the issue of nato is huge. as soon as i got into the sources in russia and germany and america, it became clear to me that it was an integral part of the german navigation process. that surprised me. i had read it was an issue for [unintelligible] there is a huge section in the book on it. there is going to be more in print. in this time, there is even a separate organization that does a lot about managing expectations. that comes up. this comes the very early, the discussion of moving nato. this is what surprises me. i had read that no one thought of expanding. for why, it was above. they are talking up with the nato and hungry. throughout the negotiations, he had been thinking about keeping open the possibility of trees being able to move this word -- eastward. some of this is public. they are not saying nato membership but some kind of partnership. it is not an carver to show -- it is not controversial. there is enough of it that gorbachev is up on it. he says this is his face where he is trying to come up w

nato commitment of about 2,000. 2,000 committed by nato, other than our own u.s. trainers, only 200 have arrived on the scene. now, another 200 nato trainers were pledged by nato members in december, but without a time line for when those trainers would arrive in theater, and that is simply unacceptable. those nato countries that are either unwilling or unable to send additional combat troops into the fight in afghanistan should be able to help provide trainers for basic training who operate away from the front lines. lieutenant general caldwell told us that any well-trained u.s. or coalition soldier could instruct afghan soldiers in the eight-week course of basic training. a top priority for our nato allies at the london conference, which i believe is this week, needs to be closing the gap in trainers for afghan army and police. another area where there has been progress has been on equipping the afghan security forces, and that is critical to accelerating the growth of the afghan army and police. the training command reports that the equipment requirements for t

exactly. >> and are you dealing with the nato troops as well? nato has a certain mandate. many of the nato countries have been reluctant to have their forces join the u.s. drug eradication or interdiction efforts. is anything changing there? >> yes, a lot. in the report there is evidence that during the first nine months of this year, about 120 strikes against drug targets were run by nato. there is even lists of tons of opium, tons of seeds and number of labs destroyed. i think this is happening -- >> is it making a dent? >> so far, unfortunately, in terms of the pure number, i would say, not yet. the amount of strikes are impressive. the amount of labs destroyed and opium confiscated is high, but there is so much drugs in afghanistan -- twice of the consumption of the world -- that in percentage terms, nato operation has not been effective. >> so what will it take in short? >> it will take a much greater commitment in terms of effectively looking at the kingpins, those who are, to some extent, involved in insurgency but, above all, involved in trafficking and therefore w

i hope it is much more than lip service for nato's -- for nato's future and the world.o not make commitments of this kind. i do not have great hopes that we're going to get the 10,000 that some people called for in addition to what is already there. [inaudible] >> i will not say hope springs eternal but there have been good efforts with nato allies and our leaders, but cabinet officers and others, reporting back that they are optimistic that there is going to be some movement on funding as well as on the trainers. >> supporting the military operations in haiti. and the pakistanis had no plans for a new offensive. >> i do not have any idea of the military budget relative to haiti, what those extra cost would be. and of pakistan's announcement -- relative to north waziristan, i was not surprised. i just got back and we were told they were going to squeeze north waziristan but they did not say anything specific what happened inside north waziristan. what they mean is that they are squeezing south waziristan and some of those folks are going into north waziristan. that is w

in my view if nato wants to institute such a policy, that's fine.if the union countries want to institute such a policy that's fine. if the united states wants to alone or with other democratic allies, it's fine. we live in a world where almost nothing is done -- any country or any coalition of countries that want to intervene either preventively or once killing begins or elimination begins to save lives as nato did in bosnia, they should do it. the moral law is higher than international law in the u.n. which in this matter is utterly bankrupt. people might say, what are you going to have people -- states super have a good evening all over the place all the time? well, the reality is it's very hard to move them to ever do anything. let's get someone to do something. let's get some -- let's get the democratic antigenocidal countries of the world to live up to their principals. i do think an international agency should be created by treaty that will monitor and identify elimination assaults and declare that they have taken place quickly after they beg

even though they're a fundamental part of nato strategy. and it is because we had nato, because we have kept defenses strong and but we deployed crews and perching against the soviet union's ss 20's and because we convinced the soviet union it could never sugged succeed in intinl dating or threatening the west that we're now witnessing these great changes. >> here here. >> and mr. speaker, times of great change are times of great uncertainty, even danger. and we have to be prepared if any threat, however, unexpected. and events -- and demonstrate even more conclusively, we're winning the battle of ideas. we must make sure that subsequently, we do not lose the peace. and our nuclear deterrent and the collective security provided by nato remained the corner stone of our defense. and how will we react to what is happening now will shape europe and the wider world for decades ahead. and against the background of a sure defense, our program set out in the gracious speech of enlarging opportunity and enhancing the quality of life and improving we

