it's an amazingly complex landscape that general petraeus and general odierno and ambassador crocker have to manage and sacrifice, choose an incredibly difficult thing to do. and so among other things your book reminds us of the complexity of an endeavor like that. but reading it with military eyes, it also reads like a cookbook to me, because every few pages as i turn every few pages, i'm reminded of yes, the strategic counterinsurgency command has to be prepared to deal with this particular kind of problem, and it has difficult this kind of role, it has to execute this kind of responsibility. and its dozens of different strategic functions that have not yet been captured in military doctrine. and they think it would be important for us to take a book like yours and to begin the process of getting it in an military doctrines we we don't have to relearn this every time we do a major contingency campaign in some foreign country. which as little as we would want it to happen, it's certain to happen again at some point in time. i hope we are better prepared, better equipped so that we c

you flip through the page of military eye of the different lever a strategic commander like general petraeus has to pulp. he has an operations command which is doing tactical -- overseeing tactical operations and train and e qipt command under lieutenant general jim. generating 135,000 rocket forces which you mentioned inside the wire so no longer argue detention center for the insurgency terrorist academy which are using intelligence to map out the insurgent network inside the command so you can have an effect on those that are still out on the battle field. there are so many levels they have to pull and the ability to sink nice all of those is a rare trait i would say. a lot of those levers didn't exist early on in the war. a lot of those were not present early in the war. it's only -- i argue you get to the latter stage command and general petraeus senior command. he to create some of his own levers. in order to have the tools to fully address the complexity of the problem. and it goes to a second team -- could you pick the surge up from 2007 and 2008 and put it down some other point in t

the original idea i had with general david petraeus who was the nato commander, counterinsurgency strategy to face in the taliban and he had been reading churchill's american field force and the lessons to the british. general david petraeus tells me for just like the british, the military resources you have that your disposal there is not a military solution to this problem. geopolitical solution and that is quite a challenge in the years coming forward in the months ahead. churchill's own conclusion having gone into this conflict was rather terse. financially it is ruinous, morally it is a wicked. militarily is an open question and politically it is a blunder. and i think those words will occupy many of our thoughts in the months ahead. [applause] >> thank you, a tremendous talk. we now have time for questions. would like to invite questions from the audience. please identify yourself first, on the red point. >> eric rosen from the committee for accuracy in middle east reporting in america. when it said there is no political -- no military solution to conflict like this, doesn't it reall

i'm sorry sir the friendship with general petraeus right so the two of them had gotten along over the years not been particularly close and then hillary clinton really went after david petraeus in a two thousand and seven hearing on the arrest surge she basically suggested he had been lying and then when she gets picked as secretary of state you know she's going to have to work with him because he's going to be the head of the central command overseeing a good bit of the world she invites him to her house to have a glass of wine the next night he comes back to have glass of wine with the veteran diplomat richard holbrooke betrayed us understands that there's a calculation to the politics of her trying to get closer to him and yet is impressed with the effort nonetheless the relationship gets better there was a time in two thousand and ten where she was stranded in saudi arabia her plane wasn't working he went his plane picks her up what's her sleep in his bed in the compartment on the plane while he sleeps outside the door on the floor sort of playing the part of an officer and a gent

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that's what general petraeus said. >> what happened in benghazi is different. that was an armed attack and the people there that night said it was a concerted and sophisticated attack and organized and using sophisticated weapons. that is not a flash mob that got out of control. that is terrorist attack. but you put up blue smoke and mirrors and they say i don't understand and let's move o. that's what the administration hopes you will do. >> will they call mike morell or poet pete? >> they have left open the possibility of recalling poet pete. that is something they are looking at. >> you think it will not work unless there is a special committee. >> a special committee that has subpeona powers. that goes to the not the bosses but the guys underneath. let us see the e-mails and back and forth and until you get that, you will never find out what happened. >> kt mcfarland great to so you. bill? >>> a sample of the recordings released after lane closures on one of the world's busiest bremgs. >> traffic is a nightmare. i am in pallisdads park way. >> that was the

