on the issue of iraq, during the bush years there was a debate. one side of the point said, look, we can never win this war militarily, it's a several-pronged approach to include the military as well as the political issues. now, is this administration subscribing to that, and if so, how could this war be won militarily? >> well, without getting into whatever agreements or disagreements were had inside the previous administration, i'll leave that up to members of the previous administration which in some ways seem to be having those arguments still, the president has always said and said this for probably the past at least two-and-a-half years that there wasn't only a military solution to this problem, that unless or until there was a political solution to this that, obviously, thety mennishes of a political solution have to happen in order for this country to move forward. >> so once the political solution is settled, we could maybe claim victory in iraq? >> well, you know, i don't know what you call it. we're focused on a stable and secure iraq t

iraq? >> i do not know what you call it. we're focused on a stable and secure iraq that is governed by iraqis. we are concerned about getting the brave men and women who have served to or after two were -- tour after tour back on their families. and in accordance with the status of forces agreement that was negotiated and signed with the sovereign nation of iraq. >> when president bush took his nation to war, many people realize their be sacrificed. years later, the sacrifice is great. one reason was president was elected is because he said that he wanted to pull troops out of iraq. will there be something saying that we want to victory at some point? >> i am not going to get into that except to say that i think the president, on any number of occasions, was asked if the sacrifice of men and women in uniform, some of whom have paid the ultimate price, tens of thousands of whom have been injured, whether it was worth it. it of course it was. >> continuing on iraq, what degree does the president believe the surge played in creating an atmosphe

let's start with iraq my number one priority as commandant are the troops at the point of the sphere. we've been in iraq for quite some time. this last february we had a transfer of authority in iraq. we had a major general rick tryon take over. the three-star army commander was out from baghdad, he said he believe he is is witnessing the last turnover of marines in iraq. we agree with that. there will be a mid summer rotation we do several month rotations, i'll talk with you in a moment about that we think in spring of 2010, general tryon will close the door, turn out the lights and end marine corps presence in iraq. we think we're coming out under a victory pennant, that we've done what the country asked us to do, serve as a second land army, a long way from salt sea in iraq. but we're proud of what our folks working with the army, working with those great sailors who support us have done rotation after rotation in the country of iraq. you know, as was indicated in the introduction we didn't find weapons of mass destruction. but i would offer to you that we did do something that we,

. >> on iraq with the withdrawal of u.s. troops, a report on the ground in moses is that the military is keeping posts inside the city due to recent tensions between the kurds and the arab communities in iraq's second- largest city. the agreement is to pull back from all major cities within iraq. is that how -- are there exceptions to that as far as you know? >> as far as i know, the agreement is very clear. june 30, the u.s. forces pullout of urban areas. we are very committed to fulfilling the terms of that agreement. regarding this specific instance, i am not aware, but we want to do what is right by iraq. i will have to look into this specific instance. it may be a question for the pentagon and not for us. thank you. one more? >> the report on a sound -- the report on -- >> i have seen press reports but i do not have any confirmation. thanks. >> convicted swindler bernard madoff was a sentenced to 150 years in prison today for engineering and multi-billion dollars fraud scheme. it was called "unprecedented and staggering.

on iraq, there are a lot of bombings at the deaths, does that give you any second thoughts on the deadline to pull the combat troops? >> on the iranian issue, i think we're still waiting to see how the situation in iran plays out. and i continue to be deeply disturbed by reports of violence that are taking place there. i continue to call on the iranian government to deal with people who were peacefully protesting, wanting their voices to be heard. there is no doubt that any direct dialogue or diplomacy with iran is going to be affected by the events of the last several weeks. we do not yet noknow how any potential dialogue will have been affected until we see what has happened inside iran. i will tell you, and this is the point and was making earlier in response to jeff's question, we have a continuing set of national security interests that are going to have to be dealt with because the clock is ticking. iran is developing a nuclear capacity at a fairly rapid clip. they have been doing so for quite some time. iran pose a possession of nuclear weapons would trigger an arms race in the midd

