it is a national army. but i think it is an important point that the lead responsibility for the afghan army will be enhanced in its effectiveness if there are local people able to be a part of it. that is why i say that general wardak and -- >> my point is that it will take a long time building from where we are. >> it depends on what you mean by a long time. president karzai said in his inauguration speech that he wants to have afghanistan security leadership in the majority of the provinces within three years and across the whole country within five. it depends whether you think that five years as a short time or a long time to die with my meeting from general caldwell ia >> i remember sitting through his inauguration speech, and he talked about security of leadership within three years in the majority of the country and five years across the whole country. you are right to say that afghan security leadership doesn't mean the end of a collision military rule. however, if you remember from the iraq experi

army national guard.rvists will be mobilized to support the force in fiscal year 2011. this estimate would be adjusted for in-theater chains. it funds special pay and assistance in kind for are deployed forces, and covers pay for are reservists, prior to mobilization while they are going through pre-deployment training, the offenses for phasing out of stop-loss, and the 20 -- the components for fiscal year 2011. operations and maintenance chart is next. the request across the army totals $63.4 billion. it funds theater operations, transportation to, from, and within the theater. if funds base camp --pre- mobilization and pre-deployment training for our guard and reserve forces, as well as funding for mobilization stations and platforms support here in the continental united states. it includes $7.8 billion for equipment. research development and acquisition is next. we are going to use this page for our discussion. there are two more charts in your packet that breakdown the appropriations in more detail.

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and they were in control of the army, of course, the shiite army. they controlled the south. there was no way that the al qaeda and baathist insurgency was going to be allowed to defeat them. and the kurds who were -- server blade -- certainly in the earlier years ago and maybe even still today the strongest military in iraq -- they weren't born to be defeated by the al qaeda element and there was no support among the shiites were al qaeda or those who viewed the shiites as apostates and who should be killed. the kurds, there was virtually no support in kurdistan. in so really we are talking about a problem that existed in about 20 percent of the population and, of course, the problem solved itself of when the fundamentalist element to the local power structure, the baathist, were very happy to have them, as long as they were killing americans, joining two americans was great. as long as they were killing shiites that was fine, even the big massacres of shiite civilians, but then they began to shake down the shakes for writing. they began to demand their daughters into forced

the whole army of the potomac was there.it was estimated that there were present 25,000 -- 25,000 artillery and calvary and 75,000 infantry. the men appeared in their best condition, with their uniforms of dark or light blue, with very distinguishing colors and bright guns of the artillery, the flashing sabers of the calvary and the long lines of infantry with their glittering bayonets, with their numberless right flags and guide ons. these gathered host presented an experience that for magnificence has never been equaled on the american continent. they recall the pictures of the great armies of the napoleon, a battery on the bright fired all its guns, a battery in the center fired its guns and this was followed by a battery on the left. seven times this was done. the salute of 21 gun fired by battery in honor of president of the united states. the salute was followed by a mighty volume of cheers along the lines. then from the military bans came the notes, hail to the chief. as soon as general mcclellan and president lincoln

we asked the army to step back. about four weeks into my deployment i was involved in an ambush and become a pow. certainly it never occurred to me that i would be a pow. we had a briefing before going into iraq and we talked about that. once you talk about sniper fire you have a possibility of losing your life and that became very real to me but it never occurred to me that i would be a pow. i prepared for death but not for captivity, strange as it seemed. it was not an easy capture. it was very violent. i lost 11 comrades and became pows with five and others. 22 days of captivity, it was not easy but it was better than i thought. i was shot during the ambush and received medical care for my legs. i was treated humanely and sometimes with a lot of respect which was something i didn't expect from the enemy. i was very grateful for it. on the twenty-second they, the united states marine corps came to the rescue, kicked down the door just like in the movies. just like in the movies. they kicked down the door. get down