and as a result of that, signed up to the counterinsurgency strategy devised by general petraeus and general mcchrystal, and the american army. but within months of having signed up to that he changed his mind. this is were i find it rather difficult. if his heart wasn't in the afghan mission in the start, then why sign up for the counterinsurgency strategy? and as i say, my concern now is what is going to happen when combat operations are wound down by the end of this year? and i can see a lot of trouble ahead. >> david with the heritage foundation. you got a lot of chuckles and audience when you wrote and compared for the record pro-churchill -- i forget how you phrase it, but could you give us a better sense of how he wrote his history and how it was diverse and how it actually happened? >> well, for example, in some of his, very entertaining going through his early obstacles of "the daily telegraph" because he wrote a lot of them. before he even got to the front, which i think we call them -- anti-clinton read up a lot on what was going on. but he does this wonderful first person

. >> some law makers accuse general petraeus of providing false information to congress. and later he, too, believed he thought it was terrorism. >> more on this now. >> for more, we'll go to someone who is written in the book, john bolton. and ambassador to the united nations and you are laughing in anticipation of the passage. i know you haven't had a chance to read the book. but we'll go through the passages. start with what they say about hillary clinton's handling of the benghazi scandal. and here's what they write in the book. this is quoting general petraeus, top commander and decorated and highly respected commander and cia former chief. like lot of great leaders her most impressive qualities were most visible during thouf times. in the wake of the benghazi attacks for example, she was extraordinarily resolute and determined and controlled. what do you think of those comments. >> he does say in the wake of the benghazi attack after it was over. she was engaged in covering her posterior. i bet she was controlled in that activity. the real problem occurred before an

hillary getting serious presidential props from retired general david petraeus. he also praised her leadership during the aftermath of the deadly benghazi attack saying, quote, like a lot of great leaders, her most impressive qualities were most visible during tough times. in the wake of the benghazi attacks, for example, she was extraordinarily resolute, determined, and controlled. simon, a lot of people are shocked by this statement. now, i don't know exactly when he said this. because could it be he gave this quote to the book before it was exposed he was having an affair with paula brodwell, at the same time in which he was saying the same points from the administration that it was the videotape that caused benghazi. >> i'm sure that will be easy to find out. let's be clear. there is a disagreement among many people about what really happened in benghazi and what the aftermath was. i don't think the democrats share the republicans' obsession with benghazi -- >> well, there's a reason why though. >> yeah, because there's an alternative explanation for what hap

all right, first of all, before we get started, you're my third four-star general. petraeusrno, and you, makes me a 12-star host so don't try to pull rank on me, all right? don't try to pull rank. i did not do my share of the reading, so tell me about "my share of the task." what are you trying to say in this book. it's about personal responsibility? >> it is. it's about being part of a team but accepting your part of the responsibility for that because ultimately, you have a responsibility to other people, the people who you work for and who you stand next to. >> stephen: you commanded jsoexrrks. you are the guide that turned jsoc-- the joint special operations command-- into a real javelin against al qaeda and our ?ms in afghanistan and iraq. you guys took out zarqawi. explain what jsoc does. >> it brings together america's most elite forces and it it is used for the most precise missions -- hijack, the mission against osama bin laden. >> stephen: sale team 6, delta guys. >> all of those forces. and they're brought together so you can put all these capabilities together in

so supporters are pointing to general david petraeus. >> i think that's a wonderful thing for david petraeusnistration if she wants to win the presidency. that's a job application. >> that's how you read it? >> the fact of the matter, on benghazi, set aside the conspiracy theories. we do know that skeert was terrible. and that is on her, on her administration. she was ultimately responsible for that. and we do know that the explanation immediately after the attack was distorted and not accura accurate, and she owns that. that's benghazi whether she likes it or not is going to be part, not all, but part of her legacy and a reflection of her leadership. >> i wouldn't say benghazi, the root of that story is underestimating the terrorist threat. as we know, the terrorist threat has only increased in that region in syria and iraq. i would say particularly if there is any kind of attack on us or western interests, that this is something that will come back to haunt her. >> charles? >> well, you know, petraeus is an american hero, but his role in benghazi is a complicating one because he did tell t

