and in fact the marine corps brought the dog, lex, to dustin's funeral. all that mr. and ms. lee ask, they gave their son for this country and all they ask of this nation was to please let them have lex, the dog that their son loved so much. well, we all live here in washington in a bureaucratic world and there's some reason, i guess, for that. but the marine corps said to the family that lex has two more years of service before he can be retired. i heard about this story and i

and until this -- at this time in the marine corps history the marines or perhaps in danger of going out of business because they really didn't have a very well-developed sense of mission and most of them at that time were doing her guard duty and amphibious warfare became a new mission for the marine corps and many marine corps history is date that the sins of amphibious warfare as a mission from guantanamo. anyway, guantanamo is 35 miles east of santiago de cuba and once it was occupied by the u.s. marine corps, it became almost immediately a colin facility and repair facility. what happened was that simpson was able to impose a naval blockade outside the port of santiago de cuba nothing that sevara at some point was going to have to come out of that port and he intended for the ships to blow the spanish naval detachment to smithereens which they did. but what would happen is that at night a lot of ships would leave the blockade and under the cover of darkness they would go down the coast to guantanamo to take on more coal or do any necessary repairs and for a time clara barton had

, marines and the enemy. everyone else has a secondhand opinion. my secondhand opinion is that i'm honored to have served with jack murtha. i'll never forget his enduring friendship, may the tributes and prayers of so many of our colleagues this afternoon here today be a source of strength to his wife, joyce, and to his family. semper fi, jack murtha. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. kanjorski, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. kanjorski: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members be given five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kanjorski: mr. speaker, in and colleagues, i rise today -- mr. speaker and colleagues, i rise today to honor our friends and one of the standing members of this house, jack murtha. w

he made a difference as a marine in combat and as a marine force 37 years. in wounded warriors. he visited the troops and talked about individual service personnel. he made a difference in this nation's security as mr. defense. in that realm especially, he spoke with courage and clarity. he spoke as a patriot. congressman, murtha made a difference to the people of western pennsylvania in the nine counties that make up the 12th congressional district. he made a difference in people's lives with jobs, job training, insuring pensions, obtaining federal aid, especially after the 1977 flood here. with his tireless work, to help create a favorable climate for a strong economic conditions in western pennsylvania. he made a difference as the longest serving congressman in pennsylvania history. and john murtha made a difference with his many humanitarian efforts, working for the health of his constituents, brain surgery, brain injury program, fighting against cancer, to research, and fighting for good and affordable health care. there is great comfort in this day in

but since then, marine commanders have dispatched another company, several hundred marines of reinforcements to this area, and they've conducted operations aimed at trying to create a bit more of a buffer zone around the space today. it seems to have worked. >> warner: still, snipers continued firing from hidden positions, and marines proceeded cautiously, moving from house to house looking for bombs and booby traps. >> reporter: there was an expectation that they would be able to roll into some of these areas somewhat unopposed, and that's clearly not been the case. but a big part of this deliberate strategy is aimed at keeping americans alive out here. u.s. marine convoys go very deliberately down the road to look for roadside bombs. when they are seeking to clear housing compounds, they're moving very carefully to send in explosive sniffing dogs and other technicians to look for booby traps. the result has been remarkably few marine casualties for such a large and complicated operation. >> warner: nato and afghan officials reported three international troops have been killed so far, along

marines were air-dropped behind taliban lines in the afghan town of marjah.t was the seventh day of a nato-afghan offensive. and new housing numbers showed the wave of foreclosures across the u.s. may finally be easing. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari. >> sreenivasan: find out how the conservative political action conference is using social media to organize and spread its message. we asked the question, "does the u.s. need an independent consumer protection agency?" to a range of experts, and they answered in a special online roundtable. health correspondent betty ann bowser explores the effects of the expanding ranks of medicaid. and on "art beat," jeffrey brown talks to alberto mangel, author of "the library at night," a series of essays on the idea of the library. it's part of our next chapter of reading series. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen

marine corps ground equipment. the marines to operate over the horizon, this is based upon the commandant's desire for capability. but he is not ready to move forward with production at this time, he is committed to getting it right. as we wrap up the last procurement, the small amount was maintaining field changes in equipment. that vehicle is another one in r and dd, which will be a variation on the palm v -- humvee. i am sure that you will hear more about that use. next slide. research and development. as i indicated, this program is down. the actual base of science and technology is not. we have maintained levels for base funding in six-one, six- two, giving us the basic knowledge and desires, would you are seeing is a change in the significant amount of trade-off for items in the joint strength fighters and items moving to procurement, r &d levels have dropped off, we are continuing to work for the advanced submarine and other items, as well as the ddg 1000. next slide. military construction, this account is r

, one marine -- one marine reportedly describing the fighting as fierce and intense as the battle of fallujah in iraq. they are seizing the entire district, the gun battles are pitched and taliban snipers are attacking marines and as they continue their major offensive into the taliban strong hold of marja, the objective, to seize the extremist southern heartland. on the ground, general stanley mcchrystal praises afghanistan's president and the afghan troops who are leading the operation. >> the first i would say, when president karzai approved the conduct of this operation, he gave us some very specific guidance, and that guidance was to continue to protect the of afghanistan, so this operation has been done with that in mind. >> reporter: but as you know, in war it's hard to protect every civilian caught in the crossfire battle. general mcchrystal apologized to afghan president hamid karzai for an air strike that killed 12 afghan civilians, that after rockets veered 300 yards off target, hitting a private home. mcchrystal says he's suspending the rocket system used this that air st

outside marine experts are part of an ongoing safety review here. results could take months. but the park's president says he absolutely expects some changes. katie? >> couric: mark strassmann reporting from orlando tonight. thank you, mark. turning to politics now, the woman in charge of planning social events at the white house is now planning her departure. social secretary desiree rogers says she is leaving for the corporate world. over 14 months she has planned more than 330 events and was criticized for just one-- that november state dinner that was crashed by a virginia couple. and the governor of new york is changing his plansless than a week after announcing he was running for a full term. david paterson ended his campaign today as a scandal erupts around him. >> it's become increasingly clear to me in the last few days that i cannot run for office and try to manage the state's business at the same time. >> couric: governor paterson's announcement follows accusations that he or others in his administration interfered in a domestic violence case involving a top aide.

marin said it very well.n the conbegin tent liabilities of which we know is there, that doesn't fit our sentiment as all. we have one or two more crises we'll change that methodology. dr. marin, i think is right. don't think of the gross debt as the extent of our problem. focus on the -- focus on the publicly held debt for what you have to sell and find for the market will or will not buy. then you have to look at the projections going forward, including the contingent liabilities. >>ç briefly, the uncertainty tt dr. marin and others have mentioned, i believe a lot of that and throughout the entire economy, throughout the entire financial world is the concern over the debt. would you not agree it creates a cloud of economic growth and productivity psychologically as well as otherwise, and that the sooner we get a clear path out of this fix we are in, the better it will be for -- to restart economic growth. >> i think one of the scenarios that i alluded to earlier is one in which if there is no plan for -- co

marines, 16 alpha company. the taliban away, at the same time it's not going as fast as many in nato would have hoped for. >> atia, not going as fast but they are making a bit of a foothold. last how were hour you were telling us about how the u.s. marines set up a forward operating base in marjah? >> reporter: exactly. right now i'm actually standing on the ground where the u.s. marines are right now building a forward operating base to show that their presence will linger in the city of marjah. this is a symbol to the civilians when they come back to see that the marines and the afghan soldiers will stay, they will bring the government of afghanistan in and they will start the building process. there's four stages when it comes to a nato operation now. it's the shaping phasing, the clearing, the holding, and the building. right now they're still at that second phase, which is the clearing phase. and they still have some way to go. it could take weeks, it could even take months. but at the same time they say t