i joined the army, became a coke -- cook. it is not culinary school prayer i learned how to cook for my mom and my grandma, but cooking for 500, rice and mashed potatoes was a different experience for you are not allowed to put the flavor that you can in your food for of course, my parents have to remind me we're not in the army any more. you can put some flavor in your food. [laughter] all of the love. my first assignment was four constants i was stationed there with my sister. my little sister, younger than me, but we were not happy about that situation. my mom loved it because it is not that far away and we were together. we did not like it because you live all the time with your sister you do your own thing and army puts you right back together. reader even in the same regiment. we could not run from each other. but there is a reason for everything. i had my daughter and it was a good thing nablus so close to home with the support of my sister nearby. she graduated from u-tech and came up from colorado springs to help me

well, why does the north korean army military if you will be doing that far? for those of us who when the north korean military, we know that december through march is what's called the winter training cycle. the ground is frozen so they can run armor, self-propelled artillery, troops, et cetera. they're not harvesting crops, they are not planting crops, so crops, so the time of year when they train above. what's happening in this one? training this year thus far, only about halfway through the winter and training cycle includes infantry, special operations forces, armor and unusually large exercise with the peasant bread guard forces that also reportedly included active duty troops. there's also some stuff that's extremely interesting and in my view quite compelling. in addition, long-range artillery live fire drills occurred on the west coast, north of pyongyang featuring the 240-millimeter rocket launchers that i spoke of, multiple rocket launchers that i spoke of earlier. those systems capable of hitting seoul. those are some rather large exercises compare

which probably is the epitome of the army-military installation, when you think about the army, you think about fort benning, the home of the infrantry in my great state of georgia, down in columbus, and you think about fort hood, probably the first two that come to your mind. but we were briefed, all members of the house of representatives, all 435 of us, had an opportunity to go to a briefing that the military, the people from fort hood, commanders, i forget their names, probably good i don't remember the names, because i don't want to use them here tonight but they were telling us, well, look, we responded correctly. mr. speaker, this is exactly what they said. the response to this incident, you would be proud, members of congress. you would be proud. everything we got all the emergency teams in wellocked down, he's talking about locking down the schools and all that, making sure the kids were safe and you know they went on for about 30 minute december scribing how this -- the response to this tragic attack, where this guy kills 14 and wounds 43 before we were able to take -- abl

army would have to keep it very quiet. -- entering the russian army would have to keep it very quiet. that -- >> back in the 1980's, any a person serving in the israeli military would be sent to the psychiatrist. this is still controversial in a society where religion plays such an important part. for instance, the chief rabbi criticized the army for having a prominent interview with the gay officer. he was in turn criticized by gay officers. at despite his problems, gays in the military are expected in israel. there are strong regulations against discrimination. many in the united states see what has happened as israel as a model for the way the u.s. litary could transform its attitudes toward gays and lesbians. >> with me now, sam rogers, communications director at the international which has been studying opinion within the military. and that is a key pole that is being done servicemen and women in afghanistan and iraq. whether you finding? >> what was interesting was that support was divided. less than a third is supporting the policy of allowing gays in the military and support

. >> reporter: claims of executions by the police and army were at the time strongly rejected by the authorities. >> they are the people who are paid by taxpayers' money to protect our lives and property. they're soldiers. and they're killing ordinary citizens. >> reporter: but this footage clearly shot with the knowledge and permission of a senior army commander would appear to confirm the allegations of cold-blooded killings that could legally be defined as murder. it shows that once the fighting was over, elements of police and army engaged in a follow-up operation in which house-to-house searches were conducted and individuals selected at random were escorted back to the police station. in full public view, a number of unarmed civilians were made to lie down in the road outside. the exact spot where the family of this man say he was killed. this is what followed. report another two civilians next to the bodies. made to lie one of the officers called out, shoot him in the chest, not the head. i want his hat. still, the executions continued. this man is told, sit properly. we want

well, what does the north korean army, military if you will, been doing thus far. for those of us have fallen north korean military know that december through march is what's called the winner in turn winter training. they are not harvesting crops, they're not planting crops comes at the time of year when they train of life. training the share is far, only about halfway through the winter training cycle, it has evolved infantry, special operations forces, armor, an unusually large exercise involving the workers present red guard forces that also reportedly included acted duty troops. there's also some stuff is extremely interesting and in my view quite compelling. in addition, long-range artillery live fire drills occurred on the west coast, north of pyongyang. each of the 400 million rocket launcher is, multiple rocket launchers that he spoke of earlier. those systems capable of hitting seoul. those are some rather large exercise is compared to what they've done in the past. particularly given the fact that their live fire exercises. another unusual event that occ

