>> work with the army, support this initiative financially and help us help the army to get this system back off rain delay and get it completed, sir. >> all right. in light of the significant number of improperly mark and marked graves, could you just share with us what's been done to reach out to the families of the deceased? >> in cases where we know that the family has had a question, then they would be contacted. if the family has called into the cemetery with a question, that research, to my knowledge, is currently being done and that then a follow-up phone call would be done to the families and tell them whatever information was found out allay their concerns. >> all right. i understand that there's a section 27 at arlington. could you take a moment. tell me what is the historical significance of section 27. >> it used to be called the lower section. it was the original burial area of the cemetery before it had a designation as section 27. it is where the cemetery started in may of 1864, william christman who died after three months in the military was buried there in may of 1864

the trust between the afghan national army and the british army and other nato units is working well. this is a rogue element in the afghan national army. this is not typical of what the afghan national army is doing. >> with some of these afghan troops setting off on patrol without british support earlier this year. independent operations, even on the scale, are rare. instead, the emphasis is doing things alongside -- the emphasis is on doing things alongside nato units. a spokesman rejected that this creates dependence. >> the reality is this is training them to stand on their own feet. giving them more autonomy now would not do the job because they are not ready. as they learn from us, they will increasingly be ready to stand on their whole -- on their own feet. that is the whole point of partnering. >> a comment from the u.s. senior official suggests the afghan army men as is poor. he estimated only 3% of soldiers and 12% of police can operate unsupervised. he added the 17% of the police are absent without leave. the problem for nato is knowing whether partnering is working well o

the army is trying to get them to do army-style physical training. and at this base, there was a physical fitness test for the afghan army and the police and border police. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> good job. didn't working hard as part of it. probably the language barrier, because there is stuff that we want to put emphasis on, it is hard because it might not get translated exactly right, or they may not understand something we're saying. >> these guys never went to a gym class, they do not have gymnasiums in their homes. they do not know what pushups or set of star. -- or situps are. they just seem embarrassed. all of their bodies are standing in the background laughing at them. they had warned them that they were going to do running, but no one has running close on. their boots, they haven't stretched or anything like that. they all started sprinting and then they realize that they've got more than another mile to go and they would lay down. by the first lap -- one of them dropped out, the rest were drenched in sweat. they would run a few yards and wal

>> an army pushed so hard. thank you, martha raddatz. >>> and it brings us to a troubling revelation about the nation's most hallowed military cemetery, arlington. a senate hearing revealed graves misidentified, caskets mixed up. at an estimated 6,600 grave sites. senator claire mccaskill blasted the army officials responsible for running the cemetery. >> we've got waste. we've got abuse. and we've got fraud. we've got the trifecta. and we have it concerning a national treasure. >> she is calling for a section-by-section investigation of arlington. that's 300,000 grave sites in all. >>> and a new chapter tonight in the story of shirley sherrod. she is the department of agriculture worker forced out last week after a misleading tape on a website led to that false charge of racism. she says she intends to sue andrew breitbart, the conservative force behind the site. >> he had to know that he was targeting me. and at this point, you know, he hasn't apologized. i don't want it at this point. and -- he will definite

army. we begin tonight with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. based on this new report, the army promises to fix its mental health problems and put its soldiers first, but it's got a long way to go. as a specialist in the army jennifer crane was sent off to afghanistan. >> two weeks after we landed there, we were attacked for the first time. >> reporter: the war took a heavy personal toll. once back home, she got hooked on cocaine and ended up on the streets. >> unfortunately, didn't cope with anything fairly well. >> reporter: jennifer got the necessary counseling and is back on her feet, but a devastating new report from the army today reveals that after nine years of war, thousands of soldiers never survive their own personal battles. >> we have an army that's been fully engaged for almost nine years now. i don't think that we fully understand the toll that that's taken on the forces. >> reporter: the numbers are staggering. last year, more than 1,700 soldiers attempted suicide. 160 succeed

these problems were committed under the watch of the army and our army responsibility. i would say, as we go forward, once we have had the opportunity to identify issues and restructure our cells, that it would be very helpful to have this committee, as part of its , to have usocess ies periodically due to the regulatory oversight hearings that this committee does so effectively. part of the problem that i think existed here is that, for all of the important that the army places on it, arlington national cemetery was a satellite spinning off by itself. i think part of the problem was general order 13, but it goes deeper than that. we have a directing reporting unit. we have field agencies that operate somewhat independently. that has to be a part of this process and how we found ourselves and where we did. i am ordering the inspector general from this point forward to dubai annual inspection actions -- to do bi-annual inspections. >> i cannot comment on an inspection. there is still ongoing litigation that would be inappropriate for us to comment on. i apologize that i

