some elements of the german army were still trying to fight as we advance and soviet army simply swung from the moment. of rugby towards the wooden stage and it fanned berlin because there was nobody who could project but because many people died it's got any flak to the west if you give into the americans a meeting got it in. one of the biggest german cemeteries is situated in not far from berlin in a small town of hama it occupies a few square kilometers. more than twenty thousand german soldiers are buried here most of them were in an ancestor vision coast northlands. private harry from seal heights was retreating with the rest of the life army led by general who said. he was running from the advancing soviet army with just one gun in his hands. when his column was entering the town of hall but it could. team under heavy fire. right here a furniture factory was here as us soldiers when they took us for a soviet column and they opened fire on this so the crossing was covered with dead bodies for the fight the fight was going on between two german divisions and. when the germans reali

third army. the army that would come ashore under the twelfth army group about a month after d-day. he was so unhappy at this point that on the eve of the invasion as bradley and his staff were sitting around the uss augusta the night before the boats were supposed to go out, the men spent part of their time swapping their best george patton's stories which were calculated to make pat and look like a buffoon. in the summer of 1944 patent's are mayor arrived in europe and inexplicably almost happen and bradley put aside whatever personal differences they had or whatever stylistic differences they had and became pretty good friends and good partners. patton did whatever brad told him to do and volvo they had disagreements and the beginning on the surface they got along well. as in tunisia and they began to work closely with each other and not only because they were doing well on the ground but there was a certain measure of fear. that was a fear of the british of all people. ever since the sicilian campaign, bradley and patent felt slighted by their british cousins. this was exacerbat

third army. the army that would come ashore under the 12th army group about a month after d-day. brad was so unhappy at this point in his life that even on the eve of the invasion as bradley and his staff were sitting around the u.s. as augusta the night before the boats were supposed to go out, the man spent part of their time swapping their stories, all of which were cut it to to make pan look like a buffoon. but, during the summer of 1944 penh's army arrived in europe. inexplicably patton and bradley put aside whatever personal differences they had kamal ever stylistic differences that they had. it became pretty good friends, certainly get partners. patton happily did better brad told him to do. they had a few minor disagreements. they at least, on the surface, go along well. as in tunisia that began to work closely with each other, and it was not valid because they were doing well on the ground but because there was a certain measure of fear. that would be fear of the british of all people. easy come ever since the sicilian campaign bradley and patton have all of the low bid

and the last major offensive for the red army. its capture became the symbol of the fall of the fascist city town. and the victory over nazi germany. before the berlin on arctic. h.r. and her broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. berlin the ashdod home to germany's parliament it was right here that the final fight of world war two took place. there ever fewer surviving witnesses to the events of those days soviet veterans will never forget what happened sixty five years ago. hopes gun fire corpses flame that's how the right start look by the end of april nine hundred forty one. german soldiers fought for every piece of footage and really tried to stand to the last minute against soviet troops. to more than fifty thousand soldiers and officers night over russian polish and german each of us forty for our own model and you know for the russians for their zero on twenty four hours. the. last of fortunatus the red flag with the raids on the top of the lifestyle game a nine hundred forty five. becam

army. we could not be more grateful for what those who wear our nation's uniform do for our countries everyday -- country every day. i look forward to working with you to ensure that fy 2012 appropriations bill reflects the current and future needs of the u.s. army. we have received your full statement and i can assure you they will be made part of the record. now may i call upon the vice- chairman, senator cochran. >> mr. chairman, thank you. i am pleased to join you in welcoming our distinguished witnesses before the committee this morning. we are here to review the budget request for the next fiscal year. the request proposes a number of significant changes hands important budgetary issues for us to consider. we look forward to working with you during the appropriation process as we reviewed the budget request for the department of the army for the next fiscal year. we appreciate your service and we welcome you to the committee. >> i call upon senator shelby. >> mr. chairman, i would lik