and american army, because they work so hard.nd the only sense of order that is there, i think it's them. and they are trying so hard to help, to distribute, to do anything they can to help these people. >> larry: kent, besides orphans, how many kids do we know have been separated from their families? >> well, the issue of children separated from their families or unaccompanied because of the earthquake is something that we're very concerned with here at unicef. we're working together with all our partners to identify and register the children that may be unaccompanied and separated. we are referring them, if they are injured or need urgent medical care, to hospitals. they are also being referred to interim care shelters, where they are provided a safe and protective environment. we've brought recreation kits, education kits. we also have at one of the shelters a psychosocial counselor, who conducts psychosocial activities with the children. and most importantly, they're in a safe, protective environment. and then the family trac

the president's remains in army captivity. people are waiting to see what will come of this transition time. >> we expect the army manage a clean and honest transition. they do not want power, this man says. they have seen many military crews. they have said another pop the president. democracy is far from won. bbc news, miami. >> much more on all of our stories on the website bbc.com. that is including our top story, the six hour summit regarding the health care reform plan of president barack obama. he faces a difficult balancing act in accomplishing this goal. most republicans want to tear up the proposal on the table and start from scratch. you can get all of the latest news coming out of the meeting on our website. it will start at 1500. on this edition, we have been live in havana where our correspondent tells us about an . improvement in u.s. and cuba relations. we'll have more on bbc america and on other programming. that is all. stay with us for bbc world news coming up. ♪ ...xxxxxxx >> funding was made possible by th

well, what does the north korean army, military if you will, been doing thus far. for those of us have fallen north korean military know that december through march is what's called the winner in turn winter training. they are not harvesting crops, they're not planting crops comes at the time of year when they train of life. training the share is far, only about halfway through the winter training cycle, it has evolved infantry, special operations forces, armor, an unusually large exercise involving the workers present red guard forces that also reportedly included acted duty troops. there's also some stuff is extremely interesting and in my view quite compelling. in addition, long-range artillery live fire drills occurred on the west coast, north of pyongyang. each of the 400 million rocket launcher is, multiple rocket launchers that he spoke of earlier. those systems capable of hitting seoul. those are some rather large exercise is compared to what they've done in the past. particularly given the fact that their live fire exercises. another unusual event that occ

last time i look the oil company for deploying army -- the oil companies were not deployed armies to the middle east to protect the oil fields, you and i were doing that with our taxes. our sons and daughters are doing it with their lives. the oil companies aren't paying their medical bills for all those folks breathing smog either. know are the building the seawalls our coastal cities will need to keep the warming, rising ocean from drowning them. let our grandchildren foot the bill. talk about innocent third parties. add up all the costs the oil companies are having so what else they on their behalf and the price of a barrel of oil even by today's measure is too low by $150, maybe $200. it is infinitely too low if you have lost a son or daughter, a husband or a wife to war. here's the thing, while a few of us might enjoy the fruits of what we think is a free market, we also for the consequences of a market that is very good at setting prices but has no concept at all of cost. a market that is rig to get someone else to pay the bills were the unwary public allows it to happen. a sys

-- sri lankan army.ey have built tunnels for the hezbollah. they have provided them a small arms, including rockets that are fired into israel. the evidence points to the dealings with hezbollah continuing to go on right now. they have dealt with them largely through the syrians and iranians, especially through the iranians and particularly through the irgc. in the case of the iranians, the north koreans have dealt with hezbollah primarily through the irgc, a relationship that appears to be ongoing. they also deal with and collaborate with them on a variety of arms deals with iran. it is well known for this. thus, when it comes to supporting terrorism, the north koreans are either providing support for collaborating with two documented terrorist supporting groups. hezbollah and the irgc. this is well known and continues today. it is rather disturbing to me that north korea has not been put back on the list of nations supporting terrorism. dealing with hezbollah and the irgc, it is not a minor infraction,

