. >> schieffer: more of that conversation with defense secretary leon panetta and general martin dempsey, the new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. plus the latest on the campaign as we hear from mitt romney's new best friend john mccain. whose relationship with the republican frontrunner has changed a lot changed a lot since 2008. >> i just wanted to say that governor romney, we disagree on a lot of issues but i agree you are the candidate of change. ( laughs ) >> schieffer: but bygones are bygones. now, he's endorsed his one-time rival. >> most importantly, we share the values. we share the priorities. we share the same fundamental philosophy. >> schieffer: yes, it's american politics. and this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs >> from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. joining us for their first sunday morning interviews in the jobs they now hold-- general martin dempsey, the chairman of the joint chief of staff-- on the job four months; and the secretary of defense leon panetta. gentlemen, thank you

wendall goler is live at the white house. >> reporter: martin dempsey, the joint chiefs chair * is meetingunterparts in france and brussels. in light of iran's threat to close the strait of hormuz and its apparent progress in enriching iranian. this is dempsey's first visit to israel since taking over as joint chiefs chair at the end of september. it comes days after president obama spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it comes as the u.s. and israel played plans for a large-scale war games exercise in part to avoid increased tensions with iran. it was a joint decision that the timing wasn't right, and not just because of iran's threats. last week's assassination of an iranian nuclear scientist raised tensions. a bomb was attached to his car. iran blamed the u.s. white house spokesman jay carney of course denied the charges. >> we reject those accusations. we are engaged in an effort to pressure iran to live up to its obligations and give up its nuclear weapons ambitions, and we'll continue to engage in that effort. >> reporter: iran's official news agency says several sus

overall, panetta and army general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said they believe they've come up with a well-rounded package. >> special operating forces can only be special if there is a conventional force that allows. we got to do this all in balance and i am confident we have done that. >> brown: but for republican presidential contenders, the prospect of such cuts is a bridge too far as they said again in recent days. >> i will reverse obama defense cuts. i believe a strong america must and will lead the future. i'll insist on military so powerful that no one would ever think of challenging it. >> defense budgets should not be politics, they shouldn't be a matter of playing games. they should be directly related to the amount of threat we have. >> brown: the hit to the pentagon could be even bigger down the road. up to $500 billion in additional defense cuts will automatically take effect next january, unless congress can agree on other ways to reduce the deficit. joining us now is deputy secretary of defense ashton carter who's been leading the budget review

. >> the comments of defense secretary leon panetta joined by martin dempsey who is the chair of theoint chiefs of staff outlining on proposed budget cuts by the military. let's break it down. the army would shrink from its current peak of 570,000 troops to about 490,000 within the next five years. the marines would decline by about 20,000 marine corps officersen an enlisted men and women to about 182,000. panetta saying the administration will ask congress for a total of $225 billion to run the pentagon in 2013. how much i've cutback is it? about $6 billion less than the current budget. read more on all of this buying on to sites writing about this including "the washington post" and "the new york times." this is washington today on c-span radio. at the state department today, hillary clinton meeting with members of the state department to talk about a number of issues. including her warning for iraq not to "blow this opportunity." she called on iraq to take this opportunity as the state department oversees a lot of the operations now that the military is out of baghdad and elsewher

it's a threat on which iran could make good even if briefly says joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey-- dempsey. >> they've invested in capabilities which could, in fact, for a per of time block the strait of hormuz. we have invested in capabilities to ensure if that happens we can defeat that. >> reporter: but mideast scholar michael adler does not think military action is inevitable. >> the whole purpose of the diplomacy has been to avoid facing that horrible choice of living with iran with the bomb or bombing iran. the sanctions are designed to cause iran so much economic pain that they have no choice but to strike a deal on the nuclear program. >> reporter: at the same time iran is escalating its rhetoric, it is also suggesting that it may be willing to sit down and talk. but u.s. officials continue to believe that the only way to get iran to abandon its nuclear program, short of military action, is to squeeze its economy so tightly that it will have no choice. jeff. >> bill plante from the white house. bill, thank you. >> we turn now to campaign 2012 and the aftermath of this wee

