. >> connected to kuwait? >> yes, kuwait wants to be paid in full.raq does not have enough money after the fall of oil prices. they need the money. they want diplomatic pressure other countries, there are a lot of things that nouri al maliki once -- once -- oncwants. this visit will boost his chances in iraqi elections, making appear as a leader, elections coming next year. there are many things that he would like to achieve in the visit. >> on the security issue, you mentioned the president trying to work out a way forward. it has not gone as smoothly as they might have liked. >> it has not. i expect mr. obama to press him on this reconciliation. a lot of the violence is because of the lack of progress in this area. mr. obama would want to see progress on that. he would like to see a more consolidated effort on political reconciliation between those outside the government now and even those within the government who are not fully supportive of the democratic process. >> thank you for joining us. six people appeared dead and many more are missing aft

he goes into kuwait and loses. he is expelled from kuwait, and as part of the cease-fire resolution the un security council passed a resolution which said we are going to keep the sanctions we put on iraq when you went into kuwait. we will keep those on until it is verifiable you have gotten rid of your weapons of mass destruction and there is a monitoring system which will ensure you do not rebuild these things. that was a bit of course of disarmament, it was not arms control. people tend to think of it as the same way it but this is coercive disarming. iraq did not sign up for this. it is like germany in world war ii. inspectors were imposed upon germany and meant to ensure that germany got rid of weapons. it lasted about the same length of time. the inspectors went in and there was a very early lesson that saddam hussein's troops from that experience. in 1991, inspectors had grant authority given to them by the security council. you can bring stuff and, it do what ever you want so long as it was associated with

we would retall kuwait with nukes -- we would retall kuwait with nukes and extend that umbrella and obamaimes in the campaign as a way to show how tough she was as opposed to him. i think what happened today is this show in thailand is that she was repeating that theme inadvertently. it is one thing to do it and to say it as a candidate as a hypothetical, but once you say it as secretary of state, you are implying, as everybody thought she was implying, that america already accepts the reality of a nuclear iran and is thinking about containment and deterrence, as we did in the soviet example in the cold war. i think it was -- if it was obama policy, it is a hell of a way to actually announce it or imply it. i think it was a gaffe that she later tried to walk back. bret: israeli leaders piped up right away. >> that was not helpful at all. a gaffe in washington is when somebody tells the truth. there is no doubt that it would be irresponsible if the obama administration wasn't planning for a nuclear-armed iran. they're very close. so far, everything we have done, all the offers of engagemen

people magazine recognized you with reconstructive surgery. >> interesting time in kuwait trying to do reconstruction after the war there. it was gratifying to be an american there as well. e well-received. >> doesn't seeming that long ago, but was. almost 15 years. >> here's my worst segue of the morning, but speaking of reconstructive surgery, we have to talk about skin cancer. >> 'tis the season. >> it's all of us sitting at our pools and it's now starting to hit. when you guys get together, has it become a major topic of conversation as opposed to augmentation or nose jobs or what not? >> yes. the main thing people don't realize is that skin cancer is the number one cancer in americans today. sun exposure is the number one cause of skin cancer. what people don't realize, unfortunately is that the effects of the sun come up between 20 and 30 years later. so.... >> we're all dead. >> we're seeing a lot of the damage now and it's unfortunate that we didn't know then, what we know today. but there's a lot of great options available uh, today to avoid those problems. >> which i'm going

in kuwait, $18 billion. and in the other countries, supporting iraq, and afghanistan, $12.7 billion. $154 billion. and what we know is we don't have enough contract office representatives. we don't have enough quality assurance representatives. we don't have enough log cap support officers, we don't have enough people watching the contractors. we have 70% of our contracts go to subcontractors. our law in this country makes it a requirement that we can only oversee the subcontractor by going through the prime. and, so we have to get the information secondhandled. i think we need to reexamine that and 70% of the dollars i mentioned are actually going to the subs. we have another issue, and that is, if it is afghan employees, or iraqi employees, they -- we have to deal with those governments. and there are certain protections and hoops we have to jump. and it would strike me that if we are going to spend all our dollars there, that we should have greater ability to oversee the contracts that are done by the in