and that he has to show some morning on iraq. he can go to the electorate again here having been to iraq, giving with what happened with the intelligence, without showing some learning. and i did the research. i show the route forward. i also gave him notes prior to him giving the joint session address in washington. but he ignored it all. he said he couldn't go there. he said his view was that it was britain's interest to be aligned in this way. and he wasn't going to go there. eventually i think he paid a big price in the election. he won, but only 36% of the vote at a historically low turnout but that's what he believed. >> host: and that's why we love him, and sometimes you just, as you were saying earlier in a different context about barack obama giving things space to play sells out. now people don't look as desirably on the outcome of iraq when it now appears to be successful. again, tiptoe back from doing that. let's talk about, when we talk about barack i don't necessarily mean politically and i am not being political in

on iraq and the other on afghanistan, writing about the withdrawal in iraq. the top u.s. commander said on sunday that the u.s. faces, the forces are already out of the cities in iraq. it is time for them to take up responsibility inside the cities, odierno said yesterday on fox. an unspecified number of troops are staying in cities to advise and trained the iraqi forces. the u.s. troop levels are not set to decline significantly until a gradual drawdown begins this fall as part of the security agreement calling for all u.s. combat forces to be out of iraq by august 31, 2010. all will be gone by 2011. on afghanistan the column here on the other were challenges in "usa today" -- it's as this is a critical phase of the summer underdo commander. it's important to start to turn the tide in the next 12 to 18 months. it says not giving the tell betn the freedom of movement they have for the past three years. it says that the taliban has gotten more violent. more from a caller comparing the bush administration with the obama administration with regards to deta

iraq policy? >> guest: unable to focus on national power on the problem. often in the media in particular, people who talk about iraq's they just more troops. my view from 2004 on, it is not just troops. we talk about other experiments of power, economic instrument of power, when paul bremer was given the job of standing up his staff as the coalition provisional authority, 100%, u.s. civilians, coalitions civilians, it was never meant 100%. in afghanistan, my last trip was in 2005, somewhere around 50%. through the country team leader, greater than 50%, for ambassador bremer, his provincial authority to the levels we need. this would all be debated, we bring it up and it goes back to the other departments and agencies of the government, do they have the manpower to do what we asked them to do and the answer is still no. >> host: this is like on the democrat line. >> caller: good morning. let me state, this is not greta, this is susan. this is your favorite pacifist anarchist. let me state first and foremost, if i may, in relation to the last topic, so far a

at the request of the iraqi government is on number of naval personnel will remain in iraq for long-term training of a iraqi army. royal naval ships will continue to protect the oil platform on which iraq's exports depend and will continue to offer cheney to the iraqi army as part of a wider nato mission and offer training opportunities elsewhere in the u.k. for an iraqi officers of high potential. but at the core of our new relationship will be the diplomatic trading and cultural links a building with the iraqi people supporting british and other foreign investors to play a role in the reconstruction of seven iraq. i have discussed with prime minister out i plan for british companies to provide as produce to the new oil ministry, earlier mesopotamia, but signed a joint venture with 400 million and shell working with the southern oil company to bring to market the 700 million cubic feet of gas lost by flaring and companies competing for further contracts and rolls-royce and partisans' currently discussing with their iraqi minister of electricity proposals for new power generation infrast

speaker, as one who supported the iraq war i did so on human rights grounds. i saw no secret materials, have no private meetings, but i have a 30 year involvement with the iraqi opposition. i personally would want assurances from the inquiry as to why prior to the war this country failed to indict leading members of the iraqi regime when we have the legal evidence to enable us to do so? >> i am grateful for the work my honorable friend has done in iraq with the kurdish population. she is regarded very highly by all those when i go. >> particularly for the wishes protected the interests of the kurdish population in the country who otherwise under sadaam hussein were facing very difficult times and she is party to a binding that group together with the rest of the country to make for a stronger future. obviously the inquiry will look at events from 2001 onwards but, of course, of the inquiry bills necessary to look at behind that and before that they will do so. in. >> mr. speaker, as someone who supported the war and i have to say when still continues to believ