on face the nation defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey in the latest tensions between the u.s. and iran, i am anthony mason in new york, thanks for putting up with this shaky voice and thanks for watching, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org a child wandering the >>> safe and sound. and all aloin. what police are doing to track down a child left wandering the streets at 3:00 in the morning. >>> on a nice warm january day, think about the worst. what to do, to keep your neighborhood safe from wildfires. and the homes firefighters say they might just let burn. >>> far from a done deal. even though it would save the state millions. the drive to regulate marijuana, just like alcohol. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next.

even if briefly says joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey. >> they've invested in capabilities that could, in fact, for a period of time block the strait of hormuz. we've invested in cape ablts to ensure that if that happens, we can defeat that. >> michael adler does not think >> the whole purpose is to avoid facing that horrible choice of living with iran with the bomb or bombing iran. the sanctions are designed to cause iran so much economic pain that they have no choice but to strike a deal on the program. >> at the same time, iran is escalating the rhetoric, it's also suggesting that it may be willing to sit down and talk. u.s. officials continue to believe that the only way to get iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions short of military action is to squeeze it economy so tightly that it will have no choice. bill plant, cbs news, the white house. >>> attention walmart shoppers, you can get your taxes prepared there too. plus, a miracle rescue at sea after a private plane crashes off the bahamas. first, a preview of cbs evening news. >>> as campaign 2012's primary season kick

on face the nation defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey in the latest tensions between the u.s. and iran, i am anthony mason in new york, thanks for putting up with this shaky voice and thanks for watching, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. move up to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. first time we saw tv on fios was amazing! i was just in a trance watching it. i'm discovering new channels every day. [ male announcer ] and here's a special bonus: sign up now and get $300 back with a two-year contract. fios internet -- the speed, you can't compare. i'm able to take care of things much faster now. [ male announcer ] start saving now. move up to fios for our best price online -- $89.99 a m

and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey cited the pacific as the future theater of competition, if not conflict. >> all of the trends, demographic trends, geo political trends, economic trends and military trends are shifting toward the pacific. >> reporter: dempsey is talking about the rise of china. that and the hard earned lesson the u.s. could not afford to fight two wars simultaneously in iraq and afghanistan are perhaps the biggest game-changers of the past decade. you could saythe new strategy is finally catching up with the real world according to defense secretary rah net -- panetta, it adds up to a smaller army and marine corps and more air and sea power. >> it will be more agile, more flexible, ready to deploy quickly, innovative, and technological advanced. >> reporter: if that sounds familiar, donald rumsfeld said much the same thing when he was defense secretary, before 9/11 changed the world. a smaller force comes with risks since it leaves less margin for error when the unexpected hits. but joint chiefs chairman dempsey said sticking with the current strategy and the bu

martin dempsey was born in new jersey.ad his college education at the -- west point and a graduate in 1974. after his first tours of europe -- beauty he was sent to do where he got an emmy in english literature. -- an m.a. in english literature. they had a child born at duke. welcome home. subsequently, after his career, martin dempsey went forward to assume command at every echelon of the armed services. he has served in war, and peace and served at home and abroad, most recently, his work, his leadership during the second iraq war led barry mccaffrey to refer to him as the best combat division commander of the he became the acting commander east. more recently, chief of staff of the army. he is now the chief of staff. he is the highest ranking officer in the armed forces in principal military adviser to the president, secretary of defense, and the national security council. we could think of other ways to describe his job. he has the well-being of the 1.4 million people on active duty in the armed services under his auth

and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey cited the pacific as the future theater of competition if not conflict. >> all of the trends-- demographic trends, geopolitical trends, economic trends and military trends-- are shifting toward the pacific. >> reporter: dempsey is talking about the rise of china. that and the hard-earned lesson that the u.s. could not afford to fight two wars simultaneously in iraq and afghanistan are perhaps the biggest game changers of the past decade. you could say the new strategy is finally catching up with the real world according to defense secretary panetta, it adds up to a smaller army and marine corps and more air and sea power. >> it will be more agile, more flexible, ready to deploy quickly, innovative and technologically advanced. >> reporter: if that sounds familiar, it's because donald rumsfeld said much the same thing when he was defense secretary, before 9/11 changed the world. a smaller force comes with risks since it leaves less margin for error when the unexpected hits. but joint chiefs chairman dempsey said sticking with the current strategy