. >> making headlines at this hour, a group of a fill kuwaited with al qaeda now of of a fill kuwaited al qaeda posed as hotel guests and blew themselves up simultaneous killing 8 people. among the dozens hurt, at least 8 americans. the white house just announced on its twitter page, president obama is having another prime time address at 9:00 p.m. eastern wednesday, the news coming as the second house panel approved a bill to overall the nation's $2.5 billion healthcare industry with the universal healthcare plan, mr. obama saying it must pass this year or americans may not be able to get health insurance. glenn beck returns in a moment. mou here's bret baier. >> coming up, the president insists healthcare reform will be passed and signed this year. he concedes so far democrats haven't figured out a way to pay for it all. for today's political stories join us at 6:00 eastern for "special report." now back to glenn. glenn: yes, we will pass healthcare, oh, yes, we will. hello, america. here's tonight's hot list. i personally think it feels like we've slid through a worm hole where noth

the titans' coach that found out about the murder while in kuwait at the airport met the media today. >> i will miss him. i asked you to honor what he did on the field and in the community and what he was as a tremendous team mate. that is his legacy. i am proud to have been a part of that. >> i am saddened by the loss of a dear friend. i am not in a position to judge anyone or be judged. that is up to god. >> if i was called into action during a crucial situation like bases loaded and there walked two straight guys, when my manager came out to yank me, i think i would say that my arm did not feel right. chris ray was called out of the bullpen yester day and walk the only two guys he faced, giving up two runs. he was put on the disabled list with a sore arm. he hasn't been right all year long. the orioles open up a three-game series tonight. they have the worst road record in the american league. lance armstrong is pretty good on the road. he is not even supposed to win this year. the third day of the tour de france. this is just a meager 120 mile trip along the mediterranean. and tha

out of kuwait. there any arguments why it was not sensible for the president to remove the sadam from power at that time but if for none other but then to done so at that point* would violate all of the agreements and the president made with the whole understanding that with the various people he talked into coming along with us to remove sadam from kuwait. the arguments that were made later, never mind their screaming and yelling at that time. it was only made once and it is clear he could have done so. what to do so would take the advice of the certain people that became vice presidents later on that i think would happen very unwise to try to do. but anyway i will let it go into u.s. some meaningful questions if you are up to it. [laughter] >> thank you. let me say whether privilege and privilege is to be on the same stage with secretary eagleburger with whom i had the privilege of working when i was much younger, had little more her and was. >> really think i have kept is my hair. [laughter] ceme

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the full forecast is coming upip >>> written says it will temporarily withdraw forces from iraq to kuwait -- britain says it will temporarily withdraw forces after the parliament failed to allow british troops to stay through the end of this month and robert gates met with prime mastin nouri al-maliki and top u.s. military commander today in baghdad. he also made a surprise trip to talil to visit troops there. >>> is really a new of his officials are working to resolve a public dispute over jewish settlements in the west bank. prime minister netanyahu and peace envoy george mitchell -- george mitchell met to discuss the issue. the u.s.aeto freeze settlement construction to jump- start arab-israeli peace talks. >> that is the only way everybody in the region will be able to realize security, justice, and prosperity for all. >> the israeli government says high birth rates in some communities are making expansion necessary. 900 new apartments are planned for the settlement outside of jerusalem next year. >>> it is day two of economic talks between the u.s. and ina and treasury secretary timo

we need to make sure they add kuwait the margin. i want to be confident.we have to race to the bottom where people shop for the cheapest clearing house. >> last question, health accounting. i hear that health accounting requires them to be customized andÔÑ genz what we are trying to do. how can we address that? where people who aren't truly hedging? >> you are right. part of the concern is that they would not be able to meet those requirements. the more fundamental concerns is that not all risks can be captured. >> i want you guys as you are working on this and as you keep in mind, try to drive it into the market as generally a problem where a lot of the accounting problems run up against. i think you are right to point out the importance. >> it's an important part of getting it all right. if we get into the accounting rules where we are marking one side of the balance sheet and not the other. those rules have an impact on what they decide to do over here. >> thank you, gentlemen. from missouri. >> thank you. just your final comment was about working with

w wyse ot get rr:>>te aorfter 31 years as a flight attendant, including a stint flying troops to kuwait, she was looking for a way to give back. >> i said i've always enjoyed working with children. >> reporter: so why not open her home. >> i take kids for short-term. anywhere from one night to three months. >> reporter: and so far she has been a surrogate mom to 30 kids. >> it's satisfying. >> reporter: what's the most satisfying? >> they leave and call you and they let you know they're doing better in school or they're going to try to go to college or the ones that leave but they're not successful where they are. and they call you and ask can they come back. [ laughter ] >> reporter: well , just in case you're wondering why you didn't see any of the young people it's because the foster care rules do not allow us to show their faces to you. but you can find her story on our website wusa9.com. just click on hero central. >> and you're looking for people who are heroes who need heroes, all of that out in the community. >> if you know anybody like that, go to the website, click on hero cen

