and so i saw one of the boys from sierra leone graduate and several other kids who i know. and then, of course, there's facebook, so -- [laughter] i have way too many, you know, teenagers who are my facebook friends. >> host: brooke hauser is who we're talking about with. this is her first book, "the new kids." brookehauser.com is her web site. she also writes or has written for "the new york times", the miami herald, the l.a. times and was an editor for premier magazine for a long time. now what kind of writing are you doing? are you working on another book? >> guest: well, i need to find another subject that i love as much as this one, and i intend to. >> host: do you have some in mind? >> guest: you know, i have a few ideas, but nothing, nothing that is sticking quite yet. so i'm really on the lookout. if you have ideas for me, let me know. [laughter] >> host: you say you grew up here in miami? >> guest: i'm from miami. >> host: right. where'd you go to school? >> guest: miami killian senior high school. >> host: and college? >> guest: kenyan college in ohio. >> host: an

en colombia >>> la imagen de una mujer abrazando y besando a un león dio la vuelta al mundo, fuimosmo siempre lo hacemos. >>> el trabajo ha sido muy duro, un camino muy tormentoso, realmente muy difícil, y durante 17 años, hemos comprado 18 pedazos de tierra. >>> en esta tierra, habitan más de 800 animales, tigres, leones, tigrillos, un chimpancé, entre otros, todos llegaron aquí seugn ana julia para una vida más digna. >>> aquí llegan los animales que nadie quiere, abandonados, maltratdos, humillados, porque la mayoría son cojos, tuertos, mochos e incluso violados. >>> detrás de esta historia, está la historia desgarradora, como la de este tigre debengala que usaba el dueño para acabar con sus enemigos. >>> para nosotros fue muy difícil cambiarle el ánimo de los animales . >>> por increíble que parezca, esta escena de la serie rosario tijeras ,está basada en la realidad, porque algunos narcotraficantes y paramilitares con estas fieras eliminaban los restos de víctimas . >>> no menos impactante es la historia de locky que le tocaba ser la mascota de un paramilitar, su amo lo llevaba

. >> driving into the lush heart of sierra leone is a jarring ride. in many ways, the violent twists mirror the recent decades here. a brutal ten year civil war ended in two but memories scar the -- 2002 but memories scar the nation. >> wednesday, my family run away. >> he was just 8 when he was kidnapped by rebels who cut off both his arms. >> i believe it's out of sheer wickedness. >> similar atrocities would be repeat throughout the war, including the systemic rape of hundreds of thousands of women and girls. >> in this village? >> kenny remembers the day fighter overran her village. >> killing innocent people,. >> 20 down that road. looting. >> when it was over, many had no home to return to. charred buildings pepper the landscape, especially in diamond-rich areas. this used to be a shopping center, the heart of town where trading took place but rebels torched the buildings and destroyed businesses, killed people here in the marketplace and you can see the gas station burned out. nearby villagers still hunt for the diamond that fueled the insurgen

>> raul leon had such influence throughout the state by assigning individuals to represent him. he would have people assaulted, he would have riots take place on his orders. >> serving a life sentence for murder, leon lives in what is widely regarded as the most restrictive environment in the state of california -- pelican bay security housing unit, or shu. inmates are confined to their cells for all but 90 minutes per day, which they're allowed to spend in a nearby concrete exercise area. leon had been living here for 14 years when we met him. >> i always tell people, ain't built a prison hard enough to break me, you know? and some of us are stronger than others. i think that's what pelican bay is about. only the strongest are the ones that are going to make it, you know. >> while leon refuses to disavow loyalty to his gang, the prison sees a slow but steady flow of inmates who do. through a process called debriefing. they not only break the code, they smash it to bits. >> it's basically when existing gang members want to get out of a gang inside a prison. and in order to do th

are you listening, leon? tomorrow night, we turn the clocks back. sunrise is at 7:39 on saturday, but rises at 6:41 on sunday. if you want to do something really wild, they have been painting roads in rockville where you run the 5k and you finish before you began at. remember to change your batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. in all fires, the cause of fatalities 65% are in homes and buildings without smoke detectors or working smoke detectors. it is chilly now. is a cool night. check out this weekend. sunny, breezy, low 50's. partly cloudy. enjoy. leon alison, back to your. >> thank you. >> good night. >> hopefully we will be enjoying the next redskins game. and interception, maybe? >> how does that happen? >> i do not know. is that time of the weekend again. and love to hate -- gearing up for another redskins weekend. it will not be easy with the red-hots six-one 49ers coming to town. >> they will either be 4-4 and back, were 3-5 losers of 4 straight and all the done. the redskins are coming off their worst loss of the season, and th

