soldiers that the pentagon admits were strongly exposed to deep dust in combat. the pentagon says these soldiers despite being highly exposed to do you suffered no abnormal health problems it was the strongest official argument for denying the dangers of d.-u. . in a fourteen year study commissioned by the veterans administration dr melissa mcdermott has been studying a group of soldiers affected by do you split the veterans into those who only inhaled do you dust and those who have had do you shrapnel in their bodies. looking at the whole group based on their low versus the high uranium we don't see large differences between the two groups i would also like to make the point that an elevated hearing reining in fourteen years after you were exposed is not normal so by no means are we saying that we haven't found anything it's very complicated isn't it at least at present fourteen years out from first exposure in one nine hundred ninety one we are not seeing health differences that we would have expected to see that were uranium based the reality is there's thirty

the study led to a bitter controversy with the pentagon. called rent it hits the target if you're a new project i'm that is made of the please give you a new produces very high temperature. that impact. heats bust the radioactive dust and the good radium in that infinitesimal number of the particles is spread in the atmosphere. be a. there's single most dangerous. radiation that exists in the nature. of the group in the vicinity of known differentiate it so produce is so much the genetic changes including cancer and the. wiping out of the immune system and so. i'm telling you here for the public to listen to this interview that we are the ending we that concrete and danger for them on the planet earth. on this issue you have a lot of propaganda that's come from the u.s. government but you have a lot of people who are in my opinion engaging in propaganda coming from the other side as well making claims that are not backed up by evidence about depleted uranium and it's really kind of obscured you know what i consider a middle ground reality.

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unfortunately congressmen are also willing to believe that now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to try and downplay the effect of this record lieutenant general caldwell has already been night i think given such orders but if true for many it's going to be a for the testament to the willingness of civilian control over the military and today's america i'm going to shut down to washington d.c. . well some fools. a mindgames acclaims from a former congressman tom andrews he's in washington to talk to us here live on this on his way that for being here now how cool simple is it that the country's military can actually manipulate this way. well it's clearly possible i mean there is a weapon of war a psychological weapon of war that is so well developed that it's a part and parcel of warfare that that most countries engage in to one degree or another and of course there's an entire unit in afghanistan that is its mission is exactly that now it's one thing to train and on the of the taliban it's another thing to train it on members of congress i mean what it

a bomb at the pentagon the pentagon for us a place that must be great for all the lawful use made a career a fifty year career out of accusing and abuse of being wrong when they're not so we can't you know that it's not it's the evidence that was required it was a there was a senator in the in the in the tooth out in the nearly two thousand that is bush it's not the blood it's not the amount of evidence that matters it's the seriousness of the charge that's absurd there has to be some evidence behind it and this guy you know so he starts his entire screen with the bush administration said we wouldn't be in danger of imminent attack and no one ever said that so everything you said out of that was tainted by the fact that you started your sentence with a lot less give back so many of us get back to many one of the things that i want to bring up here is there is an inherent contradiction in our treatment of bradley manning and our treatment of certain contractors perhaps that work for us in foreign lands now one of the more important developments i want to bring up is there's two forme

so we hear we were all subjected to pentagon psyops programs the pentagon denied it but they had people on the record that admitted to it this gets into the whole issue with us public diplomacy we we claimed stories overseas we had the iraq media network planning stories in iraq newspapers unfortunately some of this stuff was being picked up and fed back to the united states through the auspices of places like fox news of course so we have been subjected to the program the answer isn't to have the pentagon officials deny things and say they didn't do it it's to not take a scalpel to that budget item but to take a butcher's knife to it and get rid of a lot of these science programs in the pentagon in the state department and elsewhere it's pretty interesting i mean what about this concept that in addition to not being able to trust everything you see on t.v. on the mainstream media even people with them is that this man can't trust their own people i mean what do you think the facts of this thing raney's are that these are the people in congress who actually have the ability to cut these