the iraqi prime minister has also been lobbying the white house on the issue listing reparations to kuwait he secured his public message of support. >> i think it would be a mistake for iraq to continue to be burdened by the sins of the deposed dictator. in order to do that, we will have to obtain cooperation from various members of the united nations. i think that there will have to be some specific disputes that are resolved between iraq and some of its neighbors. we intend to be very constructive in that process, but we have said clearly, and i have repeated today to the prime minister, that we will work diligently with iraq so that iraq is no longer within chapter 7. >> in the next few hours, president obama will hold another news conference, this one on prime-time television. the white house says it sees this as a six month's report card. mr. obama will be trying to build support for his plans to overhaul america's health-care system, appealing for the backing of republicans and conservative democrats in congress. he is pushing for his number one domestic priority to be made legislati

ahmed mansoori came second in his first race in kuwait. >>mansoori: i hope i win the fiesta trophy to prove myself and then gradually get up on the grid and be the world champion - eventually >>reporter: the emirate's current star driver however is sheikh khaled al qassimi who was fia middle east rally champion 2004 and is now driving in the world rally championship. >>qassimi: i believe we can be a motor sport hub in the near future: formula one and wrc and one day we can host an event and become the hub of the motor sport. >>reporter: that day might well be some way off in the distance- but there's no questioning that abu dhabi, withone tenth of the world's oil reserves, has enough money, and fuel in the tank, to make the journey. >>abirached: that's it for this week's world business. thanks for watching. we'll see you again at the same time next week.

we're talking about systems that are getting pretty ante-kuwaited. >> reporter: last month in washington, d.c., nine people were killed an 80 people injured when one subway train rear ended another. and 25 people were killed in a communi commuter train collision in los angeles. crew members were sending text messages before the accident. >> these transit systems are about the safest mode there is in this country. >> reporter: san francisco's system is back on track, but investigators have vowed to inspect it from top to bottom. laura marquez, abc news, san francisco. >>> in florida, the adult daughter of that widely admired couple that was murd iedn their home, says she will care for all of the children the couple left behind,ncdilu i 1ng3 adopted kids with disabilities. ashley markham says he will be moving back into her parents home. >>> and senator ted kennedy is using his own battle against brain cancer to make an emotional pitch for health care reform. writing in "news week," he called it the cause of my life. he said every american should be able to get the same treatment that u.s.

compliance funds and if they get together with a sovereign walled fun of countries like a tart and kuwait and dubai you could get that up to three and $4 trillion. and not only do these this side or the money is invested in. they also allocated to it and a half percent of your portfolio that has to go to charity like that has to go to charity like muslim tiding only two and half percent and they decided the charities and they're all the hezbollah terrorist fronts. in fact, the record other designated charities that was subsequently busted on to the bush administration is enormous and if you run afoul of sharia law like a trucking firm and when they put things in your truck you have to pay 7.5%, they also decided that money goes. now in this book in every chapter and the and we have something called the action agenda that tells you how to fight back and here there is something specific. the former undersecretary of defense, head of the center for security policy, has launched a lawsuit against aig. is really cool. he says that aig syria compliance fund is an act of the government which now

we saw an example where the same type of work that was bid in kuwait using logcap 3 had priced out at $120 million. it was $55 million less after competition came in. so competition is a good thing in the environment and there's nothing unique about a wartime zone where you can't usually employ competition. >> if i could, mr. flake -- go on. >> if i might add to what commissioner thibeault said earlier and some of your concerns about the 1200 recommendations that have come from other oversight organizations to which we will certainly add a number of our own observations and recommendations, where we have a challenge, i believe, and that is when we go away, have we come up with procedures to permit, which will encourage follow-up? all of you have seen dozens and dozens and dozens of studies, as i have, with some very valid recommendations that collect dust. so one of the challenges we have and a challenge that you may have is how do we force some of these actionable recommendations forward as we, you know, turn out the lights? and that's a problem that we face or a challenge that we fa

