remaining in the draw but she failed to take advantage of its six one six one place to play there panettaon friday. i. football now and then it says he is ready to deal with the pressure at the center been a bow the portuguese defender joined real madrid on thursday following his move from chelsea and the thirty two year old says he's up for the challenge at his new club. i've heard some criticism concerning rio's results last season but we have to leave was there no matter what we have to know how to deal with criticism if we're doing bad then we have to accept it and if we're doing fine it is also important for the players to see that their work is appreciated. so says it has full confidence in ukraine ahead of euro twenty twelve general secretary john infante now wrapped up a trip to check on ukraine for host cities for the tournament the global economic downturn coupled with the harsh winter slowed early construction work particularly in the western city revolve the country now pays to have things back on track one of the main tasks for ukraine now is to make sure caves a new stadium

them it's practically impossible as soon as the communist rule was over and free market and enter panetta she became a new reality right away a pharmacy poppy everywhere if we cut down the poppy their families would die so there's nothing we can do for them is the situation similar in afghanistan. you know there are many many. illegal drug trade on the one hand and the medical use of drugs on the other but at the. but she's there are two aspects of the same things that only mean that it's necessary to reduce the amount of publicity drugs on the market and at the same time the demand for drugs should also museum initiatives among the population so these approaches have more recorded in three so called anti-drug conventions to doctored by the us if they do that as a way one of the priorities in this struggle is already question of crops which can be used for production but. as a matter of fact this political priority was set at the un general assembly session in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight somebody said and it was confirmed in two thousand and nine that should do so when the gene

remaining in the draw which failed to take advantage of it six one six one place to play fly there panetta on friday. football now endemic of allah says he is ready to deal with the pressure at the center given a bow the portuguese defender joined real madrid on thursday following his move from chelsea and the thirty two year old says he is up for the challenge at his new club. i've heard some criticism concerning rio's results last season but you have to leave was there no matter what we have to know how to deal with criticism if we're doing bad then we have to accept it and if we're doing fine it is also important for the players to see that their work is appreciated. you know our thief is examining the join belgian and dutch a bit to host the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cups the five member delegation visited the countries to meet belgian and dutch sports and government officials in brussels and amsterdam the decision for both the twenty eighteen twenty twenty two world cups will be made on the second of december and the euro two thousand faces rather a from russia the un

director, leon panetta, as you know, harry, estimates there's only 50 to 100 al qaeda people left in the country. so the scale of what we're doing is way too much. also, i don't really think it's going to work. to try to do a nation-building or state-building effort in a place like afghanistan, which has no tradition of a strong central government, which is divided along sorts of ethnic and tribal and geographic lines. also you have a sanctuary in neighboring pakistan. i simply don't think the sort of strategy we're doing can succeed. instead, i would scale back. not to withdraw, but i do think the united states ought to scale back dramatically to do something much more along the lines of counterterrorism, more akin to the sort of limited actions we're doing in places like somalia and yemen, where we use drones and we use cruise missiles. we use covert operatives and special forces to go after the terrorists, but we do not try to remake a society. >> smith: because we look at what's happened with al qaeda. as the admiral just said, a lot of it has moved to pakistan. some of it has mo

leon panetta is the director and should have a free land to be so. host: eric on the democratic line. caller: it is an extraordinary surprise to be speaking to a man like you. i wish i had the time to speak to you face to face. i know that is not possible but i think you are in extremely brilliant individual. i wish i could speak to you. my concern is the post expose about the non-military apparatuses around the area. i wonder, the specter of a cyber attack predicated on these individuals handling so much information may truly be a hindrance to our security. as you know, the internet changes every day and gets more sophisticated. sooner or later, something serious will happen. i wonder if you could have been on the selective drone attacks. i respect you, i do not know you, but i do not think michael chertoff is very fair, especially to minorities, blacks like myself. i wish i could meet you face to face. you are an intelligent man, but we are in on of trouble. host: two issues. the drug issue, cyber attacks. guest: the issue in the post article with

leon panetta is the director and should have a free land to be so. host: eric on the democratic line. caller: it is an extraordinary surprise to be speaking to a man like you. i wish i had the time to speak to you face to face. i know that is not possible but i think you are in extremely brilliant individual. i wish i could speak to you. my concern is the post expose about the non-military apparatuses around the area. i wonder, the specter of a cyber attack predicated on these individuals handling so much information may truly be a hindrance to our security. as you know, the internet changes every day and gets more sophisticated. sooner or later, something serious will happen. i wonder if you could have been on the selective drone attacks. i respect you, i do not know you, but i do not think michael chertoff is very fair, especially to minorities, blacks like myself. i wish i could meet you face to face. you are an intelligent man, but we are in on of trouble. host: two issues. the drug issue, cyber attacks. guest: the issue in the post article with