to the political objectives and to just push forward because he's been a strong armed by the pentagon so unqualified to be in the white house when it comes to foreign policy yeah well you know you brought up the fact that the fact that american people of course do support the troops and you brought up the fact that this war is costing us a lot but it does look like when it look at when we focus on the treatment of the troops once they return home from these wars know that money is not going there so when are we going to start investing in a new. erica and not in afghanistan i don't think that's going to happen i think that basically what we're going to see in the next year or two has we're going to see a. basically a strategic arms arrangement in which u.s. is going to have permanent troops in afghanistan and i think it's because strategically if you look at the policy wonks here in washington they're concerned about long term oil revenues that can come from the caucus states or can come from the black sea area and different areas like that i think that's that's the general apparatus

cheney had rumsfeld had these washington national security elite he couldn't control the pentagon would be going into to the iraq war president obama with very little if no foreign policy credentials has almost no control over the pentagon and as a result the pentagon gets to dictate the political policy and they also get to dictate the operational policy that's why we're still there but i wonder who do you blame if the plane it creates who do you blame in an administration that's actually overstepping on what should be in terms of foreign policy operations the first thing that has to be set forth is a political objective after politics there's an operation or there's a tactical breakdown in terms of directing our efforts so the top of the class the the the you have to blame the politics you have to look at with the supreme court sanction this you have to look at where the congress vote given the money of the appropriations for and you have to say with the president's specifying a political goal and basically all three of the political branches have been manipulated by the pentagon in m

the pentagon's p.r. task force and in many ways i think also if you look at general petraeus general petraeus has a has a national security network that's in afghanistan that's about one hundred people that's worked for him simultaneously to develop policy and grow up obama has none rock obama does not even have the equivalent of general petraeus as in terms of looking at the overall strategy and what not so basically we have a president who i think in many ways is is for in terms of foreign policy is is i'm going to say that if you can competent i think it doesn't you know i don't think he has the skills to control the pentagon to set the political objectives and to justice forward because he's been strong armed by the pentagon so obama unqualified to be in the white house when it comes to foreign policy yeah right well you know you brought up the fact that the fact that american people of course do support the troops and you brought up the fact that this war is costing us a lot but it does look like wh

seen service in iraq have complained about depleted uranium related illnesses and accused by the pentagon and the british ministry of defense of a coverup up next to meet some of the veterans who are suffering. my own assessments. of the fall should i stick them on my wall functions but. i'm not sure if they remember each and every one i was always tired headaches would never go away. very sensitive to light as far as i am but the pain was just unbelievable and we believe up like you know like fetus is in the bed in case. i do have the. friend i made sure he desires i dunno we've lost all desires i'm not as active as it used to be here and it's apparent to talk about that. fiend just go well surely i mean some doctors niggling pains noone again they should have to ration to gain entry and all the same a tremor was caused by the depleted uranium that was better than the truth. with his in the office they keep bringing up the issue that is not really. it's there bring something else all you're getting on the guy or. girl word so anything they just tell you can he lies to cover up for the wo

hello there what is the pentagon saying there for about the state of the operations and i was late as you got for us about that are there any renewed estimates about the length of this campaign. but how does the pentagon says they cannot rule out more strikes then quote if and when the need arises the u.s. has launched missiles from its low shift in submarines in the mediterranean targeting it cut out these air defense systems and clearing the skies to make sure it goes out is not able to shoot down any planes or the coalition forces the pentagon says u.s. fighter jets along with the french are more planes that carried out straight from strike them could out his ground forces those rather there have been reports of civilian casualties fight the attack there are a lot of questions as to how long the operation is going to last also through the limits of the intervention in libya enough political solution which is disarm saddam a little beyond that call and what will be the outcome is that it would seem to change a lot those are the questions that everybody is asking and most of those qu

is paid to make war that's why we hire the pentagon would pay them billion dollars because the pentagon makes war politicians in support of the ones to bring peace and the american people are supposed to be asked their opinion in this republican this democracy so that's why it's a problem if it's contrary to the will desire of the people then it should be said no two i want to bring let me libya into this we're starting to learn a little bit more each day about what's going on there and there are some reports coming in the present one of the things that the u.s. military is is doing. using these side arcs until khadafi soldiers to try to change their mind about him psyops of course came up big in discussion an article in rolling stone by michael hastings that one of the top officials there wanted to use science and u.s. senators visiting afghanistan to talk about all of this and this technique that's used and why it could be bad it could be not beneficial shareable specifically in libya the the rebel forces don't have any trained military people they have no trained fighters the khadafy