and if they get together with this offer will funds of countries like qatar and kuwait and to buy you could get that up to three or $4 trillion not only do these enormous decide where the money is invested, they also allocate the 2.5% of your portfolio that has to go to charity. it's like the muslim tire dingley it is 2.5% and they decide the charities. and they are all of the hamas and hezbollah terrorists runs. in fact the record of the designating charities subsequently blasted number of the bush administration is enormous. and if you run afoul of sharia law like you are a trucking firm and one day put pigs in your truck you have to pay 7.5% find they also decide where that money goes. now in this book in every chapter at the end we have something called the action agenda that tells you how to fight back and here is something very specific. frank gaffney, former undersecretary of defense, great guy, head of the center for security policy, the speed mine is in a book, has launched a lawsuit. all right, backing a lawsuit against aig and it's really cool. he says that aig sharia compl

there will move toeighboring kuwait. >>> michael phelps has found himself in a rare place -- second place. >> not only is he going to beat phelps, he is going to smash his world record. >> there you go. a german swimmer where a cutting edge and controversial swimsuits beach phelps yesterday at the world swimming championships -- beat phelps guest today. the swimsuit helps swimmers follow. the governing body announced those swimsuits will be banned in 2010. typically about six world records are shattered. going into the -- going into the race, 18 world records have been smashed. >> if it helps you to follow -- >> interesting. >>> your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> maybe they should go back to swimming the way mother nature made us. no unfair advantage is there. loudoun county into frederick, of showers pushing it to pare back. a heavier band alo front royal along the 66 corridor. there is a slight risk for some severe weather. we are mild. temperatures are started off pretty tepid. it will still be soupy and oppressive. low to mid 80's today. waldorf, 72. wtop, 76 degre

bush was able to build a large coalition to liberate kuwait. george w. bush was unable to build a coalition to invade iraq, so we started to make fun of the french. host: do you have a question? caller: yes, i do. we used to say politics and at the water's edge, today we have so much criticism of our president trying to repair the damage that george debut bush had with cowboy -- george w. bush had with cowboy diplomacy. but we lived in such a global world now, we cannot have it both ways. guest: there was a lot in there. a couple of points that i should respond to. in world war ii, i do not believe that it was up to churchill and roosevelt to start the two front war. the soviet union, at that point, was not a particularly appealing partner, but they were available, which is why churchill and fdr agreed to the alliance. almost as soon as it happened, the soviet union prime large chunks of central and eastern europe, and refused to leave after the war. that created the iron curtain which separated europe into two portions. one which was free, that was unde

. >> greta: in 2007, palin visited the alaska national guard in kuwait. >> thank you guys so much for all your good work. >> greta: like john mccain, she supported the surge which andbarved itself in al sals province. a vice presidential nomination, a new baby, a son leaving for iraq and just recently, news that her 17-year-old daughter bristol is pregnant. bristol plans to mary the baby's father this year. >> from the inside no family ever seems typical and that is how it is with us. our family has the same ups and downs as any other. the same challenges and the same joys. sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge. >> greta: senator john mccain warmly greeted palin's expanding family. but it did not stop vicious spears. >> the down syndrome child trick that sarah is the mother of she is actually the grandmother of. >> greta: rumors that trig was not her baby but was her daughter's were shocking. >> your people were not involved in any way in this and they will not be and if i thought that there was somebody in my campaign that was involved in something like that they would be

they deev kuwaited -- they deviated on the two boosters we had.he lander looks like before but much, much bigger, and it doesn't really contribute to mars' landings in the future. i don't see where going to the moon right now really contributes that much. sure, there is going to be long duration stays, six months, but when you go to mars, you got to stay for a year and a half if you're not going to be staying even longer than that as a permanent settlement. glenn: would you go to mars? >> i'm not the type for long durations. glenn: what does that mean? >> i'm just learning that i have a personality that inquires and looks into things, and probably -- glenn: i'd go insane. >> yeah, right. they are just crowd mixers. they are real close mixers. i'm a short duration guy, but that doesn't mean i don't know what it takes and aware of the personalities that are needed, and the number of people that, if asked, would really just love to go to mars and make it a career out of themselves, well, i think that they are just like pilgrims on the mayflower that