. >> the general is arrested to the army. there is sufficient evidence to deal with anyone that commits an offense to be defined. >> there is still bewilderment at the way the government has moved in to silence the man who had become a vocal opponent. the government says that they have evidence against him. sri lankan's await the details. >> western forces in afghanistan are waiting for one of the most dangerous missions of the past nine years. the new offensive against the taliban is imminent and afghan forces will be playing a prominent role. our bbc security correspondent is that the afghan army headquarters next to the nato base at cam the heart. >> -kandahar airbase, all day and all like they're going on reconnaissance missions, carrying intelligence, with native speakers in afghanistan saying that a success to resonate throughout the region. at the nato headquarters i asked the general commanding the operation why this one should succeed where so many others have failed to bring security. >> we are going to arrive with

one memo warned of the army's disapproval. turkey has been governed by mr. urdawan. he is a pious moslem. but he is a skillful politician who has achieved unprecedented success. turkey has changed, too. no longer is military intervention tolerated eagerly. when a forces tried to challenge this prime minister, he called another election. he won by a bigger majority. that leaves few options. watching colleagues be dragged through the courts would be uncomfortable, but the unfortunate commander himself has said the era of coups is now over. abc news, is a sample. >> gordon brown has apologized for thousands of british children sent to former british colonies, often without their parents' knowledge. the program ended 40 years ago. it was meant to offer a better life abroad. the reality was often different. we have this. >> that were promised so much. thousands of british children transported to the other side of the world. so-called "good white stock" to populate the colonies. they were promised a happy life in australia. the reality was different. [unintelligible] >> wh

and my question is don't those tools already exist in the form of the army form 48-56 was is army developpaling forum and the army forum 67-9 which is the officer evaluation report. and assuming these documents are used and filled out appropriately, shouldn't we be able to identify a soldier who may be becoming self-radicalized as we think happened here and address the threat that they represent? >> i'm going to let admiral clark have a good long swing at that because of his extensive experience with oers and the like. let me say what we were trying to do here. the fact is that there is a very good argument that therer tools out there that commanders can use to make the assessments they need to make. the question for us though is are there ways to strengthen what they can do? and have we learned anything by the incident we face and will discuss with you in closed session from this incident about how we can shorten that up? one thing is that frankly things like officer efficiency reports, there is a culture in the services, all of them. which i think admiral clark can speak to better than i c

we have this year, 18 billion, allocated for the national army, and for the pakistan army, $1 billionan army has ten. 10s% of that, the coalition has taken. 1%, another. this is ridiculous. you have to concentrate on building the capacity of the army to fight the insurgence and to fight the terrorism. there is a disconnect here. we may win the war against the insurgents. but they have gotten to the urban areas of pakistan and you have to build up the counterterrorism capacity. counterterrorism capacity. that is a must. good morning. host: good morning. caller: i spent a year in afghanistan helping the air force. i was going to be your opinion the do the drawings that we flyover, i know it is a remote area. -- your opinion about the drones that the flyover. i know it is a remote area. i did a lot of reading but i was there. osama bin laden when he was fighting russia said he was going to break pressure. he also said the same thing after 9/11. i let it your opinion on that. we appreciate your service. thank you. guest: first of all, let me talk about the drones. nine months ago, the dro

it's ten ship, one of had is an army ship., one of the things we're not going toble able to do build to that number of ships, they keep costing a lot more than they expect they will. that's the acquisition reform is really a critical part of that, and i'll use lcs as an example. that has cost, has been -- while i had expectations the costs would go up, certainly not to the degree that it has. and so that has to be contained. we don't need the perfect ship or the perfect airplane. as we look to the future. so there's -- i argued for years there's got to be a strategic partnership across all three entities in order to get ship building and major procurement right. i think this budget takes steps in that direction, but you don't have to do the -- you can just do the math and see we're not going to get to 313, and i would not want to be satisfied with 283. which is sort of what the projection is right now. given the demands that we have. for our navy, our military and our navy. >> it's going to take acquisition reform to get us to

host: we are talking with rick maze from "the army times."a look at what secretary gates said talking about the politics and the future of the c-17. them i am fully aware of the pressure to continue building c- 17 and proceed with alternate engine for the f-35. let me be clear. i will strongly recommend the president veto any legislation that sustains the unnecessary continuation of these two programs. we have restructured the f-35 program and believe it is on track to become the backbone of u.s. air superiority for the next generation. nonetheless, the progress and performance of the f-a 35 over the past two years has not been what it should. in number of key goals and benchmarks were not met. as a result, i will withhold $614 million in performance fees from the lead contractor, since the taxpayers should not have to bear the entire burden of getting jff program back on track. host: your thoughts on what the secretary had to say. guest: they fired the general in charge, which is a big sign that this administration expects high performance.

