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because we have incurred for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and will extend far beyond dollars and cents. when i first met crystal last month while touring bethesda naval base, her story illustrated that. crystal is here today to talk about the human cost, and that cost is not limited exclusively to the servicemembers and veterans who fought and are fighting our wars, it is also fell by the families of these heroes who worked tirelessly to support their loved ones through deployment and rehabilitation, day in and day out. many like crystal have given up their own jobs to become full-time caregivers, and advocates for their loved ones. last month while testifying before the senate appropriations subcommittee on defense, chairman of joint chiefs of staff, admiral mullen told me that without the family members we would be nowhere in these wars. i couldn't agree more, and after you hear crystals story that will be even more clear. as the members of this committee know, over the course of the last few hearings we have examined how the veterans of today's conflicts are faced with unique
because we have incurred for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and will extend far beyond dollars and cents. when i first met crystal last month while touring bethesda naval base, her story illustrated that. crystal is here today to talk about the human cost, and that cost is not limited exclusively to the servicemembers and veterans who fought and are fighting our wars, it is also fell by the families of these heroes who worked tirelessly to support their loved ones through deployment and...
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we will first year from paul reickhoff, executive director and founder of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. next we'll hear from doctor james hosek, senior economist from the rand corporation. we will hear from mrs. crystal nicely the smh am an opening statement is a caregiver and spouse of an operation enduring freedom veteran. following her testimony we will hear from mrs. lorelei st. james, the director physical infrastructure for the government accountability office, and closing out a pen will be mrs. heidi golding who will be testifying on behalf of congressional budget office. she is cdos principal analyst for military and veterans compensation and the national security division. so thank you again to all of you for being here this morning for the support and. mr. reickhoff, we weekend with you. >> thank you, madam chair, members of the committee. on behalf of iraq and afghanistan and over to a thousand of her members and supporters, many of them are here today, thank you for inviting us to testify in the long-term costs of war for our generation of veterans. i served in i
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a well known tactic for many terrorists across the world and we've seen that happening in iraq and afghanistan the leader of the chechen republic i was on could describe those behind this attack ask criminals and he said that they have once again shown their true face as they have a nothing secret with these attacks happening on one of the most important muslim celebrations of the day of each which marks the end of the holy month of ramadan and the number of a terror acts across the world increases during this holy month before muslims. all of the tragedy in russian stretching republic about the day she was saying marking the end of the holy month of ramadan if you log on to our website you can see how thousands of russian muslims worship was gathered in the capital's mosques by schooling onto the surrounding streets and lanes we pulled out put it in full dot com. with our t. it's good to have you with us today to global energy giants america's exxon mobile and russia's of course and you have to have struck a multi-billion dollar partnership agreement corp it will rain all the way from the gul
a well known tactic for many terrorists across the world and we've seen that happening in iraq and afghanistan the leader of the chechen republic i was on could describe those behind this attack ask criminals and he said that they have once again shown their true face as they have a nothing secret with these attacks happening on one of the most important muslim celebrations of the day of each which marks the end of the holy month of ramadan and the number of a terror acts across the world...
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built that won't be able to maintain they won't they can't maintain them in countries like iraq and afghanistan you have to when you build something like a power plant you have to be able to maintain and operate it and the afghanis simply don't have the ability to do that i predict anyway american firms will have to go over there and they will have to stay there operate these power plants. and if the government of afghanistan if if karzai says no no contractors will take care of it we'll end up paying afghanis engineers an operators to maintain these things and i feel safe in saying that money will disappear. an assistant at a i think it was dot com told us that this report is important but that hope that it can actually change the situation a dying fast. the recommendations within the report sort of have the air of the usual washington type of device build another bureaucracy to watch over and for oversight in this department you know hire an inspector general sort and so forth i'm concerned that the recommendations of this committee all of their analysis of waste is very valuable and concerne
built that won't be able to maintain they won't they can't maintain them in countries like iraq and afghanistan you have to when you build something like a power plant you have to be able to maintain and operate it and the afghanis simply don't have the ability to do that i predict anyway american firms will have to go over there and they will have to stay there operate these power plants. and if the government of afghanistan if if karzai says no no contractors will take care of it we'll end up...
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spending in iraq and afghanistan a senate committee prepares to release a report on where taxpayer billions go experts doubt the budget holes will be clogged any time soon. two out of the three suicide bombers who carried out attacks in the capital of russia's north caucasus republic of to have been identified once the brother of another suicide bomber who blew himself up in front of a concert hall in grozny last year nine people have been confirmed dead and twenty wounded three blasts rocked the city our correspondent in the region. has more. the capital of the chechen republic grozny was ahead by three blasts the first happened late in the evening on the road leading to the cedars fort a suicide bomber blew himself up going police tried to stop him for an id hop an hour later as the same place of the first blast of the stock and the third attacks happened when investigators and emergency workers arrived at the scene this toxic one one suicide bomber blew himself up and therefore attract more people than enough that attacks happened that's well known tactics for many terrorist across the w
spending in iraq and afghanistan a senate committee prepares to release a report on where taxpayer billions go experts doubt the budget holes will be clogged any time soon. two out of the three suicide bombers who carried out attacks in the capital of russia's north caucasus republic of to have been identified once the brother of another suicide bomber who blew himself up in front of a concert hall in grozny last year nine people have been confirmed dead and twenty wounded three blasts rocked...