we are hearing from john mckusick, the secretary of the army, the inspector general of the army, and welcome you both to the armed services committee. i am angry. period. anger is generally not a useful the motion, particularly on capitol hill. however, this is downright anger during. arlington cemetery is our nation's most hallowed ground. it is reserved as the final resting place of our road warriors. management neglect it has resulted any web of errors. how could this be allowed to happen? behind the facade of what appeared to be a well orchestrated burial services, investigations reveal a dysfunctional management team operating without any oversight. we all know people who are buried there. people we respect. a people whose memory we hold dear. my next-door neighbor is buried there. every american, whether they have a loved one that buried at arlington or not, should be outraged. secretary, i know you have done much to right this wrong, but i cannot understand how the army has allowed the problem to fester for years. there is clear evidence in 1992 the army was aware of the level

but the iraqi army is light years ahead of where the afghan army has the afghan army is is ill effect given in every possible way so to tell we're going to gain momentum going fortunately unless there's peace talks and peace negotiations the situation will always be a quagmire. still to come on the program a blog also from the palm. the seeds of polygon became so popular that alongside the memorabilia especially around the cigarettes was created just to mark the occasion person five thousand dollars no one saw it so it can still be event of the merchandise it spawns cigarettes to one chance. the suspected killer of prominent russian the human rights activist. has been identified and placed on a wanted list that's according to president dmitri medvedev who outlined the course of the investigation off to a meeting with the german chancellor angela merkel. let's go to new york. first of all i would like to say that the investigation into this case is in full swing and second such cases are immediately result only when the perpetrator is caught red handed. the killer of us tomorrow has be

and the men driving those trucks were six british army deserters. we should only vote the two british designer suits were. who were the ones that worked with them sent us to the mat. again and i think they were not just so that there was a big in the british soldiers who were working with him and. they went against the british policy to keep this lie through people from then and there placed them with other people they did to makan who is thousand used to plan missions with them and they used to carry it out see that home they nest in. parking the truck bombs close to two hotels being used as barracks by jewish fighters the desert or shot a security guard. and then fled. i don't you know that's a it's a few is no explosion. they can. get up get out because it's going to be a spill we wanted to distill case we went to for the last. the three thousand pound bombs tore through the surrounding buildings killing sixty. hina was not just an eyewitness she was also allegedly a member and taken part in bombing operations let me ask you this question did the

it is being supported by the aaa and the army auditing agency. those materials in the audit trail will be shared with cid as are all the ig reports to try to make determinations if there is sufficient evidence to proceed in any way against anyone in a criminal manner. as noted, from is identifiable material as to how much was spent for millions of dollars and the mur pursuit. if i may -- also -- i stated that we are not just stopping at arlington. there are people that will comply. we have to ache >> the administration runs many different national cemeteries. these other cemeteries have not had such problems that have been uncovered at arlington. do you see the benefit of bringing arlington under the veterans administration? >> i have the highest regard for the secretary. he's been enormously supportive in the efforts to try to rectify the situation. they run a substantial network of cemeteries and do a fine job as well. there are other agencies that run cemeteries as well. i think all of the agencies have their particular challenges. for 146 yea

it was the worst month ever for suicides in the army. a total of 32 soldiers, both active duty and reserve, took their own lives in those 30 days. so far this year 145 soldiers have committed suicide compared with 130 during first six months of last year, which at the time was the worst on record. in an attempt to reverse the trend, the army released a suicide prevention video in which specialist joseph saunders, distraught over the breakup of his marriage, described how he tried to kill himself. >> i put my rifle up to my chin, put it on semiand i pulled the trigger. >> he was saved by a buddy who spotted the warning signs. >> he says, yes, i took your firing pin, i took it last night. he says, you were worrying me. >> the new video replaces this earlier attempt at suicide prevention using actors which army officials now admit soldiers viewed as a joke. the army hopes hearing real soldiers talk about their close encounters with suicide will help remove the stigma to admitting to mental problems. >> i laid on the floor of my bedroom whil

i look at what we can do in our army. whether it is the utilization of drones, whether it is the identification of complex cost points, i look at the capability we have within the army and then i look at this and it is frankly jaw dropping that we are actually messing around and saying that we have to go create a new system after we've spent all this money and what worried me about your slides, it appeared to me that we are going down that road. instead of going, wait a minute, we should have adopted boss in the first place. we should have made sure that we jute liszed a system that had already been developed by government employees without excessive contractor costs that was working and i guess what i need to hear from you is that arlington national cemetery is going to use b.o.s.s. >> excuse me, could i take that question? >> yes, you may. >> senator brown asked me a similar question when you at the vote. >> gone. >> mr. hellinan from the veteran's administration is my partner to fix arlington. one of the things that i