the army are very capable here. we are just getting into the expect months, so we activity to increase from an insertion perspective and from a security forces perspective. communicate. they can provide security. their leaders plan pretty well. >> what do they still need from you? >> what they really need from us is kind of the next step. what we can provide them that they are not as good yet get is, is, for example, is planning and logistical operation. you want to conduct a week-long operation? we can help you organize a way to resupply yourself so that that operation is a week-long and not two days long. those are the kinds of things that we are applying right now. input, not just on an advisory level, but on a partner level. we are on patrol with them. about the same number of them, same number of us. they operate and lead, but we can contribute experience because our army is older than theirs. on how to conduct operations, and of the logistical operations. >> what about the police? >> the police in baraki barak

then it was off to the army. the job is challenging and buried. >> they carry out exercises until the soldiers work as a team. the dutch armed forces have 50,000 professionals in their ranks. military leaders said they are more motivated than conscripts. the switchover requires a complete check of the training program. >> there is a short, a basic course and then they go on to specialize. they do specialized training for to do it three years -- for two years to three years. and they improve through constant repetition. >> in good economic times, the armed forces have to rely on advertising campaigns to retract recruits -- to attract recruits. they also have open-door events. in uncertain times like these, the armed forces cannot complain about the application numbers. they must be careful not to allow the private sector to lure highly qualified soldiers away. michele has been in this service for six years now and has already been to afghanistan. he now wants to move on to become a corporal. thwe leave you now wit

british army trainers have said that the afghan army is years away from being able to handle insurgents on their own. al qaeda's remaining leaders are desperate and dangerous. they have been completely sidelined by the arab spring revolutions. they are under pressure from police and intelligence agencies and their actions are deeply unpopular with most muslims. none of that is likely to make them give up now. >> foreign is more on the continuing struggle against extremists and the fallout from osama bin laden's death, we are joined by a columnist and associate editor was "the washington post." those terrorists who are still around, they had been sidelined by the arab spring. osama bin laden dead but was his narrative already dying before he was killed? >> i think that al qaeda had become very unpopular by the time of bin laden's death. everywhere that operated, they made enemies. that is certainly true in iraq. they just burned too hot. they were too violence. they did kill far more muslims than westerners. the al qaeda narrative was playing out. interestingly, in egypt and north africa

cemetery it's here that red army soldiers have died liberating praga buried. the body now hello. i see you've laid flowers on this green. well. i first came here a long time ago a young girl out here i don't even know if her relatives know that she lies here there was something that was a flower in her grave and the she was about twenty two years old i think. such a long way from home. and many of those who lie here live just long enough to hear the word victory possum on their ranks and even had a brief chance to celebrate but they were killed by german snipers who stayed behind after the others and the remnants of the nazi war machine continued to slaughter soldiers weeks after the german surrender. and those who survived still get together. there's a sinister sea org. for my check i'm something that some just me tell sometimes just celebrate public holidays will simply to talk. i'm going to shut can't help yourself from the trolling please journey. there. were no these men out there let me give you the medal of czechoslovakia's legionnaires until as a keepsake. i'm quite happy

for the next army chief of staff, i am nominating one of the army's most accomplished soldiers, and one of the tallest, general ray odierno. in three pivotal vote deployments to wreck, he commanded the troops that captured saddam hussein, partnered with general petraeus to bring down the violence, and then transferred responsibility to iraqi forces allowing us to remove some 100,000 american troops and and air combat mission. after years on the front lines, ray understand with the army must do to prevail in today's wars and prepare for the future and to preserve the readiness of the soldiers and families who are the strength of america's families. we are fortunate that ray's dedication to our soldiers is shared by his wife linda and their families, including their son tony, a, a veteran an advocate for his fellow wounded warriors. i urge our friends in the senate to confirm these outstanding individuals as swiftly as possible. they are innovative, flexible, focused on the future, and deeply devoted to our troops and their families. general dempsey, admiral winnifeld, we have much to do