but the same time, we agree that nato and the warsaw pact continued to be the basis for defense that borders are not on the agenda, and we will continue to abide by the helsinki final act. without the region without nato and european community, these great events would surely not have happened. it was an excellent meeting and a very satisfactory outcome. the next step is for nato heads of government to meet on the fourth of december when president bush will report on his meeting with president gorbachev. before that happens, i shall be meeting president bush at camp david later this week. the action of the right hon. gentleman, the leader of the opposition, is to see what is happening in eastern europe as yet another excuse to weaken our defenses by getting rid of nuclear weapons, even though they are a fundamental part of nato's strategy. because we have nato and have tech defense is strong, because we deploy cruise against the soviet union's ss20, because we convince the soviet union that it could never succeeded in intimidating are threatening the west, that we are now witnessing

delegation of nato and president of the nato parliamentary assembly to underline nato's ongoing commitment to ukraine's process of euro-atlantic integration. while many of the leaders of ukraine, i expressed the conviction that nato's door should remain open and encouraged the implementation of reforms necessary to bring this integration to fruition. in order for ukraine to remain on this positive path of political development and europe-atlantic integration, it is critical that this upcoming election be free, fair, and untainted by the fraud and irregularities that beset the 2004 polls. also we recognize that ukraine like much of the world has suffered greatly from the global financial crisis. unfortunately, political divisions have hampered ukraine's effort to overcome this crisis and implement the reforms necessary to submit its progress on the road to prosperity. these elections are important particularly to ensure the ukranian government has a clear mandate from its people that would enable it to carry out the difficult decisions necessary to put the country on such a path. madam spea

the new senior nato civilian representative, the u.n. secretary general representative in afghanistan soon to be followed by a new eu representative, also. i have described our shared strategy as one as afghan ization. as they become stronger, we can hand over to them the responsibility of tackling terrorism and extremism and our forces can start to come home. it will take time, but i believe that the conditions set out in the plan we will sign up today will be back sooner than many expect and as a result, the process of handling district by district will start later this year. this will not signal an end to our support for afghanistan. i know none of this -- none of us wants to repeat the mistakes of the past. it will mark the beginning of a new phase in the decisive step toward what the afghans taking control their own security. last -- and britain announced an increase in british forces to 9500 plus special forces. annapolis to that is part to of the approach -- america takes the lead and all countries bearing a share of the burden. 3

the future of nato is dependent on two things -- whether the members of nato carry out their commitments was to have made them, that is critically important for the future. the second thing is whether or not they work together out of area from such as in afghanistan. it is essential they do. that they make those commitments. once they make commitments, they ought to keep them -- that is first. turning the afghan army should be our no. 1 mission, but since you asked the question that way i answer it honestly that way. >> in terms of the $14 billion he was asking about for the afghan security forces, do you see that as a one-time investment immediately? how much money? how much for the coming years? >> it will not dry up, that is for sure. it will require a long-term commitment to support afghan military. you will supply their requirement * $4,000 per soldier -- i don't know how much per policeman, but it is much smaller than our being there. it is worth doing concerning our security being dependent, taking responsibility of them fighting against the taliban. it is a worthy investment. i c

as we increase the number of troops that go into afghanistan, so did nato.t was much against the gramm of what many people thought would happen as recently as one year ago. from the nato commitments, they intend to commit a ratio of about two-one or 40,000 troops there now. they will go up as we have troops over the next year. in terms of our planning, we focus on this all lots. we are not starting from a clean sheet of paper. we have been focused on other potential areas for a long time. . that to give ample incentive it to cease developing nuclear arms. the assumption that you are clear in your mind that the iranians are engaged in developing nuclear arms? >> correct. i believe they are on a path, as strategic intent to develop nuclear weapons, and have been for some time. about striking iran, also has a destabilizing outcome. in both of those cases i worry about the unintended consequences. even for the one we can predict, i worry about the ones we. cannot we that part of the world could become much more unstable which is a dangerous global outcome, much

but isn't that what nato, for example is about? isn't that a group of nations claiming exclusive ity and enforcing the nornls which they believe? what was the u.n.'s rescue of bosnia if not nato elevating itself above other nations and groups of people to declare that genocide would not be carried on in the ball cans and nato acting without the quote, unquote, international community as expressed in the united nations security council? this whomage to internationalism and den gracious of internationalism and individual sovreignty but the commonality and special relations among the community of free nations has very practical impact on america's actions in the world. and that impact is already being felt by friend and foe, ally and adversary. if our ultimate aim is to earn a place as a good international citizen, we must abandon any signs of arrogance, any act of prideful self-assertion and begin to constrict and constrain our often irresponsible power and act as one among many. to do that, we must undertake two things. first, for g