the red army corps cavalry is marching victoriously along the streets of. the bolsheviks seized this building as a matter of priority at the time it was the cause of the national bank. nearly ninety years have passed since then but today too there is a bank behind the stores according to the bank's accounts there was some one thousand two hundred eighty tons of valuables here in the one nine hundred eighteen including gold platinum and silver today the gold alone would be worth more than twenty six billion dollars. through mountain time that russian gold reserve was one of the world's largest if not the largest he'll say had not yet accumulated. gold reserves it has no. transport. such a bulky and heavy call go was quite a problem the bolsheviks wasted no time laying tram tracks leading to the bank building the idea was to use trams to take the gold to the river pier this old picture shows. their street cars keep on the footpath because the rest of the pavement is occupied by tracks the could of least directly to the banks main entrance to the gold was to h

but the iraqi army is light years ahead of where the afghan army is the afghan army is is ill effect in every possible way so to tell we're going to gain momentum going fortunately unless there's peace talks and peace negotiations the situation will always be a quagmire for those two on the home page as well r.t. dot com and our you tube channel this is our team coming up in the program a blast from the past. three years apollo got itself popular and i want to take your memorabilia special brand of cigarettes was created just to mark the occasion thirty five years after the historic launch chart looks at the significance of the event and indeed some of the much and dice it spawned to. and. book a ride to remember find out how to muse move from fun to their families that business in pain is broken left helpless dangling in midair four story coming up tonight. all the day's news the suspected killer of prominent russian human rights activist natalya estemirova has been identified and has been placed on a wanted list that's according to president dmitri medvedev who outlined the course

and the nearest target was close at hand the campus army math research center. a research lab funded by the pentagon and housed in the department of physics. at three forty two am on the twenty fourth of august nine hundred seventy an explosion destroyed the army math center. hundreds of f.b.i. agents from all over the united states were sent to wisconsin this was of extreme interest to the white house was that this yellow explosion absolutely it went all the way to the director's desk there was daily contact with the the oval office as to what was happening out here and why it happened and we had to come up with some answers real fast as to what was what was going on so anyone killed yes. as a young physicist by the name of robert foster not was killed in initial blast. the f.b.i. team immediately focused their investigation on a car spotted flaying from the scene at high speed. the bombers were led by a twenty two year old college dropout carl armstrong. this is the route you took you came up from the y.m.c.a. armstrong agreed for the first time to return to t

the afghan army, for instance, protects afghan convoys providing supplies. this is a much smaller number, providing supplies to the afghans and don't rely on these contractors who are under the thumb of local war lords and end up just being a protection racket, we'll protect your convoys, but on the side, making sure there was no end to a threat to those convoys because they are making pretty good money by quote, protecting them. i'm confident that general petraeus and his people are going to find a way -- they left it that way with me -- to find a way to end this money piece that these guys are engaging in at our expense. >> does your investigation point fingers as to how this was allowed to come about? it seems such an outrageous story. >> it points fingers at people who are engaged in it specifically. and as to how it came about, yes, but it's pretty clear how it came about actually. we need to have protection for our convoys. we got to get an awful lot of supplies to an awful lot of troops. and we are going through territory which had been dominated by w

but the iraqi army is light years ahead of where the afghan army has the afghan army is is ill affective in every possible way so to tell we have a good game momentum going fortunately unless there's peace talks and peace negotiations the situation will always be a quagmire so to come on the program from the poles to. the scenes apollo got became so popular that alongside the original memorabilia but the ground of cigarettes was created just to mark their page and. pass you by it's off to these historic little ones all seen lives of the significance of the event and the luncheon dies its cigarettes what chains plots. the rides to remember find out how an amusement park turned from it's a fear so this is in st petersburg the left helpless and family in the town. the suspects are to kill of prominent russian human rights activists italian estimate of that has been identified and placed on the wanted list consecrating to president mubarak that if you outlined the course of the investigation after a meeting with a german tonsil i'm going to mackerel. but. first of all i would like to say tha

army. >> i couldn't move. i couldn't think. everything was just like a big cloud over the top of me. >> reporter: earlier this month, army officials had been encouraged by a drop in suicides. then in june, the number spiked. >> it is extremely frustrating because even when you see the numbers go down in a month, it really doesn't offer you anything. i mean, there's still a needless loss of life that takes place. >> reporter: so why is it happening? the army says it's a combination of factors including money troubles, substance abuse and failed relationships. some of the cases aren't even combat related. many of the national guard and reserve troops who committed suicide hadn't even been deployed overseas. as for specialist sanders, he wasn't just lucky, fellow soldier albert godding had seen the warning signs and disabled his rifle. >> godding walks in the door after all this happened. i looked at him and i said, godding, where's my firing ring? he said, sanders -- >> -- how'd you find out? he's like -- >> -- i tried to kill my

