chief, david petraeus and joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. the line-up was a clear sign that washington is determined to get its message across. >>> more space junk is hurtling our way. the german aerospace center says nearly two tons of debris from a dead satellite is falling towards the atmosphere, it may reach the surface of the earth in the next few days. the aerospace center projects the satellite known as rosat will re-enter the atmosphere between october 22 and 23, utc. it says it cannot predict the precise time and locations of re-entry. rosat was used for research on black holes and neutron stars and its imaging telescope is the first all-sky survey of x-ray sources. germany launched the satellite in 1990 and ended operations in 1999. the german aerospace center says most parts of the 2.4-ton telescope will burn up on re-entry. but it says up to 30 fragments weighing a total of 1.7 tons could crash into the earth. the largest piece of rosat that could reach the ground is the telescope's heat-resistant mirror. the japan aerospace expl

work in a way similar to what general westmoreland did and when we changed commanders general david petraeus came in and i think exhibited a more abrams like understanding of the nature of the war and how much should be conducted. many of you know that when he came back in the period between service in iraq and afghanistan, general david petraeus was in fort leavenworth task with writing a counterinsurgency manual that would be issued by the army and marine corps. it is a well done document and if you read it you will be amazed at the parallels between the prescription there and the program's study and what general abrams did when he took command. that is a long answer but you ask the fundamental question. i thank you for that. i don't know enough about that. i would hang myself with ignorance. i can't do that. other questions? >> would you, and on what happened after westmoreland appeared on the cover of time as man of the year? i was out in vietnam in 67. there was a lot of talk going are round about westmoreland running for president and was coming out -- i don't know if that is in your b

the associated press reports david petraeus will be among high level officials with clinton when she >> adrian:s in pakistan for talks. >>> in athens, a protest meant to be peaceful got out of control yesterday. thousands were demonstrating against new austerity measures when clashes erupted sending tourists fleeing for safety. >>> the airline industry is expected to bank $32.5 billion in fees for checked bags, on-board entertainment, other extras this year, up a staggering 44 % from just last year. >>> yesterday french first lady, carla bruni sarkozy gave birth to a baby girl, reportedly named dahlia. president sarkozy missed the birth because he was involved in talks on the euro crisis. the child is the first born to a sitting president of modern day france. >>> new research confirms the finding of a shark with just one eye. the rare shark was discovered by a mexican fisherman who cut open his catch to find the fetus who probably would not have survived. >>> here's your early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,504 after losing 72 points yesterday. th

the associated press reports cia chief david petraeus will be among an army of high-level officials with her when she arrives in pakistan for talks. >>> in athens a protest meant to be peaceful got out of control yesterday. thousands were demonstrating against new austerity measures when clashes erupted. >>> the airline industry is expected to bank 32$32.5 billio in fees for checked bags, on board entertainment and other extras this year. that's up a staggering 44% from just last year. >>> yesterday french first lady carla bruni sarkozy gave birth to dahlia. the president millsed the birth because he was in talks on the euro crisis. it's the first born to a sitting president of modern-day france. >>> new research confirms the finding of a shark with just one eye. that's right. it's real. the rare cyclops shark was discovered by a mexican michelermen who cut his catch open. found the fetus and experts say it probably would not have survived. ooh. and now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,504 after losing 72 and the s&p fell 15 and oversea

chief, david petraeus and joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. it was a clear sign that washington is determined to get its message across. >>> more space junk is hurtling our way. the german aerospace center says nearly two tons of debris from a dead satellite is falling towards the atmosphere. it may reach the surface of the earth in the next few days. the aerospace center projects the satellite known as rosat will re-enter the atmosphere between october 22 and 23rd, utc. it ss i cannot predict the precise time and locationsf the re-ery rosat was used for research on black holes and knew tran stars, its telescope performed the first all-sky survey of x-ray sources. germany launched the satellite in 1990 and ended operations in 1999. the german aerospace center says most parts of the telescope will burn up on re-entry. but it says, up to 30 fragments, weighing a total of 1.7 tons could crash into the earth. the largest piece of the satellite that could reach the ground is the telescope's heat-resistant mirror. the japan aerospace exploration age

with a high level of military officials including head of the cia david petraeus and they will be there to deliver the message they want to boost cooperation with pakistan. and they want their help. cooperation with pakistan and they want pakistan to do more as these attacks continue from the haqqani network. that is a militant network based in pakistan that is allied with the taliban. the u.s. is trying to demand that the pakistanis perhaps lost their own offensive against the haqqanis and show some kind of cooperation. the bottom line is the u.s. wants to make a show of wanting a deeper relationship with pakistan but want to stress their concerns about this haqqani network and those attacks and that these goals are important enough to set up this trip. >> susan mcginnis in washington for us this morning, thank you. >>> take you now to greece where parliament is due to take a final vote on a hugely unpopular austerity budget. in the streets of athens, angry workers are staging a two-day general strike and there have been some ugly clashes with police. rioting broke out yesterday when m

