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democrat congressman allen smith his district includes this base. is it in your view?oubled base in the system? why? >> i think a statement like that is not terribly helpful. there's no metric to measure that against. i are remember that article shortly thereafter. what does that even mean? i think we need to stop thinking about the individual base and start thinking about the military more broadly. certainly the issue that you just raised with dr. rhee, how can we do a better job with ptsd, with tbi. because these are complicated, difficult problems. the science isn't clear. and we have just a huge number of our men and women coming back from combat zones in iraq earlier, afghanistan now. we got to come up with a comprehensive approach to that. focusing on one base or another i don't think is really helpful. let's focus on the individual serving in the military and how we can help them. >> you do represent the base this suspect calls home, because of your position on the armed services committee. do you have any access to private information? do you know more about th

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 isat partners. we have pushed the taliban back particularly in the south. those of us who traveled there can tangibly see the improvements, villages we're able to walk through that were major combat zones a few months before, is evidence of the hard work and progress being made. perhaps as important as the security gains, you are seeing on the district and the provinciale level significant improvement in governance. one of the things i was impressed with last time i was there, i saw a great deal more u.s. aid, state department, people on the judiciary side. the base exes building blocks of governoran governor erns put in place. we've made enormous progress towards giving the afghan

smith and the hawks take on the celtics. down low and he goes. punching it home. fourth quarter, mickael pietrus off the inbounds. beats his man. celtics up by one. ray allen. balling. he was not done. finished with 19 points, 4 of 6 from deep. celtics up 73-58. later on, teague, with the hawks down by three. could it go? the answer was no. it was an air-ball. celtics win, 79-76. >>> i'm don bell. and that's your espn news update. >> take me to thursday. can't wait for the sweet 16 games. >> bring it on, tar heels. >>> up next, the shocking new shots of justin bieber, bloodied and bruised. >>> and the first lady reveals white house secrets to david letterman. >>> she is this week's online sensation. the cutest story of the day, the toddler who sings a hit song by adel. we're right back. ock. my daily meeting with a salty snack. and then at 3:15 with my guilt. [ female announcer ] special k cracker chips. 27 crispy chips. 110 delicious calories. mmm. good meeting. same time tomorrow? [ female announcer ] find them in the cracker aisle. i see a bag and think... i could have a chip. yeah right. that's why they're called chipsss. [ female announcer ] special k

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 safe halve tonight al qaeda and to deny the taliban the ability to overthrow the afghan government. this administration is committed to meeting these core objectives. while we have faced serious challenges, our strategy is succeeding. our counterterrorism efforts against al qaeda have been successful. the job is not finished, there is no doubt that we have severely degraded al qaeda's capacity. as a result of this surge launched in 2009, we have broken and reversed taliban momentum in afghanistan. in the afghan national security forces are increasingly capable, and increasingly in the lead. mr. chairman, our forces are performing extremely well. as i saw firsthand in a trip to afghanistan less than two weeks ago. we are well into a proc

smith let me say aubrey sully general allen said it all but i want to reiterate three points in the first one is a commitment to the strategic process across all the elements that the general talked about. the second is the relationships and we have one of our finest commanders in one of our finest diplomats in the country with general allen and with ambassador crocker. in addition to that, secretary of defense and the president have been in contact with president karzai multiple times within the last couple of weeks. i want to emphasize also that the next level down if you will with minister wardak, with mr. mohammad d. from interior, getting the deaths of those contacts is also important to improve our mutual understanding with the relationship. finally, i finally want to say that long-term strategic heart worship is going to be vital, not just moving forward but then understanding of us having that commitment, moving to support to sustaining this relationship in the meantime. >> i appreciate that. you gentlemen have unique job and you are doing it well but there are no guarantees. we h

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smith, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. i'm very pleased and honored to be here. with our outstanding commander general john allen. mr.man, i ask that my remarks be entered into the record, and i would like to summarize. >> without objection, so ordered. can you pull the mic closer, please? >> mr. chairman, the united states objectives in afghanistan deny the taliban the ability to overthrow the afghan government. this demonstration is committed to meeting these core objectives, and why we face serious challenges, our six strategies are succeeding. although the job is not finished, there is no doubt that we have depleted al qaeda is capacity. as a result of 2009, we have her first taliban momentum in afghanistan. the afghan national security forces are increasingly capable and increasingly in the lead. the forces have asked performed extremely well. we are well into a process of transition to a nsf leadership, as agreed at the lisbon summit. in fact, today almost 50% of afghans arty live in areas that have begun the transition process. as an interim milestone, at some point it 2013, the nsf will be in the lead for pro

smith would shutter committee operations. close the committee down and go back to his farm in northern virginia. excused himself to inspect a burned down barn on his property. to which leo allen of leaders and ranking republican on this committee. he told the press i knew the judge was opposed to the civil-rights bill but didn't think he would commit arson to be it. in 1961 speaker sam rayburn, a bruising fight that expand the membership of the committee to break the hold of those who were blocking the reform legislation. and the voting rights act, as so often happens in american history changed the political level often driven by social movements happening far away from capitol hill and certainly it was the post world war ii civil-rights movement that forced congress and the president to act with that civil-rights act in 57, and 64 in the voting rights act in 65. in many respects this movement in the country overshadow what was going on in washington. it did create the conditions that affected change on capitol hill in the post 1970 period. within a decade the number of african-americans in congress--and as their numbers increase the momentum for organizing overtime strength

allen, testifying before the house armed services committee. here's part of his opening statement. >> it is an honor to be here with you today. chairman mckeon, ranking member smith, distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss our operations in afghanistan. it's a pleasure to be here with my friend, drcht miller, the acting undersecretary of defense for policy, and chairman, i ask my verbal remarks be entered into the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, sir. let me begin by expressing my gratitude to all of you on the committee for the support that you provide our men and women in uniform every day. they are well equipped, well trained, and well led is a great testament to the efforts of this committee and to the great work of this congress. on behalf of those troops and on behalf of their families, i want to thank you for that. in the past eight months i have walked the ground of afghanistan with many of those troops. along with my friend and partner, ambassador ryan crocker, and my nato come pratt, the senior civilian representative, ambassador sir simon gas, i met with the lead