the bosnian serb army seized the capital of sarajevo. the#tribunal estimates that 11,000 people died in the siege, killed by snipers or mortar attacks. he is accused of turning the machinery of war against civilians many times. the charges against him include involvement in ethnic cleansing to read the territory of the people opposed to its independent existence. in july of 1995, tusands of bosnian muslim men and boys were rounded up. in the presence of u.n. peacekeepers, the resulting massacre of those boys has been described as an act of genocide. it was not until the bodies of the victims were found in several unidentified mass graves that the true extent of the genocide became known. soon after his indictment, the fugitive life began. there were unconfirmed reports of his appearance in various parts of europe. there was a game of hide and seek that has now come to an end. >> the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia is a united nations court that was set up in the 1990's to deal with what happened in the balka dur

one of the former army chief of staff for the army came out of rotc. are many others out there as well. host: republican line from georgia. caller: it is interesting this is your subject. my husband talked about this before he left the house and he was talking about the donald rumsfeld book. he was telling me about him going through rotc and he had a teacher that was interested in helping him get along, helping him get into princeton. he did not have the funding, but for the rotc he was able to train that way. his own father went into the military at 38 and then went on to officer training. i do recommend that book, "known and unknown." i think it is interesting he was helped into the military and his long career through rotc. host: can you speak to your own story? guest: i started out in the air force rotc. i did not know which of service was best for me. i tried that for one year, thought it did not work. it did not fit what i wanted to the. i then transferred to army rotc. i was already in the army reserves. i served my four years. i then decided th

>> as army chief which was only army chief for about two months but one of the first things as army chief was that he talked frankly about the fact that cuts were coming and the army would have to live within its means. the days of the army asking for everything it wanted and getting everything are gone. there's a sense that he knows cuts are coming. i'm not sure anyone has a plan as to what should be cut. that sources great consternation in the pentagon right now. there's not a ton of fat to cut which sounds ridiculous given the size of the pentagon budget. but i think it's largely true. >> brown: celeste, a final word. are his views on that or on, say, afghanistan on the record at all? or is this now we wait to see what role he plays in these debates? >> well, again, i think that general dempsey will play a very pragmatic role. he'll bring a real... a very down to earth perspective. he's not going to bring a theo logical perspective to this. he's going to do what makes sense. i think his views are not entirely clear at least publicly at this point although he has emphasized the need to

the stimulus locomotives liberates us including soviet soldiers and their rebuilt national armies with bread and milk flowers and the woman braces. rushed to me and hugged me so hard. i was so happy when she finally let go. everybody shot from any kind of weapon from signal pistols to machine guns you think right into the air. romance welcome to the races millions of civilians in concentration camps and. millions of soldiers that missed that victory day. those who have not lived to see this. spring of nine hundred forty five women more realized songs still sound to this day. the spring of nine hundred forty four there's still a year to go before the end of the second world war the red army has freed soviet territory from nazi occupation and is now pushing across the combination mountains the soldiers struggle through the snowbound passes beyond them a war swords of fear the great and bucharest who perished vienna and prague all still occupied by the germans i'm still waiting for the liberation. monster kosovo a check you was waiting for the liberating soldiers she was fifteen years old

i received one such letter from an army veteran named paul tarbucks.ng through section 60 where the cure is to fell in iraq and afghanistan lay. by a head stone marking the final resting place of staff sergeant joe finook. joe, he told me, was a friend of his. one of the best man is ever known, the kind of guy who could have the entire barrett and laughter, who was always there to lend a hand from being a volunteer coach to helping build a pregnant -- playground. it was a moving letter and he closed with a few words about the hallowed cemetery where we are gathered here today. he wrote," the venerable warriors that slumber their new full well the risks associated with military service and felt pride in defending our democracy. the true lesson of arlington is that each headstone is that of a patriot. each has its own shares a story. thank you for letting me share with you this story about my friend, joe." the staff sergeant was a patriot like all the venerable warriors who late here and across this country and around the globe. each of them at honor to