does that legally preclude the army from using army funds -- >> does that legally preclude the army? >> it does. >> if so, what legislative assistants do you need from the congress to provide a remedy to this limitation, or is that something else? >> i am glad you asked. it is an important part of the issue. it does not in any way explain the myriad shortcomings -- >> in terms of that. >> in terms of current operations, the army is restricted with " fixes or an infusion of money. relief ing to ask for that. i do not want to say what that is right now and how we would structure that. of is the, committee jurisdictions come into play here, but i think it is fortunate at least on the house side, as you noted, ms. davis, but both the d.a. and the army dod appropriations bill through the same appropriations subcommittee. we will be coming back with a plan on that. >> i am wondering, perhaps the public would be questioning whether this would fit in note to the many, many challenges that certainly your budget faces. >> obviously, we have to make hard choices every day. the operations of arl

the army has clamped down hard on the pakistan the telegram, -- the pakistani taliban. the crackdown is succeeding although peshawar is still dangerous. i used to wander around here on my own without any problem. now most people locally say we should not stay in one place for more than 20 minutes for our own safety. a taliban suicide bomber heads for the press club. he blows himself up. it is caught on cc tv. the area outside peshawar has plenty of volunteers that support the afghan television. this is the village of the would-be bombers who left his car packed with explosives in times square three months ago, but was later arrested. locals make the link with afghanistan clear. >> for as long as the native forces remain in afghanistan there will be people like him. what happens in afghanistan has a direct effect on people's thinking here. >> the afghan and pakistani taliban make great use of the uncontrolled tribal area along the border. the british gave them almost complete autonomy in the days of the raj. this is where al qaeda and other groups operate. osama bin lade

army. >> i couldn't move. i couldn't think.everything was just like a big cloud over the top of me. >> reporter: earlier this month, army officials had been encouraged by a drop in suicides. then in june, the numbers spiked. >> it is extremely frustrating. because even when you see the numbers go down in a month, it really doesn't offer you anything. i mean, there's still a needless loss of life that takes place. >> reporter: so why is it happening? the army says it's a combination of factors, including money troubles, substance abuse, and failed relationships. some of the cases aren't even combat-related. many of the national guard and reserve troops who committed suicide hadn't even been deployed overseas. as for specialist sanders, he wasn't just lucky. fellow soldier albert gotting had seen the warning signs and disabled his rifle. >> gotting walks in the door after all this happened. and i look at him and i said, gotting, where is my firing pin? he said, sanders -- >> how'd you find out? and he's like -- >> i tried to kill

asia center at the atlantic council of the united states and author of crossed swords pakistan its army and wars within and in london we go to anatol lieven the chair of international relations and terrorism studies at king's college london and the author of the upcoming book pakistan a hard country and another member of our cross talk team on the hunger all right across talk rules in effect gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want and until i want to go to you first hillary clinton was in islamabad not long ago i had a gift five hundred million dollars for a civilian projects build dams and schools and whatnot. and the pakistanis were didn't seem all that grateful expression after almost twelve billion dollars in aid since the bush administration almost eight of billion of that was for military but they weren't grateful so i asked maybe not even a rhetorical question what is the state of u.s. pakistani relations. well this is like a very unhappy but. ultimately inevitable marriage or at least if this marriage breaks the damage to both parties will be catastrophic. the thin

the afghan army protects afghan convoy is providing suppliers to the afghans. they do not rely on these contractors. they end up being a protected racket. we will protect your convoys, but they are making sure there is no end to the threat to those convoys because they are making good money by protecting, and i am confidence general petraeus and his people are going to find a way to end this seized these guys are engaging in it at our expense. >> do they point fingers of exactly how this was allowed to come about? it is such an outrageous story. >> the figures of people who are engaging specifically, and as to how it came about, yes, but it is pretty clear. we need to have protection for our convoys. we have to get supplies to a lot of troops, and these are areas that have been dominated by warlords. it is a very simple thing, so it is an easier, faster way to do it. when you are in the middle of a war, you are going to try to do things that can be done quickly, but there is a price to pay for, and that is partly the when you mentioned, which is that we are pay