i was told that shake of the army. do that you just put the surgeons in charge of the institution. the command of their overseas the commission programs. it is about 18 schools injured across america. they are good at communicating it to your leaders. you control the scenarios for that. the lessons learned, the center for leadership, i can name it. we even had a battle command battle lab and knowledge system which enabled us to take advantage of all the modern tools in the internet cyberspace. it was a tremendous opportunity. it was never about one person. it was about a team and a lot of talented individuals, most of then by whom have had two tours in iraq or afghanistan. now they had a chance to do a bit of reflection. we have enough time to sit down and captured what we learned and perform it with the history that we had steadied. pull but all together and then codify it in the field manual that had a substantial impact. our institutions to be prepared for what we had to do, then in iraq and now in afghanistan. >> w

it's ten ship, one of had is an army ship. are, one of the things we're not going toble able to do build to that number of ships, they keep costing a lot more than they expect they will. that's the acquisition reform is really a critical part of that, and i'll use lcs as an example. that has cost, has been -- while i had expectations the costs would go up, certainly not to the degree that it has. and so that has to be contained. we don't need the perfect ship or the perfect airplane. as we look to the future. so there's -- i argued for years there's got to be a strategic partnership across all three entities in order to get ship building and major procurement right. i think this budget takes steps in that direction, but you don't have to do the -- you can just do the math and see we're not going to get to 313, and i would not want to be satisfied with 283. which is sort of what the projection is right now. given the demands that we have. for our navy, our military and our navy. >> it's going to take acquisition reform to get u

>> 14. >> rushkoff: the $13 million, 14,500 square foot army experience center. >> die!rushkoff: here, kids 13 and up can play on one of dozens of xboxes and pc gaming stations, for free. >> they are simulated rifles. they are not real rifles. >> are you cheating? >> dretzin: recruiters mill about. they can't recruit kids under 17, but they're encouraged to chat with them and answer their questions. >> did y'all sign up for our tournaments? >> i've done them before. >> did you win? >> i won like two. >> you won two? i think he's the best, man. >> dretzin: it's a soft sell, a 21st century approach to recruiting, modeled in part on the apple store. >> here in the army experience center it's not the whole army, it's not completely... you know, video games are never going to replicate the real thing. but it is a sampling experience to pique your interest and maybe encourage you to go learn more, just as apple is trying to do. >> you killed him! >> we have what young americans want and they like. >> let's go find them and kill them. >> they like video games, and that's why we

did he get out of the army of the oss? >> yes. howard chappell was initially slated to form a japanese operational group two was sold the islands of japan but that never of course one off. and he then joined effectively the bureau of firearms. a forerunner to the atf. and became involved in taking out the mafia as far as narcotics related incidents go. and his exploits are legendary. he was absolutely fearless. no, i interviewed him. in some cases he would go audaciously further than his duties ever required which is typical of chappell even during the war as well as after. in fact events at the homes of several mobsters, put machine guns, a tommy gun to their head and got, you know, basically took care of the case and was later sued them yukiko and who is a famous mobster in la for assault. and after the war, howard chappell is really one of the most remarkable people that i ever met and also sort of somebody that i even was somewhat afraid of. [laughter] it take years to interview him. and when he did say he wanted to be intervi

there is no operational level of the red army commanders. another question was eastern here up. the goals were to give legitimacy for the territorial acquisitions that he got as a result of the pact. so he got legitimacy from hitler and now the situation had changed and he needed legitimacy from the west, and that was the area, that was the subject where the big three spent most of the time at yalta, not on the far east, not on the united nations or any other subject on the agenda but on poland because what was there? it was the taste of eastern general that was important for stalin whose vision was creating this block of quote on quote friendly countries along the borders of the soviet union and neither fdr or churchill could ever afford for political reasons to give poland the way to stalin. there was no solution. the agreement was the composition of the polish government would continue. there was agreement on the eastern borders of poland that was agreed that the western borders were decided and there was no solution on the composition of the polish government. so, when the c

