it was interesting karzai and ahmadinejad had a joint meeting in iran. in the meeting with president karzai, and this is to admiral stavridis and general mcchrystal, he emphasized the importance of defining the mission in afghanistan, and to work with pakistan on the other side of the border. the feeling that out haidas presence in afghanistan has shifted to pakistan's federally administered tribal area, and the fact that they have pretty moved -- pretty much moved into the fratto area. -- in the fatah area. it is critical there. my question has to do with, keeping in mind the sovereignty of pakistan -- what type of cross border coronation strategy can we adopt with the pakistan army to deny the taliban and i had a safe haven there? >> i think the idea that we would conduct operations in pakistan is not valid nor do i think we would want to. i think the road to success is through the government of pakistan and did the pakistan military and police. it gives to the kinds of activities we have done with pakistan and hopefully we will do them with more effec

you mentioned karzai brother and maybe it is the chaos and what you think about that? >> there is a small population of people with iran and dubai and value 82 profited enormously and imu but it is a small population and of lot of r names are well known to western officials prefer a few examples there is a terrific report recently in toronto globe and mail about the fact there is documented evidence the deputy counter narcotics minister in afghanistan is deeply involved in the drug trade for everybody hears the story for everybody hears about karzai everybody hears about the pakistan government that we hear about being involved in the drug trade yet nobody ever goes and investigates there is never the investigation there is no reason we could not set up a truth commission working with afghan and pakistani officials if the charges prove to me accurate which i think they usually are they could be extradited and tried this summer. certainly the judiciary system is not equipped to deal with them at this point*. >> but the fear adds that maybe they want the elements in plac

you mentioned about karzai brother and maybe war is the gold. what do think? >> absolutely. there is a small population of people both in pakistan, afghanistan, iran comment, dubai and of the uae that is the main barrier to things getting better but a lot of the names are well known to western officials. i can give you two examples there is a terrific report recently in toronto globe and mail about the fact that many people believe and document as evidence that the deputy county narcotics minister is deeply involved in the drug trade burger ready here's the story everybody hears about karzai everybody cares about the officials in the pakistan government that we hear about being involved in the drugs trade but if nobody ever investigates. there is never an official investigation. there is no reason why we can set up a truth commission working with afghan and pakistani officials to investigate and if they prove to me accurate, but they could extradited and tried somewhere. survey afghanistan judiciary system is not equipped to deal with them at this point*. >> [inaudible] mayb

iran played a crucial role in establishing the karzai government. the love controlled the of fuel -- the few key theocracies. they were controlled by the left. this allowed ayatollah khamenei to say that he is not engage in the united states. -- not engage in the united states. of course, he wanted to open air run -- open iran to a more democratic society. he ultimately failed. you then had mahmoud ahmadinejad become president. they have pursued more radical foreign policy. the upcoming presidential collection will be a critical juncture. the correct president can facilitate engagement. i do not think that mahmoud ahmadinejad is the right choice because of his behavior and his denial of the holocaust. we have a few other candidates from the right and left who are better candidates for engagement. you have a former commander from the revolutionary guard and he sees himself as being on the right. he thinks of himself as being in the same camp as mahmoud ahmadinejad. he thinks that has wasted iran's position in the middle east. on allow, we have the fo

i got to appreciate the humanity of people like karzai, maliki, the king of jordan. someday, maybe you will too. but you need to go forward and appreciate the humanity of folks out there as well. you need to appreciate the geography. you cannot just look at a map and say that israel is a small country. you need to get on the helicopter at masada the place where several hundred were killed by romans at the end of the first century. get on the helicopter end in 20 minutes or so, flyover bethlehem, jerusalem, galilee, and land within sight of damascus. now, you have an appreciation that they do not have a strategic depth. you need to appreciate the history. you need to have your jordanian friend point over the ridge line to a trail going up from galilee. that is the one at st. paul was on going to damascus. -- that is the one that st. paul was on going to damascus. half of the cia agency has been hired since 9/11. we have a lot of junior people. i began to ask the experts along the take to build an analyst with 20 years of experience. they came back with an unacceptable