leon panetta is the director and should have a free land to be so. host: eric on the democratic line. caller: it is an extraordinary surprise to be speaking to a man like you. i wish i had the time to speak to you face to face. i know that is not possible but i think you are in extremely brilliant individual. i wish i could speak to you. my concern is the post expose about the non-military apparatuses around the area. i wonder, the specter of a cyber attack predicated on these individuals handling so much information may truly be a hindrance to our security. as you know, the internet changes every day and gets more sophisticated. sooner or later, something serious will happen. i wonder if you could have been on the selective drone attacks. i respect you, i do not know yo but i do not think michael chertoff is very fair, especially to minorities, blacks like myself. i wish i could meet you face to face. you are an intelligent man, but we are in on of trouble. host: two issues. the drug issue, cyber attacks. guest: the issue in the post article with re

. -- it all began at 8:30 a.m., then i had leon panetta to breakfast, and secretary clinton arrived. when secretary clinton left at around 8:00 p.m. on a saturday night, as it was glad it was sunday -- and she said no, that is the first day of the work week around here. when you get there it grabs you by the throat. it is an extremely energetic, very busy place. you throw yourself into things. i'm proud of americans who come there, and continue to go there, to make it all work. in iraq it is one series of problems after the next. when i got there we were dealing with the fact that we had our u.s. troops numbering about 140,000. we were beginning the process of relocating them from cities and towns into the countryside. and for turning over responsibilities to the iraqi army. there was concern at the time as to whether the iraqi army could manage the process. soon after the completion there were a number of high-profile bombings. that is an awful way to put it, but basically, they took down a foreign ministry and finance ministry in a single day in august 2009. there were additional b

at 7:00, i had leon panetta at the breakfast. at 8:30 a.m secretary clinton arrived. and by the end of the day when she arrived, i said that tomorrow is sunday. and they said, no, that is the first day of the work week here. getting there grabs you by the throat and does not let you go. it is an extremely energetic, very busy place where you throw yourself in the things. as i said, i am very proud of the americans to come there and continue to go there to make it all work. in iraq, it is one sort of series of problems after the next. when i got there, we were dealing with the fact that we had u.s. troops still at the hundred 40,000 level and we were beginning to reprocess and relocate those cities -- them out of the cities into the countryside. we were turning over responsibilities to the iraqi army. i know there was a lot of concern at that time, could the iraqi army manage the process? and soon after the completion of this process, there were a number of high-profile bombings -- that is an awful way to put it. but the point being that took down the foreign ministry

at 7:00, i had leon panetta at the breakfast. at 8:30 a.m., secretary clinton arrived.he day when she arrived, i said that tomorrow is sunday. and they said, no, that is the first day of the work week here. getting there grabs you by the throat and does not let you go. it is an extremely energetic, very busy place where you throw yourself in the things. as i said, i am very proud of the americans to come there and continue to go there to make it all work. in iraq, it is one sort of series of problems after the next. when i got there, we were dealing with the fact that we had u.s. troops still at the hundred 40,000 level and we were beginning to reprocess and relocate those cities -- them out of the cities into the countryside. we were turning over responsibilities to the iraqi army. i know there was a lot of concern at that time, could the iraqi army manage the process? and soon after the completion of this process, there were a number of high-profile bombings -- that is an awful way to put it. but the point being that took down the foreign ministry and the finance mini

general peter reilly, chief of staff panetta states army. jonathan green, the vice chief of naval operations of the united states navy. general james amos, assistant commandant of the marine corps. general carol chandler vice chief of staff. dr. robert jesse, the acting under principal deputy secretary for the veterans health administration, department of veterans affairs. in general -- general amos, i know that we all offer our congratulations in becoming the next commandant in the marine corps. senator mccain. >> thank you. let me think the witnesses for joining us today. i would also like to acknowledge senator inhoff who requested this hearing in april. i am pleased and thank you for your initiative, senator. i am pleased that we are having this hearing. it is our privilege to distinguish -- serve the distinguished men and women of our armed forces, that after nine years risk everything to defend their country. we have the greatest admiration and appreciation for them and their families and we will always honor their courage and sacrific