afghan army commanders say that has to change with this new deployment. >> ( translated ): these police officers are well trained from the interior ministry. hopefully, we will be able to explain to the villagers that these are not like the government officials who were there before. these officers are different, so i hope they will accept them. >> suarez: nato commanders say they hope to prevent the taliban from returning to marjah with their "clear, hold, build" strategy. they aim to secure the area, bring in a civilian afghan administration, and try to restore public services. meanwhile, afghan taliban leaders are under new pressure in pakistan. at least three top leaders have been captured there in recent days with help from the c.i.a. the pakistani interior minister said today their prisoners may be returned to afghanistan, but will not be handed over to the u.s. >> woodruff: for more on the battle in marjah, we turn to todd bowers, a staff sergeant in the u.s. marine corps reserves. he served in afghanistan from april until december of last year. he's now deputy policy director at

that was for his service in world war i as an officer in the army. he did not receive credit for his almost eight years as commander in chief, which to me dissing jilan fair. but that is how the army calculated his pension so we had $112 a month. he needed money because being the next president he quickly found was very expensive. he received about 1,000 letters a day when he first left office and his policy was to insert the single one. the filled with someone wrote him a letter, that it demanded a reply from him. with the go-to the truman library, there are acres of file cabinets, filled with this correspondence and carbon copies. if you send a newspaper clipping to harry truman he said qa letter back and said thank you for sending this clipping and sometimes he would say i don't agree with that. sometimes he would say i agree with that but the answer every single letter. a stamp at the time cost reasons. the first year alone, the postage was $10,000. so he had considerable expenses money left office and not considerable income. just to handle the

i understand that she was senior management of the army air force at that time. -- the army air force management had a disdain for the tuskegee airmen at that time. my second question is -- there has been some debate whether the tuskegee airmen actually lost a bomber during a bombing run. i am curious -- apparently somebody did some research and indicated they had lost -- there were some b-17's lost during the war. i would like you to shed some light on that debate. my third question is -- >> how about stopping at two so somebody else can ask a question? eleanor roosevelt rol's role isa hollywood myth. eleanor roosevelt had very little to do with the success of the tuskegee airmen. in the movie that hbo made, they have eleanor roosevelt flying with the tuskegee airmen. she flew with chief anderson in 1941, before the tuskegee airmen arrived, but for the first 12 cadets arrived at the tuskegee -- before the first 12 cadets arrived at the tuskegee air field. she was a friend of black people, patronizing but a friend. the friend in this case was george marshall, the chief of staff of the

and thought he should be hanged for his desertion of the union army and his leadership of the army of northern virginia. so meigs came to arlington on the day he was officially begun at the cemetery, june 14, 1864, came to this part of the cemetery, looked arounnd was upset that there were no graves around the lee mansion. his next act was to go up the hill where we will go shortly into begin to put burials right up next to the mansion. he didn't want police to be able to come back after the war was over. so you will strategic approach to the creation of arlington cemetery up the hill and mrs. lee's garden. >> so we are now up on the hill overlooking washington d.c. at the lee mansion. i'm aiming the camera at mrs. lee's garden. >> yes, this is missing please guarded on the hill, the highest part in arlington national cemetery. this was the home of robert e. lee, mary custis lee before the civil war. and at the height of the civil war, 1864, the first military burials were made in the cemetery, the lower cemetery, out of sight of the mansion. quartermaster general didn't think that th

he sent andrew jackson and a small army to seize florida from spain.en forced spain to redraw the western boundaries of the louisiana territory to extend into the rocky mountains and northward to the pacific ocean. for the first time since they declared independence, americans were secure from attack by foreign troops. and they streamed westward over the appalachian mountains into the wilderness to claim their share of america. buying up wilderness lands from the government and carving out farms, harvesting furs, timber, orr in an era when land, not money, land was wealth. the land rush added six states to the union and produced the largest redistribution of wealth in the annuals of man. never before in history had a sovereign state transferred ownership of so much land and so much political power to so many people not of noble rank. and with land ownership, americans gained the right to vote, to stand for office, to govern themselves, their communities, their states and their nation. you couldn't vote -- and you couldn't stand for office if you didn't