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we look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanistan went and we ask the experts if there's more bad news to come. three suicide bombers have carried out attacks in the russian republic of chechnya leaving eight people twenty eight injured let's get some more details now and of course live to our correspondent in a question of all the latest on this story so details coming in to you know what is the latest that you can tell us here. the capital of the chechen republic grozny was headed by three blasts the first happened late in the evening on the road leading to the siege is our forte a suicide bomber blew himself up when police tried to stop him for an id tag half an hour later as the same planes of the first blast of the third attacks happened when investigators and emergency workers arrived at the scene overall age people were killed and among them six confirmed to be police officers and another twenty two were injuries meanwhile one of the three terrorists has already been identified he was the brother of another suicide bomber who tried to carried out
we look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanistan went and we ask the experts if there's more bad news to come. three suicide bombers have carried out attacks in the russian republic of chechnya leaving eight people twenty eight injured let's get some more details now and of course live to our correspondent in a question of all the latest on this story so details coming in to you know what is the latest that you can tell us here. the capital of the chechen...
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we look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanistan went and asked the experts if there is more bad news to come. but first nine people have been confirmed dead after three suicide bombings hit the capital of russia's southern republic of chechnya twenty people have also been wounded in the blast two of the terrorists have been identified with one of them being the brother of a suicide bomber who blew himself up in the republican counter at all last year but in a question of are has more on the story. the capital of the chechen republic grozny was headed by three blasts the first happened late in the evening on the road leading to the cedars and fought a suicide bomber blew himself up when police tried to stop him for an id tag half an hour later as of the same plays of the first blast of this second and the third attacks happened when investigators and emergency workers arrived at the scene this tactic when one suicide bomber blew himself up and therefore attract more people and then and not the attacks that happened as well known tactics for many terro
we look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanistan went and asked the experts if there is more bad news to come. but first nine people have been confirmed dead after three suicide bombings hit the capital of russia's southern republic of chechnya twenty people have also been wounded in the blast two of the terrorists have been identified with one of them being the brother of a suicide bomber who blew himself up in the republican counter at all last year but in a...
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a well known tactic for many terrorists across the world and we've seen that happening in iraq and afghanistan the leader of the chechen republic i was on could it have described. behind this attack as criminals and he said that they have once again shown their true face as they have nothing sacred with these attacks happening on one of the most important most of the celebrations of the day of. the end of the holy month of ramadan and the a number of a terror acts across of the world increases during this holy month for muslims. it isn't a question of a boarding right or a tragedy in russia chechen republic marked the day marking the end of the holy month of ramadan if you look on your website you can see how it thousands of russian the muslim worship was gathered in the capitals mosques spilling out of the surrounding streets we've got that footage been pulled out of our t.v. dot com. our viewers come to you live from moscow to global energy giants america's exxon mobile and russia have struck a multi billion dollar partnership agreement but cooperation will range all the way from the gulf of
a well known tactic for many terrorists across the world and we've seen that happening in iraq and afghanistan the leader of the chechen republic i was on could it have described. behind this attack as criminals and he said that they have once again shown their true face as they have nothing sacred with these attacks happening on one of the most important most of the celebrations of the day of. the end of the holy month of ramadan and the a number of a terror acts across of the world increases...
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chest wasted by the united states look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanistan has gone we also had the time to ask the experts if there's more news around the corner. two of the suicide bombers that carried out attacks in russia something republic of chechnya have just now identified one of the terrorists has been confirmed as the brother of a suicide bomber who blew himself up in the republic last year her three blasts that hit the city on tuesday have left eight dead and twenty injured now he's within a caution about now has more on this story. the capital of the chechen republic grozny was headed by three blasts the first happened late in the evening on the road leading to the cedars and fought a suicide bomber blew himself up when police tried to stop him for an idea half an hour later as of the same plays of the first blast of this attack and the surge attacks happened when investigators and emergency workers arrived at the scene overall eight people were killed and among them six are confirmed to be police officers this tactic when one suicide bomber blew
chest wasted by the united states look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanistan has gone we also had the time to ask the experts if there's more news around the corner. two of the suicide bombers that carried out attacks in russia something republic of chechnya have just now identified one of the terrorists has been confirmed as the brother of a suicide bomber who blew himself up in the republic last year her three blasts that hit the city on tuesday have left...
