mission there with alissa rubin and michael gordon both of the "new york times". and fred kagan of the american enterprise institute. >> one thing iran has done very well arguably better than the u.s. is it has had very strong ties to each of the political parties. it has, you will find the leaders of all the parties have visited iran. some of them have houses in tehran. there is a lot of links with the kurds, with obviously with the shiites, the iranians, most of them shiites and with the sunnis. so iran is a constant factor and in communication and very much on top of what is going on in iraq. will they influence it disproportionately is what we can't quite tell yet. >> in iraq after many long years of casualties and difficulties, there has been some success. and i think it's the goal now ought to be to consolidate that succeed ses and also to use what

and i think that michael and alissa are both absolutely right. that this is not something that we can pocket and move on. you should never turn your back on a war. this is, there is still a war there. violence is at very low levels but that didn't mean it can't come backment and our enemy, an enemy to the iraqi state have not given up. so i think that this is something that i think the draw down makes sense. i think that the president's call for responsible drawdown is something that the general is implementing very well. and i think it can work. but i think we should be very cautious about ever believing that we're on a glide path and i also think it's time to start thinking beyond, okay, iraq might not be a disaster and start thinking, okay, well, what can we actually get at the end of all of this for the sacrifices that we've made. >> as all of you know ryan crocker said on leaving that the big decisions in iraq remain ahead of them rather than behind them. >> i think that's right. i think there's obviously a big dispute about oil that is fund

it turns out that she was known as alissa, and witnesses say to me orders and pickups for the groups printing business. -- said she made orders and pickups with group's printing business. >> as the gators i california continue to come back out complex and tense and sheds belonging to phillip garrido and his wife, nancy. this is wre they believe to a bill that jaycee lee dugard and her two children but police are using cadaver dogs to search the property next door and looking into whether the culprit may be involved with murders of some or prostitutes -- of several prostitutes. authorities allege that she was held as a prisoner after being kidnapped 18 years ago and gave birth to two children fathered by mr. garrido. >> she saidhagit the rls are very smartth. she talking to my daughter and bonding and it is going slowly but it is ok. >> the guard was 11 when she is to not and no trace of red -- >> he appeared to be really unstable, erratic in his conversation. the girls were in the back. it was not anything they did overtly. it was more or less the nonverbal communication. >> they elu

boothe lose policy institute's lifetime achievement award. 7 [applause]. >> thank you michelle and alissa for all of your kind remarks and for this award. i'm very honored to be here today. the last time i saw clare boothe luce was when we attend a reception at the white house given by ronald reagan and she gave me a list back to my hotel in her limousine and expressed herself as very supportive of my work. i'm proud of that. and, i also want to thank roger milliken for hosting this luncheon. he certainly is one of the great patriots in our country. and who has been on the right side of every issue, for many, many years. and maybe even longer than i have. i want to address my remarks today, particularly, to the young people. because we need you. we need you to restore the america that we have known. you need to find your place in the conservative movement and i think maybe if what you learn from my life is, first of all, that anybody can be a leader, you can be a leader, i wasn't born that way. i developed it, i work at it, and, also, that the grassroots can organize and take on all of th

the customers say they knew jaycee and alissa and they believed she was his daughter. she would work as an assistant, but the neighbors say they didn't see dugard, but they did see two other young girls on the property, those girls ages 11 and 15, are jaycee's daughter whose are allegedly fathered by that suspect. >>> thank you. the kidnappers grabbed jaycee from a bus stop when she was 11 years 'ol. the 29-year-old has been reunited with her family and that was just last week. >>> the competency hearing is scheduled in the suspect of the man in the elizabeth smart case. doctors have diagnosed mitch well a rare delusional disaired. his estranged wife also faces charges in connection with the abduction. smart was kept in captivity for nine months before she was returned to her family. >> and the football coach charged with the death of one of his players, the trial begins ted. the prosecutors say the coach's actions led to the teen's death from heat stroke. >> reporter: outside jason's home, dozens of his supporters rallied, on the eve of the head coach's unprecedented

at his side, his wife, the two young children and a woman he calls alissa, who turned out to be jaycee dugard. mr. garrido admitted he had kidnapped her and fathered two children wither had. >> reporter: even though parole officers had visited his house, nobody spotted jaycee dugard. why not? >> there was a secondary backyard only accessed through a snaul, narrow tarp. her and the two children were living in two sheds, one sound proof. >> reporter: he served time for kidnapping and rape in nevada. out on parole, he wears a gps tracking device. the children he fathered are now with their mother, 11 and 15 years old, police say they have never been to school or to the doctor. still, they and their mom are free. >> i'm just so happy. i haven't gone there. >> reporter: where is this emotion coming from? >> years, locked up. i'm an old vietnam vet that's shell shocked. how much nerves do i have to have to go through this. >> reporter: tears of joy after so many years of sadness. randi kaye, cnn, los angeles. >> there is three big players in this story. this garrido character who, god forgiv

alissa turned out to be jaycee dugard. mr.nd fathered two children with her. even though parole officers had visited his house over the years, nobody ever spotted jaycee dugard. why not? >> there was a secondary backyard that is screamed from all around, only access from a small, narrow tarp. her and the two children were living in a series of sheds. one shed entirely sound proof could only be opened from the outside. >> reporter: philip garrido served time for kidnapping in nevada. the children he fathered are now with their mother, jaycee, 11 and 15 years old. police say they have never been to school or to the doctor. still, they and their mom are free. >> i'm just so happy. i haven't gone there. >> reporter: where is this emotion coming from? >> years locked up. i'm an old vietnam vet that's shell-shocked. how much nerves do i have to have to go through this? >> reporter: tears of joy after so many years of sadness. randi kaye, cnn, los angeles. >>> since randy filed that piece, 29 felony charges have been filed against th