the world bank and nato said we will force you to adopt a merit based hiring system. hamid karzai said we will do that. he had to have the afghans in general. some of the other senior leaders ended up skirting the system. we have test answers and sneak them to their friends. it was really not that effective. a more effective way requires more pressure on the host government to control who their commanders are. we do this in vietnam with the reconnaissance unit program. with the cia leaders in these military forces we were able to remove the influence of these forces. these were outstanding. these were collecting information to the people, extremely effective. the model we used most often, used persuasion of our allies particularly in the case of the book, this depends on the quality of personal relationships so the ambassador and senior military in the country tend to be very important in particularly, the social skills they have. do they have the right personality to engage that foreign leader, it suggests that we be wary of efforts to bring in people from out of the

the seriousness of purpose that exists within nato to ensure that this transition strategy informs the details of planning and military operation and i think you'll see that forced through and developed over the course of the next year and a half. >> thank you. my question to foreign secretary is that what -- international authority support, having local agreements ininside pakistan and taliban fighting with the pakistani forces and his excellency, the foreign minister, do you have any plans for the rehabilitation, living inside pakistan for the last 30 years and there could be a breeding ground. any plan for that? thanks. >> i think that the example of pakistan is very important in thinking through the implications of the strategy, military and political together. your experience in pakistan, if you only apur sue a political strategy or a military strategy, it won't work. you need both the military effort and the clear political effort that they will have a place to do so. we strongly support the initiative of the government of pakistan and the people of pakistan over the last year. i

when asked the same question about nato, 78% of afghans say that nato-isaf is doing a fair, good or excellent job. when asked the question, would you prefer to be ruled by the current government or the taliban, 82% of afghans say they would prefer to be ruled by the current government, and only 4% say they'd like to be ruled by the taliban, which is not surprising, because there's one prophylactic against enthusiasm for the taliban which is previous rule by the taliban. there's nothing dwight like being ruled for them to have a negative view of them and consistently by the way, 7% -- the taliban usually gets a 7% 5ble rating in polls that have been conducted back to 2005. who is the biggest threat to your expiewrt? 58% say the taliban. only 8% say the united states. what's your -- is the national government doing a good job? in 2009, 71% said yes. was it mostly good -- i think again, according to the bbc, was it mostly good or very good that the united states overthrew the taliban, this is last year. 69% say yes. the final and perhaps most astonishing figure, what's your view of the united st

-nato cooperation.will have invested interest in economic development long-term and solving these problems. the other thing i worry about is we are headed for in iran crisis that may change this equation radically. i wonder how much that has been taken into account in the deliberations on the afghan policy. what would be the implications of an israeli or larger military action against the run over the nuclear issue? thank you. @@@@b@@ >> the strategy the president outlined in march put that at the top of the agenda. we spent a lot of time talking about counterinsurgency. is the most expensive part. it is the part where body bags come calling. i believe there regional diplomatic card is more important to the long-term chances of stabilizing afghanistan and pakistan. if you look at the travels of richard holbrooke, you will see he has been on the case. he is going around and making the effort. how far he has succeeded, it is too early to tell. if you will recall, a year ago, the president spoke in a burde

as recently as last week taliban leaders accused nato forces of defiling the koran, a charge that led to major pr protests. and this monday the taliban demonstrated its lethalty when it launched an attack against the government in kabul. our commitment and our partners has given afganistan and its government a chance to succeed. while ultimate success is far from certain, everyone is impressed by the quality of those sent to afganistan. pakistan must do its part. the ultimate success of our mission in afganistan depends upon the continued efforts of the government of pakistan to fight extremist networks in the tribal areas. over the last year pakistan has waged aggressive campaigns in the swat valley and south wasterus stand and needing with the afganistan chief of staff and the prime minister we concluded that their national interest will be served in defeating the pakistani taliban. still action against the leadership of the afghan taliban harbor just across the border in neighboring pakistan isn't likely to occur until the pakistanis are convinced that the u.s. has the endurance to

