general mcchrystal?after general mcchrystal was essentially fired by the president after the article came out in "rolling stone"? >> i would be surprised if it were general mcchrystal. i think there will be serious confirmation hearings in the new senate and by all accounts john mccain is going to be the chairman of the senate arms services committee which will have to approve the nominee, whoever the nominee is. and there are a whole bunch of names already being floated out there. so general mcchrystal would be a huge, huge surprise given some of the history. but ashton carter, a former deputy secretary, number two secretary of defense michelle flournoy, undersecretary of defense number three or even senator jack reid, the democratic senator from rhode island, those names have been out there over the past hour or so since we got word that hagel was being pushed out. so it's going to be -- it will be a serious confirmation process and i suspect the new chairman of the senate arms services committee, if,

stan mcchrystal is that human rights advocate. he's the commend general the u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. but he's taken is very different approach to thinking about warfare. this different mindset is something that back in 2000 we thought of as counterinsurgency. this is a topic people t don't talk as much about now five years later, but i think many of the lessons of counterinsurgency, of the lessons of the war from those days are still very relevant today. what i thought i would use talk about three different lessons, themes i talk to in the book, try to talk about them in the context of vaughn walker, or regular warfare more generally. the first is relationship between strategy and humanity. the conventional understanding, the kind of way invited discourse to think about this relationship is that the strategy for victory in warfare is all about killing and capturing enemy forces. you kille kill and capture the d guys and then you win. humanitarian interests are to some extent a constraint on the. they limit your ability to kill and capture the bad guys.

please welcome general stanley mcchrystal.in the rangers and the word actually was first used by the rangers. it was interesting because there's a great story about where it came from. it went back to omaha beach in the second world war. if any of you have seen "saving private ryan" he was in the battalion and the story is that it was very difficult and they were getting shot up and general norman cota brigadier general walked along the beach and he needed people to start moving and let no matter how difficult it was going to be. andy went to an organization and he said which units are you guys from? the young sergeant looked up and he goes sir where the rangers and he says okay, rangers lead the way. the young man looked up and said who, us? [laughter] you spend a lifetime in the military like i did you are taught never to volunteer. from day one even if they are giving out four-day passes and attach 100-dollar bills to -- i spent my whole life volunteeri volunteering. it was funny around soldiers and people in this room you

he was in knots tending figure but it's noteworthy came into afghanistan after stanley mcchrystal and had to undersea that. the majority of the troops arrived. not such good results there. >> is there an opinion in the army things might have been different if stanley mcchrystal had stayed? >> there was no doubt that stan had the vision on how to fight this network of terrorist enemies. some things that most people in america don't know but they whold is stan was the guy organized our special forces for manhunts in iraq. and later afghanistan and other parts of the world we don't need to talk about what stan was that visionary and he did that. a year inot about command in afghanistan. his ideas were just going into effect. he had an unfortunate run-in with michael hastings of rolling stone. the president rightly said i cannot have that for my field commanders. we lost a very skilled guy. >> and he had a relationship with karzai. >> he was a special forces officer and understood the local people needed to have a leading role. >> the afghans had to fight the afghan war. and getting them

as general mcchrystal said this morning the importance of national service is hard to overstate in allthe various forms that can entail. to leverage that power and to begin to try to build to the capacity to achieve the kind of scale that general mcchrystal has talked about we need to bring together a number of different institutions from the government to private corporations to educational institutions like are here today. no company has taken out of this hall to service more than cisco. cisco has been working hard with ncoc in the franklin project in the aspen institute to make a reality of the service year experience. and not just as a common expectation but as a common opportunity for young people. today cisco is the title sponsor of our annual conference as well as they have generously committed over $5 million to the development of service year exchange. for the first time this exchange will seek to bring service corps members, post organizations and funders together into one integrated web site and process. cisco has been all in on this project giving technical and marketing ad

politico.tion from general stanley mcchrystal. and later, a conversation on access.d internet president obama arrived in for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit today. there on your screen. he met with the chinese president on wednesday. thursday and friday, he'll be in burma, holding a with the meeting burmese president, meeting separately with the opposition country. the the trip concludes in australia on saturday and sunday with the g20 leaders summit. the president is expected to there. a posse address policy address there. servicesh and human secretary sylvia burwell talks about the upcoming open in the healthiod insurance marketplace, which 15th. november she sat down with governor ted strickland. for american progress hosted this 45-minute event. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'd like to invite you and thank the center forto american progress for this forum.and important we begin open enrollment for the aca next saturday. and that will extend for three months through february the 15th. and so we're happy to have thi

