the card said pentagon, defense department. so we were invited to the defense department, on behalf of the undersecretary of defense. we got to the pentagon, went through all the security, the small-town film maker went inside this huge building, 17 miles of always. we had the most amazing revelation. the film they've been screened for times of the pentagon. they see us doing it. you want to talk to about this world peace scheme, the empty space the game creates. it came out of an interspace. he did not know how to start our what to do. you created it. it seems to be about no answers being present. and we need more of that year. but almost felt like there was a peace meeting at the pentagon. it was the oddest thing. we have this 2-hour, very sincere discussion about space. the been a war for ten years. we are tired, suffering. we need answers from our rich confined them. it really was an eye opening think. we had done it as a monolithic faceless military machine. turns out there were people. there were in dire straits like a lo

live at the pentagon for us, jennifer, it seems that the pentagon was ready to move forward with a strikeer this week. so what held it back? >> well, heather, since early last week defense secretary chuck hagel said the pentagon, more importantly the u.s. navy, was ready. there were four u.s. navy destroyers in position armed with tomahawk mitchessiles at t beginning of last week. a fifth moved into position late last week. "the uss stealth" moved in. trod release the "uss mahan." will they keep destroyers at the ready now that no action will occur before congress returns september 9th? as the president stepped back from the brink it is clear he leaned on advice of his chairman of chiefs general martin dempsey. >> our military has positioned assets in the region. the chairman of the joint chiefs informed me we are prepared to strike whenever we choose. moreover, the chairman indicated our capacity to execute this submission not time sensitive. it wonill be effective tomorrow or next week or one month from now and i'm prepared to give that order. >> now that the assad regime has ten additi

on the sequester in the pentagon, it's about 5%.should be a non, should be a no brainer to get down to that level. but because of the way congress has decided to set it up and impose it and because of the way the pentagon has discarded the little bit of flexibility they have in implementing it, both entities have made it, know, a pretty painful exercise for all kinds of bad reasons. political agendas, don't you dare do this to us next year, you damn well better give us the money. you know, that behavior is all over the place. guest: winslow's 5% is actually a minimum of 10% off the president's f.y.2014 request, and given that he's going to exempt personnel it's actually 15% cut from the procurement and operations in maintenance budgets, which is quite a different thing. it's three times when he's talking about. guest: 10%, it's 52 billion for 2014, he's right about that being about 10% of the 2014 request. for 2013 it was turned out to be 37, maybe $32 billion, something well less than 10%. if you count all defense spending or we're

the pentagon will have to cut $500 billion over the next decade. the discussion was hosted by the brookings institution. >> good morning. called dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. i am marvin calvin. i am a senior advisor to the center for crisis reporting which is located just next door. way back in august 2011 which is only two years ago congress passed and the president signed into law a legislative monstrosity called the budget control act. it was a way of doing something when nothing seemed worse. at least at that time. a joint committee was set up to control the spiraling deficit. congress warned that if they fail to come up with a solution sequestration would automatically although. these cuts have now begun. the pentagon was already prepared to cut 150 billion dollars over the next 10 years. sequestration would require $500 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. last week check hagel warned that cut of that magnitude would not only affect entitlement such as salary, housing, education and the like but it would

jennifer griffin is at the pentagon live for us tonight. jennifer, you can give the reaction that the pentagon is having. >> reporter: that's right. there are 300 marines onboard that amphibious ship but a lot of head scratching and surprise at the pentagon over the confusion created in the last 24 hours. after hearing secretary kerry, secretary john kerry speak yesterday, the pentagon thought the mission was a go. >> and it matters deeply to the credible in the future interests of the united states of america and our allies. it matters, because a lot of other countries whose policy is challenged these international norms are watching. they are watching. they want to see whether the united states and our friends mean what we say. >> apparently not. defense secretary hague p spokesman george little tweeted the following. "support decision on congressional authorization for use of force in syria. agrees we cannot turn blind eye to syrian, cw, chemical weapons use, already there are indications that assad is moving around the delivery systems

a pentagon study in may found that an estimated 26,000 troops said they were sexually assaulted lastr, but only 3,400 attacks were reported. at a june hearing, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand of new york argued victims have little reason to expect fair treatment. >> not all commanders are objective. not every single commander necessarily wants women in the force; not every single commander believes what a sexual assault is; not every single single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape because they merge all of these crimes together. >> brown: gillibrand, and her 46 legislative co-sponsors in the senate want sexual assault cases handled entirely outside the chain of command. the senate armed services committee has rejected that approach, in favor of one offered its chairman, carl levin of michigan. it keeps prosecutions within the chain of command. today, the director of the joint staff, lieutenant general curtis scaparrotti, said there's ample opportunity for victims to be heard. >> our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines know that today there's about

