ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming our first battles, harry crocker. [applause] >> thank you. i have worked in the book business most of my working life. i never thought you parrot the pleasure of holding a ook as to holding my le. out of the house she would take a. i would say i love you as much as i love holding the road to serfdom. [laughter] >> i remember -- they usually have is recommended book list for christmas. and asked him what books he would recommend. and said well, for you ericans i think you ought to start with the bible and shakespeare and work your way up from there. likewise, i think we need to start with the bible her. it seems to me fundamental to read the bible. aside fm whatever divine nature we might attribute to it, you cant be a literatperson in western civilization without having rd the bible. and i'm not overly concerned with what translation you might choose. personally, i think it is important to read the king jam james, but the revised standard, they are all good. i ink it is fundamental to start with the bible. [applause]

i want to come back to that for a moment, ambassador crocker, if i k. with respect to the taliban you made a very per spentive observation and answer to senator kaufman's question, and you noted the historical, cultural depth of the taliban versus the insurgency in iraq. there are different -- however, we keep hearing about sort of different shades of taliban. and can you share with us perhaps, you know, to what degree can the taliban be sort of divided in a way here? can you, is there a diplomatic/civilian ability to reach out to them and, in fact, give them something that they want more than being taliban? and, therefore, isolating the really hard core taliban, or are we dealing with a monolithic entity? >> mr. chairman, i would make a few observations on the methodology, if you will, and then perhaps dr. hosseini, dr. lockhart would have some comments more on the nature of the taliban as they see it because that's not my, not my area of expertise. the principle we followed in iraq was exactly what you suggest, it was talking to anyone who would tal

ambassador to pakistan and iraq ryan crocker.rry of massachusetts chairs. >> the hearing will come to order. originally this hearing had been set for 10:00 today. it is our hope that somewhere around 10:00 we will have a quorum so that the foreign relation committee can conduct its business meeting. we have some nominations and business to report out. so i hope colleagues and their staffs particularly can ensure that if we aim for 10:00 it can be a very, very minimalist requirement on everybody's time. meanwhile, we will go into the substance of today's hearing, the second in a series of hearings that we're going to have with respect to afghanistan. yesterday was the first hearing. we heard three compelling cases, each of them making strong arguments individually for how america should proceed and the prescriptions ranged from dramatically reducing the footprint to expanding our commitment of troops and money to a level that would basically constitute pretty significant nation bileding. john naugle, a co-author of the military's

ambassador crocker, do you have anything you want to add to that?you both ambassador crocker and general krad doctor your service as well. >> senator kaufman. >> i want to thank you and the ranking member for holing these hearings right now. i think this decision that's going to be made right now is one of the most important decisions we'll be dealing with are in the senate where we're dealing with a lot of these things. having the panels have been excellent, just the right people. i cannot commend you enough for doing this. i want to thank everybody on the panel. just having the ability to listen to what you have to say is so helpful in trying to deal with this. i have a few questions. one is, it's been mentioned by a number of senators and also in the popular press, that the somalia rate is a model for u. operations in afghanistan. is it the some mall rate a through the u.s. counter- terrorism forces, not so much the nato counter insurgent capability. again, but with a hierarchy with cells operating as opposed to a vertical hierarchy. it is diffic

weekend, someone tetothake tthna s crossing ana reet and called crocker. now snake and owner are back together again. >>> congratulations for them. today the weather was not fit for snake or other creature. >> how about fish? >> can't forget about the fish, yeah. >> a lot of rain for some neighborhoods along east of i-95. we are still seeing showers out there right now. dampness later. that storm system that took so long to come together finally did. with wind and some rain. 63 the temperature right now. reagan national airport. dew point at degrees. shaky cam. northwest wind at 15, gusting to 22. we picked up again over 0.75 inch of rain today. look at that. this was at 11:00 a.m. today. this storm system off the coast. had a semblance of an eye to it. there was discussion as to why the national hurricane center didn't name this storm. the eye for this storm produced the worst conditions around new jersey and delaware with a lot of wind and rain. 19-foot waves off the coast of new jersey. they had four, five, six inches of rain around new jersey, too, as