president karzai is accusing afghan guards of working for u.s. coalition forces, of killing a provincial police chief and at least four other security officers today and it demands that u.s. forces hand over the guards. however, the u.s. military spokesman says no american forces from any branches including special operations were present or involved in the incident. finally, politico says that mitt romney's campaign team express another run for the presidency -- that is falling in event where former aides and advisers met for fund-raiser to help raise money for the statehouse races of barbara, stuck. but a former campaign workers as it was also a romney political family reunion and added that there is a nucleus of people who should he decide to run will drop everything and go help him again. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span media. "washington journal" continues. host: peter brookes is the project manager for re- districting reform. this comes up every 10 years with the senses, but this is an issue broader than just the census. wh

i have a lot of respect for president karzai although the rumor is that government is less effective as time goes on and it is less effective because there is so much to do in afghanistan, not just from a security standpoint but the infrastructure was never very robust and has been decimated by decades of war and strife in that country and if you want to offer people alternatives to the drug business, offer farmers alternatives, they have to have the transportation to get other alternative crops to the market. that infrastructure by and large doesn't exist. that is why the taliban are having success. these villages are not connected to the central government which is not providing services to the people. the taliban says we will do your schooling, we will provide your medical care, never mind the women are not going to have a fair shake, we will take care of these issues. >> host: we are spending an hour with general richard myers on book for and we are pleased to have him with us this morning with his new book "eyes on the horizon: serving on the front lines of national security" pu

world and noise coming interests, amuses me a lot more than five times every to a switches hamid karzai right. i think the happiness a columnist barry's inversely with the help of the republican the more problems we have the more fun it is to write and this is to say no more a great time to write. >> host: how do you stay up that all? >> guest: read constantly incessantly beer and i read four or five hours a day. >> host: we appreciate you being here taking time out of your reading and preparation to listen to our callers questions and some of their the simmons with their points of view and compliments. thanks again. >> guest: i enjoyed it. now the second day of the senate health committee meeting on health care legislation. christopher dodd of connecticut is acting chairman stepping in for ted kennedy who is being treated for cancer this is three hours. [inaudible conversations]tñ >> committee will come to order. we have a quorum present and i think my colleagues for being here this morning and the me say yesterday was a long day of opening statements but i think worthwhile and given t

fell in love twice in one day, once with a woman, the famous english -- not english artist, marie karzai, and also he encountered a with a john trumbull recommended seeing the famous dome, the hotel the solid -- excuse my french but i am from the midwest. so anyway, he stated that dome and stared at the dome and ultimately his love for emery fell by the wayside over time. but his love for the dome ultimately became the first residential home in the united states when he built that at monticello. and curiously it had 13 skylights. it reminded me that freemasons from jefferson to franklin, they all loved all things 13a. i even noticed the national press club is on the 13th floor. and if you look at, this is a visual aid now, the dollar bill, i know it is much smaller from back there and perhaps it is deflationary or inflation, we are not sure. [laughter] but it does look smaller from afar but virtually everything in this dollar bill if you look at it, the pyramid on its -- you can do this at home -- and there is an all seeing eye on the top of it, 12 players that lead up to that high, ther

karzai the reliable especially the cars but neither our horses and a list of cars it is not personal. horses have complex psychologies, they have little brains. horses are like your adolescence children's. cars are like your computer but the computer may be bulky and slow and may even be worth less, but it never addresses itself in all black, gives every part of its keyboard pierced, screams that you don't understand and goes out and takes the drugs and is brought home by the police at 3:00 a.m.. [laughter] actually horses don't do that either but you understand. changing a tire on a car is no fun but easier than issuing a horse and will get kicked or britain or have menorah dump on your head and was a change in a very bad neighborhood. you take apart and put it in a damp space and there for months and the spca will not get on your case. for that matter you could be a car in the street without raising in a public protest as long as you own a car that you are beating. even when opec is doing its worst, cars are more efficient to fuel than horses are although a role in the hay is prefer