he served as a civil affairs team leader in anbar prove in. sergeant kelly daugherty of the colorado army national guard served as a military police woman helping guards supply convoys in iraq. after leaving the army she helped found iraq veterans against the war. and marine corpse lieutenant wade zircle did two tours in iraq including the first battle of fallujah. he left the ma reens in 2005 and founded vets for freedom an advocacy group that promoted the surge. i want to welcome all of you to the newshour. i would like to start with your own experience first. greg baumgartner, start wu. how did serving in iraq affect you, change you? >> i think the first thing that comes to mind is before we actually went across the border in 2003, we were all pulled together into a hangar in an air base in kuwait. we were given a talk by a military chaplain. one of the things that he said was, we're about to embark on something that was going to be the most important thing that we were going to do in our lives. i think for the most part that holds true for

now on the anbar has taken a step to be -- now meehan r has taken a step to the democratic change as. >> we hold the dream that you love so long represented, and we want to be a partner with you, and the government and with all people of goodwill. >> they spoke of more aid for the impoverished country. >> this could be the beginning, provided we can maintain @. >> she called for more political prisoners to be released. the meeting that followed a private dinner thursday. it seemed like a momentous occasion for both of them. friday's meeting followed talks with government leaders. clinton leaving with high hopes, at the last being democratic change. back to your. >> still ahead, house splurging on to predict how splurging on to it shoes can save your live. >> honda is expanding at a recall it made last year on honda and acura vehicles. the company says airbags may deploy with too much pressure on collision, injuring or killing the driver. honda is issuing the recall after learning some of those cars ended up at repair shops. they will be mailing a notice to drivers whose cars are cover

. >> what started as a grudge anbar 25 years ago -- as a garage band bar 25 years ago, it has now transition into one of the best cars in the world. he has 100 to draft and more than 800 bottles available at one time. -- 102 gratz and 1800 bottled bruce available at one time. as part of the 25th anniversary, they are highlighting some great local christmas brews. we got a tour from the general manager. >> pretty much every brewery in the u.s. and around the world does a christmas beer. we have four beers in front of us. one from flying dog called k9 cruiser. another called devil's milk. kind of a new brewery called stillwater ale. it is called folklore. and this is a below deck aged in bourbon barrels. nothing too heavy or too crazy, but this is a great ear with your holiday dinner. -- great beer with your holiday dinner. >> and it has great hop flavor. cracks in very malty, slight eady taste to it. this one will be slightly sweet, some fruit notes. >> a third, in your maryland. , stillwater folklore. -- a new where maryland. , stillwater folklore. >> dark chocolate, a little bit of raisins.

the anbar awakening to place. the training and equipping of the iraqis military had come to a very advanced point, where we had hundreds of thousands of iraqis trained and ready to participate. .. of the so-called army which was sent an army it's a group of people that can get out in the street and make demonstrations the event quote because they didn't know what would happen. but the center of gravity shifted from iraq to the united states as the say in the military the real locus of the problem was in the united states and the congress was about ready to pull the plug and as they did on vietnam and the old miss of what george w. bush did belies the situation and made it possible for the war to be successful. he deserves a lot of credit for that. >> how much should the war be judged by success? sue lyndon johnson's viet nam war ended in victory in 1966 would we be looking at him as a great war iraq leader and someone who did it the right way? >> the historian seems to me that i don't know who said it with the war

just last month some of you, members of the falcon brigade -- [ cheers ] >> -- turned over the anbar facility over to the iraqis. in an area that was once the heart of the insurgency a combination of fighting, training, politics and partnership brought the promise of peace. hearsay what the local iraqi deputy governor said. this is all because of the u.s. forces' hard work and sacrifice. that's in the words of an iraqi. hard work and sacrifice. those words only begin to describe the costs of this war. and the courage of the men and women who fought it. we know too well the heavy costs of this war. more than 1.5 million americans have served in iraq. 1.5 million. over 30,000 americans have been wounded. and those are only the wounds that show. nearly 4,500 americans made the ultimate sacrifice. including 202 fallen heroes from here at fort bragg. 202. so today we fuse say a prayer for all those families who lost their loved ones. for they are part of our broader american family. we grieve with them. we also know that these numbers don't tell the full story of the iraq war. not even cl

american forces handed over a large military base in the anbar province to the iraqi military..s. major in charge of the handover said she is confident the iraqis are ready to resume responsibility for security for their country. >>> on this day 70 years ago, the japanese bombed pearl harbor. the event that drew the united states into world war ii. the day was marked with a solemn ceremony in hawaii. during that ceremony, u.s. military jets flew over pearl harbor in the missing man formation. some of the survivers of the attack, many now in their 90s attended. 2,390 americans were killed at pearl harbor. small gatherings of veterans and others happened in cities all over the country today. rob roth reports how a beacon of light helped mark the day here in the bay area. >> reporter: people came here to the top of mount diablo to witness the ceremonial lighting of the beacon. among them was henry freeze. >> we watched them drop the first bomb. i watched it hit ford island. then we seen the ship pull away, and we seen the sun, and we knew then we were in trouble. >> reporter: the