their brain injuries, helps them with their child care, and singly starts us on the path of bringing our troops home from iraq -- something that president obama promised to do and changes our focus in afghanistan which has really been very scattered and focuses us on routing out the taliban who really make it possible for al qaeda to thrive. so this bill protects the american people. now, i've been very clear. i've said i want to see this afghanistan policy work. i said i'm going to give it this year for that to happen. and i hope it does happen. because we were attacked by al qaeda. we were attacked by osama bin laden. we were attacked because al qaeda had sanctuary in afghanistan, and instead of going into afghanistan the way we should have, we shortchanged that mission that i voted to go into and turned around and went into iraq and we had president obama with his constant focus on iraq lead us to a very dark period, very dark period in our history, where we lost thousands of our soldiers, thousands more are wounded, and you all know the story of the torture and all the rest that accompanied this and led u

and we thought it would be a good time to have him update you on the current situation in iraq. and i'm always delighted to welcome criss because he is one of the state department's finest red sox fans. >> thanks a lot. it's a pleasure to be here and not talking about north korea. that was a preemptive strike. but. no, i'm back for a few days of consultations and some personal travel and will be getting back to baghdad next week. obviously, it's an important month because we're getting to one of the major milestones of the security agreement, that is the outh of the city milestone with our combat forces will be out of the remaining urban areas and in iraq. it's an important moment because, as we go forward with the security agreement, we will also be moving ahead on the strategic framework agreement. and this is an agreement which will really govern our relationship for, we hope, decades to come. it will involve our educational exchanges, economic relations, various political exchanges, things that we work on internationally. so we want to make this strategic framework agreement

and also, one of the most remarkable things is the 3,000 pages of chat room i collected from iraq with each other. the book was born after the project. i end up with so many wonderful stories and also so much material and i wanted the project to live in other people's mind. i don't just want it to be varied right away after it is dawn. so, i -- we started writing, and the right to the joint me on the book and we face a challenge how to eliminate this, we had so much material, how to eliminate and luckily within a short amount of time we were able to finish the book but what came out of the book or what happened at the end of the process of writing i wasn't expecting at all because i wanted the book to be focused on the project but might collaborate and publisher said there was another story that needs to be told. what brought a person or inspired a person to put himself in front of a gone for 30 days now leaving the space at all and being shot and abused by other people and so we end up with a parallel structure between my story born in iraq and come in to the united states and what ha

on that issue? there has been an upsurge of violence in iraq. will that have an effect on the deadline to withdraw the combat troops? >> on the iranian issue, which are still waiting to see how the situation plays out there. i continue to be deeply disturbed by the reports of violence taking place there. i continue to call on the iranian government to deal with people who were peacefully protesting and wanting their voices to be heard in a way that respects international principles. there is no doubt that any direct dialogue or diplomacy with iran is going to be affected by the results of the last several weeks. we do not yet know how many potential dialogue will have been affected until we see what has happened inside iran. this is the point i was making earlier in response to the other question. we have a continuing set of national security interests that are going to have to be dealt with. the clock is ticking. iran is developing nuclear capacity at a fairly rapid clip. they have been doing so for quite some time. iran's possession of nuclear

iraq. there is a lot going on. i wanted to come down and talk about some of what we are doing, and i would be happy to take your questions. >> do you believe -- you use the words detention and expulsion. do you believe a mihm tear dupe de coupe dettat has occurred? >> we think this has evolved into a coupe. the president as you know has been expelled. another person has been statuted for the president, but we think that this is a fast-moving situation that requires con sfant attention chrks we are providing to it along with our bilateral partners and through the oas as our multilateral vehicle. we are encouraging there be a delegation going to honduras following the extraordinary general assembly tomorrow to begin working with the parties to try to restore constitutional order. so we are who he woulding any formal legal determination, but i think the reality is that having expelled the president -- we have a lot of work to do to try to help the people get back on the democratic path they have been on a number of ye