release of the wiki leaks whistleblower but will their cries be heard and more importantly for the pentagon listen. as the international minute military intervention in libya continues to unfold western powers you appear to have tightened their grip on libyan airspace following the latest wave of airstrikes now the ongoing bombardment in the libyan capital of tripoli comes as more forces arrive to take part in operation odyssey dawn and the united states france and the u.k. remain the principal participants among these allies artie's polish leader is in tripoli and she joins us now from there with the latest paula good evening to you now what are you seeing what have what have you seen as the solution situation unfolded essentially before your eyes. well about half an hour ago there was a massive explosion here in the capital city of tripoli it sounded like it was coming from the south of the city i cannot see any smoke from where i'm standing at the moment but we are hearing reports of smoke in the southern parts we're also hearing reports of explosions around the compound of gadhafi now i

the pentagon believes, however, that within a matter of days, hundreds of u.s. and allied fighters will be patrolling libya. but the big question remains, how long will it last? joint chiefs chairman mike mullen spoke with abc's christiane amanpour on "this week." >> so it's possible we could have, like iraq, a 12-year no-fly zone with the strongman still in place. >> i wouldn't speculate in terms of length at this particular point in time. >> reporter: and martha, we both know that the white house has stressed here this would not be a long effort. but that did not make it sound like it would end quickly. >> reporter: it sure didn't, david. i think the only thing we know for sure is that the u.s. is going to hand over command to the europeans or another al li within the next few days or maybe few weeks. but beyond that, we don't know. >> and if the pentagon says it's not going after gadhafi right now, is there a scenario where he stays in some fashion? >> reporter: well, you know, admiral mullen said today it is possible that gadhafi could remain in power and it

pentagon says they do not rule out more strikes and cold if and when the need arises the u.s. has launched missiles from its war fix in submarines in the mediterranean targeting it could out its air defense systems and clearing the sky to make or could help it's not able to put down any planes of the coalition forces the pentagon says u.s. fighter jets along with the french nor planes that carried out straits strike some crude out his ground forces as well there have been reports of civilian casualties the idea that there are lots of questions as to how long the operation is going to last also through the limits of the intervention believe enough of the coalition forces to disarm could operate or would they go beyond that call and what will be the outcome is that it would seem strange or what those are the questions that everybody is asking and most of those questions remain unanswered although the pentagon says they are not going after gadhafi but the wording of the u.n. resolution that was passed on thursday he's basically all the inclusive one of arcade these people are goi

bernard roster held several positions in the pentagon during the clinton administration and he spent a number of years directing research into the so-called gulf war illness says. the pains of symptoms that are seen in people with gulf war illness are totally inconsistent with exposure to the tourney and so they came to the conclusions as has the united nations the e.u. . almost everybody who has looked at this in an unbiased scientific way but at the plated uranium is not related to the unexplained illnesses that we saw in the first gulf war. thank you. i. this is the center of amman the capital of jordan among the shoppers are all hourly and two iraqi cancer specialists today they are sightseeing but they have come to a monster take part in an on call article congress sponsored by a large american pharmaceutical company here they will find out about the latest treatments for cancer but they will not be able to use them in iraq. we are triple and we are looking to people dying with boat any help from us or from others we could say we are crippled and owens are tied together because

served in iraq and have all complained about depleted uranium related illnesses they accuse both the pentagon and the british ministry of defense of a coverup. i am the scenes. of the fall to mr and i'm out walking children's the snow. i'm not sure i remember each and every one i was always tired headaches will never go away what's very sensitive to the lights from oz and what the pain was just unbelievable that we will lead up like you know like fetuses in the bed in case. i do have a. friend i made sure he desires i there no we've lost all desire is gone i'm not as active as they used to be you know this bears some talk about their. feelings just vocal surely i mean some bosses niggling pains noone again for a sort of position to being in pain all the same as the tumor was caused by the depleted uranium that was acquitted of the truth. with prison offers they keep bringing up the issue that is not really. it's there bring something else all you're getting all the guy or. girl words and they just tell you any lies to cover up the you wish. them i want it was a cold morning. and in my soul do