you are born in sri lanka, raised in sierra leone, you spend a lot of your time traveling around the world tually looking at the impact of global warming. >> right. >> hinojosa: so when you hear people say, in this country, "well, i don't really feel it, it doesn't feel like a crisis," you say what? >> so the way i approach global warming is that i think of it as an insurance question. it's like if you were driving down the street and someone told you that your house was on fire, and then someone said, "oh, no, it's not really your house, it's the house next door, don't worry about it," what would you do? you'd probably turn around and go back. you have insurance not because you actually think your place is going to burn. you have insurance because, you know, if it happens, it's such a catastrophic problem that there's no real way out of it. so right now we're in this really important point where i feel like if there is a possiblity that this is going to happen it makes a lot of sense for us to take care of it now. and i think it's not just a possibility. most scientists would agree

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mosquitoes carry malaria, the leading cause of death in sierra leone.s particularly severe among children. research that began here in the bay area is offering new hope to the west african nation. here's the assignment 7 report with carolyn johnson. >> the bush country of sierra leone is wildly beautiful. hovering in the background is a silent killer. mosquitoes that carry a deadly form of malaria in the surrounding villages. the disease hits young children especially hard. >> do you worry about malaria and illness? >> i worry about it, yes. >> they are concerned for their son, sammy. >> sammy got sick. >> but he hasn't had had it yet? >> he don't get malaria. >> can you turn it on? >> with the help of a flashlight, sammy and his family took us inside their darkened hut and showed us the torn mosquito night that they all sleep under every night. it offers little protection because of the hole. if a child does develop ma layer raw, immediate treatment can mean the difference between life and death. >> it's the number one killer for those under five. >> t

dcyf secretary leon panetta has ordered the secretary. air force to reconsider his decision not to fire three supervisors at the military mortuary. but veterans groups say more needs to be done. sherry ly at arlington national cemetery with more. >> reporter: well, the mishandling of remains at dover air force base are reminiscent of what happened here at arlington national cemetery n that year-long report on dover, it shows that some of those remains ended up in a virginia landfill. dover air force base in delaware is where america's war dead come home, a scathing report now says that bad handling of remains have dishonored those who gave their lives. the office of special counsel found parts of bodies that were unidentified, improperly disposed of by air force morticians in landfills. three people were punished but no one was fired over what the report called gross mismanagement. leon panetta said additional probes are under way. >> all americans, including myself, are justifiably disturbed. >> we are not going to stand for this. we wil

trip to sierra leone. up next. to west africa can country scarred by the good.ity of war. carolyn0ñ >> just as honda was recovering from the effects of that massive earthquake in japan, auto maker now cutting production in the united states and canada by 50%. here's the reason. three-month of flooding in thailand. cut run well in next month as they try to find sources for the cars. situation is causing fights to break out. and the government is diverting floodwater to neighborhood in order to save the capitol of bangkok. today some resident had enough. local smash down a sand bag walleting the floodwater flow away from their home and towards bangkok. soldiers stopped the leak and all the while l they tip the round trudging through knee high water to deliver the mail. >>> in many parts of the world mothers and their babies are fighting for survival. abc news launched an effort to help the million mom challenge with the goal of recruiting 1 million americans to support mothers and children in developing countries. n

. >> driving into the lush heart of sierra leone is a jarring ride. many ways, the violent twists mirror the recent decades here. a brutal ten year civil war ended in 2002 but memories still scar the west african nation. >> wednesday, my family run away. >> he was just 8 when kidnapped by rebels to cut off both his arms. >> i believe it was out of sheer wickedness. >> similar atrocities would be repeated, including a systematic rape of hundreds of thousands of women and girls. >> in this village? >> kenny remembers the day fater overran her village. >> 14 -- 29 dead,. >> when it was all over, many had no home to return to. charred buildings pepper the landscape, especially in diamond rich areas. this used to be a bustling shopping center, where trading took place. when rebels came through they torched the buildings, destroyed businesses, and killed people in the marketplace. you can see the gas station burned out. nearby villagers still hunt for the diamonds that helped fuel the insurgency. nearly .75 of the population survive on $2 a day. meanwhile t