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and libya talk about obama's middle east policy well i think that we should get out of iraq afghanistan and libya tomorrow i would never have gone into iraq from the start believing that we have the military surveillance capability to see iraq rule out any weapons of mass destruction that we could have gone in and dealt with that if it were to have happened it didn't happen i thought if we went into iraq we'd find ourselves in an endless civil war in afghanistan i thought initially that was totally warranted we were attacked we attacked back but after being in afghanistan for six months i think we effectively wiped out that was ten years ago syria sunni libya i'm completely opposed to libya where was the military threat where was the congressional authorization were in the constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign leader we should go in and topple that foreign leader and don't five other countries qualify for that same intervention syria being one of those countries let's let's stop diplomat diplomacy one thing a suggestion one thing but intervention a whole nother t
and libya talk about obama's middle east policy well i think that we should get out of iraq afghanistan and libya tomorrow i would never have gone into iraq from the start believing that we have the military surveillance capability to see iraq rule out any weapons of mass destruction that we could have gone in and dealt with that if it were to have happened it didn't happen i thought if we went into iraq we'd find ourselves in an endless civil war in afghanistan i thought initially that was...
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kathryn, more than 2 million troops deployed to afghanistan and iraq. what are some of the behavioral health issues related to the returning vets that are there, the vets that are there, and the returning vets? i think all of us are paying great attention to the behavioral health issues of anyone who has been in combat. and, first of all, when we use the term "behavioral health," we generally are talking about a broad range of mental and emotional and substance abuse disorders and/or problems. we know that anyone who has been in combat will probably suffer from trauma and anyone who has been in a combat situation will have effects of that trauma. so, the first thing we really want to pay attention to is: how have the individuals who have served in combat absorbed that trauma and become resilient to that trauma? in addition, we are seeing a variety of behavioral adjustments having to do with post-traumatic stress, having to do with depression, having to do with suicide ideation. and of course, the reintegration issues when people come back from combat an
kathryn, more than 2 million troops deployed to afghanistan and iraq. what are some of the behavioral health issues related to the returning vets that are there, the vets that are there, and the returning vets? i think all of us are paying great attention to the behavioral health issues of anyone who has been in combat. and, first of all, when we use the term "behavioral health," we generally are talking about a broad range of mental and emotional and substance abuse disorders and/or...
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we have to remember we've been here before we've been here before with afghanistan we've been there before with iraq and i think the lesson from both of those and that actually the message is even coming from many of the rebels in tripoli and elsewhere in libya is that they don't want nato there any more they don't want western troops on the ground and they want to run their own country and i think it would be very foolish for david cameron or anybody else to believe this really vindicates their foreign policy in terms of the war on terror well one of the sons made a surprise appearance despite the rebels claim he was captured for almost two days they were saying they are in control and that also turned out to be untrue does that ring the alarm bells for you concerning the credibility of this anti gadhafi coalition. well i think what it does raise alarm bells with is the why in which the these issues are used very very much politically to justify western intervention we had the international criminal court saying that they knew that. saif al islam gadhafi was in custody when clearly they didn't know
we have to remember we've been here before we've been here before with afghanistan we've been there before with iraq and i think the lesson from both of those and that actually the message is even coming from many of the rebels in tripoli and elsewhere in libya is that they don't want nato there any more they don't want western troops on the ground and they want to run their own country and i think it would be very foolish for david cameron or anybody else to believe this really vindicates...
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afghanistan first, iraq first. it makes a lot of sense unless you think we have limited oversight over these folks and when we have limited oversight, that means that money can get wasted. we have to do something about that. we also have to think about projects that we start but are not sure can be finished or sustained. our report talks about that as well. what is the point of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on projects that will then fall into disuse? and then we'll have a hobson's choice. either to let it fall into disuse and write it off as a waste or to keep spending our taxpayer money for god knows how long in order to keep the projects going. we need to avoid those sorts of things. $206 billion is a lot of money on contracting. but so is 60 billion in waste, of which a considerable amount, maybe as much as 18 billion, is pure fraud. we've got to do something about that. we need to do it for or troops, for our civilians, for our contractors and for the american people. >> i took a particular interest
afghanistan first, iraq first. it makes a lot of sense unless you think we have limited oversight over these folks and when we have limited oversight, that means that money can get wasted. we have to do something about that. we also have to think about projects that we start but are not sure can be finished or sustained. our report talks about that as well. what is the point of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on projects that will then fall into disuse? and then we'll have a hobson's...