was really a program of a little of what is going on, a lot of what is going on in afghanistan and anbar province in iraq, which was secure part of a town like general mcmaster in afghanistan. if you go in a hot zone secure at least one section and make it livable for the people then build out there and when people can go to work and raise their children and buy their rice and whatever, then secure some stability for the place and start using our intelligence. that is what the phoenix fapassf i kicks feels. -- pacification was. it is not a shooting war. it is get to know the village aerpsd their needs and learn through them. phoenix was the tip of the spear. that is where the villagers helped identify who the viet cong were and north vietnamese and they would capture and enter get and hopefully turn them. it would be like my dad with the drones. he would say it is fun to kill bin laden or a couple other higher ups but you don't want to be killing the middle level guys. you want to capture them, enter get them and best of all flip them. get them to work for us. host: viet cong were south

to vietnam and run this program, a little bit of what's going on in afghanistan and what went on in anbar province in iraq which was secure a part of the town like in the movie general mcmaster now head of intelligence for afghanistan. if you go into a hot cell and secure at least one section of the town, make it liveable for the people there and then build out through there. and then once people can go to work and raise their children and buy their rice and whatever, then secure some stability for the place and then start using your intelligence. and that's really what the phoenix program, the overall program was pass if iication. get with the villagers. it's not between us and the guy get and phoenix was the tip of the spear. that was where the villagers helped identify who the veetcong were and who the north vietnam were and they would capture interrogate and hopefully turn them. it would be my dad with the drones now. he would say it's fine to kill bin laden or maybe a couple other higher ups. but you don't want to be killing the mid level guys. you want to interrogate them and flip t

peter anbar of grumet as correspondents. we wanted to be reporters. now we find ourselves where fortuitously for all the fuss that signal the change said the satellites made it possible for us to incur for anywhere in the world. we got on their planes and flew to the philippines and to elon marcos for example, a long way to go but it was a very exciting story. we were in china. 1989. >> you found yourself by chance in berlin. >> i was in berlin not entirely by chance but i thought i was a very good story. i won the lottery. i was the only one that was there that night and i was laughing about the theater because i like the outdoors and i didn't have a really formal word pro so i tend to wear my patagonian jackets when i go on the road and i have this kind of worn out a jacket and i was going around there the eiffel wall was coming down and i thought this is going to be around for a long time. one of your correspondence had a really good looking top coat i treated jackets with him so i showed up in this very handsome top coat. simic bring me because i

just last month, some of you, members of the falcon brigade turned over the anbar operation sent heriraqis in the type of ceremony that has become common place over these last several months in an area once the heart of the insurgency, a combination of fighting and training, politics and partnership brought the promise of peace. here's what the local iraqi deputy governor said. this is all because of the u.s. forces' hard work and sacrifice. that's in the words of an iraqi. hard work and sacrifice. those words only begin to describe the costs of this war. and the courage of the men and women who fought. it we know too well the heavy costs of this war. more than 1.5 million americans have served in iraq. 1.5 million. over 30,000 americans have been wounded. those are only the wounds that show. nearly 4500 americans made the ultimate sacrifice. including 202 fallen heroes from here at ft. bragg. 202. today, we pause to say a prayer for all those families who have lost their loved ones, for they are part of our broader american family. we grieve with them. we also know these numbers don

just last month, some of you, members of the falcon brigade -- [cheers] you turned over the anbar operations over to the iraqis. it was a ceremony that has become commonplace. in an area that once was the heart of the insurgency, a combination of fighting and trading, politics and partnership, the brought the promise of peace. this is all because of the u.s. forces' work and sacrifice. those are the words of an iraqi. hard work and sacrifice. those words only begin to describe the cost of this war and the courage of the men and women who fought it. we know too well the heavy cost of this war. more than 1.5 million americans have served in iraq. 1.5 million. over 30,000 americans have been wounded. and those are only the ones that show. nearly 4500 americans made the ultimate sacrifice, including two hundred two fallen heroes from here at fort bragg -- 202 fallen heroes from here at fort bragg. 202. so to the families who have lost their loved ones, we grieve with them as part of our larger american family. we grieve with them. we also know that these numbers do not tell the full story of the