the pentagon doesn't want to be at war with libya.saying for weeks, libya is not a national security interest. there are far greater american national security interests going on. particularly when you look at what's happening throughout the region. libya is just not -- which is why i think you've seen this sort of appearance of a completely inconsistent policy. president obama himself in announcing that we were going to be doing military strikes said at the same time he says we're going to war, says it's not going to be long, it's only going to be a few days, not weeks. you know, you definitely get this sort of push-pull type of feeling. >> and jim miklaszewski, you've covered presidents, you've covered pentagons. here was candidate obama on this program interviewed by tim russert, back in 2006. listen to this. >> and what would in your mind, define a great president? >> obviously most of the time it seems that the president has maybe 10% of his agenda set by himself and 90% of it set by circumstances. >> we're living firmly in the 9

is not able to shoot down any planes of the coalition forces the pentagon says u.s. fighter jets along with the french warplanes have carried out strikes about his ground forces as well there have been reports of civilian casualties caused by the attacks there are lots of questions as to how long the operation is going to last also as to the limits of the intervention will it be enough for the coalition forces to just bizarre could southie or will they go beyond that call and what will be the outcome will it be regime change or what those are the questions everybody is asking and many of those questions remain unanswered although the pentagon says they are not going after it could be but the wording of the u.n. resolution that was passed on thursday is basically all inclusive short of occupation of course there's actual purpose of the intervention is protecting civilians from could back his attacks but what everybody's talking about is the means to bring down to about these five bombers and attacking these other military assets is one thing it was authorized by the r

the pentagon says khadafi air defenses have been a severely disabled as they put it the u.s. has launched a missiles from its war ships and submarines in the mediterranean targeting a canal these air defenses and as the pentagon says the goal is to shape the battlefield for the coalition forces to take further action basically what they're doing is they're clearing the sky is so that he is not able to shoot down any planes of the coalition forces in the pentagon also says that this is just the beginning of the operation and in the coming few days more nato ships will converge on a lead to enforce a naval blockade and earlier french fighter jets had carried out strikes on these ground forces and there have been reports of civilian casualties caused by the attack some really alarming reports where president obama also reiterated is that there will be no u.s. troops on the ground although there are still lot of questions as to the limits of this intervention will it be enough for the coalition forces to try to just this arm could offer or will they go and that cool and what will

but the pentagon says it expects to hand over control of the operation to allies in a matter of days. libya's moammar gadhafi says he is prepared for a long war. two nights of attacks from american and european forces show what he is up against. more than 120 tomahawk missiles launched over the weekend. plus, fighter jets and b-2 bombers. they took out tanks of gadhafi supporters. struck aircraft hangars. an ally strike even hit gadhafi's compound, yards from his tent. the u.s. insists gadhafi is not a target. libya's military spokesman called for a cease-fire. >> i question anything out of -- that gadhafi calls for. he called for a cease-fire and then told his troops to move into benghazi. >> reporter: the u.s. says the no-fly zone is now in place. though, the pentagon says future american involvement will be limited. >> we will be a member of the coalition. we will have a military role in the coalition. but we will not have the preeminent role. >> reporter: president obama continued with a long-planned economy-focused trip to brazil. he is getting a briefing from afar. >> we've seen

the pentagon says they do not rule out more strikes quote if and when the need arises the u.s. has launched missiles from its war ships and submarines in the mediterranean carpeting it could lps air defense systems in clearing the sky to make sure it could not be is not able to shoot down any planes of the coalition forces the pentagon says u.s. fighter jets along with the french warplanes have carried out strikes. ground forces as well there happen reports of civilian casualties caused by the attacks there are lots of questions as to how long the operation is going to last also as to the limits of the intervention that will it be enough for the coalition forces to just bizarre or will they go beyond that call and what will be the outcome will it be regime change or what those are the question everybody's asking and many of those questions remain unanswered although the pentagon says they are not going after gadhafi but the wording of the u.n. resolution that was passed on thursday is basically all inclusive sort of occupation and of course the official purpose of the intervent