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. >> when we went into iraq, afghanistan, you didn't ask how much. >> hillary clinton voted for iraq ost democrats voted for iraq and afghanistan. you recall her saying, let's go to iraq mr. president. >> but pay for it. >> democrats didn't pay for it. >> you never raised the question of how much we are spending when we are fighting wars. if it is talking about health insurance, where people feed it to protect, -- you never let me finish. >> all you do is talk jerry. >> that's why i have a microphone. >> sean: bill cunningham, last word. >> my last word is this. we had reagan beat carter. i always imagined as a kid what would a second jimmy carter term have looked like? we now know. we can't give jimmy carter three terms. >> all this name calling -- >> carter is name calling? >> if you want to put people back to work -- >> lower taxes. >> we had the bush tax cuts, how come unemployment keeps going up? >> obama is in the white house. >> had your tax cuts and haven't worked because we have 9.2% unemployment. >> it was 5% now it is almost 10. >> because of the bush tax cuts. >> they were
. >> when we went into iraq, afghanistan, you didn't ask how much. >> hillary clinton voted for iraq ost democrats voted for iraq and afghanistan. you recall her saying, let's go to iraq mr. president. >> but pay for it. >> democrats didn't pay for it. >> you never raised the question of how much we are spending when we are fighting wars. if it is talking about health insurance, where people feed it to protect, -- you never let me finish. >> all you do is...
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several hundred are deployed to iraq and afghanistan. where they perform sunday services on remote bases. and sometimes help the fallen return home. last summer an army convoy was hit by an ied in afghanistan. captain dale goe it tz was in it, the first chaplain killed in action since vietnam. when they even his name on the memorial, it will be a reminder to new chaplains of the risks they face. >> the danger is what gives us sometimes the credibility to minister to our soldiers. they know we've been there, we've been there with them, we faced the fear. >> reporter: she joined after terrorists attacked the u.s. on september 11th. she's been since to iraq several times. >> my first 12 month deployment was in 2005, 2006 and that was a tough period where there was a lot of loss of life. there was a lot of blood shed and a lot of uncertainty. >> r
several hundred are deployed to iraq and afghanistan. where they perform sunday services on remote bases. and sometimes help the fallen return home. last summer an army convoy was hit by an ied in afghanistan. captain dale goe it tz was in it, the first chaplain killed in action since vietnam. when they even his name on the memorial, it will be a reminder to new chaplains of the risks they face. >> the danger is what gives us sometimes the credibility to minister to our soldiers. they...
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questions are being raised over five million pieces of body armor that the army has used in both iraq and afghanistan for the past ten years. the pentagon report questions the reliability of five million pieces of body armor safety tests were conducted with the wrong place they were inconsistent and two designs were approved without any testing. approving body armor they didn't even bother to test can't really say i'm not surprised now the audit gave in-depth information about seven military contracts all for armor plates known as ballistic inserts and in the report the inspector general wrote consequently the army cannot be sure of the ballistic inserts meet requirements as a result the army lacks assurance that five point one million ballistic inserts acquired through the seven contracts provide appropriate protection and over the course of the two years of the i.g. investigated these inserts they noted that they did not conduct any tests on their own regarding the structural integrity of the armor and sadly politicians have been calling for the in-depth research of this equipment since two thousan
questions are being raised over five million pieces of body armor that the army has used in both iraq and afghanistan for the past ten years. the pentagon report questions the reliability of five million pieces of body armor safety tests were conducted with the wrong place they were inconsistent and two designs were approved without any testing. approving body armor they didn't even bother to test can't really say i'm not surprised now the audit gave in-depth information about seven military...
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we're building roads schools bridges highways and hospitals in iraq and afghanistan and we're borrowing forty three cents out of every dollar to do that and worse yet men and service women are losing their lives let's get out of iraq and afghanistan and libya to morrow ok so the next hot button issue on foreign policy is iran of course it was a major dust up between santorum and paul in the last debate over this but i want to get your response in contrast to what bachmann i've examination i sit on the house select committee on intelligence i can't reveal classified information but i can say this is present united states i will do everything to make sure that iran does not become a nuclear power. i would i would agree with the notion that we should remain vigilant to any threat against our national security i don't see it existing though in iran and one of the unintended consequence of our military actions are as we take out saddam hussein iraq and that's what iran is concerned about is iraq so we take out saddam hussein we take out iraq and now they're raising their head they
we're building roads schools bridges highways and hospitals in iraq and afghanistan and we're borrowing forty three cents out of every dollar to do that and worse yet men and service women are losing their lives let's get out of iraq and afghanistan and libya to morrow ok so the next hot button issue on foreign policy is iran of course it was a major dust up between santorum and paul in the last debate over this but i want to get your response in contrast to what bachmann i've examination i sit...