caller: commenting on your story about the iraq war. i think it is very important for us to re-define those missions now. there is no other country on the other side fighting. the importance would be to first develop a clear drawback on the troops and get support of the international help. that has been lacking. my great things to all the servicemen and condolences to the lost lives and others. host: we will talk tomorrow more on the show about that june 30 deadline with u.s. troops out of the iraqi cities. here's the front page of the denver paper. some legislators decided to forgo the payments during the fiscal woes, but others cite the cost of being in number. next up ,leah, on the in the pan and line. caller: i would like to follow up on a comment made. -- on the independent line. caller: one provision in that states that if you lose your job because of that loss they will provide you with three years of unemployment benefits. the only reason the put that into the legislation is that they recognize the huge numbers of people who will

iraq war. he has just turned to speak. live coverage here on c-span. >> their sacrifice reminds us of the dangers armed forces confront every day and why we must continue to give them our support. mr. speaker, our troops first went into iraq in march of 2003, and now that are coming home. in total, 120,000 men and women served in iraq and the last six years. it is fitting i should now come to the house to talk of their achievements during difficult times, to chart a new relationship with a building with iraq and to set up plans for an inquiry into the conflict. as always, mr. speaker, we can be supremely proud of the with the armed forces carried out their mission. their valor in the heat of combat recognized in many citations and awards -- and the most of the code imaginable conditions and ever-present risk of attack. today we continue to mourn and remember the 179 men and women who gave their lives in iraq and the service of our country. in my statement to the house last december i set out the remaining tasks in southern iraq for our mission.

iraq. there are points of high-profile attacks. it has inflicted high casualties on the civilian population, so we have more hard work to do to make it much more difficult and protect the people of iraq. >> [inaudible] >> on the most recent violence, forgive me if you were misquoted, but their reports saying that you attributed some of the most recent violence in iraq to iran in influence. if that is the case, what specific evidence is there that iran had a hand in the most recent violence? >> what i said was that the event in taza was aqi. there has been an increase in indirect fire and projectiles in baghdad over the last few weeks, which are two signature elements of groups that have been trained in iran and have been given money to perform these attacks from iran. that was the basis of my comment. what i said is there are some indications that one attack may have been an accident where some surrogate insurgent groups were trying to move ammunition around inside of solder city -- inside of sadr city. >> secretary gates has made clear that it is the war in afghanis

iraq. we don't see that happening in special operations forces at all. as we have come to depend on special funding means to keep this equipment going, in the operational environment we have to find a way to work that in the baseline budget. >> on that point, as we draw down the conventional forces, there are challenges to stay in the same numbers and continue to get the support you need from the conventional forces in field. how is that playing out? >> i think it's playing out well. recently we have had service lead talks and the chief staff the army, we are in complete accord of what the challenges are and seeking to resolve those. there is a broad understanding whether a small force in an area or large force, you need someone to control the air space and provide the medical support and all the rest it takes to look after the force that is forward. so we are helping them help us, doing the detailed analysis of what it is that will have to be left behind, if you will, by the forces to sustain the activity that stays behind. i think we are on a good track of that with the services.

iraq's journey. the ambassador provided updates on the political, security, and economic situation in iraq, and we describe -- discussed in number of challenges that we are facing. as you remember, this withdrawal is occurring under the so-called so far agreement, the status and forces agreement -- so-called sofa agreement. there is another document that we will now be turning our attention to with even greater concern. that is the strategic framework agreement. which sets forth the way forward for the relationship between the united states and iraq. so there is a lot going on, and i wanted to come down and talk about some of what we are doing, and i would be happy to take some of your questions. >> do you believe -- you used the words detention and expulsion -- do you believe that a military coup d'etat has taken place in honduras, or are you studying a legal determination that a coup d'etat has taken place, and i would therefore trigger the appropriations aid cut off that is required under u.s. law? >> we do think that this has evolved into a coup. the president, as you know, has been expelled. another p

