it is not just isaf. the security effort now is a very clear combined operation, and increasingly afghan. >> kind of ask you a historical question about this? i should say one of the mps the prickly question on four of the house of the rules of engagement in northern ireland are too tight existing to me they were unreasonably tight. to you think that our poor relationship in the early years of the civilian population may have been because they were too loose? i mean, extraordinary number of civilians, using attack helicopters in civilian areas. do you not think the fact that we killed very large numbers of civilians in our early war when we had the strategy, do not think that may been part of the reason why so much of the population were against us at the beginning? a very different approach from the sort of british approach traditionally and other approach is? >> i can only answer that with and i've just give me. the rules of engagement in those days were no different than the rules than they are now. i

it is not just isaf.the security effort now is a very clear combined operation and increasingly afghan. >> well, could i ask you a historical question about -- i should say one of the mps who frequently question on the floor of the house whether the rules of engagement in northern ireland were too tight. do you think our poor relationship in the early years with the civilian population may have been because they were too loose? i mean, the extraordinary number of civilian -- using attack helicopters and so on in civilian areas, do you not think the fact that we killed very large numbers of civilians in our early -- [inaudible] do you not think that might have been part of the reason why so much the population were against us in the beginning? it's a very different approach from the sort of british approach traditionally in other theaters. >> i can only answer that with the answer identify just begin. -- i've just given. the rules of engagement in those days were no different in broad terms than they are n

it is not just isaf.he security effort is a very clear combined operation in increasing the afghan. >> could i ask you an historical question? one of the mps whose frequently questioned seemed to me they were unreasonably tie. do you think that our poor relationship in the early years of the civilian population in an because they were to lose? the extraordinary numbers using attack helicopters and someone in civilian areas. do not think the fact week of very large numbers of psyllium, do not think that may have been part of the reason why so much the population are against us in the beginning? is a different approach traditionally and other places. >> i answer that with the answer just you. they are no different in broader terms than they are now. i don't know which incident you're referring to, so i can't make specific judgments about it. if you want a specific judgment about a specific incident would obviously have written advice on that. what do i think it is the sole reason why it is difficult? no. th

they've changed the organization within isaf. general alan has combined corruption with ret finance with targeting and so forth to bring together what were excellence into a holistic approach to deal with some of the issues highlighted in the sigar and also most importantly that the ambassador cunningham at our embassy in kabul has taken us on as anonymization and side of the embassy that provides oversight. so i would see this as a very important role for me to be decisively engaged in the results of the sigar report to take them seriously and necessary to take remedial action. >> thank you very much. major general kenneth mentioned in an interview in "the wall street journal" that the military has learned a lot of lessons from the transition to the state department mission in iraq and we are already working on preparing the changeover in afghanistan. as somebody who has spent significant time in iraq, can you talk about what you think are the lessons that were learned from that experience and what we should be thinking about as

i had an opportunity to take a look at what saf has-- saf has done. -- isaf has done. this has also been a significant increase in the number of counter intelligence resources being provided in afghanistan both inside the coalition as well as inside of the afghan national security forces. what is most encouraging to me, we have had a reduction in insider threats over the last couple of months. the afghan leadership takes this issue seriously. i had the opportunity to sit there the campaign conference. they were all there. the afghans recognized this for the threat that it is. yes no my perception is. it clearly is an issue that could undermine the trust which is the foundation of their relationship with the afghans. it also protect the will of the coalition. i cannot agree more. it is a critical issue. in needs to be addressed. i do not think we should ever be complacent. as we make adjustments, the enemy will be confronted. i will ensure we address that properly. >> >> let me start by acknowledging your service. you have served here for many years. your family has bee