crouch and former iraq and afghanistan war commander general stanley mcchrystal. it's an hour, 20 minutes. [applause] >> hello everyone. how are you? welcome to this event this afternoon. it's a real privilege to post dr. j.d. crouch and susan glasser and later on stand mcchrystal and jim vanderhei for today's conversation. it's an extension of our innovative partnership with politico and it couldn't be a better day to do this. on the eve of veterans veterans day, a day that is set aside to honor those who are serving and those who have served this great nation. you know nobody really signs up in the military for the recognition. they stand up, they take the oath and they are going to jump in the something and be a part of something. they are going to make a difference and they are going to make contributions. it's not really any easier today for the drawdowns and the budget cuts and really a more diverse threat. if you take a look at this all volunteer military that we have is a smaller force than they are at a high operational tempo. i can tell you with certaint

but it's note worthy that he came into afghanistan following stanley mcchrystal and having to overseeplementation. the majority of the troops arrived after david petraeus was in command. not good results there. >> rose: it's the opinion in the army things might have been different if stan mcchrystal had stayed. >> there was no doubt that stan had the vision for sure how to fight this network terrorist enemy. some of the things most people in america don't know but they should is that stan was the guy who organized our special forces. >> rose: in iraq. >> absolutely. and later afghanistan and other parts of the world we don't need to talk about. but the fact of the matter is stan was that visionary and he really did that. he only got about a year in command in afghanistan. his ideas were just going into effect. yÑ had an unfortunate run-in with michael hastings and his staff said some things and the military control said i can't have that for my comarnldz, we lost a very skilled guy. he's cultivated that relationship. because he was a special forces officer and he understood the local

i later found out that sam mcchrystal, general awarded him a medal of service, the dog. he is retired now. look at how tall you are. >> and look at you between esy and peter. >> and she has a booster seat, too. >> so who is next? who is your next big interview? >> you will have to wait and see. >> my second part is the guy who killed bin laden hasn't even aired yet. >> real quick, i think it is important to say that the way rob lays it out, he gives credt to his teammates and -- >> and to president obama. >> and to president obama. and does an incredible job of describing the team effort that went into this and the training that makes the navy seals, special forces. >> and to president bush. >> yes. >> a lot of his motivation came from thinking about 9/11. >> and i know doocy's next thing, and you will enjoy mother's day next year, it will be good for you. that's what you get to do, cover mother's day. >> i'm only kidding. i'm only kidding. >> what happens on mother's day? >> you will have to find out. >> welcome to "the five." it's been great to have you. >> thank you.

eric mcchrystal says he enjoyed the parade but won't be back for another. >> i did the daytona 500. i will never do that again. i did this one, i'll never do this one again. >> reporter: caltrain added extra service and suspended the regular schedule, trying to keep up with demand. >> we're loading trains. as soon as they're filled we're sending them off. we're moving as quickly as we can. we understand people are frustrated but we're doing the best we can to move the lines. >> reporter: bart also added extra service. trains crowded with people in giants gear and hallowe'en costumes seemed to keep moving. >> it's not too bad. pretty good. >> reporter: while hundreds of thousands of people left san francisco, city crews worked to clean up the mess left behind. clearing the way for another celebration, a hallowe'en night critical mass. the giants celebration is over, but stubborn, soaked confetti will stick around for awhile. it is not going to be easy to pick up every little piece of confetti. it will probably take them awhile. as for caltrain, the agency says it set a ridership reco

retired general stanley mcchrystal receives the award award for national service. he speaks about volunteer, at the university school in washington this is

next,,ave to go to our which people are excited to hear general mcchrystal. there,e finish up over today we are looking at being right back in iraq and syria in ways that clearly president obama tried hard to avoid having to make a military decision. we have heard a lot of criticism about how long it took to make the decision and what is the goal of the conflict. i am curious having seen the whole arc of our decision-making from 2003 in iraq. what are your thoughts as we return militarily to that country where we sacrificed so much? so much anxiety about where we were there and here we are all over again. i am. about your views -- curious about your views. iraq really have been in since the gulf war. a lot of people forgot that bill overon waged an air war iraq throughout his entire presidency and it was president clinton who signed the legislation which actually talked about the need for regime change in iraq. one of the issues really surrounding that is the fact that iraq is an important country. it is an important country from a cultural standpoint, econom