on the president to provide our u.s. military commanders with the military forces they require in order to succeed. in iraq, the committee ensures that congress will support the president's plan to redeploy combat forces while providing our commanders on the ground the flexibility to hold hard fought security gains and ensure the safety of our forces. mr. chairman, we owe our soldiers, sailors airmen and marines the best available equipment, training and support in order to provide them with the best possible tools to undertake their missions and return safely. the provisions that are already in this bill go a considerable way in demonstrating this support, but we can and should improve it. congress and particularly the armed services committees in both chambers have the obligation to ensure that the department of defense develops and deploys defensive capabilities that protect the american people, are forward deployed forces and our allies. this includes promising programs in the areas of missile defense. in a year where iran and north korea have demonstrated the capability and intent to pursue long range

finally on iraq, tomorrow, june 30, marks the end of u.s. troop presence in iraqi cities and localities. this is a significant milestone in the responsible withdrawal of our forces from iraq and in iraq's journey to become a stable, sovereign, self-reliant state. this morning i held a secure video conference with ambassador hill and some of his senior team in baghdad. he provided up to the minute dates on the political and economic situation in iraq, and we discussed a number of the challenges and opportunities that we are facing. as you remember, this withdrawal is occurring under the so-called sofa agreement, the status of forces agreement, and it is occurring in concert with the iraqis. there is another document that we will now be turning our attention to with even greater concern. that is the strategic framework agreement, which sets forth the way forward for the relationship between the united states and iraq. so there is a lot going on, and i wanted to come down and talk about some of what we are doing, and i would be happy to take so

on the basis of peacekeeping missions. what really is the overall goal of withdrawing troops from iraq? and putting into place a very unstable government? a non-democratic government? we put into place on the fact that we're trying to put in a minority regime. host: steve a sense in this tweet. -- sends this tweet. here's another headline, this one from miami. it concerns the coup in honduras. and "this date" newspaper has politics on its pages with governor sanford said he will serve as best he can and of lt. bower is saying let's move forward. if the governor resigns -- but yesterday the governor says he has no intention of resigning. this late website has some of -- the slate website has some of the-mails from gov. sanford and maria in argentina, his mistress. caller: good morning, i did not think we're going into iraq to win anything. i do not think relieving because it is a democracy or a place where people will no longer be a press. i think the obama administration realized it was pretty much a lost cause. we just wanted to conquer it and make it of an extended part of the american

anything else on iraq? yep. >> no. not. >> nancy? >> well the violence is at record lows and the united states is handing over the security situation to the iraqi forces and going into in advise and assist role why is there such a hesitance to declare this a victory? >> i'm sure, nancy you or your colleagues wrote about the attacks that took place south of kirkuk on saturday. i mean, that was an absolutely horrific attack in which dozens of people were killed. obviously there was still a threat that remains and it requires our vigilance to make sure it doesn't ma that is that size again into an exstentional threat to the got to the. we think we have beaten back al qaeda to the point where they are now conducting attacks that are basically propaganda campaigns in an attempt to make it look like they are driving us out of iraqi cities when nsket -- in fact the truth of the matter is the work of our brave men and women in uniform created such an environment that we can leave iraqi cities and the iraqis are capable of taking over that bu

those partners in the current fight as it exists in afghanistan, and if you could update as well on iraq as we transition out. >> yes, sir. from your visits to the nato soft coordination center, you understand how this team is coming together and there is bonding that is occurring across the special operations forces of nato at the headquarters environment. i think it's inspired, certainly stimulated the activities of some special operations forces being provided to the isaf effort in afghanistan. so i'm not the expert on how individual nations special operations forces are performing, what their activities are in afghanistan. that's outside my realm of responsibility. i'm not sure my monitorship is strong enough to give a coherent and accurate answer on that at this point. i will say that in my discussions with nato's soft leaders, there is a sense of community that is forming within the special -- across the nation's special operations communities. i would term it loosely, perhaps operations forces, special operations flag is something around which nato forces can rally. it's a relativ