jeremy joined the army in 1997.on to serving in the infantry, he participates in the army's world-class athlete program. jeremy is one of america's best in the sport of biathlon. it is a grueling race which begins with cross country skiing and ends with precision rifle shooting. jeremy is a seven-time national champion and he was a member of the u.s. olympic team in 2002 salt lake games and the 2006 games in torino. jeremy will once again be competing in the by at lincoln at this year -- in the biathlon at this year's games in vancouver. last year at the whistler world cup which took place at the same venue, he won a bronze medal. the first american to medal in biathlon in 17 years. joining jeremy in vancouver will be sergeant shauna roebuck of the army national guard. she is one of america's champion bobsled drivers. a native of utah, shauna enlisted in 2000. about that time, she began training in bobsled in the hopes of making it to the olympics in salt lake city just 40 miles from her hometown. while she didn't m

it is the army. he used the state to attack his own citizens. that is why they need our protection. >> that is the chief prosecutor there. a group of american missionaries arrested trying to leave haiti with a busload of children have been speaking from the prison where they are being held. there were questioned earlier by a judge. haitian authorities are still trying to decide whether to file charges. the group says there were only trying to help the orphans. we have this report from port- au-prince. >> another day of negotiations and uncertainty as this delicate situation is slowly result. the 10 american missionaries are still being held, protesting their innocence. a glimpse of the group yesterday. a judge must now decide whether to file charges. >> all we know it is we're waiting for the answer. >> is up -- is an apology were to be made the this government -- >> everything is going very well. >> the children were brought back from the border sunday. they are being looked after by a local charity. they have yet to be reunited with their pare

we have to have roads and an army and personal security. and in all this, what is very difficult about the state is that the state is both, because it insures the public purpose and creates an army and does all the things that it has to do, it is both a player and a regulator. it is both a player and the referee. . it abuses its role by imposition. it basically enforces its values on us or what the values are the folks inside the potomac, inside the beltway think we should have. we hear about employees for free choice so we can alleviate the necessity for elections. i love that. elections are now a burden if you're a progressive. the most burdensome election of all may be 2010. but in any case, elections are burdens. but in any case, let's look at banking. everybody was outraged this week, as i was, as john reed was as john involve kerr is of the outrageous bonuss that were paid this week. $140 billion was more than the u.s. grew in the third quarter, probably as much as it grows in both quarters, the first half year of this recovery. we ha

instead of fighting for the bank owners, the army is fighting the war., they must be supported and i am one of the people who say that loudly, that while you do that, they must also go back and tackle those people who gave them a bad name. there's no doubt ab it. and as far as the judiciary is concerned, it has become a strong zpution we must support it. now, as far as in looking at the hearts and minds of people, you know, it's very easy. there's a very nice phrase to say it. you cannot vent it overnight or you cannot vent it in a space of years. and the way to do it is the dem way. the democracy has to be sustained in pakistan. unfortunately what has happened is that because corrupt people were allowed -- allowed to come into part and sustain it, that is the united states must set a zero some policy towards corrupt leaders. the united states must not accept the bank account of any corrupt leader having the bank account in the united states or for that matter, european -- why be him crisk about it? if -- him crisk about it? -- hypocritic about it? host:

by 2011, so we are doing a virtual doubling of the afghan army, and it requires mr. karzai himself to be able to ensure that that happens. we cannot do this on our own. he has to make the decisions to hire and then deploy the troops. we can help with the training but it is a big commitment that he has made and he is raising the number of police in afghanistan from about 90,000 to 130,000, so there is a big rise in the number of police as well and he has to provide the police forces for afghanistan, too. >> ultimately we're not going to solve this problem military or -- militarily or by policing. it is a political issue that has to be solved here. and one of the proposals is for a new initiative to reconcile elements of the taliban. i would like to quote a few words to you from paragraph 5, it also says that there should be based on democratic accountability, equality, human rights, gender equality, good governance, and more effective provision of government services, economic growth. and i could go on. how confident are we that as we bring into a political reconcilia