marines must help establish gover nanls from the top down. today, a newly appointed mayor, governor and representatives sent by president karzai all showed up to win residents over. and they have big plans to repair the local economy. half a billion dollars, ready to go to build schools, hospitals, roads and markets. that building right behind me in the distance is the government center here. when marines moved in, they thought it was functional because of the satellite imagery that they saw. it will be turn to the ground and rebuilt. >> every sense that we're going to generate some momentum in the south that will genuinely seize the initiative from the insurgency. >> reporter: the hope? this city will prove to be the place where the war starts to end. miguel marquez, abc news, marja, afghanistan. >> and a footnote to this day. former president george w. bush came calling today at former vice president dick cheney's home in virginia. it is the first time the two men have gotten together since they left office a year ago. >> mr. president. >>

and you know, many of the marine mammals that are in captivity now are unreleasable.s a certain specific issue. but i think that they are wild animals, and we should respect them, and at times we perhaps don't give them the respect they deserve. >> larry: naomi, you studied tillikum. what do you make of this, what happened today? >> well, i'd like to correct that. first of all, larry, thank you very much for having me on. i didn't actually study tillikum. i did know tillikum when he was at sea land in victoria. i did all my ph.d. work on the wild killer whales up in british columbia. >> larry: what do you make of what happened? >> well, i think that as philippe said, i feel strongly that certain animals don't belong in captivity. my personal opinion and my organization's opinion is that orcas are a speecies that doesnt belong in captivity. i think that put into that kind of confinement, they're very large animals, very social. they're very intelligent, and those are very small enclosures for an animal of that size. >> larry: all right. what we'll do is take a break. w

every marine battalion partnered with an army battalion. there is certainly a danger that they will become overly dependent on us. part of that is having the right american battalion commander who works with his counterparts. it will be a struggle. we tried to keep turning things over to the iraqis and it didn't work. we had to take a large role. the same things happen in afghanistan. we are working with them more closely because we can't allow them to fail. in the long term we have to figure out a way to withdraw. we have done fairly well in iraq to let them take responsibility. >> to go back to that caller's point, are we ever going to get out of their? are we ever going to win and the name of your book, "in the graveyard of empires: america's war in afghanistan". >> foreign governments, whether it is the british or the soviet invasion that began in 1979, it has been pretty clear that foreign governments have had a very difficult time stabilizing afghanistan. but between 1929, and 1978, there was a period of stability. what is clear is af

marin said it very well.ion the conbegin tent liabilities of which we know is there, that doesn't fit our sentiment as all. we have one or two more crises we'll change that methodology. dr. marin, i think is right. don't think of the gross debt as the extent of our problem. focus on the -- focus on the publicly held debt for what you have to sell and find for the market will or will not buy. then you have to look at the projections going forward, including the contingent liabilities. >>ç briefly, the uncertainty tt dr. marin and others have mentioned, i believe a lot of that and throughout the entire economy, throughout the entire financial world is the concern over the debt. would you not agree it creates a cloud of economic growth and productivity psychologically as well as otherwise, and that the sooner we get a clear path out of this fix we are in, the better it will be for -- to restart economic growth. >> i think one of the scenarios that i alluded to earlier is one in which if there is no plan for --

forces in japan, and commanding general of the third marine aircraft way.tired in august, 2004, with the wreck of major general. thereafter, he served in management positions in the private sector and on a number of academic and corporate boards before being nominated by president barack obama last year and confirmed by the united states said it as the administrator of nasa. he began his duties at the nasa head last year. what a career. there is more to come. this is an individual who has demonstrated again and again that he truly has the right stuff. i have no doubt that what he is bringing to nasa is change we can believe them. give you the nasa administrator, [applause] >> thank you for the and deserved compliments and introduction. john and i have become very fast friends in my time here in washington, d.c. and i think he cut in many respects, we're kind of strangers and this town. understand things when i say to them because some of it is because i will talk to you the way i would if we were in columbia, south carolina, or houston, texas, or if you cam