mosquitoes carry malaria, the leading cause of death in sierra leone.among children. research that began here in the bay area is offering new hope to the west african nation. here's the assignment 7 report with carolyn johnson. >> the bush country of sierra leone is wildly beautiful. hovering in the background is a silent killer, mosquitoes that carry a deadly form of malaria in the surrounding villages. the disease hits young children especially hard. >> do you worry about malaria and illness? >> i worry about it, yes. >> they are concerned for their son, sammy. >> but he hasn't had it yet? >> he don't get malaria. >> try it. can you turn it on? >> with the help of a flashlight, sammy and his family took us inside their darkened hut and showed us the torn mosquito net that they all sleep under every night. it offers little protection because of the hole. if a child does develop malaria, immediate treatment can mean the difference between life and death. >> it's the number one killer for those under five. >> this doctor trained at the san francisco's tr

they're going to to try to do, bring the democrats along and say do you want the defense cuts and leonanetta says, no, the president is threatening to veto that. go ahead and do that, let's have a debate about the need to fund our military. >> will those cuts ever happen, dan. >> with strong presidential leadership, they will. i'm very much for this sequester and really, we've supported it in the past and it's the only way that washington is going to cut that budget. >> look ma, no hands, no-- >> now. >> the automatic slice and dice. >> we went through this in 1990 with president george h.w. bush led by the budget chief. the majority leader with the democratic senator george mitchell. they went out to andrews air force base. remember the summit. ground through the he question of a 5 1/2% sequester and they hunted and president bush pulled back and they passed excise taxes and there was no sequester. you need a strong president. if barack obama is president in january 2013, it's not going to happen. >> it won't go on. >> no. >> when we come back, the republican candidates tackle iran, i

malaria in sierra leone. research that begin right here in the bay area is offering new hope to the west african nation. here is carolyn johnson with this morning's report. >> the bush country of sierra leone is beautiful with majestic rivers. hovering in the background is a silent killer. mosquitoes that carry a deadly form of malaria in the surrounding villages. it hits the young children especially hard. >> do you worry about malaria and illness? >> yes. >> the concern for their son. >> he hasn't had it yet? >> we'll get it. >> with the help of a flashlight sam any mi and his family showed us the mosquito net they all sleep under at night. a net that offers little protection because of the hole. if a child develops malaria, immediate treatment can mean the difference between life and death. >> it's the number one killer disease. >> a surgeon trained at san francisco general hospital is learning the techniques for healing fractures but most of the children are suffering from extreme complications from malar

allison burns has more on the letter leon panetta sent to congressional leaders. >> reporter: leon panetta will be here on capitol hill testifying on the armed services committee and he is likely to face a lot of questions about the letter he sent to committee leaders. he warned if the super committee fails to reach a deal next week and $600 billion in defense cuts kick in next year some major defense programs will be slowed down or eliminated. tops is the f-35 joint fighter program along with canceling the f-program they will have to postpone the replacement for the missile submarines program and the army will have to cancel its ground vehicle and modernization programs. how congress is reacting to his next duckler be in the next update -- next letter will be in my next update in one hour. >>> they paid $57 million to settle alleged abuse by police officers. over the same time, san francisco has paid only half that amount, 28 million and san jose 8.6 million. a federal jury awarded patricia gray $6 million after they claimed civil rights abuses. >> i just froze. like a statue like i can't

. >> vamos con leÓn felipe gonzÁlez. >> miles de personas salieron a las calles para despedir a quiÉn un disparo contundente, aunque ya lo habÍan amenazado no usaba guardaespalda. >> el hombre no tenÍa miedo, no se cuidaba porque nunca le habÍa hecho daÑo a nadie. >> autoridades ofrecen 400 mil dÓlares de recompensa a quiÉn proporcione informaciÓn que ayude a capturar a sus asesinos. >> quien aparentemente fueron grabados cuando pesh trarn el crimen, autoridades cuentan con el video. >> en su gira por francia el presidente calderÓn se refirio al seso natasesinato del alcald. >> el cobarde asesinato de ricardo guzmÁn, precisamente es un reflejo de el mÉxico violento que debemos dejar atrÁs los mexicanos. >> ayer tras el crimen, comenzaron los seÑalamientos entre partidos opositores, algunos culpaban al gobierno de michoacÁn como el responsabilidad de la violencia y otros al gobierno de mÉxico, por la violencia en el paÍs. >> que no es el gobierno federal el que genera la violencia. >> quien genera la violencia son los criminales y los delincuentes y mÁs caro, va a ser cuando no exista