the pentagon says precautions are being taken to avoid non-military areas. they say there has been " significant casualties " >> vicki: secretary of defense, robert gates says the white post is in private president barack obama need support from the regions. >>bryan: wind and rain has died down. more whether on the weight >> vicki: at&t deal at the biggest cellphone company in the country. they make about 30 percent more than other itself and companies. they're going to expand even more. officials are estimating the they can't expand by 16,000. this on the crisis in japan. the death toll is exceeding 18,000 people. the tolls and water have been tainted. milk as well. plant operators may need to actually it released radioactive steam on purpose. >> reporter: back home safe and sound. having seen so much the team is share from a search and rescue operation. this was over a week that. 74 t, some of this could have just returned from new zealand. >> we had a vacation at least in the other areas. consist of firefighters, engineers and civilians. >> vicki: stay wi

last time so this isn't shocking to me it problem is is there's too many moving parts inside the pentagon right now they can't sit down at one table and say ok this is how we're going to play everybody who's watching us and so you get all of these strange answers everybody claim that they're telling the truth when in fact it's clear a lot of them are not and what about the reaction from the people at this point you could say that the treatment of these paintings i go on time of day the guantanamo bay facility in general has sparked a lot of outrage internationally and amongst many americans why are we hearing the same thing about bradley manning straight man so i think a lot of people don't give it you i mean i think what happens is there are a lot of people who want to listen to what the government says or what the pentagon says and simply say that it is true and that what they're saying must be true because they don't want to look at the alternative and that's really the sad part about this we have seen this again and again and again where the government has told us one thing when in fa

happens is there are a lot of people who want to listen to what the government says or what the pentagon says and simply say that it is true and that you know what they're saying must be true because they don't want to look at the alternative and that's really the sad part about this we have seen this again and again and again where the government has told us one thing when in fact the rest of the story has had to come out to prove they were wrong but by that time they've gone on jack want to thank you very much for joining us and of course we'll see how history treats bradley manning who knows maybe decades from now be looked at as the new daniel ellsberg who these days has completely had his image rehab and is looked upon as a hero but only time will tell thanks so much for joining us thank you. the air force is super secret x. thirty seven b. orbital test india goal was set for its second launch today at cape canaveral florida but it's been delayed due to bad weather but that does not mean that there is a shortage of eyes waiting patiently to watch it takeoff the first black launch in

getting what he deserves and what about the now former state department official who criticize the pentagon for manning streetman will debate. and the u.s. is arguing a cia operative accused of shooting two pakistanis should receive diplomatic immunity and now it's up to a pakistani courts to decide so what can the case of the raymond davis tell us about the current u.s. pakistan relationship the news starts now. so japan's nuclear situation has taken another dark turn today after a second explosion rocked the fukushima nuclear power plant some one hundred fifty miles north of tokyo now the reactors are said to be intact but reports say that the nuclear fuel rods are now completely exposed and officials are warning that radioactive material could spread over the next several weeks they're going to pay and learn anything at all from the one nine hundred seventy nine three mile island nuclear accident in pennsylvania well who better to ask and then the man who handled that disaster himself former governor and u.s. attorney general dick thornburgh they think you so much for being here now ther

well meaning spotter denounced the pentagon for stripping his son of his clothing and forcing him to stand at attention naked i mean it's shocking enough that i would. come on you know our silence as a family and say you know now then this you know you crossed the line this is wrong protesters here denounced obama and say guantanamo bay has been brought to virginia they say the president can do better than simply trusted manning's jailers i've been seeing brother in confinement and i can tell you probably it's not to me well if i could see you really having a father at all that you're going to be fine whistleblower daniel ellsberg responsible for leaking the vietnam war logs known as the pentagon papers called manning i fear for his. courage for other people and the more that other people realize. the description is richer bond together says the world traitor. truth. appreciated by everybody that we recall having done the right before being arrested with thirty five others for refusing to move from the entrance to quantico. rolled over but not everyone in the space town thought bradl

