mr. russell and mr. isil and others here have been frequent flyers to afghanistan and the other side of the border. in the past we have had no problems getting into kandahar city. we were able to drive right down to the border so we have had wide access in our past oversights designations in afghanistan. at that time we had 100,000 troops and so the assets were plentiful. we had great cooperation by general dunford and other generals going back to general petraeus. .. he recently spoke publicly about this being a serious problem. my concern, and i will say this, you are a high visibility target when you travel. when the chairman travels, even someone as lowly as i is a high visible target. you can't use the restrictions on your travel the same for a high-level employee. even with them, there has been a growing reluctance by the state department to let the people go outside of the embassy, even to the green zone. i will cite you two examples, and i don't want to take too much of your time. one was the u.s

mr. russell or mr. duncan about the right policy. second the questions about what our policy should be not the responsibility of your office so i want to acknowledge that. >> correct, sir. >> you are looking at dollars and where they are going. are they going into the missiong and number three? i have major questions about our policies and i thought mr. duncan penn next line quote, this is not about our military in afghanistan-- i've been to afghanistan for time and it's extraordinary to me to see what our soldiers accomplish under extraordinary difficult circumstances a policy gives them a shot at success and that's our job. mr. russell is there as a soldier he has to carry out the mission, but we had to give it to him, so looking back at the reports our dollars are being wasted in pretty gross ways starting with shrink wrapped piles of cash loan out of the air base starting with contracts to deliver water to our soldiers and forward operating braces to go up through pakistan and where there are firefights basically used as negotiat

mr. russell or mr. duncan about what's the right policy. second, the questions about what our policy should be are not the responsibility of your office. so i just want to acknowledge that. >> that's correct, sir. >> you're looking at where it dollars we've appropriated are going. are they going to the mission or vanishing in thin air. and number three, i have major questions about our policy. and i thought mr. duncan had an excellent quote. this is not about our military. i've been to afghanistan four times and it's extraordinary to me to see what our soldiers are accomplishing under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. but the challenge for us, mr. chairman, is it's our job to give them a policy that gives them a shot at success. that's our job. when mr. russell is there as a soldier, he has to carry out the mission. but we're the ones that have to give it to him. so looking back at all the sigar reports, our dollars are being wasted in pretty gross ways. starting with shrink-wrapped pallets of cash being flown out of the air base. st

mr. russell as he leaves for his service. i do think as a law enforcement officer, career law inhenforcem officer, our overall strategy and an exit strategy is also very important. so thank you to both of our witnesses for being here with us today. mr. sopko, you said in the quarterly report to congress from sigar notes that military's retroactive classification bute the afghan defense on national defense and security forces will quote hinder your work. i know my colleague, mr. lynch, spoke somewhat about the classification system. the retroactive classification system. do you believe -- and i think you answered in the affirmative of this. but do you believe the american public should continue to have access to at least basic data on the afghan security forces. >> yes, i do. since they're paying for it. >> earlier this week the it new york times reported that navy captain defended the decision to classify the information saying it was done at the afghan government's request. do you think it's an appropriate justification to c

mr. russell , as he leads for his service. i do think a law enforcement officer, a career law enforcement officer or overall strategy and an exit strategy is also very important. figure two is of our witnesses were being here with us today. , you said intee the quarterly report to congress that notes that the military's retroactive transportation of reporting information about the afghan security forces will "hinder your work." lynch my colleague mr. spoke somewhat about the classification system, the retroactive classification system. do you believe -- i think you have answered in the affirmative of this -- but do you believe that the american public should continue to have access to at least basic data on the afghan national security forces? yes, i do. since they are paying for it. >> earlier this week, the new york times reported that maybe captain tom breast back to fend the decision to classify the information, saying that it was done at the afghan government's request. do you think it is an appropriate justification for

it important it could just do damage now that that we don't have to go through so let me ask you mr russell why is it so important for all of us to keep researching this assassination even after all these years. you know it's because we really don't know what happened and it was a turning point in american history i mean after that since that time a lot of things changed and if the president of the united states j.f.k. had made a lot of enemies among some very powerful people could be gunned down you know in broad daylight and the truth of that be withheld to this day then what kind of country are we you know as i look back to i'm giving a talk this weekend in dallas at a conference and you know i read kennedy's american university speech where he he talks about the importance of nuclear disarmament and was really coming to something incredible in one of the great speeches of all time you know with with nikita khrushchev of the u.s.s.r. at that time and you know it was it was compare that to today and what we've got going on with all this talk of nuclear war with north korea i mean you know

is that important it could just do damage now that we don't have to go through so let me ask you mr russell why is it so important for all of us to keep researching this assassination even after all these years. you know it's because we really don't know what happened and it was a turning point in american history i mean after that since that time a lot of things changed and if the president of the united states j.f.k. who had made a lot of enemies among some very powerful people could be gunned down you know in broad daylight and the truth of that be withheld to this day then what kind of country are we you know as i look back to i'm giving a talk this weekend in dallas at a conference and you know i really read kennedy's american university speech where he talks about the importance of nuclear disarmament it was really coming to something incredible in one of the great speeches of all time you know with with nikita khrushchev of the u.s.s.r. at that time and you know it was it was compare that to today and what we've got going on with all this talk of nuclear war with north korea i mean y