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general allen is doing an excellent job at isaf and leading those forces.tinued confidence. to lead our forces and to continue to fight. but his nomination has been put on hold. until we determine what the facts are. and we will. >> so again he still remains in his position but the nomination is on hold, and that gives you an idea, he has not stepped down. so this investigation continues. >> and we're also getting new details about kelley's connection to both general allen and general petraeus. they both stepped in to help kelly's twin sister in a custody battle. what do you know about that? >> well, you have to remember that she, miss kelley, jill kelley, was very active, trying to be very, very active in the social scene there as a volunteer. and she was able to meet a lot of generals. both of these two generals, and got them, in fact, to write these letters to the court, and here's one of them. this was from general petraeus, backing her sister natalie, in this acrimonious court case about her son. we have on many occasions observed natalie and her son,

general allen is doing an excellent job at isaf in leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to at this point the fight. >> reporter: the fbi continues looking through documents they took monday night from broadwell's home but so far have found no evidence of anything highly classified. the pentagon suspended broadwell's security clearances and they revoked jill kelley's pass to the air force base. >>> overseas now where fears of a new war in the middle east are on the rise after israeli's took out the top israeli commander of hamas. just this morning the first israeli fatalities. three people killed in rocket fire from the gaza strip. nbc's martin fletcher is live with us in tel aviv. good morning to you. >> reporter: they were standing on their balcony watching and waiting to see where the bombs would fall against all the odds had they been inside the building they probably wouldn't have been killed. the israelis are telling all of their people in the south of israel, do what you're told. stay inside. stay insi

>> he has full faith in general allen, believes he is doing and has done an excellent job at isaf and refer you to the pentagon for the process under way for general allen. >> just to kind a take a step back, only a week since election day as you know, and we've seen the cia director resign under pressure and disgrace over the scandal and now see the leader in afghanistan implicated in this. what's the president's reaction to this? is he -- is he disgusted? embarrassed? what should we know here? >> well, the president was certainly surprised when he was informed about the situation regarding general petraeus on thursday. he greatly appreciates general petraeus' remarkable service to his country, both in uniform and at the cia. as he said in his statement, his thoughts and prayers go out to both general petraeus and holley petraeus at this time. he's focused on his policy agenda and he has confidence in the acting director at the cia and he has confidence in the military to carry out the various missions that he has asked them to carry out. on specific individuals and matters pertain t

so i think both general allen and isaf view alp as a successful program.i certainly, if confirmed, would intend on continuing that program, but again as importantly, when you look at it through the lens of the afghans and the taliban i think you get some sense for how important that program has been as successful it has been, and how much you can help us meet our objectives in 2014. >> mr. chairman, i've been in and out of hearing this morning. it's a busy day on have but i don't know if anybody asked you about sequestration and effect it would have on our planes but i might ask if you didn't for the record any thoughts you have on sequestration. i'd like to turn, as important as that is, if you would do that that would be helpful to the committee. spent you want me to answer there? >> if you it's been something for the record because of what to do another question. >> i would do that. >> i know we're all very concerned about sequestration. you mention some of the capital's you are watching will stand out like to ask you about one now, and that's delhi. i

at isaf. he has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight. >> general allen is a distinguished commander who's been an important part of the nato isaf mission in afghanistan. >>> and more on jill kelley, friendly with both generals. she and her twin sister did have a brief stint on reality tv appearing on the food network nearly a decade ago. >> it's nice to exploit their weakness which is their ego. >> plus, nancy pelosi deciding to go for another term as democratic leader. her big announcement didn't go exactly as planned. >> said yesterday we did not have the majority but we have the gavel. excuse me. we don't have the gavel. >> we were hoping to. we have our own gavel. hammer. >> we have something more important. we have unity. >> and they certainly have woman power in that photo op. andrea mitchell live in new york. within the hour, president obama will be holding his first news conference in eight months. the first since his re-election. reporters are likely go