clinton is in islamabad, pakistan, visiting her third country in the arab world, joined by general david petraeus, delivering a stark warning to pakistan saying the u.s. will act unilaterally if necessary to combat terrorism as it did in the killing of osama bin laden. in a town hall meeting today, speaking the a group of pakistani young people, clinton pushed for the government there to use its influence to bring the terrorist that canny network to the negotiating table. earlier secretary clinton spoke on america's strategic relationship with pakistan. >> we're trying to increase our efforts on the afghan side of the border and we're working with our pakistani partners to explore the ways that we can squeeze them. we think that we can do more to appeal to the pakistani people to report suspicious activity, to work with their law enforcement personnel so that we can begin to deny safe haven on both sides of the border. that is our mutual goal. >> pakistani foreign minister responded saying militant safe havens exist on both sides of the border. >>> late last night republicans and democrats both f

allen's popular predecessor, david petraeus, had 100,000 troops to work with. by this time next year, allen will have 40% fewer forces. the american public now looks at this war, the economy is faltering. and a lot of them are saying, "is this worth it?" >> it is, martha. it is. >> reporter: osama bin laden is dead. al qaeda is decimated. so what are we still doing here? >> we came to this region for two reasons. one was, of course, to go after al qaeda, but the reason we're in afghanistan is so that the taliban don't unseat this government and don't return to power. >> reporter: whatever you think about this war and the tough fight general allen has ahead of him, he knows well the terrible pain these ten long years of war have brought. >> whenever i hear of someone who's been killed, my first thought is that there's a family at home asleep that doesn't know yet that their loved one is gone or will never be the same again. and then, of course, writing the letters, and when i address those letters to the children, those are the toughest letters to write. >> repo

analysts and people who really study it understand that it's a stalemate certainly their boss david petraeus is a man who still believes in winning he thinks he won in iraq through the troops more money more men and so on he thinks he can do the same in afghanistan and he obviously has the ear of the president because he's in the white house all the time as the head of the cia so the real problem i think is that even if the politicians if obama came to the conclusion as mr gorbachev did will his military allow him to do that or will try and undermine and say he's being a wimp or coward or allowing the enemy to win the big thing about the soviet experience and this is one of the lessons which is haunting the current position is that the soviet military they were introduced enough to see that yes indeed the war was unwinnable they didn't oppose the go to church decision to withdraw in fact is supported it and applauded it and we have no evidence from the secret politburo meetings that in all the archives have come out since the soviet union collapsed we have the defense minister sergei sokolov

his intelligence analysts to give additional weight to the opinions or troops in the field but david petraeus request has been met with a flurry of criticism are key military contributor of any khrushchev takes a look. how come there's the media saying the general betray us in his new capacity as the langley director has come under friendly fire from all sides possible i'm talking about his latest initiative to reverse this standard operating procedure regarding the sharing of that preliminary intel analyses between the cia and us army officers in the field he's not even in charge of the defense intelligence agency which at least has the full lead to toot to conduct or to solicit its military officers and rank and file men opinion regarding the situation in afghanistan and beyond however the small scale as much more significance than meets the eye it reflects their ongoing an unfolding turf battle between their supporters over the petrou counterinsurgency doctrine that has totally against it and this latest initiative is nothing else but just another attempt at the very subtle one to justify

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general david petraeus, more relevant testimony. i dealt with mr. hugo chavez personally and have great empathy for the problems of venezuela but he has acted as a platform facilitating the goofiest terrorist organization on the face of the earth threatening his own neighbors and facilitating threats to the united states so we should expect this will happen and part of it will be facilitated by the venezuelan intelligence service. to add to what general mccaffrey said the cartel's need a lot of help. i was talking to a texas ranger who described a cartel operation. they have world-class communication that was encrypted. they have automatic weapons superior to those of the texas rangers. they had a scout system of scout using night-vision devices. they had operations plan. i have even seen a manual for execution and ambushes taken directly from our military manuals. if the iranians are involved, fine but if someone will describe the characteristics of the small unit based on equipment, training, technology, i would have been very impressed. >> i yiel

because once those documents came out, showing that there had been discussions between people like david petraeus the yemeni president, plausible deniblts for the strikes went away. we have seen in yemen, you know, quite a number of strikes, which, you know, two or three years ago would have been portrayed as yemeni government operations and now people are just fessing up and saying these are american drones. >> so the yemen has been described as lawless by many people. so what does this say about the relationship between the u.s. and what yemeni authorities, the u.s. i guess is interacting with to allow these kinds of attacks to take place? >> well, certainly, you know, we haven't seen any dim min new wigs of american drone strikes or actions against al qaeda in yemen as a result of the recent protests and revolutionary activity there. so what it says, fredricka, to me or anybody else, is that you know the relations between the cia and central command which is responsible for this part of the middle east, and joint special operations command which is also involved in all this, and yemeni counter

