly but surely undermined all of that. iks you've got the sunni she and fighters on the sidelines, some of them, making common cause with isis. anrlie: which raises interesting question, did we lose influence in the baghdad government? would it have made a difference in the behavior so the sunni would not be so turned off by baghdad? hillary clinton: i certainly thought we should keep troops there. i advocated for that. the real problem was maliki. he would not give us a status of forces agreeme

general petraeus was already fighting in iraq. she accepted a plaque from the holocaust museum. 3 times today i have talked to soldiers and soldiers children. host: both manny and henry tell the story. it is very important that they tell it, at the holocaust museum. we are honored they came here today to tell all of you new leaders and veterans the importance of it. i want to open this question. it is an important thing. did you have families here? in america? mr. greenbaum: my sister immigrated in 1937. when i was liberated, i did not know where she was. the soldiers were kind to us, they would give you their shirt off their backs. we did not want that. i located a brother. he had made it back to poland. i was liberated and wound up in a displaced persons camp. my brother came and said we have a sister in america. he said she's in washington. i thought he was closer than america, but the soldiers could not help me. when we told him about washington, we got a lot of help. she married her first cousin. she maintained the name, but

central command under generals martin dempsey and david to train us -- petraeus.e is now associate professor of law at southwestern law school. welcome to democracy now! >> thank you, it is great to be here. i would like to say thank you to the brave young men and women who are currently serving in uniform far from home during these holidays. thank you. amy: professor, why don't you lay out for us this contrast between these two cases. one that is extremely well-known , bowe bergdahl, and another that many say has been covered up, the case of the navy seals in the death of an afghan detainee, not to mention the torture of others. >> amy, thank you. i think you laid out the facts while at the beginning of the segment. the concern with sergeant bergdahl's case, it is irrevocably tainted by the improper and i think illegal congressional statement, congressional pressure put on the military and the military's top leaders regarding this position in a current pending military case. when you have the chairman of the senate armed services committee john mccain threatening

general petraeus did much less. lou: and, of course, was prosecuted. are you surprised at the length of time that's being taken by the fbi to reach a conclusion about whether or not to bring charges? >> no, i'm not. look, jim comey, the fbi director is an incredibly diligent and thoughtful career prosecutor. this guy knows how to prosecute people and make them stick. i don't think he's going to go off half cocked against the potential democrat nominee. jim comey, i have utmost confidence in the fbi. i question over the years whether or not law enforcement under d.o.j., which is a political outfit can do the job. i have confidence in jim comey. he is a straight arrow, not going to let anyone push him around. lou: at the same time, saying he won't go off half cocked, there could be a reading of the same that the fbi is being intimidated as well by the fact that this is hillary clinton, one of the leading lights not on the democratic party but with the most powerful political family in the nation. >> it is, and let me just say. this jim comey in the 90s w

david petraeus was another shakespearean character. talk about a fall from grace.harlie: sure. >> it is a remarkable cast of characters. some of the most interesting characters in the film where the operatives and analysts. gina bennett, probably one of the women who inspired the jessica chastain character in "zero dark 30." fascinating. , he's a character right out of the maltese falcon. he is a straight shooter. he helped the french corral carlos the jackal. he later became head of the counterterrorism center. he was one of those who warned that al qaeda was coming prior to 9/11. charlie: what did he say? picture thatlling he paints, and george tenet -- paints come in the months preceding now 11. -- preceding 9/11. >> the information that we have now compiled was compelling. it was multiple sourced. it was the last stroke. straw. we had top the phone, go see the director now. george tenet is a very smart guy. he is chewing on his cigar. he is going back and forth and his eyes are flashing. >> it isn't just red lights. these are real plots being manifested. >> the

general petraeus of life changing sentence. but nothing compared to what she did. 5%. but then she gets indicted that is the end of it. backing of virtually all of these says. she should not be allowed to run what is is a criminal act. wishes to become president she could have a of problem does that make sense to anybody? and to be involved in corruption she was a horrible secretary of state then then the world blew up around her. to between 600 calls and the bells from our ambassador to not have the strength of the energy. is an interesting friends but she responded. [laughter] you get back? [applause] a lot of people don't get that. but she responded to a friend hundreds of requested she does not respond. yesterday i was in manassas virginia with an unbelievable crowd. we had 12,000 people in sarasota 12,000 people the convention center held 5,000. i made to use features you can give me a larger convention center so i can do one speech? we set a record. rebate their record of elton john. [laughter] i am no longer competing with politicians but musical talent. for the

