become a stable, sovereign, democratic partner, and he could not have had a better partner than jim jeffrey. i'm grateful to all who have been on the team regarding iraq, because it has been a very big challenge for us to get our arms around. a critical element of our path forward in afghanistan will be the success of the afghans in securing and leading their country for themselves. ryan crocker has brought his tremendous lifetime experience to this really difficult job at this moment. they will need help. and i've asked many of you as a key element of president obama's policy to press the governments to which you are accredited, to pledge substantial financial support to the afghan security forces for the period beyond 2014. i'm also counting on your personal vigorous engagementgar. cameron munter, and before him, patterson, have had a very challenging assignment. there are multiple overlapping worlds in pakistan, and we have to deal with all of them simultaneously. but the country is vital to our counter-terrorism, economic stability and regional cooperation goals for the region. and we w

negotiating table with the steady support of our embassy led by one of our toughest diplomats, jim jeffrey. in december after more than eight wrenching years president obama kept his promise to end the war in iraq responsibly. let me describe a scenario that played out in iraq. i think it will sound familiar. a leading sunni arab political figure is charged with terrorism related offenses by a shia arab led. go rhetoric escalates on all sides a. group of lawmakers walk out of parliament grinding the political process to a halt and sparking fears of a return to sectarian war. well, i know it sounds familiar and it should, but it happened in the summer of 2007, when the culture minister, not to be confused with the current vice president, was accused of ordering the assassination of a fellow politician. as you all know a rather similar series of events took place recently in the wake of our troop withdrawal. the current vice president and members of his security detail were charged with terrorism-related offices. the iraqi government inflamed a tense situation by televising confessions of so

become a stable sovereign democratic partner and you he could not have had a better partner than jim jeffrey. i've grateful to all on the team regarding iraq, because it has been a very big challenge for us to get our arms around. a critical element of our path forward in afghanistan will be the success of the afghans in securing and leading their country for themselves. ryan crocker has brought his tremendous lifetime experience to this really difficult job at this moment. they will need help. and i've asked many of you, as a key element of president obama's policy, to press the governments to which you are accredited, to pledge substantial financial support the afghan security forces for the period beyond 2014. i'm also counting on your personal vigorous engagement regarding pakistan. cameron minuter, and before him, ann paterson, have had a very challenging assignment. there are multiple overlapping worlds in pakistan, and we have to deal with all of them simultaneously. but the country is vital to our counterterrorism, economic stability, and regional cooperation goals for the region. an

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you see jim lehrer, gwen ifill, ray suarez, jeffrey brown, margaret warner, hari sreenivasan. truth is there are so many other people who it takes to make this show happen. we have producers, we have reporters. there are writers, researchers, people who answer the telephones, people who get our files organized so that we can ask the right questions when we go on the air. it takes a small army, not to mention the people in the control room, the cameramen and women. the tape editors-- there are so many people. this is very much a group production. we couldn't do it without the many people whose offices are right here along the way that you see behind me. they are here in the morning. they're here until late at night. and when they go home at night, they continue to work on this program because we all care about the product, and we care about what we're able to bring to you. that's why your support is so important to us in getting the pbs newshour on the air every day. >> unlike some news programs that pit one point of view against another to watch the ensuing fireworks, the pbs

become a stable, sovereign, democratic partner, and he cannot have had a better partner than at jim and jeffrey. i am grateful to all who have been on the team regarding iraq, because it has been a very big challenge for us to get our arms around. a critical element of our path forward in afghanistan will be the success of the afghans in securing and leading the country for themselves. ryan crocker has brought his tremendous lifetime experience to this really difficult job at this moment. they will need help. and i have asked many of you as a key element of president obama's policy to press the government with which you are accredited to pledge financial substantial support to the security forces for the time beyond 2014. i am also counting on your personal vigorous engagement regarding pakistan. cameron munter and patterson have had a very challenging assignment. there are multiple overlapping worlds in pakistan, and we have to deal with all of them simultaneously. but the country is of vital to our counter-terrorism, economic stability, and regional cooperation goals for the region. and we wi

. >> jeffrey thompson has retained counsel and declined to comment to news 4. jim? >> thanks. >>> new information about the charges against army private bradley manning came out in court at fort meade today, accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive military reports and diplomatic cables to wikileaks. manning is charged with aiding the enemy and now the military prosecutors are identifying the enemy today as al qaeda. manning's lawyers say he was a troubled soldier and should never have been allowed access to classified material and they say the leak did not affect national security. >>> a gaithersburg priest is defending his decision to deny communion to a lesbian church goer. the same john newman catholic church suspended reverend marcelle garnizo who excluded a woman named barbara johnson from communion during her mother's funeral last month. in his first statement since the suspension he says johnson revealed her sexual orientation without being asked. and that he responded according to catholic doctrine. he writes today, i am confident that my own v

jamie fly, the president told jeffrey goldberg last week, "i'm not bluffing '"or something to that effect. he seemed to be saying that again today. is it as effective as jim to bebins seems to think to you? >> i think the administration's rhetoric especially with the president in the interview that he gave to jeff goldberg has been somewhat effective in clearing the waters a bit because his administration had not been consistent in its messaging about the military option but i think as jeff noted that this is unlikely to leave prime minister netanyahu and his government satisfied. the main reason is the president in his speech focused primarily on iran actually obtaining a nuclear weapon whereas i think the israelis are much more concerned and i think rightfully so about iran reaching the point where they have that capability and all the information is that iran is almost at that point. i think that's also the major difference that we're seeing coming out of these meetings. >> ifill: when you use terms like "loose talk of war," that does seem like it's stepping up some of the pushback. >> i disagree with the the president on that because i don't think thi

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jim tess national legislative commission for american legion. we also have the witnesses here who are here on behalf of independent budget. carl blake, national legislative director of the paralyzed veterans of america. jeffrey hall, the assistant national legislative director for the disabled american veterans. diane samata national legislative director of amvets. raymond kelly, legislative director for veterans of foreign wars. finally i want to welcome to the panel. tom tarantino, deputy policy director, after again iraq veterans of america. we'll move down the table in order. independent budget witnesses will have 15 minutes total. american legion and iraq and afghanistan veterans of america will be given five minutes each. i again apologize guise to all of you. obviously we had tremendous participation in this committee hearing. it has gone longer. i and my staff and all the members of the committee will look at your testimony. it is extremely important to us and we'll be submitting you questions as well even though you we have, don't have a lot of members present. the and i especially want to thank senator burr for his accommodating my schedule as well. so with that, mr. shirer, thank you again and we'