allen writes that because gates looked like he was 13, they decided allen should go alone to pitch theirare. sitting by an old original altair, he showed me how he fed the computer a paper strip with their code punched into it and typed, "print 2+2." >> and then i hit return to send it, and lo and behold, it printed "4." and a wave of relief surged over me because i couldn't--i almost couldn't believe it had worked the first time. so that night, i call bill up and i say, "billy, it's unbelievable; it worked." and we were just over the moon. >> it was the beginning of the age of a computer in every home on every desk. almost overnight, people started buying these small computers, and their software was in high demand. in 1977, gates was even interviewed on a tv show. >> there's a lot of people who are forecasting that there'll be software stores just like there are record stores today and that there'll be thousands and thousands of those. and i think i'd have to agree with that. >> allen writes that gates had a rare gift for programming. he was also the shrewder businessman. from the begi

allen is in the general population unit.hould someone be deemed incompetent, that would be through a psychiatrist and the court would deem them incompetent and you wouldn't be housed in the house of correction. you would be at bridgewater which is where our state facility is. >> though he's been ruled competent, cory has posed problems. >> he's got a very poor impulse control. when he gets ramped up, he's uncontrollable to bring down. so there are issues. sometimes he's in much more need of mental health to be seen by them and get back to a calming state. >> no touch and move. okay. you run all over that [ bleep ]. okay. it's like that? it's like that? >> it's like that. >> it's like that. >> it's like that? >> it's like that. >> while housing corey provides a correctional challenge for staff, sharing a cell with angel, a friend from the streets, has made time go by a little easier for everyone. >> we've known each other for seven, eight years. he's a riot. he's a riot in here laughing all night, giggling. i don't know, it's

your daughter bobbi allen. i hope i got their names correctly. i temporarily got them mixed up a little earlier. i'm not sure i need forgiveness from either one of them. in any event, we're delighted that they're here. >> thank you, senator. >> the success of our mission in afghanistan depends on building the capacity of afghan security forces to take the lead for security in their country. u.s.-afghan partnering has been critical to the mission at all levels from nato training missions to partnering with the units in the field and on up to advisories in the ministry of defense and interior. that has been tested in the disturbing actions in the last few weeks. the tragic and incomprehensible killing of 16 afghan civilians in kandahar provence, apparently by a u.s. soldier, has further strained the relationship between the united states and afghanistan. last week president obama and president obama karzai reaffirmed their common commitment to completing the process of transition in afghanistan. in a coordinated

rocky told them that well back in 1999, i met with senator stevens and with bill allen. senator stevens wanted us to arrange to find a contractor. he wanted to pay for everything. make sure that this was done right. and so it was my understanding as the foreman on the job that my time as a veco employee, dav employee and anybody else who worked on the job from veco would be christianson builders invoices. and so every month he told them, i wendt and got the christianson builders invoice. i checked it to make sure it was accurate based on my observations of what their people did. then i took it to the front office at veco to give to bill allen or his secretary if he wasn't there so that my time, that of dave anderson and othero the christianson builders bills before they were sent to the stevens for payment. that was rocky williams account. that was his understanding. his understanding was all together consistent with that of senator and mrs. stevens. had rocky williams testified as a government witness as the plan was originally, that's what he would have testified to. >

general allen? >> we have continued to emphasize literacy and the soldiers that go through the police that go through basic training that obtain a first grade level is given the opportunity to continue that literacy training. certain leaders have a minimum standard of literacy. as you correctly point out, should there be and there will be a draw down at some point from ansf to some number in the post 2014 period, there are options now for those soldiers that there wouldn't have been before. i imagine in a managed forced reduction, the plan remains to be developed. pretty soon we're going to have to start to think about it. there will be such aspects of the plan such as vocational training. >> all important, i agree. general, could i just very quickly in the remaining time, general, just ask about morale. you conveyed, i think, quite eloquently the feelings of troops, i think and, you know, how they see their mission. clearly, these kinds of setbacks can be devastating. i wondered if you could speak

