good morning to you come with general george joulwan.to say as a follower of christ, i do not hold much hope for the armies of the world to bring peace in our time. i see what is going on now -- it is going to be perpetual war. my only hope in this situation is that america can get its head on straight for the sake of my children and bring our troops home. guest: well, you know, i understand where you are coming from. i have been involved in this for many years. i would share your concern that hopefully we can build a peaceful place, but when, in the region, in a different type of war, terrorists can inflict serious harm on american citizens and on our territory, then i think we need to have a strategy to be able to stand up to that. part of the problem is when these terrorists get momentum -- and i have fought terrorists in latin america, africa, europe, and elsewhere -- once they get momentum, it gets much more difficult. these attacks go all the way back further, but go back to the 1983 bombing of our troops in lebanon. so there has t

. >> former nato commander, west point graduate, general george joulwan, thank you. please come back any time. >> thank you. okay. >> >> as we get better and better, we run the risk of all of the confidence and arrogant. >> four of malcolm's book sit on the "new york times" best sellers list, including the latest, "what the dog saw." he's our guest on c-span's q and a. >> topics at the state department briefing include nato's role in afghanistan, and the start nuclear disarmorment treaty between the u.s. and russia. spokesman kelly speaks with reporters for about a half an hour. >> okay. good morning. the secretary had, obviously, a very busy day today in brussels. she had meetings with the nato secretary general, and she participated in several meetings of north atlantic council. nato foreign ministers with isef contributing natos. there was a meeting of the nato russian council as well. it was a very productive day. they endorsed the president's strategy and approach toward afghanistan. 25 countries pledge to do more in terms of troops, trainers, and trust fund con

retired general in george joulwan will take your questions about nato's role in afghanistan.lou frey will talk about his book, "political rules of the road." plus a discussion of today's white house job summit. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> as we get better and better at what we do, we are run in ever increasing risk of over confidence and arrogance. . . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> good afternoon, everyone. i want to thing president obama for asking me to be here today and convening this form. i also want to thank all of you for joining us on this vital discussion for jobs and economic growth. of the past 10 months, the obama administration has taken a number of bold steps to break this recession. we have work to stabilize the financial system, revise lending to small businesses and families, and prevent responsible homeowners from losing their homes, and it through the recovery act, taxes for middle-class families have been cut, we have extended and increased unemployment insurance, and created and s