2013 they had me come to indiana where they demonstrated first they put me inside that car yoda petraeus -- toyota of previous and do these things and it was of a preview into the future. it didn't count freddie automotive industry because they said that isn't real a package as connected to the car like -- a car like a mechanic could do but they could reverse engineer they could slam on the of breaks or disable the breaks of the issue be it was so scary to be behind the of real but it took them two more years to read greens that to a full wireless attack that is still full magnitude that somebody that somebody across the country or across the world in a different nation could attack the vehicle over the internet causing it to spread as a virus. they could have used that to spread from one chrysler vehicle to another attack being -- attacking the u connect system but potentially doing worse to do their bidding. >> host: they did not even have to be on the whitefly network? >> this is a cellular attack with a the 3d connection -- 3g. but between the two of them turned the lives in st. loui

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petraeus, mcchrystal, mattus, keane, flynn.e one of these generals i know, every one was retired early because they told president obama things that he didn't want to hear. >> at tuesday night's debate carly fiorina made a forceful case for why she should be the next commander in chief. unfortunately, a lot of the facts supporting her case weren't actually facts. one of the generals she mentioned, stanley mcchrystal, didn't lose his job because of a disagreement with president obama. he lost it thanks to a now infamous "rolling stone" article that quoted him and his staff insulting the vice president and other top officials. david petraeus, meanwhile, then the director of the cia, was forced to resign after it was discovered that he had leaked classified information to his biographer, with whom he was having an affair. as for retired general jack keane, another general mentioned by fiorina, this was his response. >> no, i've never spoken to the president. that's not accurate. and i never served this administration. i served the

petraeus waited and said they couldn't answer that question a broader strategy because my world is just afghanistan. i thought it was very important exchange which i don't reflect back on and i'm wondering with your committee members they think about this. is there a strategic frame that we are all missing that somehow your committee members have. >> i think it's great. i think it's a great question and a great point. i think with all the multiple issues that are being dealt with and not one insurmountable issue, they are all complex. you are right the strategic focus was not trying to get out of any blame relative to this but i think we have this fight polar world where it's the cold war and everybody understands. i think it's so much easier to develop a strategic framework created to think in fairness to the administration and i hate to keep being so fairness meeting. [laughter] i think part of some of the resistance from joint chiefs has been exactly what you just said and it is like the media will obviously be issued today and obviously the country focuses on what's on television an

to michelle's point about refugees there was an open letter from henry kissinger, david petraeus who said don't block this program. it is not a risk. we support it. >> michelle, go ahead. >> okay. they may know what they are talking about. we can all agree the vetting process isn't perfect. >> it is perfect. >> tell me what isn't perfect? your next door neighbor is doing something. [ speaking at the same time ] >> john. >> i have said homeland security isn't going to keep us safe. that can only be had through military war. this is the issue. >> you're saying there are flaws in the system. coming up, meet the come willing to take a bullet as comes around the country bite the bullet. a true american hero next. >>> with all the cop bashing in america now -- chicago, ferguson, et cetera. i want you to listen to what this come told people while helping them escape. >> try to relax, everyone. i will take a bullet before you do. that's for damn sure. just be cool. >> isn't this an accurate description of 99.9% of cops in america. >> they are selfless, there to protect us. this is often lost

secretary of states henry kissinger, george schultz and madeline all light all signed a letter and david petraeusincluded his signature. >>> five people were injured when a pipe bomb exploded near a metro station in istanbul, turkey, at the highlight of the evening rush hour. nobody has claimed responsibility the news stations say. >>> coming up, police have upped their search for a woman and two oacome places -- two accomplices that robbed and tied up an elderly man in his own home. >> and president obama send as strong message to other world leaders trying to >>> well no deal on a global climate agreement but president obama proposed a legally binding mechanism, one that would force countries to measure and adhere to their progress of carbon reduction commitments. the special reporters in paris as the climate change summit set the tone before returns to the u.s. . >> i am sure there will be moments over the next two weeks where progress seems stymied and everyone rushes to write that we are doomed but i am convinced we will get big things done here. >> he says the potential agreement includes a

we find out that this administration had known about general pet race's affair -- petraeus' affair for most of a year, but they waited until general petraeus was in a position to destroy the election possibility, re-election possibilities for president obama. float out about the affair they'd known about for most of the year. and he's destroyed. they prosecute him. because apparently, as i understand it, he provided a calendar to his biogreafer, and search as they might for anything they could hang around his neck of being a lawless activity, as i understand it, they found something in his calendar that could have been said to be classified and so he agreed to plead to that. we find out yesterday there apparently have been around 1,000 hillary clinton emails so far that contain classified information. if chuck colson gets a year and a half for having information , petraeus' posed to life, his livelihood is ruined because they're finally able to find something that might, should have been classified, that he pleads guilty to, having turned over to his biographer. how long do you get for

