using discretionary funds for public works as part of nation building during a visit by coalition provisional authority director paul bremer petraeus quit money is immune mission but the liberal use of discretionary cash would become criticized it was revealed the new york federal reserve had shipped as much as forty billion dollars in cash and seize seventeen planes to middle east weighing some three hundred sixty three. but became commander of the u.s. forces in afghanistan in june of two thousand and ten after his predecessor made disparaging remarks about obama to rolling stone shortly afterwards disclosed damaging afghan war military and betray us reformulated official policy regarding the use of force one of the most egregious violations of human rights on his watch occurred in march two thousand and eleven when air strikes ended with nine. boys this prompted what was characterized as a rare apology he stated the death should have never happened but october two thousand and eleven but took the helm of the c.i. a and it was that time he was alleged to begin his affair with his biographer paula bro

guest: i was the first ambassador to the new iraq, so to speak, after we had the coalition provisional authority the occupation, which ended at the end of june in 2004, and then i was assigned to iraq as the first investor. 30th ofere from the june 2004 to the middle of march in the following year. the main the conduct of elections in january of 2005. the first elections. -- everybody with pink-stained thumbs. stained thumbs. ordere able to restore to the city of fallujah. it was indispensable to a searching the authority of the critical timer a in that country. host: and, today, how do you assess iraq? guest: it is a work in progress. has shownster maliki impressive dangerous. he has been in office seven years now. the political process continues. this is one of the few democratic countries, or only democratic country, in the middle east besides israel. i suppose you could argue lebanon. here is still a lot of violence. there are issues of sectarianism. thathave not fully worked issue out, the issue of tension between the shia majority and .he minority sunni you have to hope after what happened

she spent a year in iraq advising the coalition provisional authority and human rights and justice matters she has authored more than 50 scholarly articles and serves on the board of directors for international law association. she has been teaching national security law at university law school since 2007. she earned her j.d. and masters in 2007 and graduated with her masters degree from tulane and is also currently a ship made of mind judge advocate general core work last week she was elected to the captain. congratulations for joining -- thank you for joining us today. the firth and current d.a. is ill lietzau a career main core officer who retired as a colonel. he took his undergraduate degree from the naval academy before he joined the marine corps. he took his law degree from yale and hasn't allowed him from the army jack school in ms and national security law from the national war college. before his appointment, colonel lietzau was deputy legal adviser to the national security council. bill has a long and distinguished resume. among other things he is held numerous pose as a marine