the anbar awakening to place. the training and equipping of the iraqis military had come to a very advanced point, where we had hundreds of thousands of iraqis trained and ready to participate. .. of the so-called army which was sent an army it's a group of people that can get out in the street and make demonstrations the event quote because they didn't know what would happen. but the center of gravity shifted from iraq to the united states as the say in the military the real locus of the problem was in the united states and the congress was about ready to pull the plug and as they did on vietnam and the old miss of what george w. bush did belies the situation and made it possible for the war to be successful. he deserves a lot of credit for that. >> how much should the war be judged by success? sue lyndon johnson's viet nam war ended in victory in 1966 would we be looking at him as a great war iraq leader and someone who did it the right way? >> the historian seems to me that i don't know who said it with the war

the anbar awakening to place. the training and equipping of the iraqis military had come to a very advanced point, where we had hundreds of thousands of iraqis trained and ready to participate. .. he means business. he's not looking for a way out he's looking for a way to win and that caused the political situation in the country to coalesce and the maliki government went into the south and took care of some of the dissidents.so-cal se solder army which was an army as a group of people that can get out in the street and maket demonstrations they went s quiet because they didn't knowe what would happen but the center gravity shifted from iraq to the united stateses as the say e military the real locus of the problem was in the united states and the congress was about ready to pull the plug and as they did on vietnam and the old miss of what george w. bush did belies the situation and made it possible for the war to be successful. he deserves a lot of credit for that. >> how much should the war be judged by success?

just last month, some of you, members of the falcon brigade -- tushed over the anbar operation center to the iraqis in the type of ceremony that's become common place over the last several months. in an area that was once the heart of the insurgency. a combination of fighting and training, politics and partnership, brought the promise of peace. here's what the local iraqi deputy governor said. this is all because of the u.s. forces -- force's hard work and sacrifice. that's in the words of an iraqi. hard work and sacrifice. those words only begin to describe the costs of this war. and the courage of the men and women who fought it. we know too well the heavy cost of this war. more than 1.5 million americans have served in iraq. 1.5 million. over 30,000 americans have been wounded. and those are only the wounds that show. nearly 4,500 americans made the ultimate sacrifice. including 202 fallen heros from here at fort bragg. 202. so today, we pause to say a prayer for all those family who was lost their loved ones, for they are part of our broader american family, we grieve with them. w

the anbar awakening to place. the training and equipping of the iraqis military had come to a very advanced point, where we had hundreds of thousands of iraqis trained and ready to participate. .. of the so-called army which was sent an army it's a group of people that can get out in the street and make demonstrations the event quote because they didn't know what would happen. but the center of gravity shifted from iraq to the united states as the say in the military the real locus of the problem was in the united states and the congress was about ready to pull the plug and as they did on vietnam and the old miss of what george w. bush did belies the situation and made it possible for the war to be successful. he deserves a lot of credit for that. >> how much should the war be judged by success? sue lyndon johnson's viet nam war ended in victory in 1966 would we be looking at him as a great war iraq leader and someone who did it the right way? >> the historian seems to me that i don't know who said it with the war

just last month, some of you, members of the falcon brigade --[cheers] you turned over the anbar operations over to the iraqis. in an area that once was the heart of the insurgency, a combination of fighting and trading, politics and -- training, politics and partnership, the brought the promise of peace. this is all because of the u.s. forces' work and sacrifice. those are the words of an iraqi. hard work and sacrifice. those words only begin to describe the cost of this war and the courage of the men and women who fought it. we know too well the heavy cost of this war. more than 1.5 million americans have served in iraq. 1.5 million. over 30,000 americans have been wounded. and those are only the ones that show. nearly 4500 americans made the ultimate sacrifice, including two hundred two fallen heroes from here at fort bragg -- 202 fallen heroes from here at fort bragg. so to the families who have lost their loved ones, we grieve with them as part of our larger american family. we also know that these numbers do not tell the full story of the iraq war. not even close. our civilians have r

thank you panelists for showing us he is not prince harming rather than prince charming anbar and doorsckson been in your life in informing and empowering your position as director of the washington aclu? >> wow, where do i begin? imad reverend jackson when i was a teenager and he came to baltimore during the riots and he was calming throughout american cities where they were on fire after the assassination of dr. came. he campaigned for my brother billy, who ran for mayor unsuccessfully in baltimore, and i remember you know, i am somebody and i am somebody was not a trite phrase. i am somebody was reverend jackson's message to rioters that we don't have to burn up our own cities to declare our selves as equal human beings, and i remember feeling as a young black woman who grew up with very very complex man, my father, my great grandfather founded the african-american newspapers that were in five cities so we chronicled black men in our family and black women. and i remember being deeply touched by i am somebody so i knew i had a connection to this person because i felt empowered by his