administration, just the last administration and their attitude towards torture and the horrible scenes on iraq and pay contractors gunning down civilians. there are refrains that one can find to emile henry. somebody figure out, i think it was a very political science at ucla, or somebody in a book that he did that for every one person killed by terrorists. emile henry was a really bad guy. he was a terrorist. but 270 were killed by states. it was easy to understand emile henry's hatred. we can think of these people, you could do, dynamite became such an obsession you could do the dynamite pocock literally. you could sing about getting it to the bourgeois. but a lot of that was frivolous, but there was some real hard core attackers or terrorists in that group. but what my friend marty miller at duke once called between the state and tears, they need each other and states need terrace in order to accomplish its horrific crimes against humanity. and that is another of the lessons of the story of emile henry and his brief .1 and a half years on earth. it was fun to follow him around and repeat wh

yesterday, senator feinstein said that she or indicated she wasn't satisfied with the intelligence on iraq. -- is the president learning things? >> i don't want to comment on the intelligence process or the specific intelligence the president is getting. >> is he satisfied with what he's getting? >> let me follow up on the friday question i asked you if he was consulting with anybody outside the government. >> i will check on that again today. i meant to do that fried. i apologize. >> back to iran. what is the best -- back to what, sorry? >> iran. >> i didn't hear you. >> what is the best case scenario after watching the activities this week for levels of engagement you had hoped for prior to the election? what's the best case scenario? >> in terms of whether they happen, the outcome? >> keep the levels of engagement the way you had anticipated prior to -- >> look, there are events happening on the ground right now that are the focus of the administration's effort. but again our long-term -- long-term interests and our long-term goals haven't changed. whether or not the iranians will accep

on a thismap? guest: it is in the south of iraq. it used to be calm -- it was the triangle of death, now increasingly called the triangle of love. violences down, four down from what it was. it is still for american advisers to help the security forces develop and continue to build the fragile stability still growing there. host: new castle, delaware, good morning. caller: good morning, i guess part of the reason to go there it was to pick up the monolithic of the modern arab, muslim nation, or something like that and create independent entities over there that could be dealt with better and are better able to create democratic governments in the region. do you think the new administration will continue the goal? as opposed to promoting the modern arab man who goes beyond international boundaries? do you think this has given the people who drive for democracy there hope that someday their country might be part of the franchise of freedom? guest: it is a great question. i do not think the stated causes for the invasion of iraq in mar

this one about the iraq war. mr. koh published a commentary in the hartford current on october 20, 2002, entitled "a better way to deal with iraq." here's just an excerpt from that article -- and i quote -- "i believe that terrorism poses a grave threat to international peace and security. i lost friends on september 11 and have shared in the grief of their families. i believe that saddam hussein saddam hussein is an aoefpl and dangerous man who daily abuses his own people and who wishes no good for our country or the world. i fear his weapons of mass destruction and believe they should be eliminated. yet, i believe just as strongly that it would be a mistake for our country to attack iraq without explicit united nations authorization. i believe such an attack would violate international law." we need to think for a minute and digest what this means. even though mr. koh believed that attacking iraq would be in the best interest of america and the world, he believed that we should wait on explicit directions from the u

this morning, a pentagon briefing on iraq with a juror not -- general odierno. later on in the day, in the that the elections in iran. live coverage from the woodrow wilson international center begins at 12:30 p.m. eastern. . and later in the program, a reporter from slade magazine on the end

i go on to jobs in iraq just from looking on to the job site ec substandard materials. i try to talk to the workers there. i had an iraqi interpreter with me and it turns out they are all from india. now, 60% unemployment in iraq, you know, why the heck are we bringing in foreign workers? god bless the folks from india but you watch people from iraq to work and it just seems there's no requirement in the contract that would help the overall cost of putting people to work and stabilizing the country but for some of your own attendance and observations on the ground what do you think needs to be done first and fastest? >> i think the first thing we need to do is encourage the department of defense to make this one of their highest priorities. we have spent and contract in $103 billion. in afghanistan, 20 billion. in kuwait, 18 billion, and in the other countries supporting iraq and afghanistan, 12.7 billion. $154 billion. and we know is we don't have enough contract office representatives. we don't have enough quality assurance representatives, we don't have enough log --