general allen is doing an excellent job at isaf in leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight. >> reporter: the fbi continued looking through documents they took monday night from broadwell's home but so far have found no evidence of anything highly classified. but the pentagon suspended broadwell's security clearances and macdill air force base revoked jill kelley's pass to the base. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. >>> well, overseas now where fears of a new war in the middle east are on the rise after israelis took out the top military commander of hamas in a ferocious attack yesterday. and just this morning, the first israeli fatalities of the renewed conflict, three people killed in rocket fire from the gaza strip. nbc's martin fletcher has the latest now from tel aviv. >> reporter: palestinians in gaza are on the edge of a confrontation which neither side really wants, but that seems to be what's happening. israeli rocket attacks against gaza targeting the militant leaders o

pentagon is now investigating general john palin, the palinisaf -- general john allen, the current isaf commander in afghanistan. >> general allan is entitled to due process in this matter. in the meantime, the secretary has asked the president, and the president has agreed, to put his nomination on hold until the relevant facts are determined. >> and white house spokesman says president barack obama was surprised by the petraeus revelations -- a white house spokesman said. they come just as the administration heads into its second term. >> for more on this developing story, we are joined by our washington correspondent. how serious are the allegations against general allan? what sort of wrongdoing is the alleged to have been involved in? >> it is very serious. there were -- there is an investigation going on. there were some 30,000 pages of e-mails between the top commander in afghanistan and this lady in florida, mrs. kelly, and you really do not know exactly what is in those e- mails, but according to the american media, they say that there is -- that those are inappropriate communic

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. >> general allen is doing an excellent job at isaf in leading the forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight. >> reporter: the fbi continues looking through documents they took monday night from broadwell's home. but so far have found no evidence of anything highly classified. the pentagon suspended broadwell's security clearances and macdill air force base revoked jill kelley's pass to the base. >>> overseas now, fears of a new war in the middle east are on the rise after israelis took out the top military commander of hamas in a ferocious attack yesterday. and just this morning the first israeli fatalities of the renewed conflict, three people killed in rocket fire from the gaza strip. martin fletcher is live with the latest on this. martin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. israel's army warned of dangerous days ahead. difficult days ahead. and they're already difficult enough. today israel is continuing its attacks on gaza, still targeting hamas militant leaders and in particular over the l

he was sent by president obama to be the top commander in afghanistan, heading isaf, the international security assistance force. so how did this affair come to light? when this woman, jill kelley, a married tampa bay socialite, complained to the fbi that she was receiving harassing e-mails from an anonymous sender. she registered the complaint this past summer. the fbi investigated and in the process discovered the sender was paula broadwell. and that also broadwell had an affair with petraeus. the e-mails to kelley stemmed from broadwell's apparent jealousy of kelley's relationship with petraeus. there is no evidence that kelley had an affair with petraeus. the kelley family acknowledged that they were friendly with the petraeus family. by late october, under questioning from the fbi, both petraeus and broadwell had admitted to the affair. on november 6th, election day, the fbi notified the director of national intelligence, james clapper, of the affair. clapper advised petraeus to step down, and within days, petraeus did. question, is there more to this affair than meets the eye? pa

statement that saying while this matter is under investigation, general allen will remain commander of the isaf. general allen deny he has done anything wrong. meanwhile, secretary panetta is asking to move up the confirmation of general joseph dunford, allen's likely successor in afghanistan. >>> meanwhile, with david petraeus out, the cia has a new leader. michael morell is a career cia officer who has held a variety of leadership positions and it's the second time he's held the role of acting director. david martin has more. >> reporter: after only 14 months, david petraeus, the supposedly indispensable man, is gone. without warning, a new man, michael morell, must step forward from his post as deputy first to leon panetta, then to petraeus, and take over. jo john mclachlan knows what that's like. he did it in 2004. >> once you're sitting in that chair, there's no one sitting behind you. there's no safety net. so the acting director for all practical purposes is the director for that period of time. >> reporter: can morell head an organization in the middle of a shooting war. he has been in

