general david petraeus now leads the u.s. central command. he told a senate hearing he expects to see progress, albeit slowly, as 30,000 additional u.s. troops deploy. >> afghanistan is no more hopeless than iraq was when i took command there in february 2007. indeed, the level of violence and number of violent civilian deaths in iraq were vastly higher than we have seen in afghanistan. but achieving progress in afghanistan will be hard, and the progress there likely will be slower in developing than was the progress achieved in iraq. >> sreenivasan: petraeus would not estimate how many years it might take afghan security forces to assume control. in iraq, prime minister nouri al-maliki appealed to his countrymen to be patient, after the latest bombings. at least 127 iraqis died yesterday in a string of suicide attacks on government sites in baghdad. more than 500 others were wounded. maliki gave a nationwide address on iraqi state television. he said all security strategies would come under review. >> ( translated ): i call on the iraqi peop

. >> major general david petraeus tended to do his own thing on the ground to the greatest degree possibleand showed me how intangibles -- alan intelligent independent general could produce an effect in the mosul region which was positive. others were more pork -- forceful in their military approach and in less resourceful in fighting money to feed into the local community. there was a sense of dissatisfaction in the whole area. i do not think there was a strategic change in november but there were adjustments to tactics and there were failures of the administrator to accept the wise advice of his regional commanders to do things rolla differently which are regarded as a pity but that's the way i would say it. >> i was thinking of what became apparent after november -- the move to elections the next year in the sense that the cba's days were numbered and their ability to carry on with momentum to take the lead in running the country almost became a lame duck as 2004 started. >> i think adjustments were made after the november 15 agreement. at the same time, ambassador bremer had a decision

tonight, my interview with general david petraeus on the strategy, whether it's really nation building new strategy entails. many of the troops heading to afghanistan will be sent to kandahar province. we'll show you what like is like in the war zone. new details about the man accused of killing four cops. warning signs missed in washington state and arkansas. why was this man out on the streets? why was he out on bail? at one point, mike huckabee gave him clemency. those stores and more tonight on "360." >> larry: that's at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific with anderson cooper. david cornwell, what do you make of donnie's comments that it makes him like every man? >> i disagree. there are really three audiences here that tiger has to deal with. one is the personal, his family and friends and people that are part of his personal life and he's let some down and they're going to side with his wife and others will support him. the other are his sponsors. i don't think they're issuing these statements because they don't think there's a problem with adultery, but there's no basis to terminate th

examine the president's afghanistan strategy today when the senate committee hears from general david petraeusral command and the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, karl eikenberry. also live this afternoon, a senate homeland security subcommittee looking into how the government insures diplomatic security. the state's apartment -- the state department spends nearly $3 billion per year that is live at 2:30 p.m., eastern. today on c-span, "washington journalÑi"is next live with your phone calls. that is followed by our coverage of the u.s. house. today, members are scheduled to work on changes to tax rolls at financial industry regulations. in about half an hour, analysis of proposed health care legislation with congressional quarterly. then the international union discusses president obamas jobs policy at 8:00, eastern. we will talk

next on c-span, general david petraeus testifies about the war in afghanistan. later, president obama meets with congressional leaders to discuss job creation. and the senate homeland security committee looks into efforts to keep terrorists out of the transportation system. now, general petraeus. he testified on capitol hill about obama's plan to send an additional 30,000 troops to afghanistan. he is joined at the senate foreign relations hearing by u.s. ambassador karl eikenberry. but the hearing will come to order. we are delighted to welcome today under secretary jack lu, general petraeus, and ambassador karl eikenberry from afghanistan. we are very pleased that you could take time to be with us today. as we all know, eight days ago the president announced his decision regarding a new phase in our afghan mission, including the important decision to send an additional 30,000 troops. for all of the answers that the president offered, and there were many, certainly explanations of his strategy and reasons for his decision, a lot of questions still have remained,