marin said it very well.addition the conbegin tent liabilities of which we know is there, that doesn't fit our sentiment as all. we have one or two more crises we'll change that methodology. dr. marin, i think is right. don't think of the gross debt as the extent of our problem. focus on the -- focus on the publicly held debt for what you have to sell and find for the market will or will not buy. then you have to look at the projections going forward, including the contingent liabilities. >>ç briefly, the uncertainty tt dr. marin and others have mentioned, i believe a lot of that and throughout the entire economy, throughout the entire financial world is the concern over the debt. would you not agree it creates a cloud of economic growth and productivity psychologically as well as otherwise, and that the sooner we get a clear path out of this fix we are in, the better it will be for -- to restart economic growth. >> i think one of the scenarios that i alluded to earlier is one in which if there is no plan fo

we were up on stage reading greek drama to 400 marines and their spouses and chaplains. and we scheduled the town hall meeting to go on after the performance just thinking a short discussion could be had. and what we scheduled for 45 minutes lasted over three and a half hours. and there was a certain point in the evening where i had my "ah- ha" where i saw almost 50 people lined up at the microphone with comments and each person who came up to the microphone quoted lines from the plays. >> reporter: indeed, while stress in battle is not new, it's become a major problem in today's armed forces. according to a 2008 rand study, 300,000 iraq and afghanistan veterans suffer post traumatic stress or major depression. and on the very week we watched a "theater of war" performance, the department of veterans affairs reported that between 2005 and 2007, the suicide rate for male vets between 18 and 29 had jumped 26%. >> yes, you could term this an epidemic. it is a crisis of enormous proportions and as such is receiving that level of emphasis and attention. >> reporter: bridgadie

so within that broad framing, i want to draw your attention to items, coastal and marine special planning, a comprehensive and systematic and sized based approach is needed to minimize conflicts and evaluate trade offs as we make decisions about coasts and in wishing uses. in the fy 2011 budget request 6.8 million to support and is planning to create regional maps of important and the liberal areas, identified area base management authorities and provide decision support tools. and the second category of their original ocean partnership grants, noaa is requesting 20 million for partnerships, a new item for the president's budget. this request will provide marriage based grants for regional ocean partnerships such as of the gulf of mexico alliance, the northeast regional ocean council and the west coast governors agreement to implement priority actions. this effort will more attractive lease facilitate regional management, communications and party setting across jurisdictional boundaries for the nation's oceans and coast resources. turning to the fishery is lined office, transitioning a fi

any final words to your fellow marines? >> i need some help. in was a tuition it is hard to ask, but it is something i have had to learn to do. i know it is in god's hands. i just need a little help, that's all. thank you very much. >> up next, we're cooking. first, a look at last night's winning lottery number. >> welcome back. joining us is a shot henry from the capital grill. it is time for "sunday brunch." >> this is a classical french dish. we will do some cognac cream sauce over the top. it is a 14 ounce strip. >> you put butter in there? >> the shallots are type of the onion -- a little milder but have a nice, sweet finish. >> you do not need the garlic? >> no, they grow in a bulb, similarly to garlic's. you will saute these until they are translucent. then we will take some of this cognac. next a little bit of au jus, which is reduced beef stock. you boil that down. then a touch of heavy cream. usually want to let this reduce for about 30 or 35 minutes. it will give the sauce a lot of body, a nice rich, creamy texture. let this reduced.

marin said it very well.onbegin tent liabilities of which we know is there, that doesn't fit our sentiment as all. we have one or two more crises we'll change that methodology. dr. marin, i think is right. don't think of the gross debt as the extent of our problem. focus on the -- focus on the publicly held debt for what you have to sell and find for the market will or will not buy. then you have to look at the projections going forward, including the contingent liabilities. >>ç briefly, the uncertainty tt dr. marin and others have mentioned, i believe a lot of that and throughout the entire economy, throughout the entire financial world is the concern over the debt. would you not agree it creates a cloud of economic growth and productivity psychologically as well as otherwise, and that the sooner we get a clear path out of this fix we are in, the better it will be for -- to restart economic growth. >> i think one of the scenarios that i alluded to earlier is one in which if there is no plan for -- containin