. >>> forces will be moved to kuwait. the group of about 100 troops should be able to return to iraq to help protect oil platforms. the parliament adjourned for a month-long recess. >>> a tax on christmas eve in a -- an attack on christmas e. >>> an attempted carjacking and robbery but a suspect wearing just a bikini. we'll let you know how this happened. >>> and the top ten most dangerous foods to eat while driving. did you know there ws a list? well you can check it out on myfoxdc.com. just click on the off beat section. we're just getting started this morning. we are right back here in two minutes. we hope you join us.  >>> there is a guilty plea in a brutal attack in a church parking lot. this past christmas eve wayne williams and his wife went to mass in college park. he dropped his wife off at the door and went to park the car and that's when he was attacked. monday he faced his attacker in court. wisdom martin was there. >> reporter: more than 7 months after wayne williams was attacked in the holy redeem

as a result of the wars that were led by the regime, including occupying the neighboring state of kuwait. iraq has got a long way and continues to solve so many problems. thank you very much. shepard: the president and the iraqi prime minister talking about progress and setbacks in iraq. the prime minister announced there would be an investment conference in the fall. they will work to help finance getting out of chapter 7 bankruptcy. united states will health with that -- will help with that. i learned of the memo from the pentagon discussing the abuse of detainees in iraq. what is the story? >> you remember that the president basically stopped more than 1000 photos of detainee abuse after the aclu sued to have those photos released. a confidential memo sent to the service chiefs from admiral mike mullen, he said he was appalled. we have the memo here. it is a sensitive memos. he says -- this confidential memo -- admiral mike mullen calling on service chiefs to train better to avoid abuse on the battlefield. shepard: what is sensitive about this? we all know there was abuse in those pho

there are only about 150 troops left in iraq, and they are being sent to kuwait until the iraqi government them permission to finish the job. crime is on the rise. hours before gates arrived, bank robbers killed eight people at a baghdad beige. they blasted open the vault and made off with almost $7 million. iraqi officials say it's the work of insurgents attempting to bankroll operations against iraqi and u.s. forces. still, gates called iraq's security situation amazing different from three years ago. he said improved cooperation between american and iraqi forces have given iraqi a new sense of empowerment, proving nobody is the boss or the occupier. >>> a search is underway for as many as 85 patients missing after boat capsized. th boat capsized. off the turks and caicos island af reef. the s.rikingu. a reef. 11e u.s. gucoast ard as3 survivors stranded ue 3 survivors stranded nd two reefs. two bodies were covered. haitians raw teenly to the -- routinely take to the seas in older boats. >>> tests will be done to figure out what killed a whale off the coast of new jersey. the whale washed

they deev kuwaited -- they deviated on the two boosters we had.he lander looks like before but much, much bigger, and it doesn't really contribute to mars' landings in the future. i don't see where going to the moon right now really contributes that much. sure, there is going to be long duration stays, six months, but when you go to mars, you got to stay for a year and a half if you're not going to be staying even longer than that as a >> would you go to mars? displiem not the type for a long duration. i'dliem not the type for a long >> would you go insane? >> i would go insane.s. i am a short-duration guy but that doesn't mean i don't know that doesn't mean i don't know personalities that are needed anda the number of people that would love to go to mars and make it a career for themselves. i think they are like pilgrims on the may flower that didn't hang around plymouth looking fon the return trip. we need to start thinking about a commitment to permanence on mars. if we're really not ready to doo that, i don't think we're readye to spend all th

i got back from the weekend overseas in kuwait visiting the national guard, wyoming national guard. number one question they ask is not about the war, it's about health care. what the impact of these bills will be on them and their families and kids. what's going to happen with huge expenses when looking at an economy that's still having issues, they want to focus on the economy. they want to focus on jobs, they want to focus on the growing deficit, budget with the debt doubling in five years, tripling in ten years, people are concerned. even though they may have in the house gotten the number down to a little lower than a trillion, that's a trillion dollars, lou, that we don't have and can't afford to spend. what the president promised and what's delivered are two very different things. >> as you say, an agreement based on a 10% reduction in the cost, which, by the way, is not, as you well know. finite at all. subject to immense change, once it were to go to conference, should it be passed. we feel a certain amount of gamesmanship in washington. i'm sure that's an misimpression on

we weren't covering iraq and the kuwait situation. if we had, we might never have had to go to war in that part of the world. we weren't covering it. and that's a serious matter. >> armstrong is on the moon neil armstrong. 38-year-old american. standing on the surface of the moon. on this july 20th, 1969. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >>> hello. i'm don lemon. "larry king live" continues in a moment. first, i want to give you headlines. police are investigating a multiple murder on the tennessee/alabama border and have a suspect in custody. five bodies were found in lincoln county, tennessee. some of the victims are related. the sixth victim was found across the border in huntszville, alabama. police identified the suspects as jacob lee schaefer and say murder charges are pending. no victim ids, no cause of death yet. >>> two light rail trains collide in san francisco. there are multiple injuries. but none of those injuries appears to be life-threatening. official reports say a one-car train traveling at