the original idea came from general petraeus when he was the nato commander police appear is counterinsurgency street he was rereading churchillian the lessons. and petraeus tells me just like the british to have your disposal not a military sufficient and that is quite a challenge in the months ahead but with his conclusion and initially it is through this. it is an open question politically it is abundant those words will occupy our thoughts in the years ahead. thank you. [applause] >> that was a tremendous stock. we now have time for questions. you would like to invite questions from the audience and in the institutional questions. >> of the least reporting in america when there was a military solution does it really reid there is no political solution without advantageous military accomplishments? >> spending time with the military and recovery most of the campaign's over the last couple of decades, when the of the base of the afghan campaign the overall strategy was devised with military pressure against the end of the. we had the industrial strength insurgency all and our hands but the m

megyn, you would have to believe that general petraeus was lying, that director morrell was lying, anderal clapper was lying, why? because they all wanted jobs in a future hillary clinton administration? it is a preposterous theory. >> i know there are some on the internet that believe in conspiracy theories, i'm not asking that. i'm just asking you about inconsistent statements in the president's remarks and his own inconsistent statements. i know the viewers have questions about this, i know you say it is a non-statement, four americans are dead and there are a lot of unanswered questions. >> that doesn't make this a very important issue, it is a very important issue. the only part of the letter i agree with we ought to keep our focus on where are we in the hunt to get these people to justice? i've been saying all along that the benghazi theory questions are a terrible distraction from the work we need to do to bring these people to justice. i would rather focus on that than continue to re-hash our theories. >> thanks for being here. >> you bet, my pleasure. >>> we actually are alrea

i think that when our generation's sharpest eny minds,rge general petraeus, asked for more troops, then give him more troops. but even though the way this white house has run this war has with whiteeous, house staffers telling four-star generals their business, there has been unmistakable progress. come on thes has back of our troops. carter woke up one night to find his outpost being by 300 enemy fighters. he not only stood his ground, he over 100 meters through enemy fire to save a wounded soldier. 100-meters, that's longer than a football field. friend,reached his shouldered him and carried him back. him back, through and 300 feet of grenades bullets, a man shrunk on his shoulders. au know here we think it's big deal when somebody returns a skin 100 yards for a touchdown. when 11 men are trying to tackle him. compare that. sergeant dakota meyer was in southernpatrol afghanistan. he learned that four americans and afghan soldiers were cut off. he joined with a fellow marine ambush, just the two of them, bringing his comrades back to safety and knocking down anyone who stood in their w

why did you think general petraeus comes back and has to tell the president the war is failing, we have to do something to change it. what did the president do, fixed it. i told him bad news every day. >> by and large cabinet secretaries do not. leaving that aside. you have no evidence that sebelius in these meetings -- first of all -- >> someone had to know, bob. >> i'm sure somebody knew. i'm not trying to excuse her. first of all, these meetings, a lot were meetings with health care groups and meetings she was there. >> and the irs. >> this is his signature legislation. kicking off. the day was supposed to kick off it wasn't ready. >> my guess -- >> if the boss had something going, a brand new show ready to go and you knew something was going to go wrong with the show, wouldn't you tell the boss? >> no. >> would you? >> yeah, i would. that's just me. we want to get your health care numbers, can we do it in a second? >> they are so good i don't want to bring a pall over your anti-obamaism. >> we'll do it after the next spot. how will all the politics the president is playing with our