coming up, robert gates on iraq's nuclear program. and president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. later, a look at the conduct of the justice department during the george w. bush administration. tomorrow on washington journal, a look at what the unrest and iran means for the future of the government with the jack and goldstone of george mason university. then a discussion on the end -- economy and world markets. later, director and producer talks about a film, shouting fire, stories from the edge of free speech. that is live at 7:00 a.m. here on c-span. how c-span funded? >> it is publicly funded. >> donations may be? >> it gives its funding through the taxes? >> i don't know. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative, no public mandate, no public money. >> defense secretary robert gates as he addressed a conference of senior defense officials from the persian gulf countries. he spoke about it around nuclear weapons program and the situation in iraq and afghan

. >> a bipartisan commission on wartime contract in said that operations in iraq and afghanistan created opportunities for waste and fraud and abuse. topics on washington journal include the automobile industry, oil drilling, and republican oil lot -- oil registration. -- legislation. and the house will open at 10:00 eastern, and will work on pakistan legislation. live house coverage on c-span. >> later this morning, the ceo of bank of america will testify at a hearing looking into the acquisition of merrill lynch. this included $20 billion of federal aid. watch the coverage on c-span 3, and later we will bring you a house senate conference meeting as the members work out their differences on the supplemental spending bill for iraq and afghanistan. this is at 3:00 eastern time. >> a new report says that the u.s. military contracts in system in iran and afghanistan is still susceptible to waste and fraud. the commission on contrasting appeared before the subcommittee, this is one hour 45 minutes. >> the quorum being present the subcommittee on national security on wartime contract income

and according, public grilling for brown and clear on iraq. esident obama condemns iran's and just crack down. "the houston chronicle" -- heat sparse concern over public safety. call us this morning with your opinion on a public auction for the health care plan. it did on a public option for health care. next on the independent line is darren from georgia. caller: thank you for c-span. i am against a public auction for medical coverage. i must make two comments about that. one, i would like to retort to obama's response about the government screws and all private insurers. his answer while it seems to have some logic basically ignored one key factor. the government does not have to be efficient. they can do what it wants to do by passing a law. by gun. they can force themselves into a situation -- by gunpoint the can do with it what to do in force everyone else out. it is no secret that democrats want a public plan and have been moving towards that. anyone who believes this is not a movement toward a single-payer plan is deluding themselves. di

one team or deny iraq and the other two and afghanistan. they conducted more than 125 meetings, usaid, the military contractors working on a range of projects. the commission continues to develop a test for research and investigation to extend and deepen its knowledge and to cope with new change in issues. our plans include many more trips to theaters of operation, additional hearings and by the government agencies, non-governmental organizations, academics and member of the contrasting community and continued liaison with congress. ghaffari conclude we would like to see a few words about the commison staff. firstly, all of the commission staff are federal employees. some more detail from agencies and services including the army, the air force department of state and defense, u.s. agency for international development, the defense contract management, the defense contract audit agency and the u.s. army corps of engineers. some have served one or more tours and duty in theater including working for the special inspector general for iraq, recon

and an upcoming house inquiry on the iraq war. then a look at highlights from the newly elected house ceremony . then a documentary on free speech. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," a political round table with faiz shakeer and kyle trykstad. then peter brookes of the heritage foundation. a little later, a role the census plays in redrawing districts with gerald herbert. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations maybe? i have no idea. >> government? >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> federal funding? >> sort of a public funding thing. >> maybe. i don't know. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative. no government mandate. no government money. >> the prime minister has been caught absolutely red-handed. he made a statement to the house about capital expenditure growing every year, and the fact is it is being cut. if he believed in transparency a