isaf coalition cacials have -- casualties have also reduced, declining 30% this year. these signs of progress are real and so are the challenges that remain. this is an insurgency that is resilient and they will do everything they can to project an appearance of strength to afghans and to the international community. the taliban claims responsibility for the troubling rise in insider attacks. they have launched high-profile attacks and assassinations and will continue to do that but in the face of these tactics, we have been able to maintain strong international unittity and a strong commitment to finish the job. as the insurgency has been rolled back, we have vastly improved the capabilities of the afghan national security forces to maintain these gains after most of the international forces will have departed. every day, every week, every month afghan forces are shouldering more and more of the burden. 2011 -- and i mention this time and time again -- i believe marked an important turning point in the war effort, because we were able to see afghan forces become opera

under investigation and before the facts are determined, general allen will remain commander of the isaf. general allen denies he's done anything wrong. tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >> secretary panetta has already named general allen's replacement for afghanistan. the secretary would like the senate to confirm as quickly as possible. >>> closing arguments are set to begin today in the preliminary hearing for army staff sergeant robert bales accused of killing 16 afghanis during the night. several wounded children testified via a military link. after closing arguments, the military will decide whether to move forward with a court marshal. a conviction could lead to the death penalty. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo is expected to request $30 billion in federal aid to rebuild after super storm sandy. governor cuomo says the money will be used to repair infrastructure and pay for emergency costs related to the storm. the new york city council is going to vote on a plan today to use half a billion dollars to repair public schools and hospitals. 23 schools and two city-owned ho

petraeuu.little under investigation and before the facts are determined, generaa allen will remain commanddr of isaf" petraeus resigned about the actual timing and length of his affair..... and if it occured in affhanistan &pttat could mean prosecution under military llw.panetta saas: "we obviously are goingg po watch this closely to determine just exactly when that ook place." deeense secretary leon panetta says he ordered a pentagon investigation of allen on monday. gennral allln replaced general petraeus when he took over the cia. thhrnberry says: "this thing gets even more bizarre and we are all focused on he perronal interactiios but there are serious questions of nationallsecurity." general allen denies any wrong doing and is currently of the u.s. european command. allen's confiimation hold. lawmakers stilll wwnt to know whh they were kept in the dard about the &poriginal petraeus f-b-i investigation. eith more than 20-thousand people have signed a petition calling wing political cruuaae and 3 focus on the needd of the poor pporfox45 was there this afternoon when the petition was delivered to

his leadership has been instrumental in achieving the significant progress at isaf working alongsidertners has made bringing greater security in ensuring afghanistan never again becomes a safe haven for terrorists. general allen is entitled to due process in this matter. >> that he is. nick peyton walsh is in beirut, lebanon. good morning. >> good morning. >> you've met general allen, what do you make of all of this? >> reporter: those working around him who respected, trusted him, worked very hard for him, i'm sure it becomes a huge surprise to them the length of this correspondence and the inappropriate conduct according to officials. this is a career soldier man who worked incredibly hard in afghanistan himself, had a difficult job, the key decisions on the ground being taken by washington, pre-ordained timetable about troop withdrawal, found himself in many ways the public relations man, trying to sell the war of success despite the declining popular opinion of it in the united states. and in fact, the fact he himself it's fair to say saw very clearly where the failings in the ca

meanwhile the president has nominated general dunford to be the next commander of isaf. so the head of u.s. and nato troops in afghanistan, and reiterates his belief that the senate should act swiftly to confirm general dunford. now, general allen, soledad, i'll tell you, is in washington, because he was supposed to be going through this confirmation hearing process on the hill on thursday. that is what has been put on hold here. general joseph dunford had already been lined up to replace him in afghanistan, and this is president obama, basically saying, please move forward with that, and his confirmation hearing on thursday is expected to move forward as planned. a critical time as president obama tries to figure out how to bring home those 68,000 remaining troops in afghanistan by the end of 2014 as scheduled. soledad? >> brianna keilar for us. thank you. so "the washington post" reporter who co-wrote paula broadwell's book about general petraeus says he was absolutely dumbfounded by the affair. he wrote an op-ed that was posted last night and he says this in part, on