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the quake followed a series of similar size tell quakes in the last month. >> sierra relon -- sierra leon>> for these children the prick of a needle causes an unpleasant sting. but that prick could be life-saving. this is one of the thing i do for my kids. >> she is worried her 22 mold mold ---month-old has it. with a few drops of blood doctors will know whether this child is fighting malaria. we watched as seven of eight children tested positive. they'll be sent home with medication. >> translator: we are happy that every family is just our kids and provide drugs for them. >> reporter: healthcare for children under five and pregnant mothers is now free. it's an investment and expected to save lives where 20% of children don't survive to their fifth birthday. but clinics like this one show what can be accomplished when relief organizations partner with the government. world vision and physicians from the group doctors without borders direct everything from vaccinations to actual deliveries for women who once gave birth at home. >> bringing women in your health center. >> the mid wife has

you spoke to leon panetta. he's taking a hard line, cutting the military budget, pretty much what you would expect. but has pa nen ta taken too hard of a line by saking the u.s. militaries into his words, a paper tiger? >> well, this is the thing. right from the start as he took office he said that these cuts were unacceptable to him and to the president. so the question is, when a secretary of defense, you know, comes out in public and says, this is unacceptable, would he quit, would he leave office? could he still credibly command having lost the bet on this one? he says he's not planning to step down. he's planning to stay and fight. this is washington. this is washington politics at its best. already on capitol hill, at the pentagon, quiet conversation? about a backdoor out. some kind of deal and should these cuts happen, congress would look at reinstating the spending somewhere down the road. but would they reinstate all of it? probably not. >> very interesting, barbara starr. thank you so much. >>> coming

leon panetta said the families tea serve an apology. -- deserve an apology.ans groups say more needs to be done. sherry ly is at arlington national cemetery can more. >> reporter: that investigation into mishandled remains at dover air force base in delaware began last year. it is eerily similar to the burial mistakes found here at arlington national cemetery. three whistle blowers reported the problems at dover and some unidentified remains ended up in a landfill in virginia. dover air force base is where america's war dead are brought home. a scathing report now says that bad handling of remains has dishonored though who gave their lives. parts of bodies were unidentified, improp her i disposed of by air force morticians in landfills. three people were punished but no one was fired over what the report called gross mismanagement. secretary of defense leon pan eight said additional probes are under way. >> all americans including myself are justifiably disturbed. >> we are not going to stand for this. we are not going to allow this to exist. we have to do it

we take you to war-torn sierra leon. >> and >> alan: good evening. >> in tonight's headlines, familyre mourning the death of a 14-year-old morgn in morgan hill. she was killed in what police are calling a gang-related shooting. >> alan: police in antioch say a landlord shot and killed a man during a burglary. the landlord claims the victim was stealing copper wire from his home. >> a refrigerator container blew up and killed a worker. nothing is being done. >> alan: it was bank transfer day today. "occupy" protesters encouraged the antiwall street toast get people to withdraw money from corporate banks and place it in smaller institutions like credit unions. >> we had another quick today that rattled the bay area. the 3.2 magnitude earthquake struck at 2:52 this afternoon. centered in the east bay. the quake followed a series of similar size tell quakes in the last month. >> sierra relon -- sierra leon. >> for these children the prick of a needle causes an unpleasant sting. but that prick could be life-saving. this is one of the thing i do for my kids. >> she is worried her 22 mold m

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the defense secretary leon panetta also worried about the united states congress saying this, quote:ave never been more concerned about the ability of congress to forge common sense solutions to the nation's pressing problems. panetta served 16 years in the united states congress. clearly worried about the people serving here now. shep? >> shepard: of course, the members of congress knew this is exactly what was planned and they most likely, it appears, knew that that compromise was never going to happen. so now i'm sure they are acting all weird about it. [ laughter ] >> well, the democratic co-chair of the super committee senator patty murray says she is willing to adjust the cuts as long as there is balance and shared sacrifice. otherwise, she is fine with the cuts going forward. but a republic member of the super committee expressed his concern. take a listen to senator pat toomey. >> leon panetta, the president's own secretary of defense said those cuts are not acceptable. you will see over coming months we will offer proposals that would be alternatives to thes cuts. >> but get