marine has been arrested in connection with an abduction and robbery that happened a couple of weeksarlington. he is a suspect in the abduction of the women and sexual assault that ended in prince william county. he is being processed by arlington county police. darcy spencer, news 4. >> darcy, thank you. >>> a small plane went down in an arundel county killing a man inside around 4:30 this afternoon in edge water. the single engine plane crashed into a neighborhood half a mile from lee airport. crews arrived to find the plane in the yard of a house on warehouse creek lane. the fire did not spread to the home. witnesses ran to the crash to try to help. >> what i did, i was sitting in the family room. it sounded like a crash, a big boat falling from 20 feet hitting the water and i looked out into the water and saw a big wave lik something hit the water. i thought that is really strange. then i went over and looked through the window and i saw the -- there was something in the tree on fire and the whole tree was on fire. >> investigators are still trying to figure out what caused that

he made a difference as a marine in combat and as a marine force 37 years.first collected in vietnam-error member of congress. he had a vested interest in wounded warriors. he visited the troops and talked about individual service personnel. he made a difference in this nation's security as mr. defense. in that realm especially, he spoke with courage and clarity. he spoke as a patriot. congressman, murtha made a difference to the people of western pennsylvania in the nine counties that make up the 12th congressional district. he made a difference in people's lives with jobs, job training, insuring pensions, obtaining federal aid, especially after the 1977 flood here. with his tireless work, to help create a favorable climate for a strong economic conditions in western pennsylvania. he made a difference as the longest serving congressman in pennsylvania history. and john murtha made a difference with his many humanitarian efforts, working for the health of his constituents, brain surgery, brain injury program, fighting against cancer, to research, and fightin

the history of the united states marine corps.the president nominated him in october to serve as under secretary for defense for personnel and readiness. the armed services committee held a hearing in november and reported his nomination to the full senate on december 2. he came out of the committee without controversy. is it any wonder? 33 years in the marine corps, the first african-american regimental commander in its history, a man who has served his country so well and risked his life for this great nation, reported by the armed services committee to the full senate floor in december. we're now in february. this is a critical post that he's been appointed to by the president. he's in charge of basically managing the readiness of the u.s. armed forces. dr. stanley would have the responsibility to oversee the national guard and reserve. that's 143,000 americans who are serving in that capacity. he's responsible for the health of the men and women in uniform. the budget that the president submitted yesterday includes $30.9 billi

states marine corps and sevenned his country in iraq. now he's serving the citizens of baltimore. again, this is the kind of heroic action the men and women of this department are willing to do to put bad guys in jail that are on the streets of our city. >> the injured suspect was taken to sinai hospital where he was last reported in critical condition. authorities say this was the second police-involved shooting this year and the first that resulted in death. live in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >>> 5:34 right now. now that the toyota recall is already reeling from the pedal mess, we learned toyota's chief executive will speak later on today in its fist news conference -- first news conference since the huge recall. they are about to recall 70,000 prius hybrids oive ert brake problems. japan says toyota also launched an investigation into possible problems with the brakes in two more hybrids including the luxury lexus. >>> technicians have started fixing faulty gas pedals from toyota's first massive recall. dealers are vowin

last year 14,000 marines made their way through this particular center.son increase from the year before. and the lessons being learned by the men and women here could, no doubt, one day save their lives. as if fighting a war wasn't hard and dangerous enough, try doing it in feet of snow, blistering winds, and mountainous terrain. >> you could move and communicate in this environment, you can pretty much do it effectively anywhere. >> medical skills are among the most important taught herehere. >> you have to consider frost bite hypothermia. conditions can turn badly quickly. >> if it sounds like i'm out of breath, i am. not only are the conditions unforgiving we are also at 8500 feet. that brings up another concern altitude sickness. that's what these corpsman are learning to do, recognize it and treat it, if it goes untreated, it can be deadly. >> justs we reached the top of this mountain, a simulated marine casualty. >> man down. >> and they spring into action. >> he is breathing? >> respiratory rate -- >> get him warm. >> get this guy ready to descend