at least put some brigades in kuwait in reserve in case we need them in afghanistan. i think we can do both. but it's time for us to end these large deployments because we are wearing the army and the marines out. >> i was going to ask you, afghanistan has a long history of wearing down armies. wearing down foreign troops and foreign armies. why do you think we can succeed there, general? and i'm up against a break, i have to tell you that. >> i understand. we've been at war since the 1970s. the russians had 100,000 in there. i think we can do it because we're committed to help the people be successful. >> all right. general russell honore, thank you very much, sir, appreciate it. stay hydrated down there. if you run into my mom, tell her i said hello. >> thank you, don. happy fourth to the american people and to their families who are watching these warriors do their mission's work. >> absolutely. and especially our service members. thank you very much for that, we appreciate it. >>> we're going to talk now about the michael jackson investigation. you know tmz, 30 mi

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we weren't covering iraq in the kuwait situation.if we had been covering it, we might never have had to go to war in that part of the world. we weren't covering it. and that's -- and that's a serious matter. >> armstrong is on the moon. neil armstrong. 38-year-old american. standing on the surface of the moon. on this july 20th, 1969. >> it's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. welcome to the now network. population 49 million. right now, 1.5 million people are on a conference call. 750,000 wish they weren't. - ( phones chirping ) - construction workers are making 244,000 nextel direct connect calls. 1 million people are responding to an email. - 151 accidentally hit "reply all." - ( foghorn blows ) that's happening now. america's most dependable 3g network bringing you the first wireless 4g network. - sprint. the now network. - ( whoosh sound ) deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. - sprint. the now network. - ( whoosh sound ) mom vo: i can't start the first grade with

of the force that held off the soviets in german -- and germany for decades and expelled iraq from kuwait in 1991. there was little appetite for or interest in preparing for what we call a regular warfare. campaigns against insurgents, terrorists, militias, and other non-state groups. this was the bipartisan reality in the congress and the white house. of course after september 11 some things did change. the base defense budget, not counting spending for the wars, increased by 70% over the next eight years. during that time there were important changes in the way u.s. forces were organized, based, and deployed. investments were made in new technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles. however, when all was said and done, the way the pentagon selected, evaluated, developed, and paid for new weapons systems and equipment did not fundamentally changed. even after september 11. indeed the kinds of equipment, programs, and capability needed to protect our troops and defeat the insurgency in iraq and afghanistan were not the highest priority of much of the defense department. even after severa

i just got back from kuwait, seeing our soldiers there.war zone. the v.a. system where i worked when i was in medical school is not what i would consider the program for all americans. >> so you don't think the government is capable? >> they do a terrible job with the indian health care. the government runs it completely and they are not doing runs it completely and they're not doing a good job and our people are suffering. >> ten seconds, senator brown. do you think the government is able to do this? >> of course it can. look at medicare. medicare serves the american people really well. people are happy with medicare. there are some gaps because of the privatization attempts fiver years ago. the va medical system is strong. the community-based outreach clinics matter to people. i don't agree that the va system doesn't work well. >> all right. we have to leave it there. my thanks to both of you. a great conversation. we'll continue to do more of this, answer people's questions, bring in regular people like the rest of us, not that senators

the gas station in kuwait, the feel of the dam between my fingers in a refugee camp. the bustle of jfk airport as the first set foot in the united states. the long train ride to my brother's house in detroit after i learned of my brother's death. all the moments that brought me here to this stifling one. i grew up in southern iraq. my youth was spent among the ruins of ancient lands. now trading from the summer heat to the shrine. the telegram from the middle east. is sitting for an everyday child in bill of trials and chimneys of my siblings and me. my family was characterized by a passionate politics and religion. by mother was muslim, and my father was a communist. you can just imagine the conflict brought out by these two. whenever you have education. even though communist ideologies were in many ways similar to the back ideology it still represented a threat to the saddam hussein's power. so he crushed it. for commoners like my father the choice was joined the baath party or be killed. the raids and the disenchantment smoldered red for his whole lifd flared into