, one of the things to look for in this year is whether the opponents of america's mission and the nato mission there whether they are able to knock down helicopters and six-wing aircraft. iran has the kind of missile which would allow them to do that. the thing to look for this year is whether they can knock down a large transport plane. the military is concerned about that. and working on it but something to look for. chris: is that what they were telling you over there? >> yes. chris: helene. >> i think this is the year that they're going to not going to gone on dialogue but move to sanctions. >> dick cheney is going to be raising tons of loot for republican candidates. chris: when we look back in 2009, in a few years will look typical. but will he exceed that in the future? we'll be right back. chris: welcome babbling. our big question this weekend -- back. our big question this weekend -- was his performance something that he can improve on? >> it's time for a bit of optimism, it's going get better. chris: dan rather? >> >> i wouldn't say abore ration. i think it will be better. >>

but isn't that what nato is about? claiming the exclusivity to themselves and intent on enforcing the norms in which they believe? what was the u.s. rescue of bosnia and costs about? if not nato elevating itself of other nations and groups of people to declare that genocide would not be countenanced in the balkans, and that nato would act unilaterally even without the assent of the "international community" and expressed -- as expressed in the united nations and its security council? this homage to internationalism and denigration not only of nationalism and individual sovereign almaty -- individual sovereignty, has a very practical impact on america's actions in the world. and that impact is already being felt by friend and foe, allies and adversaries. it our ultimate aim is to earn a place as a good international citizen, we must abandon any signs of arrogance coming any act of tribal self assertion, and began to constrict and constrain our often irresponsible power, and act as one among many. did did that, we must u

having served in nato, i think nato has shown much more cohesion and much more recognition that this security efforts, governance, and rule of law in afghanistan and also economic development. so as a result, we'll accelerate handing over responsibility for afghan security by july of 2011, some u.s. troops will begin to come home. this is probably the most discussed and perhaps most misunderstood part of the strategy, so i want to be clear with regard to what this means and what it doesn't mean. july 2011 is not a withdrawal date, it is the beginning of transition to -- of responsibility to afghan authorities and forces. as the president said, and i quote, just as we've done in iraq, we will execute this transition responsibly, taking into account conditions on the ground. we'll continue to advise and assist afghanistan security forces, to ensure that they can succeed over the long haul, unquote. nor does july 2011 have in any way encouraged our adversaries to buy time or wait us out. nothing in its history suggests the taliban will easily yield. as coalition forces move in, we expec

he says they are no longer under the control of the nato coalition. they are now operated internally by al qaeda and taliban. that is where the most radicalization process is going on in afghanistan today. i will submit to you -- you are in deep trouble. it will be a difficult issue. it is not a hopeless issue. afghanistan 2010 is not afghanistan 1980. one we fought against the soviets in afghanistan, we had the benefit that the entire afghan population was a myth that it to us. the taliban insurgency aspires to be that but is in fact a [unintelligible] it has very little support of the printing. [unintelligible] even a majority of posh tunes do not want to seek their return to the bell. smart policies can still reverse the momentum here. just a word about pakistan. pakistan is in the middle of an extraordinarily difficult transition from military dictatorship to democracy. we should support this transition enthusiastically. we should recognize this is pakistan's fourth attempt at doing so. you have to believe in the triumph of hope over expectations

afghanistan once to work with the united states and with nato. the one to take charge of all the parts of afghanistan. this process will be facilitated and completed during the coming months. this is at the top of our action plan. we will continue to deploy our state institution. we need to strengthen the leadership, management, and oversight capabilities of our civil service and democratic institutions. we should streamline and rationalize our roles and regulations. this is so they can work free of corruption. afghanistan requires the consolidation and coordination across village districts, municipalities, and areas. creating structures can bypass and the center or will have perverse implications. revising in strengthening our traditional institutions at a local levels can go a long way in improving people's lives. this will promote healthy communities. all levels been made to the policy. our approach is expanding the reach the central government to the other part of the country. we are looking forward to pre in their policies. -- three and a fa

when asked about the same with nato, they answered differently. when asked if you would prefer to be ruled by the current government or the taliban, 82% would prefer to be ruled by the current government. only 4% say they would prefer to be ruled by the taliban. that is not surprising. there is one prophylactic against enthusiasm for the taliban. that is the previous rule of the taliban. 7% -- the taliban usually gets a 7% favorable rating in polls that have been conducted back to 2005. 50 percent say -- 58% said the taliban is the biggest threat to security. into those nine, a 71% said the government is doing a good job. -- in 2009, 71% said the government is doing a good job. the bbc asked if it was good that the u.s. overthrew the taliban. 69% said yes last year. when asked about the view of the u.s. military last year by the bbc, 63% strongly support or somewhat support the u.s. military in afghanistan. i think those numbers are very important when we have this discussion. afghans want this to work. they are not opposed to international forces

but several were devoted to the threat of the two missiles that nato was about to deploy in europe. the pursing to frighten the about decapitation and discuss them in to the point of thinking how they could somehow turn the moscow abm system that have become interceptor to stop her shins coming from germany. by 1985, january when reagan's second eggnog early jesse at the enemy of that speech when he said that his vision of the strategic defense initiative would be to render the weapons obsolete, a global shield. this got their attention and moscow. and with ten days after reagan gave that speech, the kgb sent out an alert to all agents, everywhere, to report as much as they could find out about the american policy on the militarization of space. of course this triggered an avalanche of intelligence all of which came across katayev's desk. and he was surprised that the large amount of that was cut from newspaper clips. he also was surprised at the lack of critical analysis he said very much of it reflect to the fact that the agents in the field were unable to really estimate the seri