. >> you're a consultant to the pentagon. they've been thinking about this for a while >> well, the pentagon is making some progress. bob gates and bill lynd, the deputy secretary. >> rose: he talked to us. >> they're making progress and keith alexander is the new head of cyber command and very good. the problem is the pentagon is just a little part of it. 80% of the internet is owned by the private sector and that's not under the pentagon, it's under homeland security and outside of the government entirely. so people say the pentagon has done a good job on what's called dot-mill. military communications. but dot-gov, all government communications, has a long way to go and dot-com, all the other domain names, we're a long, long way to go. >> rose: so the 21st century will be marked by, among other things, the decline of the nation state? >> i wouldn't call it decline as such. >> rose: okay. but you do underline the rise of non-state actors. >> that's absolutely right. and what's happened is governments have the most capabilit

while manning's father denounced the pentagon for stripping his son as his clothing and forcing him to stand at attention naked i mean it's shocking enough that i would come out of our silence as a family and say you know now that you know you've crossed the line this is wrong protesters here denounced obama and say guantanamo bay has been brought to virginia they say the president can do better than simply trusting manning's jailers i've been seeing growth in confinement so i can tell you probably is not true because well like it's really not a good mother she probably thinks the final whistle blower daniel ellsberg responsible for leaking the vietnam war logs known as the pentagon papers called manning a hero but i want his example to give courage for other people and the more that other people realize that the descriptions rick you're bound to give us the world traitor. to the american troops. appreciate everybody that we. had to go there before being arrested it with thirty five others for refusing to move from the entrance to quantico. cannot be. everyone in the speech town felt b

the pentagon is awarding a contract to boeing. the pentagon wants them to make 18 tankers that can be refueled in the air. they replaced the older tankers. they're modeled after the boeing 757 jets. this professor says they're ideal. >> one of the factors that was considered by the air force was that the life cycle cost of the 767 would be lowered. this is the first step in a $35 billion contract with the  pentagon. eventually, a fleet will be built. >>> this week, president obama signed a temporary solution to prevent a government shutdown. the republican backed spending bill is only enough to keep the government running for two weeks. the leaders an officials still need to compromise on a long term deal to fund the government throughout the fall. this public science professor says that all though the fight isn't over, there's agreement among the two parties. >> you know, i think that everyone will agree that cuts are necessary, democrats and republicans. that's the way that public opinion is going. the issue is how big are the

now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to try and downplay the effect of this report controversies u.s. special forces. using psychological tricks of leading politicians to secure extra funds a. day of a major overhaul of russian law enforcement this includes a name change from years of. other reforms concrete ones or peer because many. many western countries have gone out of their way to throw support behind al ries and in the arab world it comes to an abrupt change of heart as they have previously supported these regimes and is drawn further attention to a foreign policy but only seems like democracy is tailored to western interests and tries to undermine all those which aren't such as hamas in gaza last. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire dictators like hosni mubarak in egypt a fall in modern libya many believe the forty one years of duffy are nearing an end western powers of come up backing the protesters marching wishing change the magically changing the colors supporting the ousting of authoritarian ru

well meaning scott or denounce the pentagon for stripping his son of his clothing and forcing him to stand at attention naked i mean it's shocking enough that i would. come on you know our silence as a family and say you know this you know you crossed the line this is wrong protesters here denounced obama and say guantanamo bay has been brought to virginia they say the president can do better than simply trusting manning's jailers i've been saying probably in confinement and i can tell you probably is not doing well but if i could see really getting excited. to believe that i think whistleblower daniel ellsberg responsible for leaking the vietnam war logs known as the pentagon papers called manning a hero i want his sample if courage for other people. the more that other people realize. the descriptions which are gone to give us the word of being a traitor. to have you know the truth. appreciate it but everybody that we. were before being arrested it with thirty five others for refusing to move from the entrance to quantico. also but not everyone in the space town felt bradley had do