compliant funds, and if they get together with the sovereign wealth funds of countries like qatar and kuwait and dubai, you can get that up to $3 trillion and $4 trillion, and not only do the eye mams decide where the money is invested, they allocate the part of your portfolio goes to charities and they decide the charities and they're all hezbollah fronts. their record of designated charities that were busted under the bush administration is enormous, and if you run afoul of sharia lie, like you're a trucking firm and one day you put pigs in your truck you have to pay a 7.5% fine and they decide where that money goes. in this back, we have something called the action agenda, that tells you how to fight back. and frank gaffney, the former undersecretary of defense, head of the center for policy, has launched a lawsuit. correction, backing a lawsuiting against aeg. it's really cool. he says that aeg sharia compliance fund is an act of the government which now owns 80% of aeg, and as a result violates the separation of church and state. because it's government funding an institution of religio

and if they get together with the sovereign will funds of countries like qatar and kuwait and dubai, you can get that up to three and $4 trillion. and not only to these demands the side of the money is invested, they also allocate the two 1/2% of your portfolio that has to go to charities like the muslim tithing which is two and a half percent and they decide the charity. and they're all the hezbollah terrorist friends. in fact, the record of their designated charities that was subsequently busted under the bush administration is enormous and if you who run afoul of sharia law like if you are a trucking firm and when they put things in your truck you have to pay a 7.5% fine, they also decide where that money goes. that in this book in every chapter at the end have something called the action agenda that tells you how to fight back and in it is something specific. frank gaffney, the former undersecretary of defense, great guy, head of the center for security policy, the url is in the book, has launched a lawsuit and is backing a lawsuit against aig. it is really cool. he says that aig

ventures and the wars that were led by saddam's regime, including occupying the neighboring state of kuwait has come a long way and will continue to solve all problems. there are so many problems that we are paying the price for from the previous regime in order to have friendly relations with all members of the national community. >> there you have it. the president of the united states with prime minister alma aky. our guests are still with us. >> i was struck with something the prime minister said. i wasn't sure if he was using the word will or we. i wrote it down as best as i could. people who believe that when americans leave iraq, we will be in chaos, he said, declared. we or will proven them wrong. the point he is making is that given what we've seen in the last year, this is going to turn out to be a stable country when it is left in the hands of the iraqis themselves. >> he has to say that. he is the one who is leading that country right now. he is going to try to instill some confidence as they are moving forward. we heard president obama himself say there are going to be some tou

ventures and the wars that were led by saddam's regime including occupying the neighboring state of kuwait. iraq has gone a long way and will continue to solve all problems. and there are so many problems that we are paying the price for from the previous regime in order to have friendly relations with all members of the international community. thank you very much. >> president obama and iraqi president maliki taking two questions. this came after president obama said that there has been substantial progress that's been made in iraq and that the violence continues to be down. a lot of people might argue compared to what? well, let's ask nbc's richard engel, senior chief foreign correspondent. that is a key question, right? the violence lately has been ratcheting up. >> it has been going up. over the last three weeks. u.s. troops pulled back to their bases. and if you look at a longer scale compared to two years ago, say, sure violence is down. it is at a level where a general who spent so much time in iraq, if you ask him, yeah. it's down compared to when he first got there. but over the

we had an oil shock when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. we had a recession that was a much briefer, milder recession than we have now. but qualitatively and conceptually we had many of the same challenges that we face now. this is bigger and more severe certainly. i think that the major problem we have now is the attempt, conscious or in some cases unconscious in others perhaps, to conflate a variety of long-term issues with the shorm severe recession. we had an unfortunate stimulus bill spending almost $800 billion. very little of it has been spent yet. it has no impact yet. that may improve a bit as we get some of the infrastructure spending. but a lot of it's due to be spent after the recession ends. there was a much better way to do this. they would have suspended the payroll tax for a sxwraer firms would have suspend feuder workers, people would have a lot more cash in their pockets already -- >> let's talk about that. some of the ideas you have that the president should be considering in terms of tax policy, in terms of other policie

so they're looking out at a sunni kuwait, at a sunni saudi arabia, sunni syria. i mean, these states that have never had a shi'a leadership. so iraq is.... >> rose: how about iran? >> well, there's the issue. the only other shi'a majority and shi'a-run state in the middle east right now is iran. and so what we don't want is a situation where the iraqis feel somehow that that's the only country will be supporting them. now, frankly, the iranians play a very negative role in iraq and they have not been respecting their sovereignty and, frankly, when you look at some of the violence in the southern part of the country, i think you could put your finger on a very malevolent influence from the iranians. >> rose: why are they doing that? what do they hope to gain? >> well, you know, the trouble with the middle east is everyone thinks everyone else belongs to them. and i think the iranians feel that somehow if you look through the history of persia you see that iraq was... or a good part of iraq was under persia and they look at the fact that it's shi'a and they really