others on the politico list included mayor michael bloomberg, hillary clinton, david petraeus and colin powell. it's not a surprise that they played the game of another candidate and this is me. the latest poll, only 14% of voters say they are very satisfied with the current candidate roster. joining us from our washington bureau is kevin madden, jamal simmons. and here in the studio, great to finally meet him in person, correspondent for the national journal. great to have all of you with us. major, let me start with you. only 14% are very satisfied. why? >> republicans look at the field and saying yes, there is romney. he's been the constant. can't there be somebody else? isn't there a better alternative to mitt romney? so far there have been flashpoint alternatives who last for a month or two, michele bachmann and rick perry, and plenty have looked and not run at all. mitt romney stays and the field is set, but in a way that dissatisfies voters until the voting starts. when the voting starts and if romney starts winning, winning has a tendency -- kevin will tell you, winning tends to

because once those documents came out, showing there were discussions between people like general david petraeusent saleh, plausibility went away. so we have seen in yemen a number of strikes which, you know, two or three years ago would have been portrayed as yemeni government, operations are now people that are fessing up and saying, yes, these are american drones. >> just moments ago i reported that the u.s. is reportedly pulling a u.s. combat brigade out of iraq ahead of schedule. does this sort of notice, this public notice leave real vulnerabilities for iraq or perhaps even existing u.s. troops? >> well, i mean, i think there are still 41,000 american troops there and obviously they will draw down bit end of the year. i think this might be a negotiating ploy to try and put more pressure on the iraqis to come to a deal where some american soldiers would remain. and obviously the united states position is that if they don't have immunity from prosecution, they're not going to stay. so pulling a brigade out early might be a way of signaling to the iraqis that, you know, try and come to an agr

war in a way similar to what general westmoreland dead and then we change commanders general david petraeus came in and i think distributor mark abrams like understanding of the nature of the war and how it should be conduct it. many of you know that when he came back in the period between his service in iraq and service in a guinness and, general petraeus was in for a leavenworth and was tasked with writing a counterinsurgency than although it then be issued by both the army and marine corps. it's a well-done document. if you read it, you'll be amazed at the parallels between prescriptions they are and what general abrams did they later took command. you asked a very fundamental question and i thank you for that. i don't know of us about that. i'll just hang myself with endurance. i can't do that. thank you. other questions? yes, please. >> which you comment on what happened after westmoreland appeared on the cover of time says the man is here because i was out vietnam in 67 and there was a lot of talk going on about westmoreland running for president and is coming out at mcafee. i don't k

we have hillary clinton today really reading the riot act with david petraeus, with general democr dempseyling the pakistanis they have to deal with that haqqani threat. is that going to do good? >> we heard the president say he would also like to do in afghanistan what is happening in iraq, namely a serious drawdown of drooptroops and ending that that will not happen without pakistan's cooperation. we went to pakistan showing the need to cooperate on the haqqanis. the reason why the secretary of state has had the long meetings with the pakistanis last night and this morning is because there's a serious discussion for the first time, after several months of not talking to the pakistanis at all, about how should the two countries move forward? in other words, the united states wants the haqqanis along with other taliban leaders to come to the table. they want to see how pakistan can help. they also want pakistan to confront those elements of the taliban that are technically irreconcilable. there are some differences in pakistani views on thousand do this and how the americans wanted to see

we also must praise general david petraeus running the cia. we all know he is a tremendous asset to this country. there is no question that barack obama has done the right thing in the war on terror. that is surprising some people who thought he would be soft. under mr. obama there have been more drone missile attacks than under president bush. these strikes have been very effective. i only wish the president had selected his economic advisors as astutely as his terror warriors. but that's another story for another time. today, america rightfully celebrates another victory over vile terrorists who kill innocent human beings. and that's the memo. now for the top story. reaction, bring in geraldo rivera who knows a lot about the war on terror. what is the headline of this story that the folks might not know? >> that there have been three times as many bad guys killed by president obama in just the last two years than during the period between 2004 and 2008. we have unleashed the superb technology, the drone. we have now an antidote to terrorism.