army corps of engineers, it's a necessary move to protect major cities. they're going to open it slowly so people and wildlife are not caught by surprise. >> there's a slow opening for a lot of reasons. one is from an engineering perspective. the water will come out of here pretty quickly. you don't want to scour the back side of this structure. from an environmental perspective, ofb yous think there are lots of bear and other wildlife. we want to make sure they have the opportunity to get to higher ground. last but most importantly, from a human perspective, we want to make sure folks have the understanding that water is coming their way and they need to evacuate in accordance with their local evacuation policies and procedures. >> our ed lavandera sat in on that u.s. army corps of engineers briefing last hour. he joins us from the morganza spillway in louisiana. roughly an hour from now, ed, they'll be opening the spillway. how quickly before people would see that run-off of water? >> reporter: well, they've developed a map that will show that. it will

it was the final target the last major offensive from the man army. his capture became the symbol on the form of fascist sort of. and the victory over nazi germany. the following archie. belgrade and nine hundred forty four it was ubisoft is cut off the country had already enjoyed three years of occupation yugoslav freedom fighters had been fiercely resisting the nazi regime and its collaborators from the inside. the germans often send their best divisions to overpower the freedom fighters who were under the command of marshal tito who fought back busily despite a lack of weapons or the most basic military technology. today the story of the resistance movement struggle is found in the open and military museum in something about great. i don't know why i know how you got a lot of the gist of it entered world war two with a few tanks ahead of those from france and you know this country was more noising its weaponry at the time. the locals could see and hear telltale signs of approaching soviet tanks first they had a deafening noise then they saw smoke a

the army and so 1850, so when it all fell apart 100 years later the army was basically pakistani. became pakistani so it works well but the civilian government, that is not the taxing power just fascinating. >> it is. >> fascinating. >> i think so. >> you raised the question earlier we want to cover this in the next segment, is why does pakistan matter of course with osama bin laden happening, we will finish up with that. >> okay. >> i know people are thinking of that also. >> we will talk about that. >> please join us in our last segment with hugh burrows our co-host [splash] ♪ [drill sargeant] attention [boots hitting floor] [bells ringing] ♪ lean on me ... when you are not strong ♪ [helicopter propeller] the coast guard foundation gave me funds to attend school. during that same time, my wife was pregnant. the foundation's grant allowed us to buy food, diapers, clothing. [helicopter propeller] coast guard foundation really helps us to keep in touch with our families. they make an impact and it leaves an impression that you don't forget. i would like to thank the coast guard fou

he... he claimed that he was on his way out of the army. so, there was... there was a lot going on. >> the last message i remember seeing from him was something to the effect that there was news that was going to shock the world, and that i would hear about it. >> smith: in late may, a hacker in california was contacted and began a chat with someone using the screen name bradass87. "if you had free reign over classified networks and you saw incredible things, awful things, what would you do?" >> he spoke in hypotheticals, at first. even then, i largely blew it off. there just aren't enough hours in the day to correspond with everybody that wants to correspond with me. >> smith: the hacker, adrian lamo, was well known in the cyber underground. in 2003, he'd been arrested for hacking the new york times. and the day before the chat, lamo was featured in an article on wired.com that discussed his psychiatric problems. bradass87 would keep up his chat with lamo for the next four days. >> he talked a lot about his personal life, about his relatio

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punjab and repopulated the army. and so 1850, so when it all fell apart 100 years later, the army was basically pakistani, became pakistani, but the civilian government doesn't quite -- that is not the taxing power. it is just fascinating. just fascinating. >> you raised the question earlier and i think we want to cover this in the next segment, why does pakistan matter. with osama bin laden happening we will finish with that and i know people are thinking about that also. >> sure we will talk about that. >> please join us in our last segment with hugh burrows our coproducer and co-host >>> welcome back to mosaic. why is pakistan so important and why did osama bin laden hide there. >> i think in terms of importance, the raw fact is they have nuclear weapons. and so does india. and if those nuclear weapons get into the hands of the wrong people or even some of the material, i think the big fear is that a dirty bomb could be made. >> but all those tribes how do they get the nuclear weapons? >> well, the educated elite