crouch and former iraq and afghanistan war commander, general stanley mcchrystal. this event, hosted by politico, is part of their lessons from leaders series. [applause] >> hello, everyone. how are you? welcome to this event this afternoon. it's a real privilege to host crouch and susan glasser and general stanley and jim for today's conversation. it's an extension of our partnership with politico. and really, it couldn't be a this, right? do i mean, on the eve of veterans aside toy that's set honor those who are serving and served this great nation. you know, nobody really signs up in the military for the recognition. i mean, they stand up. they take the oath. and they're going to jump into something and be a part of something important. aey're going to make difference and they're going to make contributions. it's not really any easier today draw-downs and the budget cuts. threat.a more dispersed but if you take a look at this all-volunteer military that we have, it's a smaller force. they're at a very high operational tempo. but i can tell you with coming homeat

i think of stanley mcchrystal, he gets into details about joint special operations command. that was entirely feared by the pentagon and, you know, it's a good book and there's no -- the issue here is not publishing books. it's getting the proper clearances to do it. >> do you think this is -- i mean, he doesn't have -- this guy o'neill doesn't have a book out yet. do you think this is about making a name for yourself? he's on the lecture circuit. i guess this values his lecture circuit. >> of course. the value of him speaking probably just went up ten-fold. but, again, did it really because do you want to be in a room with this guy? i don't disagree with what peter is saying there but i do think that there was a day in age when the silent professional was the person who did the job and didn't look for the glory. now what sufficient classified information being used for power by politicians and money by some of the guys that have gone and done this and it's happened in other communities as well. the fact is, just simply going out and releasing this information, showing that

the retired army general stanley mcchrystal wondered what it would do. >> from isis right now, that istop isis. >> no. i think it is something that causes isis problems but it is not cutting the head off the snake and specking the snake to die. >> reporter: the u.s. is now scouring phone intercepts, record from locals on the ground. anything for intelligence confirming baghdadi may have been wounded or killed. even if they wounded or killed him, the war against isis is far from over. >> it will morph. and new leaders will emerge. in fact, bear in mind that isis leadership originated from saddam's military. these are very conventionally trained vex professional leaders. >> president obama said his decision to send 1,500 more troops to iraq to train iraqi forces is about getting them on the offense against isis. >> now what we need is ground troops, iraqi ground troops that can start pushing them back. >> even some of the president's own democrats, skeptical the iraqi government is up to the essential challenge of winning back sunnis who have turned to isis out of distrust with baghdad.

stanley mcchrystal questions what good it would do. that is not, that's not going to stop isis. >> no, i think it's something that causes isis problems, but it's not cutting the head off the snake and expecting the snake to die. >> reporter: the u.s. is now scouring phone intercepts, reports from locals on the ground, anything confirming intelligence that he may have been wounded or killed. the war against isis still is far from over. >> it will morpmorph. these are very conventionally trained, very professional leaders. >> reporter: president obama says his decision to send 1500 more troops to iraq to train iraqi forces is about getting them on the offense against isis. >> now what we need is ground troops, iraqi ground troops, that can start pushing them back. >> reporter: but even some of the president's own democrats skeptical the iraqi government is up to the essential challenge of winning back sunnis who have turned to isis out of distrust with baghdad. >> these 1500 troops are ultimately just going to be a temporary band-aid if

fallon and mccrystal, -- and carry it right on up to general macarthur to admiral inlon and general mcchrystal our own time, to see what happens to able professional military men who set themselves against their own government. there's only going to be one outcome, a situation like that. and there should be only one outcome. and the professional military that we have here in the army war college community, the future strategy leaders of our armed forces, understand that relationship and it's one of the greatest insights that military history affords to our professional military education today, which is one of the reasons why history is one of the enduring themes here at the army war college. and so that i might not be an enduring theme here all night -- [laughter] >> -- i'll thank you for this opportunity to have spoken to you. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> you're watching american history tv. sunday, november 30, tra