others on the politico list included mayor michael bloomberg, hillary clinton, david petraeus and colin powell. it's not a surprise that they played the game of another candidate and this is me. the latest poll, only 14% of voters say they are very satisfied with the current candidate roster. joining us from our washington bureau is kevin madden, jamal simmons. and here in the studio, great to finally meet him in person, correspondent for the national journal. great to have all of you with us. major, let me start with you. only 14% are very satisfied. why? >> republicans look at the field and saying yes, there is romney. he's been the constant. can't there be somebody else? isn't there a better alternative to mitt romney? so far there have been flashpoint alternatives who last for a month or two, michele bachmann and rick perry, and plenty have looked and not run at all. mitt romney stays and the field is set, but in a way that dissatisfies voters until the voting starts. when the voting starts and if romney starts winning, winning has a tendency -- kevin will tell you, winning tends to

clinton was in pakistan last week with general james matis the head of centcom and cia director david petraeusep. >> shepard: is there more cooperation for pakistan now, jennifer that the secretary had that visit last week? >> it's not clear but secretary of state clinton told u.s. lawmakers on the hill today that the pakistan's intelligence service the isi had asked her to meet with the leader of the hakani group to ease tensions between the two sides. a top u.s. commander suggested pakistan may be playing a double game. >> we have seen indications where fires have originated from positions that were in close proximity to some pakistan outposts which, as you might imagine, give us great concern. >> there are four times the number of firings across the border from pakistan into afghanistan as there were a year ago according to this u.s. commander, shep. >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon tonight. jen, thanks. the dead dictator muammar qaddafi's son and former heir apparent has reportedly left libya and he may give himself up soon or that's the word today from u.s. and libyan official

. >>> retired general david petraeus will be ceremonially sworn in as director of the cia. vice president joe biden will preside over the ceremony. petraeus took over last month after serving 37 years in the army. >>> this week marks one year since a successful rescue of 33 miners in chile. you'll remember trashings and today a special ceremony here in d.c. will celebrate that occasion. two of those miners will speak at a program at the chilean embassy later this hour. luis ur zhu ua helped the group survive by keeping them calm and esteban rojas proposed to his now wife after making it up to the ground. both toured the national history museum and a new exhibit there featured their rescue last year. ♪ don't rock the jukebox >> earthquake victims in mineral, virginia are getting a dose of good news. a free concert put one country star alan jackson, he's offering to do that free concert for them. just last week the city was denied money from fema to help pay for the damage caused by last month's 5.8 magnitude quake. at this time no date has been set for the alan jackson conce

delegation to pakistan, accompanied by the director of central intelligence, retired general david petraeus, and the new chairman of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey. it's been a rocky stretch for u.s.-pakistan relations, with alleged ongoing pakistani support for militant groups; strategic wrangling over afghanistan; and the mission to kill osama bin laden inside pakistan having frayed ties between the two nations. nonetheless, the americans brought a stern message to pakistan's president, prime minister, and their powerful intelligence and military leaders. secretary clinton previewed that message yesterday in afghanistan after meeting with president karzai. >> they can either be helping or hindering. >> holman: today, clinton reiterated that at a town hall- style meeting in islamabad, and again assailed pakistani support for extremists. >> but no policy that distinguishes between so-called "good" terrorists and "bad" terrorists can provide long-term security. and pakistan has the opportunity to show regional leadership by ending the insurgency on both sides of the border. >> holm

director david petraeus and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey to meet with pakistani prime minister yousaf raza gilani. basque separtists today declared an end to their violent campaign to gain independence from spain and france. since the late 1960s, the separatist group known as e.t.a. has killed more than 800 people in bombings and shootings in their quest for independence. in a statement today, the group renounced armed struggle as a tool on the path to independence, and said it now wants to open direct talks with spain and france. nearly 10,000 turkish troops took part in a ground offensive against kurdish rebels in iraq. about a thousand of those troops traer iedq al ig e q southeastern border. it marked turkey's largest attack on the rebels in more than three years. the offensive was prompted after kurdish forces killed 24 turkish soldiers in a raid yesterday. protesters rampaged outside the greek parliament today, as a vote was underway inside to impose new austerity measures. riot police tried to separate more than 50,000 protesters from smalle

david petraeus was then the general in charge of the iraq war, and ryan crocker was then the iraq ambassador. these are two figures that are now serving the obama administration. i mean, these negotiations were a continuum. and there was very little that obama could have done. the iraqis were existing extending the troop presence at pa all. i think romney's criticism was somewhat off -- >> it's knee-jerk criticism and it's really pathetic for romney to be so pathetic. >> very short thought, ten seconds. >> chris, real quick. that's why people hate politics. you're absolutely right. when you have people like mitt romney who whatever president obama does, he's against. that's why people are tired of it. they want people who stand up for the core of their convictions, people like barack obama, and hopefully people like patrick murphy for attorney general. but i'll tell you, there are people, both democrats and republicans who get it, that we need to invest in, but especially, i would say, on the democratic side. >> okay. thanks so much, patrick murphy, serves in congress, first iraq war vet to