the armies of napoleon bonaparte, the greatest war lord europe has ever seen, his army is defeated by slaves on the island of haiti. in 1803 they declare independence. i want to read to you a passage of the haitian declaration of independence. it is a little different from our declaration of independence but it will give some insight into the political climate of the new world especially the world of the slaves for of the new world. let us imitate those people who extending their concern into the future and dreading to leave an example of cowardice for posterity preferred to be exterminated rather than lose their place as one of the world's free people. made the french trouble when they approach our coast if not by the memory of the cruelty they inflicted, at least by the terrible resolution that we are about to devote to death anyone born french he would dirty with his sacrilegious territory of liberty. strong words. but i want to explain why they are strong words and focus on one word in that declaration which is the word exterminate. an unusually powerful word for a declaration of

it's called "your soldier, your army."book, vicky cody is with me now from washington. you're speaking in this booklet from experience. your husband a four-star general, the army vice chief of staff, two sons both commissioned officers. why did you feel like there was a need for this pamphlet, this guide. >> well, i realized fredicka early on when the war began that there was nothing out there for parents of soldiers and at that point i had been an army spouse for over 30 years, and i felt we had done a great job preparing, educating, informing army spouses, but nothing had really been done for the parents of soldiers. and i suppose until i was a parent of soldiers myself, that's when it just hit me. i realized we need to do more. and i had one son deploying. he was already in the combat zone. our younger son was preparing to go. and i was answering telephones at the army hotline when the war began. and i realized most of the questions coming in on the phone calls were from parents of soldiers. so it all just kind of click

cemetery it's here the red army soldiers who died liberating praga buried. the body.i see you've laid flowers this green. i first came here a long time ago a young nurse is buried here i don't even know if her relatives know that she lies here through a simple it was a flower on her grave and the she was about twenty two years old i think. such a long way from. many of those who lie here live just long enough to hear the word victory possum on their ranks and even had a brief chance to celebrate but they were killed by german snipers who stayed behind after the walls and the remnants of the nazi war machine continued to slaughter soldiers weeks after the german surrender. but those who survived still get together. there it's so nice to see your. former checker solving a song just meet up sometimes to celebrate public holidays well simply to talk. further to share my life help yourself i'm actually pleased journey. that way you know these men out there let me give you the medal of czechoslovakia's legionnaires into as a keepsake which of course. i'm quite happy althoug

army is just like being a mutant with superpowers because it looks like a vassal the army is trying to tell your kids take a look at this new collaboration between the army and the new movie x.-men first class. ordinary people who discover the extraordinary. which the child looks straight. to. it's. a chance to see. and there's a strong. that's right it's a new sponsorship deal where the pentagon is using its money to lure young people to go to war i mean to lure young people to their facebook page to watch exclusive clips of the x. men yeah it's pretty blatant pro-war propaganda they completely leaves out the realities and the dangers of fighting in conflict so why are they getting away with it and how long is this kind of thing going on joining me to discuss that is david sirota radio host and best selling author of the book back to our future how the one nine hundred eighty s. explain the world we live in now david always nice to have you on the show and i think we've all seen a lot of those ridiculous ads coming from our armed forces that really glorify what it is to be a member of

because the peoplemented the army to -- people wanted the army to take over. that happens with others coming into power and that's exactly what happened when there was a cause, you know, the army should take over, the country is going downhill, the army should take over, so the army's position strengthened, and that's where we are today. the army does call a lot of the shots. it doesn't call for them publicly, but it calls for them in private. certainly, privately. what is the outlook for the economy? my third point. the economy continues on a downward slide that started in 2007-2008. these are the days of the last year of general's government, the caretaker government taking over, and a lot of people say quite rightly the current government says we inherited a bad situation. yes, they did. they inherited a bad situation and made it worse, but they did inherit a bad situation. you can't blame them entirely. there's a growth rate. the rate is hovering around 2% in pakistan when actually 8-plus percent is needed in the country just to have jobs for the people co