general allen, thank you for your traordinary service, you and your family. thank you also for one of the most compelling statements i've heard here which reflects sincerely your profound appreciation and dedication to the men and women you lead. thank you very much. i'm going to oversimplify i think what your operational challenges are but they seem to be two. one is to be able to embed nato advisers with afghani forces as they take the lead. and seconds, be able to operate 24/7, in fact, be able to particularly operate in the evenings and night when we have tactical and technical advantages. both of those issues have been shaken by incidents and some of the discussions the last few weeks. with respect to the night raids. there has been some discussion of authorizing raids through afghani judicial procedures and warrants and which to me would seriously impede your ability, nato's ability and the afghan military force ability to operate. is that something that's being seriously considered? would it undermine our ability to operate? >> senator, it's my intenti

general allen, thank you for your testimony today. many noted corruption is in afghanistan and power brokers and mafias who co-opted the state. over the years we made occasional efforts of combatting construction like task force transparency. judging from recent news stories about billions of dollars in cash flown out of afghanistan, the former head of the kabul bank going free and afghan army helicopters being used to smuggle drugs, it doesn't seem like we are making much progress. what can you tell us about successes to address corruption and do you believe it will address corruption especially the type that feeds on common people sufficiently to allow the afghan government to function after 2014. >> ma'am, that's a really important question. we should not be surprised there is corruption in afghanistan. after 30 years of virtually every institution in that country having been destroyed in some form or another, whether the communist cue or the taliban darkness, an awful lot relied on the whiles of network which are criminalized over

so i guess, general allen, you're the person on the ground. i ask this question of general petraeus when he went to take -- lead the surge in iraq. and the question is, in your best judgment, working for the american people, beyond r and you're required to give this congress your best opinion as a military leader, concerning our effort there, is it an effort that, if we move smartly ahead, following the vision that we've had that seems to be a bipartisan vision, can we be successful? and if you -- if the circumstances reaches a point where we cannot be successful, will you tell us? >> i believe we can be successful, senator sessions. and i will tell you the moment i believe we cannot be. >> how would you describe these series of negative public events on -- how does it impact your efforts? it can't be good. but we are members of a great congress, of a great nation. we're engaged in policies that have ups and downs in them. and sometimes we have events that change your minds. is this one of those situations in which you believe that the adverse

>> reporter: allen was sentenced to 23 years in prison.he age of 6. >> the worst is not being able to watch my kids grow up. >> reporter: if there's one thing you could get back from that time, what would it be? >> being able to share, you know, with them, you know, about their interests. good and the bad. you know, and normal life of raising kids. >> reporter: in 2000 the innocence project took his case. but for almost six years, prosecutors refused requests for new dna testing. finally in 2009, after a judge's order and development of new testing methods, allen got his results. undeniable proof that his dna wasn't on the victim. >> oh, man. i was jumping around the day room saying, i'm out of here! i'm out of here! >> reporter: allen was released in 2010 after serving 17 years. was it hard to transition to the outside? >> yeah. absolutely. i had a really hard time with that. and i still do. >> reporter: what did they give you when you got out? >> nothing. >> reporter: he walked out of prison with just the money he had been sent by family

miller, general allen, thank you for joining us today. thank you for your service to our nation and for your leadership. general allen i want to go to you and pick up some of the words from your testimony. you stated that throughout history insurgencies have seldom been defeated by indigenous forces and then secured by the forces there in the country. in the long run our goals can only be secured and achieve the by afghan 0 forces. transition in the linchpin of the strategy not merely the way out. let me ask this. how do you make sure that the linchpin doesn't break and as you've stated, this has ban long and been a long and difficult and costly campaign. how do we make sure in the transition that there is enough time and space for the ansf. the afghan local police? the government pshgs in fact. maybe sure they can stand up and have a chance anding successful in pushing things forward, and then as a follow-on to that, as you're looking at conditions on the ground. wrap will you be considering as far as capabilities of the afghan national