general allen is doing an excellent job at isaf in leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence. to lead our forces, and to continue the fight. but his nomination has been put on hold as a prudent measure until we determine what the facts are. and we will. >> okay. so he continues, general allen, continues in his post as the top nato u.s. commander in afghanistan. but that nomination as the supreme allied commander in europe is on cold. it's all a bit of a mess right now. >> jill dougherty for us. the petraeus drama is playing out while the fiscal cliff, remember that, inches closer and closer towards us. just 48 days away. brianna keilar joins us from washington, d.c. so, brianna, i guess you have this fiscal cliff, that the administration is dealing with, at the same time you have this unfolding scandal. how is the administration, or has the administration really been dragged into the scandal? >> it's certainly been a distraction. if you watched the white house press briefing yesterday you could see almost all of the questions revolved

this morning it is alleged the commander of international forces in afghanistan, or isaf, general john allen, sent between 20 and 30,000 pages to kelly. e-mail traffic described as potentially inappropriate nature. it was jill kelly who alert ad fbi agent what she believed were harassing e-mails from the paula broadwell, the biographer and mistress of general david petraeus. it was investigation of kelly's complaints that ultimately forced resignation of general petraeus last week. spokesman george little gave a brief statement on general allen's status. >> while this matter is under investigation and before the facts are determined, general allen will remain commander of isaf. general allen is entitled to due process in this matter. >> reporter: as this story literally metastasizes the first hearing on benghazi will begin today before the senate for rinse relation committee. it is classified and closed to the public and media. that is what we expect for a handful of hearings scheduled for this week. bill: let me get this right. the petraeus matter is under investigation and no one kne

is under investigation and before the facts are determined, general allen will remain commander of isafthe secretary asked the president and the president has agreed to put his nomination on hold until the relevant facts are determined." what you don't hear in that statement is what followed in that the pentagon is asking that his successor in afghanistan, general joseph dunford that his nomination be fast tracked and pushed along as quickly as possible. >> ayou mention the 20,000 to 30,000 pages of e-mails. that's just, as i said, stunning. when we're talking about the petraeus side of this investigation, the time line is very important. adultery is a criminal act in the military. but officials say the relationship between petraeus and paula broadwell began after petraeus retired. but what about john allen? he is the current commander in afghanistan and he's married. what kind of jeopardy is he in legally? >> reporter: legally, he could be prosecuted under the uniform code of military justice. as an officer in the united states military. there's a couple parameter that's have to fit th

wrong, and although his nomination hearing has been postponed, they have left him in the position of isaf commander so far. >> and from what i understand from your reporting earlier, chris, he'd already traveled to washington for this hearing, right? >> alina, it was supposed to begin in 48 hours on thursday morning. he was going up to the hills. so this really blind sided a lot of people coming so quickly. >> and all the while this -- while this is an internal pentagon investigation, this other fbi investigation in to petraeus and paula broadwell continues. and last night, a pretty significant development seemingly as you know, chris, the fbi conducted a search of paula broadwell's home in north carolina. they were there for about four hours, carted out about six boxes, including her computer, a hard drive. you see them there last night, and didn't leave until about 1:00 in the morning. i guess my question is this, if this was simply an extramarital affair and nothing more, what in the world was the fbi doing there last night? >> well, we are told by a u.s. official that the fbi did go t

>> general allen is a distinguished marine and commander who's been an important part of the nato isaf mission in afghanistan. >> and this morning nbc news is confirming a connection between general allen and jill kelley, the florida woman who kicked off the original fbi investigation which revealed the affair between general petraeus and his biographer paula broadwell. the newest twist, nbc confirming that broadwell e-mailed general allen first from the handle kelley patrol warning him about jill kelley painting her negatively. "the wall street journal" reporting that she tried to stop the fbi investigation that she started. this is news that nbc has not yet confirmed, however, we have been able to confirm that kelley called police over the weekend claiming to be an honorary consul-general and citing diplomatic protection in an effort to get the media including nbc off of her property. >> i'm an honorary consul-general so i have inviolability so i should -- they should not be able to cross my property. i don't know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved, as well. >> video t