when he talked about general petraeus and referenced back, there was real art in there. and i keep going back to the fact that he did 11 seasons of reality television, so hes has more practice in front of this man than any other pem person in the race and it showed tonight. he is a master of his craft. >> yeah. and we mucht remember, too, part of the reason he's getting this is because we're on the eve of the great debate tomorrow night. he is in las vegas. smart move, giving a spooek speech in las vegas. the question is why can't it at the trump hotel &? >> i have no idea. that's a good question. >> and nobody else speaking tonight. >> to your larger point, this almost happens at every single debate. the other campaigns that don't get enough time will be complaining they didn't get enough time. donald trump will have the coverage of this event not only the day of, but the day before and day after. that's one of the other challenges the campaigns have with trump in this race is he is the one doing all the talking and he is the one that's setting the tone to the for not o

to michelle's point about refugees there was an open letter from henry kissinger, david petraeus who said don't block this program. it is not a risk. we support it. >> michelle, go ahead. >> okay. they may know what they are talking about. we can all agree the vetting process isn't perfect. >> it is perfect. >> tell me what isn't perfect? your next door neighbor is doing something. [ speaking at the same time ] >> john. >> i have said homeland security isn't going to keep us safe. that can only be had through military war. this is the issue. >> you're saying there are flaws in the system. coming up, meet the come willing to take a bullet as comes around the country bite the bullet. a true american hero next. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like ordering wine equals pretending to know wine. pinot noir, which means peanut of the night. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like playing the boss equals the boss wins. wow! on their auto insurance. wouldn't a deal involve two parties discussing something? a little give? a littl

bipartisan group includes former secretaries of state madeleine albright, henry kissinger and general petraeus, and in a letter to congress they stated in part -- "refugees are victims not perpetrators of terrorism categorically refusing them own feeds that they are at war with the u.s. >>> and the deer slams into the cruiser and twirls in the air, just missing the wind shield. miraculously, it gets up and runs away. >>> getting down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning, landon. >> hey, dara, good morning to you, an early holiday could continue today on wall street. stocks posting solid gains tuesday as investors shrug off a weak report on manufacturing. look for data on hiring in the private sector and productivity and a speech by fed chair on the economy. mark zuckerberg is giving it all away in a post announcing the birth of his daughter max. the facebook ceo says he and his wife priscilla will donate almost all of their stock to charity. donating up to $1 billion a year over the next three years. >>> reports say yahoo!'s board is meeting today to discuss whether to sell the c

petraeus been trait great jetstream a few session that's have been well-attended. the phone calls and e-mail it's been great. a lot of interest and buzz around it and we've already started to get submissions and i know we'll be getting a lot more the next few weeks . >> anchor: what are you hoping that these folks come up with in the examination? >>> i think one of the goals of this is to bring for the some new ideas, think there are wonderful things going on, but we're so farther natural to live in this pat of the country with these schools that we have and these leaders in the community and i think someone who might be thinking about something but hasn't really didn't know what to do with the idea and now is the time. this is an opportunity if you have been thinking about it, you had conversation was people this your field, a class over it, one thought this might have some legs to it and this is a way to . >> anchor: when winnipesaukee winnipesaukeeers be announced and what happened to their ideas ideas? >>> winners will be announced in early spring of 2016. we'r

if hillary is indicted in the same way general petraeus and sandy berger were, what is our backup game plan? do you think an indictment and conviction of -- on major security violations is survivable? can hillary survive if they were to find something that really actually, illegal in the e-mails? >> there's nothing illegal in the e-mails. this is a dispute ex post facto about what should or shouldn't be declassified as they're releasing all these e-mails. and the fact is that in the petraeus case, for example, there was proven intent that he took this classified material and leaked it to someone or gait to someone. -- gave it to someone. none of her e-mails that some say now would be marked as -- classified -- >> this is a much lighter question. in your book "blinded by the right," you said you had a dog. do you still have a dog? [laughter] >> yes. yeah. i said when i fell out with the conservatives, i lost all my friends, and i got a dog. [laughter] so that dog did pass away a couple years ago, but i have a new one. [laughter] >> thanks. a question about the media. were you surprised

general petraeus of life changing sentence. but nothing compared to what she did. 5%.

because, you're focusing now, the problem is even petraeus is proposing to support al qaeda to fight isil now. it's, it's insane. if you focus on, in the genocide committed against yazidis by isis, then you can stop isis and then you can find a political solution and a justice solution for the previous crimes. so justice is not just putting people in the dark. so we can have other measures. but yes, we need to develop new approach to these problems. >> the us specifically who is not, is not part of the, the icc, how, how much of a challenge, of, is that? or is not a challenge? or what does that say about the us ? >> we won the challenge. we won the challenge. when i request indictment against president bashir, my biggest supporter was president bush. he say, "okay, i don't like the court for much but president bashir had to be accountable. " so president bashir ended his term, hundred percent support in the court. even moving china. then president obama came, start a sea change. and then china remain quiet because that its strategy. china, china's very clear. it's not against justice