> around the bush years, you certainly bring up in of the positive things that bob gates and general petraeusout her. but sense you wrote the guts of the book, what we saw in syria, and how vladimir putin has reached his authority and put now considered the most powerful person in the world, compared to obama, and was she successful in the long run in restoring that image. >> it depends on what you're talking about in the long run, certain the states has long-term partners in europe, certainly with the bush administration, and across the world, the united states as an es steeped group. and we saw coalitions between the united states and folks in the cooperation counsel and the arab league, and the invasion of libya that you would never have seen before. in some places, that's true, and in other places, harder to crack in terms of american pop alert. and it's almost nothing in pakistan, for instance, so i think there's some on the record, but if you look at the poll, the united states is better perceived around the world than it was when barack obama took office and hillary clinton took office

after the bush years and you certainly bring up some of the positive things that bob gates and general petraeusy about her. given everything that's happened since you wrote the guts of the book, what we saw in syria, how vladimir putin has reasserted his authority and the whole reset in russian relations seems to have gone way. and, in fact, putin now considered the most powerful person in the world compared to obama. was she actually successful in the long run in restoring that image? >> i think it depends on the country that you are talking about in terms of restoring the image, certainly, you know, the united states has long-term partners in europe, viewed the united states much better during obama's first term than they had during the bush administration and you can measure this in polling across the world the united states' he is scheme grew, we saw some coalitions between the united states and some folks in the gulf cooperation council and the arab league in particular in the invasion of libya that you never would have seen before. and so i think there are some places where that's true. t

. >> it was general petraeus himself ahead of these directives who took out the phrase al qaeda.in the record. >> right. but to have a cover-up, there has to be something you're covering up. >> here is where i think it's slippery. i think you made the point. you hate obama like i do. when lindsey graham switched so quickly to the irs, which is another slithery story we can't get our hands on, which isn't there probably, the fact that he changed subject instantly told me he wasn't really comfortable with the benghazi character assassination of hillary clinton,who he does respect. so let's slip over to the anonymous bureaucrats over there in the irs. exactly. you make the point and kind of dance away. he didn't want to get into any substance. i think he believe there's isn't much substance there. that is my -- >> so what is it about american politics? are you crazy? yes, i'm crazy. let's keep talking. >> you to hit those two buttons and also have to hit the obamacare button and a few others, and everybody else out this in the base is saying yes, right. we need to impeach -- >> did

the piece, he's the senior adviser of the truman national security project, former advisers to generals petraeus ma crystal in afghanistan, welcome good to have you on the program. >> thanks. good to be here. >> is this about drones on one hands and money on the other? >> i think it's a bit more complexion than that. the american people don't want to see money goes to waste and really the main issue that i would be concerned about if we went to the zero option would be not having these -- the ability to strike targets in afghanistan and pac pakistan, but this is -- what does that mean for national security? >> well, without the ability to strike at tagger in other words pakistan you are giving the potential for a sanction ware foy al qaeda and other force to his develop their -- the ability to strike again outside afghanistan, possibly in europe, possibly in the united states. >> in some ways it sounds like we are back to where the united states might have been before 2001. >> if some ways, it looks like that. but here is what's happening. as you mentioned a 12-year campaigning you can the surge

we have seen the general petraeus say that the memo that he sent out was altered to remove the referenceso, i think that's one reason why we are not getting a look at these classified documents because it will back that up and it will disprove the administration's contention that they are not misleading anybody. >> why won't the speaker of the house issue some subpoenas and back up congressman trey gowdy? if they won't answer him, there are ways to get it? >> he might be worried ways get-to-get off wild goose chase. yesterday susan rice said with the best intelligence she had at the time. well, maybe that's what she was handed. not the best intelligence we h everyone on the ground said the video wasn't what caused the. >> stop the he says, she says. get the documents either they say it or they don't. >> truth will set you free. be transparent. why hide behind stuff. >> why won't the speaker subpoena this? >> it might be he disgust trust his own party to stay within the narrow focus of what is wrong here and not do crazy things of calling for the president's impeachment. >> i don't think