it is my hope, general allen, dr. miller, you will lay out how we are making progress and as we go forward, how we are going to make that responsible transition that everybody in this room wants. we want our troops home. we want the afghan people back in charge of their own security, their own government. that's where we want to get. the path is not easy but one we must go down. i commend both of you for the progress that we've made. i look forward to hearing about how we can complete that mission and bring our troops home. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. dr. miller? >> chairman mckeon, ranking member smith, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. i'm very pleased and honored to be here with outstanding commander, general john allen. i ask that my full remarks be enters into the record and i would like to summarize them. >> without objection, so ordered. could you pull the mike a little bit closer, please? >> mr. chairman, the united states' objectives in afghanistan remain to deny

general allen, good to see you again. as always, cheney that for your service and dedication in this crucial mission. and senator jack reid and i were in afghanistan last fall and october, we talked at length about plans for this year's campaign and about the particular training plan for the afghan national security forces. i want to make sure you have the resources to recruit, train and equip viable security force. dr. miller, good to see you as well. how to make sure also that the administration and dod are in the process of developing models and plans for after 2014, after the nato combat troops have left afghanistan. i have to tell you i believe that insufficient contingency planning for what might happen after the taliban were routed in 2001 after saddam's fully -- regime fell in 2003 in the today's long arabian moors in the last decade and they want to be certainly will not make the same mistake by failing to plan and prepare for post-nato afghanistan. so in that spirit, i know we have been justifiably focused on th

miller and to general allen. i thank you for your service, and to the support i know you get from your wife and your daughter. it's a family affair. dr. miller, if i may. as you know, i have serious reservations about the state of security of the afghan forces. the afghan people know war and had their military rebuilt by multiple foreign powers. according to recent rand reports sponsored by the army, the soviet goal, 315,000 to build their afghan troops to 315,000. they never got there, because the afghan military was plagued with corruption, illiteracy and desertion. those are the very same problems i understand we're facing now. our goal has been stated as to build the afghan security forces to 352,000 by october of this year. yet general berg ies testified they rely on us. is the afghan army built in the 1980s, it did not last. what is your assessment of how long our afghan army will endure that we're trying to build now and will they be able to secure the country without our help once we leave? >> senator, i

miller, general allen, thank you for being here. in 2006, general james jones, then the supreme allied commander of europe stated, quote, the achilles heel of afghanistan is the narcotics problem. he went on to say i think the uncontrolled rise, uncontrolled rise of the spread of narcotics, the business that it brings in, the money that it generates is being used to fund the insurgency. the criminal elements anything to bring chaos and disorder. in the 2010, the united nations office of drugs and crime published a study showing opium production rapidly increased from the period of 2006 to 2010 and i have a chart from crs that summarizes that report. i'm fond of holding up this report and folding it in half because if you fold it in half, you can see that the period -- during the period of the surge, if you will, of production, it nearly doubled over what the historical levels were prior. in a recent correspondence, you told me the quote, the narcotics trade and its linkage to the insurgency contribute to regional insecurity, corrupt

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allen woping is live from children's hospital oakland tonight for us. allen?> the 2 children were lucky to escape from this nasty wreck with only minor injuries tonight. violence on the streets of oakland have claimed the lives of 3 children this past year and it almost happened again. the driver of the blue newer model pwntly was shot but as 24 inch rim manage to take him a block down bancroft avenue where he plowed into this monte carlo carrying 2 mothers and their 2 children. >> they were going home. right around the corner from the house. and someone got shot. they heard some gun shots and the car just ran into them. innocent bystander. nothing to do with the shooting or anything. >>reporter: driver died at the hospital. firefighters had to use the jaw of life to cut open the roof and rescue the 6-year-old son, the passenger 25-year-old and her 8-year-old daughter. he have. the passenger was taken thoughts in stable condition. the children inildren hospital in oakland with only minor injuries. but it comes as no comfort to this grandmother. >> yes it bothe