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moving you forward. >>> you may have heard leon harris say joe frazier has died.ing champion was 67. he died of liver cancer. a great fighter, philadelphia was known for his attacking style. he never backed off. he lived life the same way. his fights with muhammed ali became its legendary, and the two disliked each other until the day he died. joe frazier a world champion, a hall of famer, and tonight he is dead at the age of 67. >>> the redskins watched the video of the 49ers game today. they will regroup for the dolphins game on sunday in miami. mike shanahan says that john beck is his quarterback. mike shanahan talked about his receivers, and he thinks they did a lot of good things yesterday. while he said it was a rebuilding project he backed off that. london fletcher was very careful not to use the "r" word. >> if you say that, people assume you are saying, well, we are giving up on this season. we are resigned to losing. there is not a man in this locker room or a coach on his coaching staff. i know the coach and his competitiveness is not resigned to living

, would the inspiration to talk about this self-discovery or your mission and commitment to sierra leone happened? >> my exit from grace was a cat la test. even? loss you gain, even in loss you win, even in the "l" you get a "w." >> not to disagree you're 99.9% of sierra leone ancestry, you have committed yourself to building schools, to changing lives of people and their parents. does this bring you greater gratification than reaching a pinnacle of your acting career ever could? >> now i get to be on the world stage. seeing the smile on these faces that would have never had an opportunity to get an education ever. >> so this helped remove some of the misgivings you had about your blackness. >> completely. >> that was imposed on you by all kinds of experiences along the way that made you feel insecure. >> inadequate. >> ugly. >> inferior. >> unattractive. all of it. broad nose, full lips, the whole thing. all those negatives went away. >> and that's what's extraordinary, because you exude through your characters, through who you are, a confident man, completely comfortable with the skin

defense secretary leon panetta declared today that's unacceptable. >> we have to send a clear signal to the american people that these kinds of actions that took place there cannot happen again. >> reporter: the problems at dover don't stop there. partial remains of other service members have been lost. in one case a technician sawed off the mutilated arm of a deceased marine so his uniform would fit for burial. stan mcdowell's son, mark mcdowell, was killed in afghanistan. parts of his remains may be missing. mcdowell now wonders about the rest. >> maybe there are some things that's not what i think they should be. but i will never know. >> reporter: caroline learner heads the u.s. office of special counsel. its investigation of dover found gross mismanagement, violation of rules and regulations and a pattern of misconduct and dishonesty. >> we are talking about people who gave their lives for our country and who are due the highest level of reverence and respect. >> reporter: secretary panetta today ordered additional investigations into dover. the three top leaders at dover have b

defense secretary leon panetta also criticized congress but reiterated his concern about the militaryf congress fails to act over the next year, the department of defense will pay devastating, automatic across teffs board cut that will tear a seam in the nation defense." the top republican on the senate armed services committee is worried, too. >> military chiefs, said the cuts would be totally devastating. we live in a dangerous world. the president again disregarded the strong recommendations and warnings of the secretary of defense and the leaders of the military. >> the pentagon warned the cuts would lead to the smallest u.s. ground force in 1940. the fewest number of ships in the navy since 1915. the smallest air force in its history. preventing that will require congress passing $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction, which is what the 12-member super committee failed to do. >> sequestration goes in effect, as it will now. we have to ask ourselves are we willing to live with that? if we are not is there a way to have a shared sacrifice moving forward? >> i think you will see in comi

leon panetta said the cuts threaten to tear a seam in the nation's defense. so what went wrong? republicans refuse to raise taxes on the wealthy. the gop is blaming democrats for not budgeting on the become programs. democrats were not willing to raise a dollar without cutting taxes. >> hopefully the congress can now move forward on some of those specific initiatives from the committee to address the very real and bigger problems that we face. >> reporter: in new hampshire today, president obama will call on congress to begin with extending payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits. both are set to expire next month, but there was hope the super committee would continue them. experts say the stalemate could last through the elections, and likely will, which means these automatic cuts will never kick in and that is simply because the elections could change the entire political landscape. terrell. >> susan, thank you so much. >>> standard & poors says it has no harness to downgrade the country's credit rating following the super committee's failure. still, the deficit deadline di