. >> warner: nato officials pinned the attacks on the network, an al qaeda linked taliban faction.it's also implicated in last month's suicide bombing inside a u.s. outpost that killed seven c.i.a. personnel. at a news conference later in kabul, the country's intelligence chief struck a defiant note. >> today's attack was in no way attacks on the enemy. they cannot claim for entering into a shopping mall and just blindly shooting at the civilians. that will further strengthen the will and determination of our people to know what they are. that will rally more support for the afghan security forces. >> warner: the assault not only marred the karzai cabinet swearing-in. it came just ten days before a major international conference on afghanistan in london. where karzai hoped to demonstrate greater competence in governing and security. instead the world saw that despite the ongoing surge of more u.s. forces, the taliban can still plan and execute attacks at will. retired colonel david lamb, the former chief of staff of coalition operations in afghanistan, said even though just a dozen

also today, nato officials announced two more soldiers-- one british, one norwegian-- have been killed in bombings in afghanistan. the u.s. military will speed up a review of more than 4,300 iraq and afghanistan veterans. they were discharged with post- traumatic stress disorder, or p.t.s.d., between 2002 and 2008. seven veterans have filed a class action lawsuit. they claim the military illegally denied benefits to those discharged with p.t.s.d. vice president biden's son will not run for his father's old u.s. senate seat in delaware. in an e-mail, beau biden told supporters he plans to seek reelection as state attorney general instead. that leaves republican congressman mike castle, a former two-term governor, without a democratic opponent. general motors made ed whitacre its permanent c.e.o. today. he had filled the job on an interim basis since december, when the automaker's board ousted fritz henderson. whitacre is also g.m.'s chairman, but he said today he had not expected to take on the job of permanent c.e.o. >> i certainly didn't come into this with that intention. but as so o

even though they are a fundamental part of nato strategy.d nato, because we kept defenses strong, because we deployed against the soviet union and convince them that they could never succeed in intimidating or threatening the west, that we are now witnessing these great changes. mr. speaker, times of great change our times of great uncertainty and even danger. we have to be prepared for any threat, however unexpected. we are winning the battle of ideas. we must make sure that subsequently we do not lose the peace. our nuclear deterrent and the collective security provided by nato remain the cornerstone of our defense. how we react to what is happening now will shape europe and the world for decades ahead. against a background of our sure defense, we can enlarge opportunities, enhance the quality of life, and improve well-being. it is the right one for the britain of the 1990's and i commend it to the house. [unintelligible] >> point of order, mr. speaker. >> you are watching live coverage of the house of commons. you just watch the speech by

the next 12 months will decide nato's 8-year campaign in afghanistan. will renewed commitment reveal success or failure. it will be hard to justify for what is an increasingly unpopular war. logistics system will be tested in reverse by withdrawing with extreme speed and care millions of pieces of equipment. next month, the administration will deliver to congress its quadrennial defense review and five-year budget one that will continue unprecedented growth. will congress go along in the face of mounting deficits. iran's nuclear program looms large. will it compel israel to use military force? in asia, china's rise to military prominence vexes the region as japan redefines its relationship with washington. and will the world's largest defense program the joint strike fighter stay on track for become the major effort to fall into a self-defeating effort of rising costs and slipping schedules. thanks for joining us in this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. can you watch this on defense news tv.com. or e-mail me at defense news tv.com. have a great

on which subject we welcome the appointment of a new nato civilian representative in afghanistan and it is the current british ambassador to afghanistan who we all hold in very high regard. is the government concerned that his work will be quote a big -- coordinated with the u.s. and work so that military gains will have to affect every construction? >> i thank you for your commendation of that distinguished diplomat that precisely to support that work, the conference is going to be held in london which will look at taking forward issues in relation to afghanistan. there are 70 countries attending including the secretary general of the un. >> looking ahead to that conference is a big issue. the last afghan conference in london in 2006 had several ambitious objectives most of which have never been met. most agree the conference should focus on realistic goals that can be delivered focusing on improve governance and reinvigorating former taliban members. will the government have regular reviews of the progress made including the conference proposed in a few months time. >> of course we

and nato naval forces, europe. and then chief of naval operations. along the way, he graduated from the advanced management program at harvard. harvard business school that is and earneee from the naval pt graduate's school. the lifetime of service was in self preparation for one of the toughest jobs of public life. i am not referring to being a guest on the daily show. [laughter] which the admiral was just last night. rather, serving at a time of war as principle military adviser to the president, the secretary of defense, the national security council and homeland security council. with reprivilege today have him here today. just a word about today's program, first, if i can ask everyone to turn your cell phones off. um, that would improve the program for everyone else. second, after the admiral's remarks, we will have time for a few questions which i will moderate. and then after his departure, we will ask all cameras and all participants to stay as we will then proceed to the second part of our program and analysis of what the admiral just said.