mr. russell is there as a soldier, he has to carry out the mission but we're the ones that have to give it to him. looking back at all the sigar reports, our dollars are being wasted in pretty gross ways starting with shrinked wrapped of pallets of cash being flown out of the airbase starting with contracts to deliver water to our soldiers in forward operating bases that ve to go up through pakistan and where their firefights are being used as ploys by warlords that want to extract much more money in order to allow safe passage for that water to get through. buying ecent episode of uniforms that had camouflage designs that are suited for tahiti but not afghanistan. so i really appreciate your recommendations and they all make immense sense to me and i could endorse those and perhaps the committee could as well. but the question is the policy that will be advocated by the congress of the united states and whether this thing is working at all. in your investigations, can you make some general comments about the reliability of accountability systems within the afghani partners that we have? m

mr. russell is there as a soldier, he has to carry out the mission but we're the ones that have to give it to him. so

mr. lauer. >> and russell simmons now stepping down after allegations in a scathing letter to simmons that wasshed by the hollywood reporter. jenny lumet writes in graphic detail what happened to her in 1991. she says she, quote, did was she was told but her allegations do not suggest the use of force. simmons just released a statement in response to lumet saying in part, quote, while her memory of that evening is very different from mine, it is clear to me her feelings of fear and intimidation are real. while i have never been violent, i have been thoughtless and incensensitive in my relationsh over many decades and i sincerely and humbly apologize. we heard something similar from matt lauer. and he's not the only one when they've released statements. in his case, he said some of what's being said about him is untrue or mischaracterized. others have suggested in statements they have made that, you know, every detail is not how they remembered it. does it help insulate them legally? i think when you read the statement you wonder is that coming from matt lauer or any of these other men who have

mr. president, pleasure. señora. well, it's 11:00 a.m. and we have put away a drug lord and a corrupt foreign minister. that's efficiency. you should take the rest of the day off, russellunniest thing you've ever said to me. thank you, mr. president. please, stay a minute, bess. i, uh... i know when i get up a head of steam about something, it can be tough to get me off it. well, i mean, it turns out our goals weren't... mutually exclusive. they weren't. and i'm proud of the work we did today. but somehow... it all feels... small. it's just... there are so many people in this country who are addicted and desperate. no matter what we do, thousands of them are gonna die before the opioid crisis gets better. i've spent... i can't tell you how many nights, wide awake... thinking, i'm going to get a call from the secret service. they're gonna be in some town i've never heard of. and they're going to tell me my son is dead. conrad, i'm so sorry. but harrison is, he's in rehab. he's getting help. but that demon will always be inside him. it can get him anytime. and that scares me... more than anything. (indistinct chatter) late again? is this gonna be your thing? uh, maybe. m

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mr. president, pleasure. señora. well, it's 11:00 a.m. and we have put away a drug lord and a corrupt foreign minister. that's efficiency. you should take the rest of the day off, russelloga class. that's... the funniest thing you've ever said to me. thank you, mr. president. please, stay a minute, bess. i, uh... i know when i get up a head of steam about something, it can be tough to get me off it. well, i mean, it turns out our goals weren't... mutually exclusive. they weren't. and i'm proud of the work we did today. but somehow... it all feels... small. it's just... there are so many people in this country who are addicted and desperate. no matter what we do, thousands of them are gonna die before the opioid crisis gets better. i've spent... i can't tell you how many nights, wide awake... thinking, i'm going to get a call from the secret service. they're gonna be in some town i've never heard of. and they're going to tell me my son is dead. conrad, i'm so sorry. but harrison is, he's in rehab. he's getting help. but that demon will always be inside him. it can get him anytime. and that scares me... more than anything. (indistinct chatter) late again? is this gonna b

however, mr stone's legal team claim to have new evidence that suggests it was, in fact, the known murderer levi bellfield who actually killed the russellsmichael stone will soon be free. they describe it as potentially the largest miscarriage ofjustice since the birmingham six case. i'm joined by barbara stone — michael's sister who has always asserted his innocence. and mark mcdonald is michael stone's barrister. good evening to you. barbara, why have you always felt so sure that he was not the murderer? because i have never seen any evidence or anything that would suggest that he was. i think the only reason that people think he was the murderer is because the police said that he did it. but there is no evidence and i have never seen anything. he had committed other crimes that they were not like this? he did, but they were a different kind. i always say he did the crime and he did the time. i would not approve of all his lifestyle choices but this is very different to this, the murder of women and children. that is not something any of us would tribute to him. also around that time, there were no behaviours that would indicate that h