bush was able to build a large coalition to liberate kuwait. george w.ush was unable to build a coalition to invade iraq, so we started to make fun of the french. host: do you have a question? caller: yes, i do. we used to say politics and at the water's edge, today we have so much criticism of our president trying to repair the damage that george debut bush had with cowboy -- george w. bush had with cowboy diplomacy. but we lived in such a global world now, we cannot have it both ways. guest: there was a lot in there. a couple of points that i should respond to. in world war ii, i do not believe that it was up to churchill and roosevelt to start the two front war. the soviet union, at that point, was not a particularly appealing partner, but they were available, which is why churchill and fdr agreed to the alliance. almost as soon as it happened, the soviet union prime large chunks of central and eastern europe, and refused to leave after the war. that created the iron curtain which separated europe into two portions. one which was free, that was under

this morning, the communication stock to buy the communication company from kuwait, has a public of financial, suggesting the price was too high for the company. trading higher, air france, they announced before the weekend it's not anticipating any liquidity problem at the beginning of the next year, denying press report air france still has 4.5 billion euros in liquidity. also trading higher, the wine and spirit company, bolstered on friday after the session, a 9% increase of its revenue for the last year. expecting a 10% rise in net profit. that's positive news. let's have a look at the asian market. >> here in asia, markets rising for the fifth straight session. highest level since the lehman brothers collapse. japan and indonesia closed for public holiday. in south korea, optimism about earnings. the kospi rose 2.7%. in kong hong, hsbc short-listed four to five investment banks to handle its $3 billion ipo. and the broader market in hong kong closed up 3.7%. also, a ten-month high. shining high stocks ended at a fresh 13-month high, led by metal and coal shares. in australia, mining stoc

that he was not prepared to pursue a war of saddam after he invaded and brutally treated people of kuwait a war, but this was an emergency situation. your threat is admitted. your threat was because you felt that there were clearly disaster if they went -- if they didn't go forward with it. after i -- one more thing i'd like to ask you to elaborate on that and how mr. cuomo came to give us the line he did. as i understand is had the mac clause been completely valid, had ken lewis renegotiated, had they agreed to new terms or to auto break-up, isn't it through that, in fact, we would have had a long period of time well noticed wsh statutory notice for stockholders and then a stockholder vote occurred? >> yes, there is -- if there had been a renegotiation, there would have been an extended period and there would have been a revote is my understanding. >> and isn't it that which is at the center of you why you issued the threat and why ken lewis ultimately decided that the damage from that period, even if he got a better price or broke it, either way, could be disastrous to both firms? >> ag

in 1991 there was an of rising after iraq was driven from kuwait.that hundreds of thousands of iraqis were murdered. at that time in a to the states did not assist us, the people who rose up, although president bush 41 called for people to rise up and they did. they were left in the lurch. it is unfortunate. it is not a very positive episode of our history, but it happened. host: richening, your next. caller: good morning, sir. -- virginia, you are next. caller: i was an iraqi veteran myself. i was part of the group who built the wall in sadr city and watched one slum become a thriving market. it is a wonderful place to drive through in which people play soccer in the streets. i did not join the army for go to iraq to find weapons of mass destruction, but i went to give 25 million people the rights of self-determination. i hope people in baghdad get a better luck. i learned a lot about your culture and country through interpreters in people. i want to say that i wish you and it your country the best in the future and hope we get a strong alliance go

the last of its troops heading across the border to kuwait.height of the war, about 46,000 british troops were deployed in and around iraq, but gradual pullouts whittled their numbers down to about 150 in recent weeks. meantime, in baghdad today, nearly 30 civilians are dead and dozens wounded after bombs went off near five shiite mosques. >>> and a program short on cash, long on clunkers. we'll ask our personal finance editor what it will take to finally unload that rattle trap, that gremlin, that delta 88, and so on and so on. ( car door closes ) ooooch! hot seat! hot! hot! hot! time to check your air conditioning? come to meineke now and get a free ac system check. at meineke, you're always the driver. >>> well, that heat wave in the pacific northwest has turned deadly now. an older man with heart disease died yesterday in the seattle area. heat is believed a factor in a death in tacoma might be heat related. temperatures across the region have been way above normal since tuesday. finally, though, some relief in sight for the pacific northw