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well the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff army general martin dempsey is in israel today and no doubt the number one issue on the agenda was iran there are a few reports out now that show iran has actually abandoned any and all plans to develop nuclear weapons but there are also several reports that suggest at least that's not the case the question is how does the rest of the world react to what they think is going on to help me shed some light on all of this earlier i spoke to research director of the national iranian american council reza marashi i asked reza whether he thought iran is in fact in the process of building a nuclear weapon here's what he had to say. well i think it's important to consider what the consensus view or the consensus thoughts of the u.s. government is and in two thousand and seven and again in two thousand and eleven the national intelligence estimate of the united states of america which is a consensus document representing twenty seven intelligence agencies said that from two thousand and three onward they have a high level of confidence that the ir

well the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff army general martin dempsey is in israel today and no doubt the number one issue on the agenda will be to discuss iran never mind that strained relationship over the past several decades between iran and israel as well as its western allies well just look at the last few weeks first there was that mysterious assassination of a top iranian nuclear scientist both the u.s. and europe of sort of kicked it up a notch in terms of sanctions against iran and tehran has threatened to shut down the strait of hormuz the passageway for about twenty percent of the world's oil trade there are a few reports out there now though that show iran has abandoned any and all plans to develop new. they are weapons there are also other reports out there that suggest at least that's not the case the question is how does the rest of the world react to what they think is going on while he said live on all of this policy director for just foreign policy robert naiman what do you think robert i mean is iran making a nuclear weapon or not. well according to defense s

secateurs panetta will be joined by martin dempsey.d a meeting on the obama administration's decision to deny a permit for the oil pipeline. it would have carried canadian oil across the u.s. to texas. they testified about how the administration made the putt on this is a pair of assists two hours. >> the north american access act. i would also like to welcome those members of the training class. i did not realize you'd be with us this morning. we are delighted you are here on the second row. we hope you'll enjoy the hearing as well. this gives us the opportunity to learn why the obama administration denied a pipe -- a permit to build the keystone pipeline through canada through parts of the of the states. how could the obama administration when presented with the chance to create thousands of jobs and significantly reduce our independence and will again to the middle east say no to the american people. we will examine how a harmful decision was made and explore opportunities to reverse the decision while they struggle to find a ration

. >> israel on the itinerary thursday for joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey who is sittingn with the counterpart, israel would like to see a muscular response to iran. >> they have have to speak directly to each other, not nuance anything. that has the be as they say a frank discussions. >> u.s. and israel agree to postpone long standing exercise planned for spring to ease tensions with iran, which has been building after the threat to close the strait of hormuz. >> we would take action and reopen the straits. >> the u.s. officials will also try to convince israel not to launch a unilateral attack on tehran, though some military talks say it may be the only thing makes iran nervous right now. meanwhile, diplomacy continues tomorrow, when president obama welcomes the king of jordan to the white house. >> bret: ed henry on the north lawn. thank you. minority leader mitch mcconnell is in burma tonight. he met with the pro democracy leader. last week, the u.s. announced it's restoring full diplomatic relations with burma after the government released hundreds of political priso