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not well known tactics for many terrorist across the world and we've seen that happening in iraq and afghanistan the leader of the chechen republic i was on could it have described those behind this attacks as criminals and he said that they have once again shown their true face as they have nothing secret with these attacks happening on one of the most important muslim celebrations well despite the tragedy of muslims won't let the attacks spoil their plans the main festivities to mark the end of the holy month of ramadan are being held throughout the republic and you have more on how muslims in moscow celebrate the day log on to our dot com well you'll find pictures of course the first gathering in their thousands in the capital mosque and spilling out into the surrounding streets. a london based human rights group claims dozens of people including children have died behind bars in syria during the last five months the victims were reportedly tortured to death for taking part in the regime caught risings archies a really good loose in the country capital damascus and now joins us live what else
not well known tactics for many terrorist across the world and we've seen that happening in iraq and afghanistan the leader of the chechen republic i was on could it have described those behind this attacks as criminals and he said that they have once again shown their true face as they have nothing secret with these attacks happening on one of the most important muslim celebrations well despite the tragedy of muslims won't let the attacks spoil their plans the main festivities to mark the end...
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begin with iraq and afghanistan. we accomplished whatever purpose we could have had with osama bin laden. we never should have been in iraq. the pentagon budget is $700 billion a year. medicare, which people want to blame unfairly for the crisis costs $580 billion a year. we can with no loss in our own security scale back. you can say on one hand america has to recognize constraints and act as if it's still 1960 and we can spend whatever we want when ever we want all over the world. >> the devil's advocate position is if you look at afghanistan, the reason they were able to ferment the situation there is because no one was there keeping an eye on it. the counterargument is there are lots of places in the world that were unstable where if america reduced any presence, you could see that situation recurring. that would provide a -- an attack to the homeland security in the homeland. >> if we shut down afghanistan, they're in yemen. if you shut down yemen, they're in somalia or sudan. we can't plug every rat hole in the
begin with iraq and afghanistan. we accomplished whatever purpose we could have had with osama bin laden. we never should have been in iraq. the pentagon budget is $700 billion a year. medicare, which people want to blame unfairly for the crisis costs $580 billion a year. we can with no loss in our own security scale back. you can say on one hand america has to recognize constraints and act as if it's still 1960 and we can spend whatever we want when ever we want all over the world. >>...
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chest wasted by the united states look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanistan went and asked experts if there's more bad news to come. you without the live from now talk to a man who she was a professor at the university and thinks that the revolution in syria is fueled from the outside and aimed at igniting a civil war. i think that the nato alliance using some regional tools like turkey and the gulf cooperation council are working very hard to instigate instability in syria and this sort of instability will take a sectarian bent specifically they are working on agitating a civil war within syria and they want to call that evolution they can have they want to but the purpose of such a war is to bring syria down to its knees to destroy syria like they did with iraq and libya of course the point is to recreate this syrian regime in a way that is more favorable to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal arab regimes from saudi arabia to morocco. some of this part here in the russian capital kabul suicide bombing in the russian republic of che
chest wasted by the united states look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanistan went and asked experts if there's more bad news to come. you without the live from now talk to a man who she was a professor at the university and thinks that the revolution in syria is fueled from the outside and aimed at igniting a civil war. i think that the nato alliance using some regional tools like turkey and the gulf cooperation council are working very hard to instigate...
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afghanistan and iraq. the first time i know of we went to war and cut taxes rather than paying our bills. so we use their credit card to get a tax cut and use their credit card to pay for two wars. we use our credit card to expand government spending and it was wrong. then we hit a recession and when barack obama took the oath of office, this nation was losing over 700,000 jobs a month and we had huge, huge deficits. what barack obama then did was suggest government spending, and order to get us out of this recession, which is what most economists would tell you is the right thing to do. further adding to the deficits of this country. it is important to understand how we got to where we were and what happened in washington this past few months. we have a debt ceiling. a debt ceiling is an arbitrary limit as to how much the government can borrow. raising the debt ceiling does not increase one dime of federal spending. not one dime. the spending had already been incurred. the question is whether we were goin
afghanistan and iraq. the first time i know of we went to war and cut taxes rather than paying our bills. so we use their credit card to get a tax cut and use their credit card to pay for two wars. we use our credit card to expand government spending and it was wrong. then we hit a recession and when barack obama took the oath of office, this nation was losing over 700,000 jobs a month and we had huge, huge deficits. what barack obama then did was suggest government spending, and order to get...
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that it is it's some amazing benefactor or something like that so i mean it's much like in iraq in afghanistan where you have incoherent policy no war aims no concrete were aims and you blow up a country killed millions and then you decide you need to stay there in order to. push back against the chaos which the united states created so i will say of course there's no way short of the same mistakes could be made sure the lessons of being learned from iraq and afghanistan and libya will be different and that. i love the softball question i'm going to challenge your loss and i don't want you this questions. because you know it's not learned anything they will continue to do this until finally they they run out of money or a sense the world just refuses to continue to fund and by that gaps of this kind of out of control power so essentially it's going to be the u.s. treasury bond market that will all tumbling starboard are but intil then we can't expect someone to you know acquire a wisdom or acquire state craft this late in the game that it will learn nothing and it will continue to do this what
that it is it's some amazing benefactor or something like that so i mean it's much like in iraq in afghanistan where you have incoherent policy no war aims no concrete were aims and you blow up a country killed millions and then you decide you need to stay there in order to. push back against the chaos which the united states created so i will say of course there's no way short of the same mistakes could be made sure the lessons of being learned from iraq and afghanistan and libya will be...