marines and afghan troops across the taliban haven of marjah, as several gun battles erupted monday, the third day of a major offensive to seize the extremists' southern heartland. >> suarez: as the battle wretched into its third day, snipers fired on nato forces and gun battle erupted in the street . >> the british and afghan troops have been deployed here in the biggest joint operation of the war. two have been killed so far, one american and one briton. dubbed operation together, the mission is to take the area and its surrounding villages out of insurgent control . marja is the biggest town in helmand province still under taliban rule and a major weigh station for the heroin poppy trade that funds the insurgent. nato publicized its plans to take the town for weeks and many taliban were thought to have fled in advance of the attack but at a news conference today, afghanistan defense minister said fighters remained and he urged them to put down their weapon its. >> i would like to give this message to our enemies. we will not leave the area. we will stay there at all costs to bring

a lot falls to the family, the advocate for their soldier, their marine. you have to push a little bit and don't be afraid to push. cure servicemen made a sacrifice and they need help. don't be i don't want to rock the boat and things like that. rock the stinking boat. this person is part of your life and they are important to you and they have earned the medical care. push if you have to. i was bad. i like my heels. i refuse -- i had to give up a lot of things. i am not giving up the shoes. [talking over each other] >> you where your high heels. >> i did. >> trey instructed you not to put more items in the book? >> there are certain things that i can talk about and that is just the way is. we have servicemen -- my sister is making faces at me. i am going to call you out. we have servicemen in afghanistan and iraq horse still fighting the complex and i have no problem beating certain things back. i don't think it affects the story at all. i don't think it makes a big difference if i say that or if i don't say that. is about how i feel about how i dealt wit

i was wondering if there was a specific figure for marine resource education project? i think fishery statistics line item? >> marine resource education. steve do that on the top of your head or can we get it? >> no. >> we haven't memorized each and every line that is in the thick blue book. imagine that. but it is, we can get that to you. >> staff will look that up. >> we can look that up. okay. other questions? come on, folks. >> jane, i'll ask one. joe witt citi. could you expand a little bit on education funds and increases. >> education funds, steve? >> the education dollars we're not at the level of enacted budget as you may know and, i think the overall request, just give me a moment, is, in the blue book under program support. let me look that up real fast. overall the, president's requested 20.7 million for education. so, the enacted levels have been varying between 30, upwards of $50 million. where it is an area where we have the national academy looking at our overall education budget. it's a priority for dr. lubchenco to enhance funding in that area. what w

. >>> in southern afghanistan, hundreds of afghans and marines gathered in the center of marja, to raise the nation's flag for the first time in two years. the battle to take the town back from the talib is mostly over. now, comes the hard part. finding taliban fighters who may have blended into the population, maintaining security and repairing the local economy. >>> former president george w. bush stopped by dick cheney's house yesterday. it's the first time the two have met in person since they left the white house more than a year ago. mr. cheney was released from the hospital a day earlier, after suffering a mild heart attack. >>> senator john mccain has picked up an important ally in his battle to keep gays from serving openly in the military. the head of the marine corps told lawmakers on capitol hill that he believes the current don't ask, don't tell policy should remain in place. james conway the is the most senior officer so far to reject the push for a change in the law. >>> charlie rangel admits that his staff knew who paid for the trips. but said he did not. the panel is wei

he was a marine in the best sense. somebody who left college and a college deferment, enlisted to korea at the age of 19 and at the age of 33 with three children, exempt from having served, he returned to vietnam where he was awarded two purple hearts and a bronze star. he walked the walk and talked the talk. he always was somebody who followed that dictum and that maxim of every marine officer, that is you take care of your people. officers eat last. he took care of his people. and in the field, he was eating the e-4s, the noncome, he wanted to find out how their food was, how they were treated, you ho their equipment was, how their protection wasment and he took care of his people back home. in johnstown, pennsylvania, an economically troubled place. and listen, he got every buck he could, public and private in there. he was no plaster snake but every week he was at bethesda naval hospital, the walter reed, visiting, comforting, consoling and encouraging wounded warriors, just that kind of a guy. he will be missed. >