it would blow up everything else he was working on, the unification of germany within nato, strategicarms control and gorbachev did not want to bring it up because of the new about the defector. he also realized talk of a biological weapons program on his watch would cause them to ask questions about new thinking on glass noss so there was a little bit of a conspiracy of silence but the soviet nation worry terribly about how it they were asked questions and this continued to envelop gorbachev and bring in his top advisers including four in mr. schevenoski. we will propose to exchange experts. on may 14th, 1990, the american and british ambassadors make a formal day march to the kremlin to anatoly it was gorbachev's national security advisor brent into the foreign minister of laying out the whole story, what we think you are doing. it is quite specific indictment in secret and they also told the soviet leadership we would not make it public. we have all these seven things going on. that got their attention in the very next day he wrote a letter to gorbachev about biological weapons. is

and nato naval forces, europe. and then chief of naval operations.along the way, he graduated from the advanced management program at harvard. harvard business school that is and earned a masters degree from the naval post graduate's school. the lifetime of service was in self preparation for one of the toughest jobs of public life. i am not referring to being a guest on the daily show. [laughter] which the admiral was just last night. rather, serving at a time of war as principle military adviser to the president, the secretary of defense, the national security council and homeland security council. with reprivilege today have him here today. just a word about today's program, first, if i can ask everyone to turn your cell phones off. um, that would improve the program for everyone else. second, after the admiral's remarks, we will have time for a few questions which i will moderate. and then after his departure, we will ask all cameras and all participants to stay as we will then proceed to the second part of our program and analysis of what the ad

but isn't that what nato, for example, is about?'t that a group of nations claiming exclusivity to themselves and intent on enforcing the norms in which they believe? what was the u.n.'s rescue of the bosnia and kosovo if not nato elevating itself above other nations and groups of people to declare that genocide would not be categorized in the balkans and without the assent of the, quote-unquote, international community as expressed through the united nations or the security council. this homage to internationalism and denigration not only of nationalism and individual sovereignty but of the commonality and special relations among the community of free nations has very practical impact on america's actions in the world. and that impact is already being felt by friend and foe, ally and adversary. if our ultimate aim is to earn a place as a good international citizen, we must abandon any signs of arrogance, any act of prideful self-assertion. and begin to constrict and constrain our often irresponsible power and act as one among many.

and nato naval forces, europe, and then as chief of naval operation les. along the way, he graduated from the advanced management program at harvard business school and earned a master's degree from the naval postgraduate school. this lifetime of service was in self-preparation for one of the toughest jobs in public life. and i'm not referring to being a guest on the daley show. which the admiral was just last night. but rather, serving at a time of war as principal military adviser to the president, and the secretary of defense, the national security council and the homeland security council an we are privileged to have him here today. just a word about today's program. first, if i can ask everyone to turn your cell phones off. that would improve the program for everyone else. second, after the admiral's remarks, we will have time for a few questions, which i will moderate, and then after his departure, we will ask all cameras and all participants to stay as we'll then proceed to the second part of our program, an analysis of what the admiral just said, w

nato says the troops died in roadside bombings over the weekend. these are the first combat-related deaths so far this year. >>> passengers are boarding their flights at the newark, new jersey airport this morning after a security breach grounded planes and stranded travelers for hours. it happened just hours before new tsa regulations go into effect for passengers flying into the u.s. here's lucy yang. >> we saw security chasing after somebody. everybody was yelling. tsa people were yelling "10-9." >> reporter: jennifer had been cleared through security and was putting her shoes back on when pans inside terminal c were told to freeze. >> couldn't move, they said -- they didn't want us to reach into our bags, we basically stood there. >> reporter: newark airport went into lockdown after officials were informed a man had walked through a security exit into the secure side of terminal c around 5:30 p.m. unable to locate that man or determine if he had been cleared into the area, officials reacted with heightened precaution and shut down the whole ter