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general allen is thas defining time in the war on afghanistan? >> i believe it is. >> would you awe glgree we have had it right since general mcchrystal have we had the right strategy and resource? >> really not ten year, just will it right the last several years. do you agree with me, dr. miller and general allen, that afghanistan is a center of gravity for the moment in the war on terror? >> i believe it is, sir. >> senator, i do, and given our history there, it's also essential for our credibility in conducting operations elsewhere. >> here's a comment. no one can guarantee success in war or politics. you can do your best. i have great deal of confidence in your plan. i ask my colleagues to listen closely. you've asked good, hard questions, but i have come to conclude that you and your plan represent the last best chance for success in afghanistan. do you both agree with that? >> i concur with that, sir. >> senator graham, this is an essential moment in afghanistan. >> i got you. that's good. >> senator, i want to say that, there will be bumps

many instances a positive, but then just as general allen talked about, at the same time in another part of the country, we've seen for the insurgency. so what we obviously like to do is encourage continued support for the government in kabul and through various means including the interdiction that general allen talked about, reduce to a minimum, tend to eliminate any incentives for support to the insurgency. >> it just occuroccur to me give history to blow up our troops in iraq shouldn't endear a great deal of trust on our part to the po tevl using the long-standing relationship between afghanistan and iran to our benefit. i'm not sure that there's a real basis for that, but, i mean, i defer this case to the people on the ground. i'm just suggesting that there seems to be a general pattern here, and i'm just wondering

so this goes even beyond the bill allen investigation. i know that you've got good folks within the fbi that are working these issues. i've met with them. i've talked with them, but, again, i think this is something that needs further attention to detail, and if you can give me your assurance that you will look into that, i would certainly appreciate it. >> yes, and also i will tell you that when the issues were, came out, in terms of the breaking violations, we have gone back in terms of our workforce and making certain that everybody understands the requirements under the brady rules exculpatory to make certain that one learns from this. firstly. secondly, when it comes to human trafficking in alaska, as you point out we have persons working hoard on that with state and local law enforcement, believe it is a priority, and any young woman or for that matter young man's life that can be saved in terms of working with local law enforcement to address this, we certainly want to be a participant and driver of that. >> i appreciate that. than

allen stanford has set out to defraud no one. allen stanford has worked his behind off. for 25 years. >> allen stanford will turn 62 years old this month. he faces more than 200 years in prison. a sentencing date has not been set. maria? >> weird how he kept talking in the first person, scott. >> third person indeed. >> scott, thanks a lot. >>> meanwhile, 424 delegates are up for grabs in today's super tuesday republican presidential primary. we're now in columbus, ohio, with the latest. kayla, what are the voters saying about the other candidates? >> maria, voters here are part of being a make-or-break state. at a diner in town here, they were on their lunch break, many were underwhelmed. those who weren't were in two clear camps, one for romney and one for santorum. >> right now, i'm leaning to santorum. he's more of a conservative. >> mitch is right for ohio. he isn't as polarizing in some of his views. >> mitt romney's wife would say we're not wealthy. now, wait a minute, i pretty much know you made $42 million last year. i'm certainly not making $42 million a year.

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general john allen is the senior american commander in afghanistan where those korans were mistakenly burned. abc's martha raddatz spoke with general allen in afghanistan as he tries to navigate this turbulent time. >> reporter: we traveled nearly a thousand miles today with general john allen across afghanistan, in the back of an osprey, on a dizzying ride, with another osprey trailing close behind over the battlefields below. general allen is a passionate officer who bristles at the criticism aimed at him and president obama for apologizing for the burning of the korans. >> why wouldn't we? why wouldn't we? this is the central word of god for them. why wouldn't we? we didn't do it on purpose, but we should apologize. and now we get on with the relationship. >> reporter: yet, there is still a great deal of healing to be done. one of the six american service members killed in retaliation for the burning of the korans was from the same battalion as these young marines. >> it's moments like these when you feel as though there is no trust or confidence that you have to reach down inside.