and then you have to analyze as stan mcchrystal has done, as we've done in our office, as david petraeus has done -- you have to analyze, a, could it be achieved? b, what would the resources take to do it? and c, is it achievable? in petraeus' strategic analysis in august and leaked to the newspapers, he addressed this problem and he came up with benchmark numbers based on classic counterinsurgency doctrine, which were absolutely enormous. vietnam level numbers. at the height we had 550,000 troops in vietnam. and all of us agreed, a, that was neither necessary nor desirable. nor would it achieve its stated goal. so we needed to concentrate on what we're trying to do. and that leads us to an analysis of the taliban once again. we are not going to try to eliminate every member of the taliban, for several reasons. neither achievable, nor necessary, nor are they all devotees of mulla omar or al-qaeda. the majority of people fighting for the taliban in afghanistan, according to all the information we can garner, are not committed followers of mulla omar or osama bin laden. they are people who

i want to acknowledge general david petraeus, who is here, and who has been doing an outstanding job at sent come. i want to thank bruce rye dell, he's down at the -- bruce ridell, who has worked extensively on our strategic review. i want to acknowledge carl ikenberry who is here, our ambassador designate to afghanistan and to my national security team, thanks for their outstanding work. today i'm announcing a comprehensive new strategy for afghanistan and pakistan. this marks the con clufingse a careful policy review led by bruce that i ordered as soon as i took office. my administration has heard from our military commanders and diplomats. we consulted with partners and nato allies and with other donors and international organizations. we also worked closely with members of congress here at home. now i'd like to speak clearly and candidly to the american people. the situation is increasingly perilous. it's been more than seven years since the taliban was removed from power, yet war rages on and insurge -- insurgents control parts of afghanistan and pakistan. attacks against our tr

. >> i promise to come with senator mccain and to the extent i can -- >> on wednesday, david petraeusaid that the situation in afghanistan is likely to get harder before it gets easier. the general testified before the senate foreign relations committee about president obama's strategy, including deploying an additional 30,000 troops. this is to 0.5 hours. -- this is 2.5 hours. >>> the hearing will come to order. wee delighted to welcome today under secretary jack loo, ambassador karl eikenberry and lieutenant general petraeus from afghanistan. we're very, very pleased you could take time to be with us today. we all know eight days ago the president announced his decision regarding a new phase in our afghan mission including the important decision to send an additional 30,000 troops. and for all of the answers that the president offered and there were many, certainly explanations of his strategy and reasons for his decision, a lot of questions still have remained and our appropriately being asked by various committees on the hill, and we appreciate, obviously, the administration's coo

people who introduced themselves have been focused with me and with judith on this issue, and david petraeusand mike mullins have been focused on this, and we have changed the articulation of our presence very substantially in both countries, but particularly in afghanistan. i hear you loud and clear. everyone of our colleagues worry about this every day, and that is why we stopped destroying copies -- poppies. i could not understand why we were spending more money destroying poppyco crops than building agriculture, but we ended that program. . we know from information we have received that by removing that era attend, we removed our recruiting tool. -- that your intent -- irritatn, nt, we removed a recruiting tool. but it's not doubt why we are in this country. we are in the country for the reasons i stated. it is in our national interest because of al qaeda. but to succeed, we have to address these issues. some people that are not here today, and people out in the field, that is what they are trying to do. >> way back there. >> i am from voice of america. most of the people in afghanistan

richard holbrooke and his partnership with david petraeus , there is a full effort being made. when you talk about them, at the embassy and our embassy in kabul, that we do work together under ambassador holbrooke's direction. there is political dialogue and we try to encourage. more promising in the arab economic cooperation, trying to help both sides to reach a transit trade agreement. working with both sides to help improve customer posts along the frontier. some of those projects have lead to positive results. there is not going to be any real significant breakthroughs in there. we do have a comprehensive approach. thank you. thank you both for your service. >> thank you. thank you very much. i wanted to say welcome. i want to thank you each for your dedicated services to our country. i also want to thank all the men and women under your leadership for their sacrifices as we discussed afghanistan policy today. i asked that to keep our military civilians in mind and also in their careers as they stand there. >> much has been said and written about the problems with the actin