troops after the surge give or take plus the nato troops, enough to do what?enough to occupy kabul and keep the mayor and maybe enough to occupy two or three more provinces in afghanistan but not enough to occupy the country or run an effective counter insurgency. what happens when you have a small force you apply what the mall and sent to the area in one area then when you say we have pacification then you move on to the next area which generally happens the place you pacified before violence erupts because nobody is there minding the store. the solution the president has proposed is the same solution that president bush proposed in iraq in free-trade the afghans to take control of their own security during the bush administration if they stand up we will stand down that is exactly what president obama is proposing in afghanistan. and not have enough troops to run an effective counter insurgency and may are may not have enough to run a counter terrorism strategy but as to a reason why we should withdraw rather than stay, number two, no political leader in the

we have agreed to support nato's plan to work with the afghan government.our efforts will allow us to begin to transition our own troops out of afghanistan in july of the 2011. as i said this morning, i would underscore this afternoon, this is not an exit strategy. it is about assisting in partnering with the afghans. the kinds of reforms that president karzai and the afghan government have announced are important. we're going to watch them carefully and make clear our expectations that they be fulfilled. among them are their efforts to combat corruption, provide more public services to people, effectively manage international aid. we also had three constructive conversations last night at dinner and at breakfast this morning and during the conference about how the international community can support these reforms more effectively, including significant progress toward afghanistan benchmark for debt relief from the paris club and international financial institutions. i also believe very strongly, as is apparent in what i say about this issue, that women hav

continuing to expand the nato alliance to create more iou's for the u.s. for war is a mistake.hat i have supported truman's decision? absolutely. that said, no country has the right to exist. countries exist if they can get along with their neighbors, if they had a thriving economy, a system that is equitable. every country has a right to defend itself, including israel, but no country has the right to exist. right now mostly i am writing at antiwar.com. host: we are going to spend the next hour talking about was president joe biden. we are going to spend one hour with our guests talking about that. >> president obama and the first family are on the way to washington from hawaii. tomorrow, the president meets with his national security team following the attempted attack on christmas day. meanwhile, jim demint, who is blocking the choice of the president or the head of the tsa said that he is concerned about collective bargaining. he went on to say that what he wanted is a few hours of debate to fix the nation back on security and to get union politics out of the discussion. "t

they became more rapacious, uglier in all, and the people of afghanistan welcome us with nato forces when we returned in 2001. i believe that our failure since 2001 is less of being diverted then it is of being mired down in expense and complexity. in the very beginning, the game of let's you and him fight was played to our detriment. in the book of good the punishment of virtue" the author does a good job -- in the book "punishment of virtue" the author does a good job in showing how the appointment of canada arkandahar, the presidenf afghanistan had appointed to he believed to be the right man and had the paramilitary force behind him to take the job. u.s. special forces, on the other hand, got engaged in appointing a treble rival because we lost that game of let's you and him fight. all he had to do was point and call taliban to the other guy. our continued complexity and cost -- we need reform, or transformation, in pakistan in order to succeed. the soviets needed to transform afghan society in order to succeed. the taliban and our other enemies do not need to transform this soci

even though they are a fundamental part of nato's strategy. it is because we have nato, because we have kept defenses strong, because we deployed cruise and pershing against the soviet union, ss-20, because we convinced the soviet union it could never succeed in intimidating or threatening the west, that they are now witnessing these great changes. mr. speaker, times of great change or times of great uncertainty and even danger. we have to be prepared for any threat. however unexpected. as events demonstrate even more conclusively, we are winning the battle of ideas. we must make sure that subsequently we do not lose the peace. our nuclear deterrent, and collective security provided by nato remains the cornerstone of our defense. how we react to what is happening now will shape europe and the vital world for decades ahead. against the background of a strong defense, our programs set out in the gracious speech of enlarging opportunity, enhancing the quality of life and improving well-being is the right one for britain of the 1990s and i commend

spain is supposed to be a nato ally of ours, and the prime minister, socialist -- there is nothing toake america look bad. the worst thing about it is it takes the focus of the true evil, al qaeda and the terrorists. that gets me really angry. >> after the madrid train station bombing, these guys folded like a ball so would beach chair in a cat 5 -- balsa wood beach chair in a cat 5. bill: coming up, miller chats about the clintons in a musical tribute to helen thomas. . bill: and finally, as we wrap up this miller addition, take a look. >> i am so grateful to him for a lifetime of all kinds of experiences. bill: we are debating on the radio factor whether that was an intentional zing or was just an ad lib that happened kind of naturally? >> good for her. i love that kind of stuff. i have said in the past on the show that it hillary wants to zing, she has the right to. she has been cheated on more than a blind woman with a bunch of gypsies. sort of pillow talk in front of the nation, i find it in during. i have grown fonder of hillary clinton -- i find it endearing. you do not always