allen, thank you for being here. >> sure. thank you. [ applause ] >> well, this is quite a parade of talent that you've got unfolding in front of you. but i do want to commend this interviewee, allen meltze rerks. he really is one of the most eminent economic scholars in the world, an authority on monetary history, monetary economics, monetary policy and an author of a wonderful two-volume history of the federal reserve. that's where i want to start, right at the beginning. allen, i know that you're not in the bernanke is a hero category. you've been quite critical in things you've written for the "wall street journal" and elsewhere. tell us -- tell us why. >> well, i do think -- and i commend him for responding to the questions which he helped to create by letting lehman fail. at least he responded to it and didn't let it destroy the financial system. so i applaud him for that. now he's doing the administration's fiscal policy. and that's not a good thing for a central bank to do. so the proof of the pudding is going to be w

the testimony of general john allen who, by the way, commands u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan saying that he would present recommendations to the president on troop levels in 2013 and beyond during the last three months of this year. he would do so after assessing the military campaign following the departure of 33,000 u.s. troops due by the end of october. reuters reporting that questions have mounted about u.s. intentions in afghanistan, including how quickly the remaining 90,000 troops will leave, as the white house continues to grapple with a number of setbacks. they include, of course, the burning of the koran at the nato base last month and the killing last week of those 16 afghan civilians, mostly women and children, blamed on a lone u.s. soldier. one of the fiercest critics of the war in iraq is congressman walter jones. he's a republican from north carolina. as he posed questions to general allen. >> over the past ten years, i've been hearing from the administration and those who were in your position prior to you being in here today. dr

chairman, could i add, just everything that general allen said is exactly right. i just want to add to it. and that is that in addition to the transition effort that is under way, being led by -- being led by general allen, there is an inner agency task force that's focused on this question included on third country nationals and how to deal with high-value detainees and we are working very closely with the team that is in theater and understand that we -- these issues need to be addressed, and we freed to come up and have a conversation, sir, with you and your colleagues as well. it's -- it's relatively at the front end but we know that six months is not that much time. so we look forward to having that conversation as this work progresses. >> very good. the concern we have is that released have returned to the fight, and we've found that they have -- a fairly high percentage have gone back to killing americans, and that's -- we really want to make sure that we avoid that. thank you very much for being here today. i think we've cleared up a lot of questions. i ho

mike allen. good morning. >> good morning, willie. >> eric fernstrom, you heard him saying in no uncertain terms that it's time for rick santorum and newt gingrich to step aside so that the party can rally behind mitt romney. any chance either of them will? >> well, santorum is going to fight on. but eric fernstrom told politico that romney has an insurmountable lead. so they're making this case on a number of fronts. he pointed out that in mitt romney's remarks, he was acting like the nominee. they think that by projecting confidence, even though he doesn't quite have the number, that he can give off the aura of the nominee. we're going do hear him talking less and less about other republicans. and more and more about obama. we saw that last night. santorum was still talking about mitt romney. talking about obama care, talking about how romney is a co-author of that. willie, listen to this. mitt romney needs just under 50% of the remaining delegates to get the nomination. santorum would need alm

allen did take questions from lawmakers. many tired of the war in afghanistan. questioning whether the u.s. should accelerate the timetable for withdrawing some of the 90,000 combat forces that remain in the country and whether a projected afghan force of 350,000 would be capable of ensuring the country's security. one note from former secretary of state rice says u.s. policy makers must save our nerve in afghanistan. also general allen getting a number of questions about the investigation into sergeant bales who is accused of killing 16 afghan civilians including women and children earlier this month. and here's how that questioning unfolded with congressman rick larsen, a democrat from washington state to general allen who is overseeing operations in afghanistan. >> general allen, i'm not asking this next question to get too much into the weeds on sergeant bales incident because that's going to be adjudicated elsewhere, but with regards to the investigation related to command in afghanistan, the situation on the ground tha