speakers include retired general stanley mcchrystal. and on c-span at 8:00 we'll have more congressional retirement interviews. our focus is michigan democratic senator carl levin and texas republican congress man ralph hall. these are part of our week-long series. >>> this thanksgiving week, c-span is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. watch the interviews tonight through thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> -- we've accomplished in 36 years and i don't want to look back at that so much as to look forward to the next couple of months. and in the next couple of months there's a couple of things i'd like to do. one is to get my defense authorization bill passed. this is an annual effort, a major effort, involving large amounts of staff. i also want to finish up some work on the permanent subcommittee on investigations, looking at some gimmicks which are used to avoid taxes. >> i've been a member of congress for 34 years. to finally get beat, if i was a manager for a baseball or football team and i had a 34-1, i'd be in

think about general stanley mcchrystal who wrote a wonderful book which gets into details about jointpecial operation command that was entirely cleared by the pentagon. and, you know, it is a good book and there is no -- the issue here is not publishing books, the issue here is getting the proper clearances to do it. >> do you think this is -- i mean, he doesn't have a -- this guy o'neil doesn't have a book out yet at this point. do you think this is about just making a name for yourself, he's on the lecture circuit, i guess this boosts his value on the lecture circuit. >> of course, i mean, the value of him speaking probably just went up ten fold. again, did it really? because do you want to be in a room with this guy? i don't disagree with what peter is saying there, but i do think that, you know, there was a day and age when the silent professional was the person who did the job and didn't look for the glory. now what you have is classified information being used for power, by politicians and money by some of the guys that have gone and done this, and it has happened in other commu

jeremiah wright has visited the white house more often than general mcchrystal and general petraeus combined. turns out more than one person in america has the name jeremiah wright. the person on the white house visitors log was not that jeremiah wright. also bill ayers, william ayers, there's more than one person in america with that name. bertha lewis, the lady from acorn is bertha m. lewis. bertha e. lewis visited the white house, probably for a tour. i hope she had a nice time. if you get 100,000 people visiting the white house in a month, mostly as a tourist destination and then release seven months of visitor logs at a time, you are getting close to 750,000 names you are releasing as part of this searchable public document. when you have that many names you are releasing, yeah, there will be some people who sound like they are public figures when really they are not. and the white house when they release these initial logs with these hundreds of thousands of names they realized that was going to happen. they published a blog post explaining that people should not get too excited about

. >> next former iraq and afghanistan war commander general stanley mcchrystal and u.s.o. president j.d. crouch assess their own leadership styles and provide recommendations for creating effective leadership in the military and politics. this was part of politico's editorial series called lessons rom leaders. >> hello, everyone. how are you? welcome to this event this afternoon. it's a real privilege to host dr. j.d. crouch and susan glasser and general stanley mcchrystal and jim for today's conversation. it's an extension of our innovative partnership with politico. and really, it couldn't be a better day to do this, right? i mean, on the eve of veterans day, a day that's set aside to honor those who are serving and those who have served this great nation. you know, nobody really signs up in the military for the recognition. i mean, they stand up. they take the oath. and they're going to jump into something and be a part of something important. they're going to make a difference and they're going to make contributions. it's not really any easier today with the draw-downs

with retired general stanley mcchrystal.ent tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> this thanksgiving week c-span is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. watch tonight through thursday at 8 p.m. eastern. >> what we've accomplished in 36 years added to want to look back at the so much as to look forward to the next couple of months. are somethings i would like to do. one is to get my defense authorization bill passed. this is an annual effort, a major effort involving large amounts of staff. i also want to finish up some work on the permanent subcommittee on investigations, looking at some gimmicks which are used to avoid taxes. >> i've been a member of congress for 34 years, and the time i get become if i was a manager for baseball or football team and i had a 34 and one, i would be in the hall of fame. it doesn't bother me. really didn't want me to get beat because i wasn't just that i'm going but i had 18 co-chairmen they were chairman of my 18 counties in my district that were supporting me and wanted m

here's a look at retired general stanley mcchrystal on citizenship and the value of volunteering. >> we ten to volunteer when we know we need to. that kind of thing, we tend to step forward and take responsibility when hard, and i will tell you right now i think this is that moment in america. just look around and we instinctively know we have to change the concept of citizenship. if we go to many people in america they think if they vote taxes they did their job as a citizen. but that's not what citizenship is. is no more than a covenant between people who it's ato be a nation and it's a relationship between people that has a responsibility to and for each other. that's what citizens are, they are jointly bound to take care of each other. if we really look at the problem, and we want to fix it instead of going after each individual thing and if we want to take a big step, then it's going to take a big idea. are tonight the annual american university conference on civic engagement, with business and education leaders. 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. this thanksgiving week c-span is fe