>> the united states marine corps came to the rescue. >> larry: what happened?and basically broke down the door, kicked down the door where we were at. >> larry: how many were captured there? >> it was seven of us being held in the house. >> larry: did they get all seven out? >> all seven out. >> larry: were you the only one wounded? >> no, joseph hudson, he got three bullets to his back, he got shot in the buttocks, and then edgar hernandez took a bullet to his arm. >> larry: were you discharged after that? >> 2003 i got a medical discharge because of my legs, my back and the ptsd. >> larry: have you signed up for a career in the service? >> in the beginning, no. i just wanted to do the first three years, get out and go to culinary school. but after i had my daughter, i thought i could make this a career and still pursue my culinary dreams. >> larry: why did you write the book? >> to put to rest questions. i heard a lot of different versions of what had happened to me, and i wanted to set the story straight. now people can pick it up and see what happened from

marines, british forces and afghan forces began an air assault on the town of marja in helman provinceolatile province in all of afghanistan. what they're trying to do is take this place back from the taliban. it's been under taliban control for a very long time. what happened before this offensive, larry, it was televised by the taliban. they told the u.s. forces they were coming and one of the things that led to is that the taliban has dug in. they dug in a lot of improvised weapons in that area. what the marines were telling us before this operational launch is that they believe the improvised explosive devices on the ground there are going to be their biggest threat. so what you have right now in the town of marja in helman province is an air assault going on and marines and afghan forces advancing on the ground in what is very, very dangerous terrain, and the last taliban stronghold in helman. larry? >> fred in kabul. is it going to work? >> gosh, i hope so. i'll certainly be thinking about these guys. it's great to have nato on board. i think it was touch and go for a while, whet

once a fighting marine, you're always a fighting marine. i think that's what they safe is true.uple of questions an two of you had actually slipped a note to me earlier, with questions, and one of them is for congressman cantor. this thursday i know a lot of us are looking at this health care summit coming up that obama and perspectives pelosi have -- obama and nancy pelosi have called. with you tell us what they have planned up their sleeve? >> well, tim, first of all, lord only knows what's up their sleeve. what we will do in encountering this president is, number one, ask the question, why in the world would he support a bill like those that have come out of the senate and the house? these -- [applause] these bills are flawed by their very nature. they are the bills that america has awakened to and have rejected. these bills are predicated upon back door dealing. these bills are predicated upon requiring the purchase of health care insurance that has a questionable constitutional origin. these bills are ultimately designed to lead this country to a single payer system, someth

marin, welcome back, always good to have you here.ase proceed. >> thank-you for having me up to talk about the economic outlook and fiscal situation. i want to say that i have previously appeared before you in a professional capacity working for the congress and i am appearing as a private citizen and i find this incredibly liberating to have my own opinion. so, watch out. as this committee and its members are aware, our nation is on an unsustainable fiscal path. we will run $1 trillion deficit in the years ahead even after the economy recovers. persistent deficits and rising debt will undermine prosperity and weaken our position in the world. those threats deserve immediate attention but as this committee is well aware, our economy remains fragile. payroll employment has fallen by 8.4 million jobs since the beginning of the recession and unemployment levels are record highs. we had strong gdp growth in the fourth quarter but the economy has a long way to go. you face a difficult challenge of balancing concern about current economic c

marines, cemented control over the town of marjah in southern helmand province. yesterday, officials raised the afghan national flag over the difficult terrain has held up some advances north of town, and sporadic flare-ups and improvised explosive devices are still a threat. one such explosion killed a british soldier today, the 14th nato service member to die in the operation. still, coalition officials are confident the major fighting in marjah is over. success has come at the cost of civilian lives. the independent afghan human rights commission says 28 civilians have died since the marjah fighting started. >> woodruff: now, more on that allied operation in helmand province. earlier today, i talked with u.s. army brigadier general ben hodges of the southern region command in khandahar. >> woodruff: general ben hodges, thank you very much for talking with us. let me just begin by asking you if the fight for marjah is over. >> i think that the fighting is going to continue for a few more weeks as the marines an british soldiers an afghan army and police continu