. -- we can show the capacity of the army. the ability and good of our soldiers. >> any pullout depends on demand coming into land. with four stars on his hat, david petraeus is a new commander. he has the daunting task of getting the force is ready. the news has come that another soldier has turned his guns on his trainers. this raises fear that the taliban may be infiltrating. bringing british troops home depends on stopping the taliban. this was the scene for u.k. forces last summer, this year the fighting is just as hard. the casualties are also graves. -- are also just as grave. >> the afghan president, hamid karzai, says that he would like the forces to charge up security by it the end of this year and across the country by 2014. is that feasible? we have been to a training camp to find out. >> training hard to fight of their own battle. this is the afghan national army at a new complex built with british money. they have been drilled by coalition sponsors, part of the accelerated drive towards a transition of handing th

people keep forgetting that the army was a major presence.ore the city was functioning, the army was functioning. and there are maps from the 1800's that show the farmhouses in the valley, the eureka valley, and mission district that were done by the army. so the army is its own resource for the history of the city before there was a building department. they would have everything. you could find out what was the original house in an area. again, this is the 1800's more than the 1900's. but the earthquake obliterated a lot of records. >> there's the survey map that the government did. that's a great resource to just kind of show -- you know, we saw that map on the grid pattern. they had that, like i said, on maps in 1968. but there's no streets yet. but the coast survey map will show you where there are streets put in and buildings sometimes. there's lots of great resources out there. >> that was terrific, woody. thank you so much. >> i couldn't have enjoyed it more. [applause] >> we'll see you next >> but wae who is on the fence as a grand j

but the iraqi army is light years ahead of where the afghan army use the afghan army is is in effect given in every possible way so to tell we're going to gain momentum and unfortunately unless there's peace talks and peace negotiations the situation will always be a quagmire. still to come on the program a blog from. the season's apollo became so popular that alongside the memorabilia a special brand of cigarettes was created just to mark the occasion. to be historic. and the significance of the event that's a merchandise it's. a rides to remember find out how an amusement park turned from fun to fear the visitors in st petersburg who were left helpless and dangling in midair. these suspected killer a prominent hugh russian human rights activist natalya estimate of has been identified and placed on a wanted list that's according to president to me that made a bet if you outlined the course of the investigation after a meeting with the german chancellor angela merkel it's a year ago today since estimate a vote was kidnapped and murdered in the north this is region she worked for the

the army says is proof of progress. >> this is a success. there is economic regeneration taking place daily. you have been around the district yourself. u.s. seen a normal pattern of life. the people feel safe. -- you have seen in a normal pattern of life -- you have seen a normal pattern of life. >> this is the sixth time i get into this area. this village is alive and working very well. the problem is the security is only skin deep. if you talk to local people, there are still problems in this area. the shopkeepers say they are caught between troops and the insurgents. they want peace talks, not fighting. the old man says war is not the answer. i asked them who they would like to see in charge here, into a man, they said "the taliban." the real battle is to win the support of the people here. there has been progress, but it is limited. once again, troops are on the move against the taliban and the fifth bloody summer is under way. bbc news. >> masked men in sri lanka had attacked an independent television station coming to an opposition ca

but the iraqi army is light years ahead of where the afghan army is and the afghan army is is ill effect given in every possible way so to tell we have a good game momentum and unfortunately unless there's peace talks and peace negotiations the situation will always be a quagmire not in thirty five years ago russia and the u.s. took a john leap for mankind the launch of the first joint space mission apollo so he's event marks not only the beginning of an era of space cooperation between the two countries but also a warming in cold war relations between as arafat reflects on an historic kind of us or. it was a turning point the launch the clearly far called war space race into new heights two rockets blasting off half a world away from each other would bring the soviet union and the united states into the same orbit when so use nineteen and the apollo craft docked it ushered a whole new chapter in space exploration the first ever joint project between two better rivals it was a giant leap for the men on board two like i said he was the second pilot in a say you screwed. apollo it was one

. >> 15 years ago, the village was cleared by the turkish army and partially destroyed.the fighting between the turkish army and the kurdish militant group the pkk stopped after that. some village residents even returned. but he says at the end of june the soldiers from a nearby army base returned and intentionally set a fire that burned the village. since then, the people who live here have been afraid to go near their homes. >> the fire started near the army base and spread down the hill. the authorities said light reflected off the glass from the hot sun ignited it, but it started at 6:00 in the morning. >> pkk militants have staged attacks on remote army installations. the fires clear away the militants's cover. human-rights organizations say innocent people are being harmed by what the turkish government calls anti-terrorist operations. >> heavy firing has been going on for a month and a half. people whose rights have been violated have risen. innocent people are being killed. the security forces carrying out raids in uncertainty and fear is strange. i am talking to