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people that mouthpieces of nato were placed on libyan state the same as what's a place to stay in iraq afghanistan which is a dysfunctional government complete lack of security gang warfare and civil war and this is not a state for nato they would prefer to see failed states and states that are powerful and independent and able to challenge their germany and those who are fighting for nato and in libya and fighting for the t.n.c. really need to understand that this is nato has vision of their country they need to wake up and saying that they have been you. now you're watching r t and there's plenty ahead for you this hour including surviving on scratch all u.s. carmakers who once received bailouts are now reaping the rewards more and more locals of detroit are forced to deal in scrap just to make ends meet. and a real out of this world experience a russian built orbital votel is due to be put into space it just five years for those with cash to splash a perfect view. russia has once again the called of the conflicting sides in syria to end the bloodshed and move from the battlefield to the negotia
people that mouthpieces of nato were placed on libyan state the same as what's a place to stay in iraq afghanistan which is a dysfunctional government complete lack of security gang warfare and civil war and this is not a state for nato they would prefer to see failed states and states that are powerful and independent and able to challenge their germany and those who are fighting for nato and in libya and fighting for the t.n.c. really need to understand that this is nato has vision of their...
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the cover, inspiring story how many american veterans returning from our wars in afghanistan and iraqg to change this country. ours, for the better. from helping out fellow soldiers to running for political office. "times" calming this piece, calling them, the new greatest generation. joining me to talk about this, the ja joe klein and wes moore. welcome to you both. to you wes for a firsthand, a subject of this piece. you are part of this story. tell us, if you can, what is it that your generation, coming back from the front, in terms of the duties you've had over there, in terms ever trying to bring a country together politically, how that trains you to help back here at home? >> i was honored to be one of the people asked to represent this group of 23 million iraq-afghanistan vets coming back with extraordinary skills. entrepreneurial, fearless, able to look at worst-case scenarios before they look at best case scenarios. the fact as we're looking at the transics back home, there's not a scenario these non-commissioned and officerless seib see back home that will intimidate them or
the cover, inspiring story how many american veterans returning from our wars in afghanistan and iraqg to change this country. ours, for the better. from helping out fellow soldiers to running for political office. "times" calming this piece, calling them, the new greatest generation. joining me to talk about this, the ja joe klein and wes moore. welcome to you both. to you wes for a firsthand, a subject of this piece. you are part of this story. tell us, if you can, what is it that...
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board time contracting is found at least thirty billion dollars have given out contracts for iraq and afghanistan have been wasted because steve england about how that's just a drop in the bucket of our overall military waste and how it is that we really got to this point then also have you seen a video of two robots talking to each other you know about things like unicorns lying and god we're going to speak to professor behind this project about how it works and what it means for the future of artificial intelligence we have all of that and more for you tonight including a dose of happy hour but first take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. i have written a few things a little bit differently today we're going to start by going back to exactly one year ago today when president obama made this announcement from the oval office. i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has come to the united states has paid a huge price to put the future of iraq in the hands of its people we have met our responsibilities now. it's time to turn the page. that's right blunt year
board time contracting is found at least thirty billion dollars have given out contracts for iraq and afghanistan have been wasted because steve england about how that's just a drop in the bucket of our overall military waste and how it is that we really got to this point then also have you seen a video of two robots talking to each other you know about things like unicorns lying and god we're going to speak to professor behind this project about how it works and what it means for the future of...
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and after being in iraq -- after being in afghanistan for six months, we wiped out al qaeda. e're building roads, schools, brings, highways and hospitals in iraq and afghanistan and we're borrowing 43 cents of every dollar that we're spending to do that. this is crazy. libya. where does it say if we don't like a leader we should go in and topple that leader? where is the congressional authorization? don't five other countries qualify for that same intervention? i suggest that we get out of iraq, afghanistan and libya tomorrow. when it comes to the rest of our military spending, does anyone think it is justified that we have 120,000 troops on the ground in europe? i have never found anybody that believes it. we might get by with 57,000 troops, i would have to have the case made to me that we should have any troops there at all. all of these transportation infrastructure projects that have taken place the europe, they have been able to afford those infrastructure projects on top of health care for their citizens because really they have not had to spend any money on defense. we
and after being in iraq -- after being in afghanistan for six months, we wiped out al qaeda. e're building roads, schools, brings, highways and hospitals in iraq and afghanistan and we're borrowing 43 cents of every dollar that we're spending to do that. this is crazy. libya. where does it say if we don't like a leader we should go in and topple that leader? where is the congressional authorization? don't five other countries qualify for that same intervention? i suggest that we get out of...