soldier not under nato command, there is another standard. this sort of preoccupation, if you will, that we see on full display here in the u.s., with the example of the christmas would be bomber being turned over not to the military for interrogation, but to criminal courts and told to he is entitled to a lawyer is a mentality that i think is a very dangerous in the war on terror. we see this preoccupation with prisoners' rights, both on the foreign battlefields and here at home, it seems to be consuming the administration in this war on terror. i think it is wrongheaded. i have said it repeatedly. guantanamo should not be closed. there is a reason why we passed the military commission legislation a few years ago. to not be allowed to properly interrogate and to detain without some of the concerns that you might have as an american citizen in the united states who was under arrest for robbing a convenience store or something strikes me as a pretty wrongheaded way to conduct a war. i am troubled by that and i hope that the administration wil

a canadian grower says he had a good crop of nato soybeans this year. he says they're very small and popular in japan. he yielded just under a ton an acre. he says the long term average has only been a half ton. in eastern north carolina a- grower was trying to finish up his soybean harvest before the holidays. he says it's been a real strug until that part of the state. the grower says these delays prohibit him from planting all his winter wheat. >>> when we come back, al sits down to talk markets with jim hemminger and bill beatermanment their discussion begins in just 2:00. please, stay with us. >>> roundup power max herbicide is now half the price of last season. no matter what you do... so, the joy is getting there. well on the days that we help someone move from the shelter to permanent housing... those are the best days. i reached inside the window and it started right up. it made us feel like if that truck could keep going, then we could all keep going. chevy . the most dependable, longest lasting full-sized pickups on the road. this is my truck

nato, which is the -- the alliance which makes up most of those 42 other countries, added another 7,000 troops in proportion to what they have there right now. there's a big international and diplomatic and political and developmental and economic plan that's associated with executing this strategy over the next couple of years. i really believe we can turn the insurgency around, it starts with security. another universal standard for me, i traveled in countries over many, many decades now throughout the world, parents want to raise their kids to a higher standard of living and they'd like to do it in a secure environment. the basis for all this, quite frankly is economics. and that is global economics, you know where we are right now, coming out of very, very difficult financial crisis, not just in our own country but globally as well. that impacted all of us, including those of us in the military. broadly, the first big priority when i took this job, the broader mideast, and almost 2 1/2 years later it continues to be at the top of the list. the second is, that we have deployed our fo

of the same weapons the united states provided for freedom fighters are used against american and nato forces by the taliban. then the ak-47 crossed the ocean, cementing its reputation as a rebel favorite, first in the hands of the guerilla fighters in central and south america, from there to africa where it proved as lethal in the hands of an untrained child. on that continent, aks bought for as little as $12. got the nickname the african credit card as in don't leave home without it. it's said to be in the official arsenal of more than 80 countries. the u.s. bought more than 180,000 of them when it rearmed the iraqi army. the ak-47 was so instrumental in mozambique that it is on their national flag. it's become a weapon of choice for terrorists, drug dealers and gangsters. some say these weapons are responsible for the deaths of one quarter of a million people every year. there are reportedly anywhere from 70 to 100 million ak-47 and variations of it floating around. so why is the company that makes these going broke? it's a story of globalization and technological change. massive de

he was also involved in the berlin blockade and creation of nato and then became very ill and after he recovered he was appointed as president of the american red cross of all things and was highly successful. he rebuilt the american red cross and experienced a lot of come experiencing a lot of damage and loss of reputation and managed to resuscitate them and the corrine and war broke out and became secretary of defense. truman brought them up and by this time he was a pretty old man so after one year in defense of his last public act of note was that he finally consented to truman's desire to remove douglas macarthur from the far east demand and marshall oversaw that and testified to the congress and to the left the case for mccarthy's removal and resigned for the third time >> one of the people who wrote a review said we are at a time society's aching for effective ethical leadership. would you hope will read this book and take from it? >> i hope all of our public readers read it of course i think every professor assumes everybody will read their book. my main target to read this boo

and as a young democracy wanted to join the european union and nato the question of the attitudes of the holocaust was a very, very important issue. in this regard we were very inspired and motivated by one of the biggest successes we have had over the years, the trial of a man who was the commandant of a camp that was the worst camp of its kind in the balkans nicknamed the auschwitz of the balkans. you might know and tell 1991 croatia had never been independent with the exception of the four years through 194-13-1945. estate called the independent state of croatia operated as a satellite state of nazi germany and run by the local fascist movement. the main goal was to eliminate all minorities of croatia. it was a country that have large minorities there also of jews and the goal was to get rid of these people. they set up concentration in camps all over croatia over which serbs, jews and also the anti-groups. approximately 90,000 civilians were murdered and by the most cruel tortures imaginable. they were famous for torture in the inmates, no gas chambers they were murdered by knive