it's not my job, and i could mislead you, but what i will say is that what is done by isaf and what is done by our armed forces are a smaller part of that longer-term picture. turning to the bit that is my job, what is nato doing now and for the future, i think we need to continue to look very, very closely with full engagement at what is nato's main effort which is making the transition work according to the plan and fine tuning it consistently as we go along and doing so persistently with the afghan government, listening to them, working with them, making it work, holding them to the accountability that we have all agreed on but also listening to them when we have good reason to make changes. and i won't speak for the general, he can speak for himself, but they need to do their part within it. and then we need to make sure that that post-2014 nato mission similarly is part of a broader international effort that makes sense, that has consistency in it, that works with the grain of afghan society but gives them the wherewithal to do the things we want which is what the international co

the president nominated general dunford to be the next commander of isaf reiterating comments that theyhould act swiftly to confirm him. >> accurate to say the president has full faith in general allen? >> he has faith in general allen, believes he's doing and has done an excellent job at isaf, and i refer you to the pentagon for the process underway with regards to general allen. >> taking a step back, just a week, and we've seen the cia director resign under pressure and disgrace over the scandal, and we've seen the leader in afghanistan imp kateed in this. what is the president's reaction to this? discussed? embarrassed? what should we know here? >> well, the president was certainly surprised when he was informed about the situation regarding regime petraeus on thursday. he greatly a appreciates general petraeus' remarkable service to his country, both in uniform and at the cia, and as he said in the statement, his thoughts and prayers go out to both general petraeus and holly petraeus at this time. you know, he's focused on his policy agenda, and he has confidence in the acting dire

general allen is doing an excellent job at isaf, in leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight. but his nomination has been put on hold as a prudent measure until we determine what the facts are. >> reporter: that caution was he can owed at the white house. >> it's an accurate statement that president still has faith in general allen? >> he has faith in general aln, believes he is doing and has done an excellent job. >> yejay carney was peppered wi questions over shadowing the president's second term. >> he's not going to make a grand pronouncement or decisions about things based on two situations, two individual cases. >> reporter: meanwhile among the hundred hundreds of e-mails exchanged between general al sben kelley, investigators are focusing on one from several months ago. in it, allen told kelley he just received an anonymous e-mail, which warned him to stay away from kelley. sources say that anonymous e-mail came from paula broadwell, the alleged mistress of david petraeus. broadwell,

general allen is doing an excellent job at isaf.certainly has my continued confidence. >> reporter: an echo of what the white house said tuesday. >> i can tell you that the president thinks very highly of general allen and his service to his country. as well as the job he's done in afghanistan. >> reporter: officials tell abc news, that the vast number of e-mails allen exchanged with jill kelley, who sparked the fbi investigation into broadwell and petraeus, show no evidence of any sexual relations. but are friendly and, perhaps, a bit flirtatious. in one note, kelly telling allen she saw him on tv. he responds, thanks, dear. you're a sweetheart. meanwhile, david petraeus' sudden departure as cia director has created lots of questions on capitol hill. especially that looming issue, the take in benghazi on a cia facility there. some senators still want to question petraeus about what went wrong. >> i know that we're interested in hearing from him. probably in front of the intelligence committee, which i also sit on. >> reporter: and

general allen is doing an excellent job at isaf in leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight. but his nomination has been put on hold as a prudent measure until we determine what the facts are, and we will. >> allen could be in the final hours of his role as the nation's top military leader in afghanistan. the senate could confirm his successor as early as tomorrow. >>> now the intersection of that political scandal and personal tragedy. in just a couple of hours lawmakers begin closed-door hearings on the terrorist attack that killed the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans. the white house faces withering criticism over how it responded to security concerns before and how it handled the investigation after. david petraeus was expected to be a key witness before the sex scandal forced him to resign as cia director. he recently traveled to libya, discussed the violence and other issues with the cia station chief there. some lawmakers say he still needs to testify. >> i will say