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foreign policy in particular the us role in iraq and afghanistan resonate with voters i don't believe our national security required it i think we're a list say for it the threat of terrorism is related to our foreign policy so i feel less safe because we're over there i never feel safer for the foreign policy that we have today while often doubted by the mainstream media if i was a bit of it i think ron paul doesn't have. yes unfortunately for you but who is there is there a lack of enthusiasm over something touch your g.o.p. candidates another question about electability. do you have any sir there's always the question of whether you are a liar looks like they paid more attention to you this time around they're moving my way his fans are some of the most loyal in american political history we've brought potions eighty six perhaps since he was here or here are you say right or wrong or the first. for thirty years his he's not flip flop on anything except the death penalty everything else. constitutional robert taft barry goldwater so at least you know what you are and despite his sev
foreign policy in particular the us role in iraq and afghanistan resonate with voters i don't believe our national security required it i think we're a list say for it the threat of terrorism is related to our foreign policy so i feel less safe because we're over there i never feel safer for the foreign policy that we have today while often doubted by the mainstream media if i was a bit of it i think ron paul doesn't have. yes unfortunately for you but who is there is there a lack of enthusiasm...
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afghanistan. the start of u.s. troop draw down in iraq of overlapping security political, economic crises are fuelling fears that afghanistan could sink into wholesale turmoil and even civil war as the u.s. led international combat mission winds up at the end of 2014. are you concerned about that? >> yes, sir, i am. >> on the supply ruts for afghanistan, as you know our relations with pakistan have hit in the vow of most observers an all time low. have you assessed and looked at your previous role on the impact to our ability to supply the forces in afghanistan if the pakistanis cut off those supply routes across pakistan? >> yes, senator, we have. >> what's been your conclusion? >> the conclusion is that we would have to rely more on what we describe as the northern supply route, which does exist. and that it would be more expensive. >> would there be a period of time between the time that suppose tomorrow pakistan cut it off. what would be the period of time between 4 then and when you'd be able to maintain the same level of supply thro
afghanistan. the start of u.s. troop draw down in iraq of overlapping security political, economic crises are fuelling fears that afghanistan could sink into wholesale turmoil and even civil war as the u.s. led international combat mission winds up at the end of 2014. are you concerned about that? >> yes, sir, i am. >> on the supply ruts for afghanistan, as you know our relations with pakistan have hit in the vow of most observers an all time low. have you assessed and looked at...
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states can't deliver the united states can't deliver on its or is it loses wars where there are iraq afghanistan the war on drugs the new war with libya they're losers they the government said everything that they touch look at all the trillions of dollars the tens of trillions that have been pumped into the system since the panic of zero eight struck by the federal reserve by d.c. with its stimulus bailouts too big to fail to everything they do they turn to failure why would any thinking that dulls look at the republicans and the democrats the inept and the incompetence to come up with a program that's going to salvage the nation investors having confidence looking to the same people that caused the problem to resolve it that's called insanity the business of america when i used to be a young man it used to be business now the business of america is war and you can see by the new ones that obama has started and the old ones that he keeps going and later today will look at the american campaign in iraq and discover whether its military action was used for the right reasons. the people of the uni
states can't deliver the united states can't deliver on its or is it loses wars where there are iraq afghanistan the war on drugs the new war with libya they're losers they the government said everything that they touch look at all the trillions of dollars the tens of trillions that have been pumped into the system since the panic of zero eight struck by the federal reserve by d.c. with its stimulus bailouts too big to fail to everything they do they turn to failure why would any thinking that...
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the sheer magnitude of what he said funds there's one in six taxpayer dollars that went to iraq in afghanistan why dig up lost or stolen now it seems extraordinary doesn't it that the problem wasn't officially recognized or acknowledged and the extent of it much earlier. yeah you're right but what's even more troubling is the fact that this is just one report in a field of many describing such profligate waste in the american empire there's been previous reports about. us going directly to from the insurgency that is the taliban who are suppressed and sadly there to be fighting there is a report out done by the center for public integrity that investigates the pentagon's practice of. the no bid contracts for defense industry corporations which is ballooned to a one hundred forty billion dollars problem and twenty eleven so this kind of ways to is just widespread throughout the wars oaky you're saying that there have been reports in the past but now it seems like they're giving it a bit more official recognition surely washington will stop its. it down and read it want it. well i'm concerned th
the sheer magnitude of what he said funds there's one in six taxpayer dollars that went to iraq in afghanistan why dig up lost or stolen now it seems extraordinary doesn't it that the problem wasn't officially recognized or acknowledged and the extent of it much earlier. yeah you're right but what's even more troubling is the fact that this is just one report in a field of many describing such profligate waste in the american empire there's been previous reports about. us going directly to from...