mcchrystal has put together a counterinsurgency plan. i would bring them back. personality is policy. you want the best doctor and the best dentist, and they are the best, but i think there were some mistakes made. now we have a situation. christianity has gone from 1.5 million. and look women left, at damascus. i just had a report from a person we are in touch with in syria. is coming,at eiffel and that's not good. is coming, and that's not good. qwest do you count that vote on authorizing the war as the most significant in your career? >> and a time you vote that men and women are going to war to give a life, that is. afghanistan, the same way. i have a great respect for the military who give their life, and their families. i bumped into a fellow from my district who had eight employment. a deployment in nine or 10 years. the family is paying. so the votes to go to war were the most significant. are there any votes you regret having taken? >> i don't know that i regret. i published my voting record on mine so people can see. so people can see. i don't think i

politico.tion from general stanley mcchrystal. and later, a conversation on access.d internet president obama arrived in for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit today. there on your screen. he met with the chinese president on wednesday. thursday and friday, he'll be in burma, holding a h lateral meeting

crouch and susan glasser and later on general stan mcchrystal and jim vandehei for today's conversation. it is an extension of our innovative partnership with "politico" and really it couldn't be a better day to do this, right? i mean on the eve of veterans day, a day that is set aside for, to honor those who are serving and those who have served this great nation. nobody really signs up in the military for the recognition. i mean they stand up, they take the oath and they're going to jump into something and be a part of something important. they're going to make a difference and they are going to make contributions. it is not really any easier today with the drawdowns and the budget cuts. really a more dispersed threat but if you take a look at this all-volunteer military that we have, it is a smaller force. and they're at a very high operational tempo. but i can tell you with certainty, that those coming home today, it is a little more complex than it was when i made the transition a few years back. that is why i'm so proud to have this role at bank of america with my good friend lewi

. >> general stanley mcchrystal and more from the conference of citizenship tonight at eight eastern here on c-span2. >> c-span to provide five coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and key public policy events. every weekend booktv now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors the c-span2 created by the cable tv in which brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the recent congress of china's ruling commerce party focus on constitutional changes with the aim of reducing corruption. china analyst discuss these changes and what it might mean for u.s.-china relations. it was hosted by the wilson center in washington, d.c. this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon and welcome to the wilson center, all of you who are with us in the auditorium and those who are watching on c-span or subsequent on a webcast. the wilso wilson center for thoo have not been here before is the living memorial to the 28th president of the trendy. my name is robert hickam heidrick t

speakers include retired general stanley mcchrystal and on c-span at 8:00, we'll have more congressional retirement interviews. our interviews include senator carl levin of michigan around representative ralph hall of texas. these are part of our week-long series. this thanksgiving week c-span features interviews from the entire members of congress. watch the interviews tonight through 8:30 p.m. eastern. >> i don't want to look back at that so much as to look forward to the next couple of months. in the next couple of months, there's a couple of things i'd like to do. one is to get my defense authorization bill passed. this is an annual effort, a major effort involving large amounts of staff. i also want to finish up work on permanent subcommittee investigations looking at some gimmicks which are used to avoid taxes. >> i've been a member of congress for 34 years. you know, to finally get beat, if i was a manager for a baseball or a football team and i had a 34-1, i'd be in the hall of fame. so it doesn't bother me any. and really it didn't bother me to get beechlt i wasn't set on going,

army general stanley mcchrystal is asking our kids. he's recommending all americans between the ages of 18 to 28 to have one year of service to care about our world. >>> and ed henry traveling with the president in australia is putting him in the hot seat. and what does the president say in response to your question yesterday? >> well, good morning. good to see you, clayton. bottom line, the president wanted to talk at the beginning of the news conference about the positive aspects of his long eight-day trip where he talked about the economy, his exports, the climate change deal. but he had a series of tough questions on isis strategy, the immigration executive orders coming up. when i pressed him on the health care issue with jonathan gruber. for the first time, he was pressed on it. what i was trying to do is ask throughout this trip, at various stops like burma, how the government needs to be accountable to the people. so i pressed him on the fact that it appears jonathan gruber is saying this administration lied to the american peo