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seeing in afghanistan and what we saw in iraq, it's a good model, and i think having general david petraeus looking at sort of above at how the surge is implemented and having someone like general stan mcchrystal be the one to implement it, i think there's a reasonable expectation for success. host: weekly standard writes about general mcchrystal, the bottom line, they write here, a very capable field commander, will have 100,000 american troops by the middle of next year to take the fight to the enscommee regain the initiative in the war. he has expressed confidence in his ability to execute his strategy with these resources. he and his superior and theth in chain of command, general petraeus, have earned the right of the nation's confidence in their judgment. is the nation confident? guest: i'm sure the nation's confident, although we've already seen a swing in polls that were taken after the president's speech of people who are now at least open to supporting the process. i believe it was a cnn poll last week said 61%. you had seen before that, just in the two months before the speech, a

i'm also honored to testify against jack lou as well as my old friend, general david petraeus. yes, i also had the honor of testifying with general stan mcchrystal. my professional colleague and friend of many years. general mcchrystal and are united in a joint effort where civilian and military personnel work together every day side-by-side with our afghan partners and allies. we would to the accomplish our objectives without in cooperation. as you know, mr. chairman, the united states is at a critical juncture in our involvement in afghanistan. on december 1st the president more troops. hastening and improving the training of the afghan national securityorce >> on the civilian side we aim to increase employment and provide essential services in areas of greatest security while improving critical ministries in the economy at the national level. these steps taken together we believe will help remove in surf gets from the battlefield and build support for the afghan government. as the president said we'll be clear about what we expect from those that receive our assistance. afte

people who introduced themselves have been focused with me and with judith on this issue, and david petraeusand mike mullins have been focused on this, and we have changed the articulation of our presence very substantially in both countries, but particularly in afghanistan. i hear you loud and clear. everyone of our colleagues worry about this every day, and that is why we stopped destroying copies -- poppies. i could not understand why we were spending more money destroying poppyco crops than building agriculture, but we@@@ you may have seen on television these mammoth explosions of drug paraphernalia, opium. we have done tremendous damage to them. we know from various sources that removing that irritant we removed a recruiting tool, and now we have to go to work on other issues like encouraging the government to deal with corruption, which is another vulnerability. this is tough work. this is the toughest job i have ever had. we removed a recruiting tool. but it's not doubt why we are in this country. we are in the country for the reasons i stated. it is in our national interest because o

i'm also honored to testify against jack lou as well as my old friend, general david petraeus.es, i also had the honor of testifying with general stan mcchrystal. my professional colleague and friend of many years. general mcchrystal and are united in a joint effort where civilian and military personnel work together every day side-by-side with our afghan partners and allies. we would to the accomplish our objectives without in cooperation. as you know, mr. chairman, the united states is at a critical juncture in our involvement in afghanistan. on december 1st the president more troops. hastening and improving the training of the afghan national security forces and establishing security in key parts of the country. while improving critical ministries and the economy at the national level. these steps taken together we believe will help remove the insurgents for the battlefield and build support for the afghan government. we will be clear about what we expect from those who receive our assistance. the afghan government does show signs of recognizing the need to deliver better se

right, and president bush chose with secretary gates, and he and secretary gates chose general david petraeuswho was a real scholar. happened to go to the same college i went to, but he was a real scholar who had developed a counterinsurgency strategy that he felt was the only way to deal with insurgents. so they instituted the clear, hold and bill approach in iraq. they would send in the troops clear out of al qaeda, and then they would embed or lock down with the iraqi forces there. and that way they could maintain the security of the area. people wouldn't dare come back in with american and iraqi troops there. my son happened to see both sides of that. he was there in 2005 in the ground intel operation in fallujah, and he found that the locals weren't interested in working with the americans. we now know why. they were very fearful for their lives if they did. the second time he went, and he went in here with the marines who drove al qaeda out of anbar province, and he -- his scout snipers were assigned to capture his old stomping ground of fallujah. they did it and the difference was dram

one of your readers noted they would like to hear from david petraeus on this issue. why is that? >> guest: it is quite striking. i admire him quite a lot as a general and i think he had a terrific affect on the u.s. army's approach in war in iraq. really intellectual work in understanding it and then also, as a commander and forcing down a new idea of counterinsurgency down through the ranks. that said, it struck me that petraeus was very, very active in selling this new policy in the spring of 2007. president bush leaned on him a lot. i'm writing a article in the post about how general petraeus had been mentioned by president bush at least once a week for something like 3 of running weeks, total of 53 times. petraeus was very visible at that point. petraeus to my mind has been almost invisible on iraq and afghanistan for the last few months. that may be a thing and maybe hey, the president doesn't need me to be out in front. but, i do have the sense that if petraeus was so active on the iraq policy in '07 with president bush, after tonight, after the president's speech, i would