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ited states can't deliver the united states can't deliver on its wars it loses wars where the iraq afghanistan the war on drugs the new war with libya they're losers the government did everything that they touch look at all the trillions of dollars the tens of trillions that have been pumped into the system since the panic of zero eight struck by the federal reserve by d.c. with the stimulus bailouts too big to fail everything they do they turn to failure the business of america when i used to be a young man it used to be business now the business of america is war and you can see by the new ones that obama's started and the old ones that he keeps going the crackdown on protesters in syria is picking up pace with reports the government forces have regime destroying the opposition stronghold of hama around one hundred forty people are said to have been killed over the past few days and the country and the u.n. is locked in heated debate over what action to take on the crisis r.t. somebody in a fortnight now reports. the united nations security council wrapped up their second day of consultation
ited states can't deliver the united states can't deliver on its wars it loses wars where the iraq afghanistan the war on drugs the new war with libya they're losers the government did everything that they touch look at all the trillions of dollars the tens of trillions that have been pumped into the system since the panic of zero eight struck by the federal reserve by d.c. with the stimulus bailouts too big to fail everything they do they turn to failure the business of america when i used to...
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right to the chinese border because then you have integration of the of the war theaters in afghanistan and iraq of course palestine lebanon on and so we're in for a much larger war let's understand that any kind of military intervention in syria at this stage using the pretext of a protest movement or responsibility to protect we have devastating consequences and lead to a military escalation of a vast area. i know we've got some exclusive coverage of the violence in syria on web site one of our reporters has been in the city of hama where over one hundred people have allegedly been killed just in the past few days alone feel free to head over to com right now for the full report. still ahead for you in the program here on our bells go off in the balkans nato presence along the border between kosovo and serbia so keep a close watch on rising tensions. now a quarter past the hour a grand concert has a rock for the republic of georgia in an event some locals have branded a waste of taxpayer money with the economy struggling and unemployment running rampant georgians have question how their presid
right to the chinese border because then you have integration of the of the war theaters in afghanistan and iraq of course palestine lebanon on and so we're in for a much larger war let's understand that any kind of military intervention in syria at this stage using the pretext of a protest movement or responsibility to protect we have devastating consequences and lead to a military escalation of a vast area. i know we've got some exclusive coverage of the violence in syria on web site one of...
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and coalition forces in afghanistan to general john allen last month. >>> meanwhile, the wars in iraq and afghanistan have seen widespread fraud and waste according to a panel. the commission on wartime contracting reported to congress that as much as $60 billion in u.s. tax dollars have been squandered over the past deck case because of widespread corruption, poor planning and lax oversight. >>> facebook's bounty on security flaws n less than a month they have paid $40,000 for tips from hackers. threats from other hacker groups may have triggered the campaign, too, as facebook tries to protect its more than 750 million users. experts say the social network can use all the help it can get. >> every day malicious hackers are banging on facebook. and the facebook security team can use some extra help. >> facebook isn't the first tech company to help hackers to represent how the. google and mozilla have been running similar programs. >>> hewlett-packard announced this month that it was getting out of the tablet and smart phone business to focus more on selling to corporations. the compan
and coalition forces in afghanistan to general john allen last month. >>> meanwhile, the wars in iraq and afghanistan have seen widespread fraud and waste according to a panel. the commission on wartime contracting reported to congress that as much as $60 billion in u.s. tax dollars have been squandered over the past deck case because of widespread corruption, poor planning and lax oversight. >>> facebook's bounty on security flaws n less than a month they have paid $40,000...
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it's not printed on the united states can't deliver on its wars that loses wars where there are iraq afghanistan the war on drugs the new war with libya they're losers the government did everything that they touch look at all the trillions of dollars the tens of trillions that have been pumped into the system since the panic of zero eight struck why would any thinking that dulls look at the republicans and the democrats be in nets and the incompetence to come up with a program that's going to salvage the nation investors having confidence looking to the same people that caused the problems to resolve it's that's called insanity the american economy as well as much of the global economy is heading into the greatest depression anything everything that you're doing is not going to salvage you if you have a third mortgage it's like taking out a fourth benefit how is that going to fix the real estate problem which by the way the prices of four would not dramatically since two thousand and seven since the great depression of the one nine hundred thirty s. how is it going to fix it trade deficit proble
it's not printed on the united states can't deliver on its wars that loses wars where there are iraq afghanistan the war on drugs the new war with libya they're losers the government did everything that they touch look at all the trillions of dollars the tens of trillions that have been pumped into the system since the panic of zero eight struck why would any thinking that dulls look at the republicans and the democrats be in nets and the incompetence to come up with a program that's going to...