donna kelley. [inaudible question] it has been a firestorm over leon panetta's book that came out a day ago. everybody's talking about a democratic congressman who was a former cia director in the obama administration, a former secretary of defense, and he is laying this squarely at the feet of the administration for not getting in those negotiations with the iraqi prime minister so we had to leave. i will get to that question with you. if malikcould we stay he was not willing to let us stay there? >> a good lashing. -- a good question. i was reluctant to enter iraq. my son-in-law as a navy seal. if you go to war you make sure you go to war to win. so get rules of engagement our troops will win. in iraq, leaving, we left without a sofa agreement, a status of forces agreement. that should not be overlooked. that allows our soldiers, they get prosecuted if they are allegedly conducted something wrong under our judicial system. without a status of forces agreement one of our soldiers could be prosecut

donna kelley. >>[inaudible question] with your military background, there has been a firestorm over leon panetta's book that came out a day ago. everybody's talking about a democratic congressman who was a former cia director in the obama administration, a former secretary of defense, and he is laying this squarely at the feet of the administration for not getting in those negotiations with the iraqi prime minister so we had to leave. i will get to that question with you. how long could we stay if malik he was not willing to let us stay there? >> a good question. i was reluctant to enter iraq. my. or a navy diver. my son-in-law as a navy seal. reluctanto one more to go to war than me. if you go to war you make sure you go to war to win. you get rules of engagement so our troops will win. in iraq, leaving, we left without a sofa agreement, a status of forces agreement. that should not be overlooked. that allows our soldiers, they get prosecuted if they are allegedly conducted something wrong under o

we will, donna kelley on this end of our panel. she is from kbaz television. she wanted me to tell you she had several overtures to work for fox during those years. she started her career many decades ago at a small television station. good to see you tonight. jill allee from kt eax television. she is a six-time montana broadcaster of the year. good to see you. next my co-anchor, janel slade a two-time montana broadcaster of the year. she spent a few years on the dark side in communications and public relations. we welcome her back a couple of years ago. that is all panel tonight. i get the first question. we have one hour. john lewis, we flipped coins. you get the first question. as we speak, congress has an 8% approval rating. the calling card of congress is partisan gridlock. this is a do-nothing congress prayed why do you want to join this esteemed group? what do you bring to the table to change this culture that has our country stuck on hold? >> thank you. i want to thank montana new stations for hosting this debate. when i first got in this race i gave a

donna kelley. >>[inaudible question] it has been a firestorm over leon panetta's book that came out a day ago. everybody's talking about a democratic congressman who was a former cia director in the obama administration, a former secretary of defense, and he is laying this squarely at the feet of the administration for not getting in those negotiations with the iraqi prime minister so we had to leave. i will get to that question with you. how long could we stay if malik he was not willing to let us stay there? >> a good question. i was reluctant to enter iraq. my son-in-law as a navy seal. if you go to war you make sure you go to war to win. you get rules of engagement so our troops will win. in iraq, leaving, we left without a sofa agreement, a status of forces agreement. that should not be overlooked. that allows our soldiers, they get prosecuted if they are allegedly conducted something wrong under our judicial system. without a status of forces agreement one of our soldiers could be prosecuted

[laughter] [applause] >> moderator: donna kelley. >> i think it's higher than that.'s actually really good job. let's do a personality question here. if you win, who would you think and if you lose, who would you blame? zinke: if i went to my going to take my family, especially my wife. my wife has been through a lot. when she was a service about, my daughter, myself and my son-in-law were all deployed together. it takes an enormous amount of sacrifice. now if we lose, i am going to blame john lewis. [laughter] lewis: look if we win i'm going to thank my family, my wife melissa, my kids. it is a huge sacrifice to do this put yourself out there, run for public office. my wife has been there for me through thick and thin yet i can't thank her enough. i'm going to thank the people of montana who have funded his campaign. we mentioned earlier. the vast majority of the money i raised in this race is from montana to believe in what we are trying to do here. if i come up short well, that is tough. but i know we will give it everything we've got and maybe try harder next tim