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they contacted crocker. now the snake and the owner are together again. >> they called the snake by its name and he answered, and wiggles his rattle. >> yeah, and probably carrying a case with his initials on it. >>> still ahead, our coverage of remembering 9/11 continues with a look at the stock exchange this morning. >>> plus, a look at a new show opening tonight in our a ayith us attacheattache. >>> all was quiet at the new york stock exchange this morning. a moment of silence at 9:25 honored those killed at the time of the attack all trading and activity stopped for one minute. let's check in with cnbc's rebecca jarvis. >> it has been a tough day for most people at wall street. most people that work in the financial industry, and here in new york city experienced september 11th in a way that only they will know and in a way that really had a rippling affect throughout the city. it's certainly something on everybody's mind as a tough memory today. and fedex out today talking about the fact that they are l

ambassador crocker i remember you and all i had an exchange several years ago with the situation in iraqne of your strongly points was that the iraqi civil different ethnicities had come together in the national army and you're point and that more than 200,000 shi'ites had actually died fighting and the year on iraq war. what are your thoughts about the situation with respect to afghanistan? >> well, the fortunate thing for me as i represent no one but myself these days. so last uninformed as my opinions may be at least i am entitled to have them and since you asked to express them all i do believe what we have seen thus far shows with all of the shortcomings in terms of manpower the afghans are capable of developing and fielding national forces. as i understand perhaps the army more so than the police. but even with the police. and as you noted, sir, while afghanistan has a history of challenges to the central governments, national military and my sense is afghans are quite proud of the tradition of that military. i think it can be done and is being done but as we saw in iraq this takes

numbers out today from the likes of general mills, makers of top food brands such as pillsbury, petty crocker. then we'll hear from autozone, bed bath & beyond, cintas and red hat. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," 10,000, not a probably at all. how about 11,014? >>> >>> in the u.s., ahead of the fed decision, investeders are playing the hurry up and wait game as futures are relatively flat. >> hello, everyone. i'm louisa bojesen. in europe, the bank of england voted to keep quantitative easing at current levels and the sector sees its first growth in six hoz. >>> and geely automobile spiked up after confirmation that goldman sachs a making a multi million dollar investment. >> here in the u.s., let's look at how futures are trading ahead of the market open and that much anticipated commentary from the fed at 2:15 p.m. eastern time. the dow, nasdaq and s&p futures are all pointing higher. the dow is now trading 17 points higher than fair value. looking at the 10-year bond yield, we'll be seeing the treasury auction at $40 billion. right thou, the 10-year note is at 3.47%. louisa, how is

to return to washington to testify in front of congress just like general betray as an ambassador crockerd a few years ago concerning iraq. host: there was a closed door briefing on afghanistan and pakistan yesterday. what about that is available for the public? guest: none of it. [laughter] host: there must be some parts you can tell us about? guest: it is a classified briefing. the intent is to keep classified. the information was very consistent with what the mcchrystal report was leaked over the weekend. things are extremely tough in afghanistan and pakistan. the challenge and time to add is now. if the president decides to move more troops into afghanistan and if we make a greater effort in pakistan, it will take months before those get on the ground, up to seven months. host: react to this twitter message. guest: the twitterer may have answered the question himself. it is a very different type of insurgency. we have the manpower and air power. we were fighting a war in the country -- if they had the same kind of strategy would be successful. this enemy has adapted and is using the t

. >> ambassador crocker? >> admiral mullen and special envoy holbrooke acknowledged the at these hearings is there a danger u.s. military operations in afghanistan could drive militants into pakistan, and further destabilize that nuclear-armed country. and admiral blair testified no improvement in afghanistan is possible without pakistan taking control of its border areas and improving governance, creating economic and educational opportunities throughout the country. do you agree that the key to preventing the spread of militancy in the afghan/pakistan border region is improved governance of pakistan as opposed to our military operations in afghanistan? >> senator, i would certainly join general craddock and most of the members in the strong view that there is no purely military solution to problems in afghanistan or, indeed, in pakistan. there is a military component to a broader solution. the military, and i apologize for treading into general craddock's area defining the task is essential at this point. a