every marine is partnered. but there surely is a danger that they're going to become overly dependent on us. and part of how we get around that is having the right american who takes the time to work with his afghan counterpart. again, it is going to be a struggle. we saw in iraq. we tried to keep turning things over to the iraqi's, 2005-2006. it didn't work. the same things happened in afghanistan. so we're going to have to, we are taken on a larger role working with them more closely because we can't allow them to fail. but in the long-term we're going to have to figure out ways to withdraw. as we've done i think there will and iraq to gradually let them take responsibility. >> and, seth jones, to go back to that caller's point, are we ever going to get out of there, are we ever going to win, and the name of your book, "in the graveyard of empires." >> well, i think what's interesting is foreign governments, whether it is the three british wars, whether it was the soviet invasion that began in 1979, has been

marines were arguing back in the early 90s. being game is immobile. tomorrow my mike mullen seems back that high ground and says no, no, no. to serve in effect and playboy with a situation where you're next lying to your life. that is a lack of integrity, and he put it back on the high groind and gave more information to the idea of getting rid of this policy. >> appreciate it. thank you. join the live chings at 360? just ahead, but not giving up hope. i'll show you what i found there today on the streets. when i was a kid, we -- we would just go to the -- the farm. [ cow moos ] [ laughter ] no, seriously, where are you guys going? ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! [ female announcer ] the new classroom. see it. live it. share it. on the human network. cisco. >>> it's been exactly three weeks since the catastrophe in haiti. haiti's government, such as it is, says at least 200,000 were killed in the quake, though, frankly, their numbers, they don't have any idea. while aid is pouring in, reb

one of my concerns about the future, and i'm certain that the common marine corps shares this, the marine has been very heavy and fifth or sixth year fighting a land war. not what it wants to do. a lot of adjusts have to be made. marine corps has to get lighter than it's been in the past. this discussion will continue, but as far as my view of the future, i think we've got it about right as we sit. >> thank you. i know that we've already discussed what the ieds somewhat. i know in afghanistan the mountainous terrain and the limited communication infrastructure certainly poses a distinctly different ied threat as oppose to what we have seen in iraq. and we need additional personnelality the battalion and company levels with the appropriate expertise and technical equipment to detect the icht eds in areas such as afghanistans where the insurgents utilize the primitive forms with very little metallic content buried into the ground. what type of feedback are you receiving from see centcom with personnel requirements encountering the ieds and wrap do you expect to the do to address shortages t

marine corps veteran said she started doing this nearly a decade ago because she thought black social events were largely ignored by mainstream media. she launched her mission. >> i want to show the positive side of what we really do. >> she buys space if necessary in a range of publications to show of black society or blacks mingling with white society. she uses money from inheritance to do it. >> i tried to put my money where my mouth is. >> sheep features lawyers, judges, -- she features lawyers, judges, and others who all appreciate what she does. >> people call and say, i saw you in the newspaper, i feel like a celebrity. >> washington has a long black social tradition. this was the fraternity's 53rd annual mardi gras ball. she would never miss this. she says her goal is to get her own magazine to do this in hopes that determination will succeed. >> find something you like to do and figure out a way to get paid. i have found something i love to do and i have not quite figured out how to get paid, but i am working on that. >> where there is a will, there is a way. >>> coming up at

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she's the ex-marine pilot.efore we talk with michelle, watch. >> oh, my god. >> you should see your faces. >> larry: what it like to go flying around like that and were you flying around? >> no. we were actually stabilized but it was on a rig that had a bit of for movement to it. had a hydraulic system. i was in an actual cockpit to -- what was that? was that a black hawk? >> it was based roughly on that. >> what was wonderful coming on board of this film and being a live action character where i'm human the entire time is that i hop on board two years after all of the hard work. >> larry: you came in late? >> i wouldn't call it late but yeah. i came into the game after he had manifested the entire planet of pandora. all of the foliage. all of the nutrients. the movement of the helicopter was already premeditated. whenever i had a question about, you know, what that green screen outside of the cockpit window consists of, i would tap him on the shoulder and can you help me out here and i would go to a screen and