military chief martin dempsey heading to israel today as a crisis grows between the u.s. and iran. the visit coming after president obama reportedly reached out directly to iran's supreme leader. we will ask ambassador john bolton to weigh in on that next. >> if iranians are serious about restarting talks, then they need to respond to that letter. >> i think it's very difficult to have talks with a country around the world who's vowed to do everything but to wipe us off the face of the earth. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. megyn: welcome back, folks. we are watching an event in south carolina where newt gingrich is set to speak in moments, a meet and greet with the voters down there as his poll numbers surge, and that is the good news for the former speaker today. that shot is streaming to us, so you can see it breaks up every so often. in any event, the speaker will be there, and we are waiting to see whether he will address this other item in the news for speaker gingrich and that is, of course, hi

general martin dempsey is in israel for a series of high pro file meetings with israeli leaders, theres growing concern that the israeli oil industry and central bank to force iran to abandon its nuclear pursuits without a war. kareem is a leading exprt on iran and we asked him how iran is interpreting the trip. >> in the eyes of iranian official, the united states and israel are really indistinguishable. i think iran's hostility is the key source of the conflict. david said it can enrich uranium and call for israel's demise, but it can't do it at the same time. >> and now to afghanistan. a helicopter crash in helmand provens killed six american marines. the taliban claimed responsibility, but the nato-led force reported no activity. in a separate incident, an afghan soldier opened fire on an unarmed french troops, killing 4 and injuring 15. this led nicolas sarkozy to suspend training operations and combat help in afghanistan. we asked nick peyton walsh how the nato mission is affecting the troops' pull out of afghanistan. >> nicolas sarkozy suggested he might bring troops home early.

general martin dempsey is in israel for a series of high pro file meetings with israeli leaders, thereter unilaterally to shut down iran's program. the obama administration has been pushing allies to sign on to sanctions targeting the could be tri's oil industry to force iran to abandon its nuclear pursuits without a war. kareem is a leading exprt on iran and we asked him how iran is interpreting the trip. >> in the eyes of iranian official, the united states and israel are really indistinguishable. i think iran's hostility is the key source of the conflict. david frum once said it can enrich ewe ran yum and call for israel's demise, but not at the same time. >> and now to afghanistan. a helicopter crash in helmand provens killed six american marines. the taliban claimed responsibility, but the nato-led force reported no activity. killing four and injuryinging 15. this led nicolas sarkozy to suspend training operations and combat help in afghanistan. we asked nick peyton walsh how the mission is affecting the troops to pull out of afghanistan. >> nicolas sarkozy suggested he might brin

i would say general martin dempsey, thank you for your service. welcome back to one of your many homes. [applause] >> no one has referred to me as a young man in a long time. in the spirit of it, i would like to clear you the supreme ham.ed commander of duru [laughter] thank you so much for sponsoring the lecture series. i am honored to be part of its. thank you for what you do to encourage thinking and conversation. i would characterize this tonight as the conversation or discussion about the topic of strategy. strategy in this century with the complex issues, to suggest someone with lecture about it or try to impart any particular bit of wisdom on it might be a bit of hubris. eighth stepss notwithstanding. i thought that was a wonderful piece of work. professor feaver, i mentioned you. thank you for your collaboration especially on the issue of civil-military relations. that has been enormously helpful in helping me understand that and my responsibility as a steward of the profession. michael sean filled, chris simmons, melissa, the congressman,

directly contradicts military experts like the chairman of the join chiefs of staff, general martin dempseyin the military are not being victimized by this budget issue. there are some out there speaking about it in those terms but as i mentioned to you earlier, we clearly have a role to play, all of us, as citizens in addressing the economic crisis. this is something the joint chiefs have embraced as what is best for america. >> the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say the cuts are what is best for america. li liz cheney, her old man did damage leading us in a war based on false intelligence. they were stretched so thin troops had to return for three or four tours of duty, not to mention the men and women who lost their lives. the estimated $60 billion lost waste, fraud and abuse, but liz cheney thinks president obama is the one destroying the military? she will fit in good at fox news as an employee with that kind of outrageous psycho talk. >>> i assume there's complicated paperwork to be executed before we transfer the reins of power as something of critical as super pac? >> i broug