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certainly general petraeus and general stanley mccrystal when they launched a counterinsurgency campaigny believe you brought military pressure to bear on the taliban and that would force them to negotiate with the afghan government and in fact president obama has opened an office in the gulf state of qatar to facilitate these talks. the problem is, washington is applying no political will in this area. basically the obama administration seems to have given up on the afghan conflict. without a political settlement s prospects when americans and other troops come out at the end of this year. there is every possibility al qaeda and other islamist terrorist groups, these are profit terrorist groups come back and use to it attack america and other countries so -- jenna: you correctly point out. i want to mention that the taliban as designation as terrorist organization is designated for a specific group in pakistan and overarching taliban is not designated terrorist organization. al qaeda is. there are some semantics that is are important how it is used in policy, con. can you just in the br

general david petraeus saying, quote, she'd make a tremendous president. during her 2008 run, clinton criticized petraeus for his handling of the iraq war, but the two later forging a strong working relationship and a friendship during her tenure as secretary of state. the book is called "hrc: state secrets and the rebirth of hillary clinton." >>> next here tonight to a massive and troubling food recall this evening. millions of pounds of beef being recalled. the california company reportedly processing diseased animals. and authorities say they somehow managed to do it without inspection. many questions tonight, and abc's linzie janis on the case. >> reporter: officials say the rancho feeding corporation in california processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection. the company now recalling nearly 9 million pounds of beef products. an entire year's worth of production. that meat described as unfit for human consumption, making its way to four states. california, texas, illinois and florida. it's not yet clear what outlets recei

former cia director, four-star general david petraeus, is supporting hillary clinton in 2016.el roth peters on the power of the clinton endorsement, next. glue hillary clinton getting and endorsement from david petraeus in a new book saying clinton would make a, as she said it, tremendous president. like a lot of great leaders a lot of qualities were visible in the tough times in the wake of the benghazi attack. for example, she was resolute, determined, and controlled. joining us now "fox news" strategic analyst lieutenant colonel rob peters. great to have you with us. your thoughts about that vivid, soaring endorsement. >> well, i just think it is sad. david petraeus needs to know it's time to get offstage and start a new life. it seems clear to me that endorsement is a plea for hillary clinton in the hillary clinton administration to bring him back to government and rehabilitate him. it's not going happen. the obama administration, they used petraeus like a meth head hooker. and he still hasn't figured it out. and my, god, i mean, it's strategic thing to see someone who wou

certainly you bring up the positive things that bob gate and general david petraeus have to say about. given what has happened since you wrote the guts of the book, how vladimir putin reset his authority, and russians negotiations have gone away. was she successful in the lopping run in we storing the image. >> it depends on the country. the united states long-term partners view the united states better during obama's first term than the bush administration. you can measure this in polling. we saw coalitions between the united states and some folks in the gulf cooperation council, in the arab league, that you never would have seen before, and so i think there are some places where that is true, and there are other countries that have been a harder nut to crack. it is, you know, an almost nothing in pakistan, for instance. so i think there's a record, but if you look at the polling, it's clear that the united states is perceived better around the world today than when barack obama took office. they probably share some credit in that. >> beng assy. >> with all due respect we had four de

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her credit for, after the bush years, and you bring up positive things with bob gates and general david petraeus had to say, given everything that happened since you wrote the guts of the book, what we saw in syria, how vladimir putin reasserted his authority, and the reset on russian relations goes away, and vladimir putin considered the most powerful person in the world, compared to barack obama. bass she successful in -- was she successful in restoring that imaging. >> it depends on the country you are talking about. the united states long-term partners in europe viewed the united states better during barack obama's first term than during the bush administration. you can measure this in polling across the world. the esteem grew. we saw coalitions between the united states and some folks in the gulf cooperation council and the arab league, and in particular with the invasion of libya that you never would have seen before. there are places where it's true, and other countries where it's been a harder nut to crack in terms of american popularity. it's almost nothing in pakistan, for instance. if

i think that one of our generation's sharpest counterinsurgency mind, general petraeus, asks for more troops, then give him more troops. but even though the way that this white house has run this war has been outrageous with white house staffers telling four-star generals their business, there has been unmistakeable progress. that progress has come on the backs of our troops. specialist ty carter woke up one night to find his outpost being overrun by 300 enemy fighters. he not only stood his ground, he ran over 100 meters through enemy fire to save a wounded soldier. 100 meters, that's long or than a football field -- longer than a football field. and when he reached his friend, ty shouldered him and carried him back with. he carried him back through over 300 feet of grenades and bullets , a man slung on his shoulders. you know, here we hi it's a big deal -- we think it's a big deal when somebody returns a pigskin 100 yards for a touchdown. when 11 men are trying to tackle him. compare that. sergeant dakota meyer was ambushed on patrol many southern afghanistan. of he learned that fou