allen, you're first. >> thank you, chairman baucus. senator kyl, distinguished members of the committee, my name is sam allen, chairman and ceo of deere company. on behalf of john deere and the business roundtable, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony today on the importance of establishing permanent normal trade relations with russian to john deere and the u.s. business community. granting pntr is crucial for u.s. manufacturers, service providers, and agricultural producers to receive the full benefits of russia's wto accession. it is essential to enable to compete on a level playing field for russian customers. the reasons are clear. first, pntr will ensure equal treatment for u.s. companies doing business in russia. here is a concrete example. russia has committed upon ascension to significantly reduce its tariffs on agricultural equipment from 15% to 5%. however, it is likely that russia would not extend the lower tariff rates to u.s.-made products until it's granted pntr. u.s. companies like john deere thus would be

allen? >> from our perspective, we have been doing business for -- as indicated, for a long time, and have had a significant presence now in the last decade. and corruption is an issue there is no doubt that it exists. but there is corruption in a number of countries. and it's the company and its business conduct that is the important part of this. and when we go to these countries, countries like russia we establish strong conduct guidelines. and we assure that our operations run themselves that way. and we think that ends up being a promoter of improved conduct in the entire business community. i can tell you that when you establish a reputation there that way, you can be effective. the plant that you visited was built in nine months. nine months. that's hard to do anywhere in the world. people say it can't be done in russia because of all of the corruption, quote/unquote. it was done ethically, all aboveboard, and done in a nine-month period of time, working in conjunction with russian go

general allen and i have total confidence in you and your command. the challenge in afghanistan continues to be great but i'm certain that we can achieve the united states' core, strategic objectives by resolving to provide you with a time and resources you need to be successful. i think this hearing today is extremely timely, with the american people needing to hear from you and what's really going on over there on the ground. now i look forward to your testimony and the insights into the challenges and the way forward in afghanistan. ranking member smith? >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you, general allen, dr. miller, appreciate your leadership and support. i agree with the chairman's opening remarks about the progress that has been made in afghanistan since the surge was announced there has been considerable progress made throughout the country and i am aware that progress was made because of the bravery, leadership and considerable efforts of our troops and isaf partners. we have pushed the taliban back particularly in the south. those of us who

as general allen said, it is not just the path to transition.it is a competent and capable ansf, the path to success. as we continue to provide resources, it is we continue to have our units partner with them, and as we transition to mentor them and over time as we move to strategic overwatch, this is going to continue to be an essential mission, and it is one that i know that this committee and the congress watch closely. metrics don't capture all of what is going on, but they do capture some elements that we are committed to to continuing to provide the best information that we can on these metrics. we have seen very substantial growth in quantity, general allen is better able to speak to it, we have also seen improvements in quality. is that force grows up to the 250,000 level, sometime before october of this year, that focus on quality and that focus on training is going to be -- will need to be sustained. not just for this year, but for many years to come. >> that is what i've been hearing. the problem i have with this, and if i may ask gen

chairman, general allen, thank you for your testimony today. general allen many have noted that corruption is endemic to afghanistan and at this corruption predatory powerbrokers and mafias. over the years we have made occasional efforts at combating corruption like setting up task force transparency in dari but judging from recent new stories about billions of dollars in cash being poured out of afghanistan every year, the former head of the kabul bank going free and afghan national army helicopters possibly being used to smuggle drugs. it doesn't seem like we are making much progress. what can you tell us about success is to address corruption and do you believe these efforts will last really address corruption especially the kind of predatory corruption that feeds on, and people, sufficiently to allow the afghan government to function after 2014. >> maam, that is a really important question, and we should not be surprised that there is corruption in afghanistan. after 30 years of virtually every institution in that country having been destro

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