he is general martin dempsey. he has since become our senior military commander in this country.at the time he was head of the u.s. army education corporation, but what is really interesting about him is general martin dempsey was the commander of the first armored division took baghdad from some insane in 2003. he was the commander who took bad -- baghdad. here is the story he told us in the book. he was promoted as the head as such, america's middle east military command. in that post he went out to afghanistan and visit a far-flung base near the hindu kush that was commanded by a u.s. army capt. is that a couple hours sitting with the captain hearing about his job. he realized after a couple of hours that captain had access to more firepower and could access more tactical and national intelligence then he, general martin dempsey, could, when he took baguette from saddam hussein five years earlier. that is how much it changed in the move from a connected to hyper connected world. one of the first things he did when he took over the army education core was begin to revamp comple

this is martin dempsey's first official trip to israel. topping the agenda, concerns that iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. >>> we're waiting for a big travel announcement from the white house. the president is going to disneyland, folks. he is heading to orlando. the speech is aimed at creating tourism and boosting more jobs here. >> you're going to disney, you should bring the girls. >> they have school. >> they have to go to school. >> there's that whole thing. >> we're minding your business now. u.s. markets closed higher across the board yesterday. the dow gained almost 1%, the nasdaq 1.5% and the s&p 500 just over 1%. >> and i hate not to just focus on upward arrows, they're great and we love them. listen, man, this pipeline from the transatlantic pipeline folks, it's usurping political news and business news. >> it is political news and business news. it's come at a time when it got tacked on to the payroll tax holiday. the white house had 60 days to say whether they were going to approve this new pipeline, to get sticky, i

martin dempsey will meet with benjamin netanyahu and other top israeli military officials.g concern over iran's nuclear program and its threat to close strait of hormuz to international shipping. >>> speaking of iran, a source close to cnn here telling us the u.s. navy is sending a second aircraft carrier into the waters off iran. this comes as we mentioned those tensions mounting over iran's threat to block the strait. the strait of hormuz which serves as a channel for 20% of the world's oil. and just weeks ago, iran warned the u.s. not to send another carrier through the strait. >>> developing this hour, a mystery in california. more body parts found near the hollywood sign. and investigators are revealing their hunch. find out what they're hoping to find and what one local calls a freaky situation. that's next. >>> it is a california land mark. now the area right around the famous hollywood sign is a crime scene. and a pretty bizarre one at that. since tuesday, police have found first a head, then the hands and a set of feet believed to be from a middle aged man. crews a

general martin dempsey making his first visit to israel as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.eneral says our two nations have a shared understanding of the security concerns in the middle east, and despite differences on how to face the the potential threat posed by iran. reasonen ninen is live in jerusalem. where do the u.s. and israel now stand with respect to iran? >> well, one of the biggest differences, gregg, is with the two nations face is over what they would constitute a need for military action against iran's nuclear weapons program. the biggest sticking point. but this visit, accord to go an aid of general dempsey, they tell fox news, the the point was to focus on regional stability and also red light relations between israel and the u.s. and delayed a massive joint military training session about dealing with incoming rockets until later this year and more of an apropos time. the u.s. wants assurance from israel they're not going to launch a unilateral strike against iran, gregg. >> gregg: what was the reaction in israel to general dempsey's visit there? >> well, g

martin dempsey was born in new jersey. he graduated from west point in 1974. after his forced tour of duties, he went to duke where he got an m.a. in literature. while here, they had their home at duke. welcome home. subsequently after his duke career, martin dempsey went forward to assume command in every echelon of the armed services. he has served in war, in peace, he has served at home and abroad. was really, his leadership during the second iraq war led barry mccaffrey to refer to him as the best combat division commander in the decade. he then became acting commander of all u.s. forces in the middle east. more recently, chief of staff of the army, and now has assumed that title of chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he is the highest-ranking military officer in the u.s. armed forces and the principal military adviser to the president, the secretary of defense, and the national security council. that is a job description, but if we stop for a minute we could think of other ways to describe his job. this is a person who has the well-being of the 1.4 mil