where's the pope's army? the pope's opinion shouldn't matter. where's his army.al law does not have an army. except for us. except for people around the world who uphold it as an instrument. that's what gives it its power. >> next, please. >> sorry. i really appreciated what you said about the inertia of war and i guess the inertia of imperialism unless we stop it. i remember, you know, when the iraq war was about to start in 2003, there were huge demonstrations. i remember there was one in new york. some people said it was a million people came out. >> february 15th, 2003. >> exactly. february 15th. and then after the war started there was a bit demoralization. a lot of antiwar groups continued but as the iraq war dragged on and dragged on and especially we're told the surge is working, i think, you know, there was a lot of demoralization and, you know, i think a lot of the antiwar movement kind of fizzled. and we all know, i think, there's some people -- and maybe many people in this room that are doing some really important work against the wars in iraq and af

he had four million soldiers of the red army.y kept the red army in germany, in east germany and in eastern europe because they had never been paid during the war. so that stalin was paying off his army in useless currency like hitler's reich marks. and because of the symbolic importance of berlin, it had... it was the 1710 miles within east germany, 110 miles. as we would say now, behind the iron curtain. and the idea... it was not only that we could spy on them and know about them, it was that eastern europeans would see how westerners lives if that... this island of the west were left in the middle of communist country. that's what he wanted to get out. and he thought-- and so did all of truman's advisors. robert loaves vet said "mr. president, don't you understand the russians need need to drive us out of berlin" and that was the case, and the one thing he could do was fly things in by air because international air codes created three corridors flying into the city. >> rose: here is harry truman, a former has been dasher, a f

and the prospect of 200,000 afghans in the national army and 100,000 marines, concentrates the mind and it is well to say you have time but you have an interim period and you have a fighting force of significant proportions, on the march. and, so, i think that it is not unreasonable, in fact it is right to say, that now is a... there are clear incentives for them to participate in the political system, i'll say the taliban is not a homogenous group and i'm sure you understand that and this is a very very, much more desegregated society and that is why the jirgas are large affairs and the part about the society it has many, many distinction, twine and within the tribes. >> nonetheless there has to be a general agreement, which enough people on the taliban side sub describe, and split down to groups and people and so forth. and, the temptation, for them, will be, just wait all of this out, because, actually, although, there is pressure on those -- 18 months or so, after a time, it will divide because their patience will run out. >> that is a temptation but is also balanced by the thre

in adult want to say the army corps doesn't distinguish itself all that well in many cases, but there were alternatives and we have now realized we could have left many of those wetlands in place. wetlands are big sponges and when then they were floods, nature does have a way of preventing some of the worst destruction and trying to channel it into narrow channels proved to be not exactly behaving the way we wanted it to, couple of times i can think of than i think there is a lot of rethinking about whether those solutions are good or not or whether we should go back to look at the ecosystems and try to work more with them. i will just throw it in as an aside, there is mentioned in the book of sort of a two attitudes towards water, confusion and the dallas view and we are revisiting that. the confucian view being before so water to go where we wanted to go in the dallas view we are going to try to bend a little with the nature and go with the contours of the day and we are revisiting that in the debate today between what they call hard path and soft out solutions. >> high. just quickl

. >> the former army chief burst unexpectedly onto sri lanka's political scene just a couple of months ago. suddenly, there was fire in a presidential election campaign. hitherto seen as a likely walkover for the president. that is now becoming just a memory. the general lost the election two weeks ago, and now, he is in military detention. his allies and his wife sit dozens of security forces dragged him away from his office by his hands and feet late at night as he held discussions with colleagues. >> this is not an arrest. this is an adoption. he was carried away. all he had said was that as a civilian he would surrender to police. it is a deduction for another reason. up to now, we do not know where he is being held. how can that be? if he is arrested, we must be told where he is held. the government must do that. >> the government is continuing to denounce the former army chief, alleging that he and half -- that he worked with anti- government politicians while in uniform and saying that the evidence may lead him to be court-martialed. >> the head of the security council is the co