with a new company i plan to purchase some of the eligible inventory, were you aware that is going on? iraq that is in our testimony, part of the speech with consistent communication. number of dealers ast they but like to be have their voice known as well. >> let me ask you about the 1.that dealers have known, this has come up during the testimony today that chrysler wanted to consolidate dealership's more than 10 years, if that is the case then why didn't that happen in the numbers we have seen until this bankruptcy rose? >> has been happening, at great question. i can understand what you ask that the consolidation has been the ongoing process. a year and a half ago we had meetings dealers were identified they knew which it would go forward and which locations and we give them a tool box of real-estate, tax planning to facilitate those discussions and transactions and some of them did. >> you have to agree the volume of close to dealerships over that 10 year period it pales in comparison to the announcement that grew out of the bankruptcy. isn't that true cracks remain because the bankrup

last eight years other members who have said absolutely nothing have not been involved in any fault on iraq is far better to have a non-partisan and impartial group looking at the issues. >> can i welcome the inquiry and say i am surprised the two leaders of the opposition party who are insisting that their own political placement should be put on this inquiry. now is the time when parliament is not held at hyoscine to have an independent inquiry -- the. foreign policy tied to this government and will this be to extend the inquiry to take evidence from people in iraq, those who suffered under saddam hussein dictatorship and those who are dream from it and then accept an onslaught from g hy-vee islamic extremists from iranians and syria against which our troops held resist. there are responsible for the death of people and iraq and we should not let the law go out that there evil is in any way attributable to decisions of this and the other democratic barons of the world. >> i am grateful to my right honorable friend and the interest he has taken in the issues over many years paragon have to

west died with four other soldiers on may 28, 2007, in iraq. this happened when an improvised explosive device struck the vehicle. kyle graduated from huddle high school in williamson county, texas, and he went on to achieve the rank of sergeant in the texas national guard while serving as a cadet in the rotc program at steven f. austin university and serving as secretary of the delta. he graduated and took his oath in the united states army as the second lieutenant on december -- in december of 2005. in january of 2006, lieutenant west went to oklahoma for officers training and then in june, 2006, was assigned to forthood, texas, where he was a field artillery officer for the first cavalry division, 3rd brigade, 6th squadron. kyle deployed to iraq on october 4, 2006, and was promoted to first lieutenant the morning before his death on memorial day, may 28, 2007. on a volunteer rescue mission to save a downed helicopter pilot -- helicopter pilot, yeah, his bradley was hit by an i.e.d. in route -- enroute to save these pilots. kyle was due home f

and an upcoming inquiry on the iraq war. he also answers questions on government spending and u.k. jobs. following that we will show you the ceremony to welcome the new speaker, the john burko the presided over his first question time. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> and knelt federal reserve chairman ben bernanke discusses last year's bank of america merger with merrill lynch, a deal that included billions in taxpayer dollars and over $100 billion in government guarantees. this lets about three hours, 16 minutes. -- it lasts about three hours, 16 minutes. >> the meeting will come to order. order. today we are continuing our investigation of the bank of america acquisition with merrill lynch. this was a most unusual transaction. on september 15th, 2008 bank of america announced that it was purchasing merrill lynch, creating one of the nation's largest financial institutions. at the time, it was a merger negotiated between two private parties. design for the exclusive benefits of private shareholders and paid for exclusively

we have seen more on them and we have seen iraq or afghanistan in eight years. y is the media so interested in one country when these other countries have our men in women dying in them. this one woman cried about someone being killed in iran last week. the numbers for of iraqis and afghanistan these two are being killed are not reported -- afghanistanis being killed are not reported. do the viewers have any idea on the drum beats of other countries? places that are not run politically? host: iran, as a neighbor of iraq, is this not part of the equation? the future of israel, does this stuff all tied together? caller: you are right, but there are americans that need to be able to see not only what is going on in iran, but also israel, now that you bring it out. -- bring it up. afghanistan, the taliban, it is not that this stuff does not go on, i am just wondering why the media chooses to focus only on iran when these other areas do in fact have significance. not only our blood, but our money is spent there. host: you can go to twitter.com/c-spanwj and send us you