if you have any doubt as to whether -- general david petraeus said about hillary, "her most impressiveng tough times, she'd make a tremendous president." now that's a four star general says she would make a wonderful place. rand paul is -- >> a four-star general who had to leave his job because of sexual stand p scanncandal. >> we're not going to get into that side of the sorry. ana and paul, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> of course. >> tweet us, is it fair game or not fair game? >> i think they both should have condemned the tactics. we wonder why we're losing so many of you paying attention, it's because they go at this. >> could there be a serial killer on the loose? we'll bring you the latest from a community in virginia. >> plus, a public announcement from michael sam. how he could now be the first openly gay player drafted into the nfl. we're going to talk about what this means for the league. let alone for under $300. but this asus with windows is lightweight and has everything they need -- not like chromebooks that can't install office or have to be connected to the inte

general david petraeus specifically cited clinton's handling of the benghazi attack as proof of her leadership. he described her as resolute, determined and controlled. of course, many republicans disagree. >>> yahoo! and yelp reportedly teaming up. they say it was unveiled by the chief executive and the goal is to improve yahoo! by incorporating yelp. >>> a talented college football player says he's gay. and if as expected missouri's michael sam is drafted by a pro team this spring, he'll be the first openly gay player in the nfl. the all-american defensive lineman came out in an interview with espn, but says he told his teammates before last season and it was a load off his chest. >> they took it great. they rallied around me, they supported me and i couldn't ask for better teammates. >> sam says he understands how big this is because no gay man has admitted his sexuality while an active pro athlete, but he says it shouldn't matter, only whether he can play the game and help his team. we'll hear much more from michael sam and get reaction from the football world later on "good morning americ

i noticed that with general david petraeus. i noticed it with gates in his hearings when he was nominated secretary of defense by george w. bush. they were so thrilled he wasn't donald rumsfeld they didn't ask the really hard questions and the lot of those pertaining to his activities. he was involved in iran-contra. he was a very prominent member of the cia at the time. they required intelligence that iran was somehow moderating and that intelligence was conveniently forthcoming. >> former capitol hill staffer mike lofgren rights the party is over on c-span's q&a. ..

general david petraeus, who is beloved on the right and maybe he should be, but is beloved on the right said don't say al qaeda, don't say terrorist, say extremists. and by the way, this is happen had. it started in california. it worked its way through cairo and ended up in benghazi. all the facts on the table. asserted to by bipartisan sources. not just "the new york times," as you mentioned, alex, but the senate bipartisan committee. it's all in, and they keep acting like they do on evolution, like they do on climate change. they play these games of well, we don't know. >> the facts are still questions there are still questions. listen, the guy who served president wmd should have no question -- >> the architect. >> about the accuracy of the information presented, because when it comes to what susan rice said, it was far closer to the mark than anything they said about iraq before the war. and senator mccain, he really needs to sit down and read the e-mails that came out last spring that you and i poured over, that everyone else has poured over before he starts saying the white house

that with general petraeus.oticed it was gates in his hearings, when he was nominated as secretary of defense by george w. bush. they were so thrilled that he was not rumsfeld, they did not ask the really hard questions. a lot of those pertained to his past activities. the iranvolved in contra. he was a very prominent figure in the cia at the time. they required intelligence that .ran was somehow moderating that intelligence was, conveniently, forthcoming. >> former capitol hill staffer, mike lofgren, writes about washington in "the party is over ," tonight on "q&a." >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. by thec-span, created cable tv industry 30 five years ago, funded by your local cable or satellite provider. follow us on twitter. facebook. >> "washington journal" continues. host: all they hear we are covering the win