it was rick perry who said leon should resign and ron paul who said the patriot act is unpatriotic.ts on how to pull troops from iraq and the role of foreign aid. candidates who seemed well informed on major policy issues with no major debate blowup. derek and anita. >> thanks for the update. >>> demonstrators from dc occupy movement made their way to outside constitution hall tonight. they left and marched along 17th street northwest. dc police were on hand to make sure the protestors did not cause any problems with traffic along the way. surprisingly, they didn't stay long and head back to their camp shortly after the march. >>> prosecutors have released some of the surveillance footage they used against former prince george's county executive jack johnson. he pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of extortion, witness and evidence tampering. one video clip shows johnson accepting $1,500 in cash from a developer. they say all total, he took as much as 1 million in bribes. if prosecutors get their way, johnson will serve a lengthy jail sentence for it. they're asking the judg

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defense secretary leon panetta warns lawmakers that if the super committee does not reach a deal, jackwill join me. a 9-year-old managed to survive alone inside a wrecked car for two days. we are back in three. ha mour t cove n heonf is .m telo cogether t tl telo ife >> here's what's happening on "news nation" for you right now. there reports that there more kid who is are ready to come forward to say they were abused by jerry sandusky. i will get a reaction from a hockey league player abused as a child. plus, defense secretary leon panetta warns lawmakers there could be consequences request the super committee does not reach a deal. herman cain's campaign said a lack of sleep led to cain's rambling response to a question on libya. do you buy it? how you can weigh in on that one. the "news nation" is following developments in the penn state investigation. the "new york times" reports close to ten more victims have come forward to accuse jerry sandusky of abusing them. he is charged with eight young boys. a children's charity confirmed he hosted at least one child in the program at his

he will coach the 12th-ranked nittanylyons through the end -- nittany leones through the end of the season. he went to penn state and played football there. he was a special team's captain for joe paterno. he's been the lead assistant the past 11 seasons and considered the leading in-house candidate to replace his hall- of-fame boss. bradley found out he was replacing paterno last night while watching game film preparing for nebraska. he said he called paterno around 11:00 p.m. asked to describe the conversation, bradley would only say i think that is personal. he also said this: >> i take this job with very mixed emotions due to the situation. i have been asked by the university, by the board of trustees, by road er-- rod ericson to handle and this and iy to them i would do it last night and i would proceed in the matter penn state expects. i met with the players last night and the expectations are the expectations. we're not going to waiver from that. >> the assistant coach mike mccreary would be coaching saturday and was not sure if he would be on the sideline or in the coach's box n.20

they're going to to try to do, bring the democrats along and say do you want the defense cuts and leonanetta says, no, the president is threatening to veto that. go ahead and do that, let's have a debate about the need to fund our military. >> will those cuts ever happen, dan. >> with strong presidential leadership, they will. i'm very much for this sequester and really, we've supported it in the past and it's the only way that washington is going to cut that budget. >> look ma, no hands, no-- >> now. >> the automatic slice and dice. >> we went through this in 1990 with president george h.w. bush led by the budget chief. the majority leader with the democratic senator george mitchell. they went out to andrews air force base. remember the summit. ground through the he question of a 5 1/2% sequester and they hunted and president bush pulled back and they passed excise taxes and there was no sequester. you need a strong president. if barack obama is president in january 2013, it's not going to happen. >> it won't go on. >> no. >> when we come back, the republican candidates tackle iran, i

here's some of that hearing starting with secretary leon panetta's opening statement to the committee. >> i appreciate the opportunity to describe or strategy in iraq and to do so alongside general dempsey who has overseen so many critical efforts of the iraq campaign from its onset in 2003. i think general dempsey has been deployed multiple times to that area, served in key positions here in washington and in tampa and has a pretty good feel for the situation in iraq. it's helpful as always to recall the objective here with regards to iraq. in february of 2009, president obama and president bush i heard him say this to likely to the study group readout a very and achievable goal that was shared by the american and iraqi people and that was simply an iraq that was sovereign, stable and self-reliant. in the words of president bush in iraq that could govern sustain and secure itself. today thanks to innumerable sacrifices from all involved, iraq is governing itself. it's a sovereign nation. it's an emerging source of stability in a vital part of the world and as an emerging democracy it