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five days later, "the washington post" began publishing excerpts from the same pentagon report.tudy. the documents printed in the papers were classified, and were not to be made public according to the government. ♪ >> the attorney general has called a couple of times about these "new york times" stories, he's advised that unless he puts the times on notice, he's going to waive any prosecution. >> hell, my view is to prosecute the person that gave it to him, if you can find out who that is. >> a single name has been mentioned most prominently as the possible source as the "times" documents. daniel elsberg. a former state department and pentagon planner, and of late, something of a phantom figure. >> we cannot let the officials of the executive branch determine for us what it is that the public needs to know about how well and how they are discharging their functions. ♪ >> he's the brightest student i've ever had. he volunteered for service in vietnam. he was so nuts he would drive around vietnam with a carbine when it was guerrilla infested. and he'd shoot at peasants in the fie

five days later, the washington post began publishing excerpts from the same pentagon report. study. the documents printed in the papers were classified, and were not to be made public according to the government. ♪ >> a single name has been mentioned most prominently as the possible source as the "times" documents. daniel elsberg. >> we can not let the officials of the executive branch determine for us what it is that the public needs to know about how well and how they are discharging their functions. ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> the pentagon report is only the beginning in itself. there will be much more. temptation will be great for a witch hunt, the unmasking of villains and the manufacture of scapegoats. >> the president was furious. kissinger was furious. it was very intense. it was a little like walking on egg shells. it was just a tense, tense time. >> the irony of the pentagon papers is they were not critical of nixon. they were very critical of the johnson administration. but nixon was committed to the proposition that classified documents, secret documents ought not to be s

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he discussed the pentagon report yesterday at the brookings institution.is is an hour and a half. >> to another panel discussion here at the brookings institution. this one is called "dissecting the pentagon's strategic choices and management review." i'm marvin kalb, and i'm resident senior fellow here at brookings and a senior adviser for crisis reporting which is hoe candidated just next door. -- located just next door. way back in august 2011, believe it or not that's only two years ago, congress passed and the president signed into law a legislative monstrosity called the budget control act. it was a way of doing something when nothing seemed worse. at least at that time. a joint select committee was set up to control the spiraling deficit, but congress warped that if the committee -- warned that if the committee failed to come up with a solution, sequestration would automatically follow meaning massive cuts in both defense and all other programs. those cults have now begun -- those cuts have now begun. the pentagon was already prepared to cut $150 bi

the pentagon says it was never asked, but the fact that the state department, the cia and pentagon didn'tet together saying we need to have marines floating off of libya, that was the greatest crime. they had no fire department anywhere close. >> john, thank you very much. of course, greater than the crime may be the coverup. up next, was it a coverup by the obama administration? and will anyone ever be brought to justice? >> it might not be tomorrow or this year, but i do think at some point in time the individuals responsible are going to be found and there will be justice. and choose from one of five lexus hybrids that's right for you, including the lexus es and ct hybrids. ♪ this is the pursuit of perfection. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female an

the pentagon says it was never asked, but the fact that the state department, the cia and pentagon didn'tet together saying we need to have marines floating off of libya, that was the greatest crime. they had no fire department anywhere close. >> john, thank you very much. of course, greater than the crime may be the coverup. up next, was it a coverup by the obama administration? and will anyone ever be brought to justice? >> it might not be tomorrow or this year, but i do think at some point in time the individuals responsible are going to be found and there will be justice. this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants can increase these in children, teen

and hours after fox news reported the story, the pentagon changed course.t was happening at walter reed medical hospital in maryland. the military stopped accepting military meal tickets at the only cafe serving the most wounded warriors. that meant that patients, many recovering from devastating amputations, had to mange -- make. thes to a food trailer. soldiers and the families called at it slap in the face and the pentagon heard them. >>> what were the warriors and families first told about the new rule? >> last week in a meeting, warriors who with in the unit, and 160 other families who stay in outpatient housing for up to two years, amputees who endure up to 50 surgeries applies, told us about changes that would force them to forego the convenience of the warrior cafe where some eat meals three hours of the day. cafe hours would be shortened and closed on the weekend and their meal tickets would no longer be accepted. >> from building 62, i would say it's close to half a mile from building 62 to the nex, which is right across the road, is a half mile.

i think all of my contacts in the pentagon to include those in the joint of chiefs staff are breathing a huge sigh of relief. and they are still incredulous about the decisionmaking process. i think that they are all leaved we backed off a little bit and are taking a more strategic raern than a tactical look strike at syria. secondly, we can look at it from the perspective of the syrian army. now they have time to unbolt the radars to move everything not only in the woods but into some sort of permanent storage. i think the syrian generals are thinking to themselves, boy, we dodged a bullet. i think that they are thinking right now this won't get through congress and so i think, frankly, i think the syrian's man on the street along with soldiers, i think we got away with it. the final military, of course, are the rebels. they are not going to get any weapons. they don't have a rifle yet. there will not be a no-fly zone. many are sort of giving up hope because the united states won't even do this pinprick, if you will, this -- cruise missile strike. in against syrian installations. how

has asked pentagon to prepare military options. lebanon holds a day of national mourning. and happy birthday to the bundesliga. it was 50 years ago that the german top flight kicked off. we will have all the results from this weekend's action. in syria, with news that the u.n.'s hi records and a for disarmament is there -- high representative for disarmament is there. she is attempting to gain access to supposed -- alleged chemical chemicald sites of attacks. the u.s. has begun to move forces into place in the region. >> a father mourns the death of his children. he cannot understand how something so awful could happen to his family. the opposition blames the assad regime, saying it killed hundreds during nerve gas attacks. doctors without borders has confirmed 3600 patients in syrian hospitals displayed neurotoxic symptoms. assad regime continues to reject accusations that it was responsible for the attacks. state television showed footage of chemical materials in panels allegedly used by rebels. the u.n. disarmament chief has arr

the pentagon is ensuring that president obama has military options available. he has met with advisers to consider actions following an alleged chemical attack blamed on the syrian government. three destroyers are currently deployed, with reports of another is on the way, all of them carrying up to 300 cruise missiles, which is more than enough to act rapidly if obama wants to order the strike. there is also the nato maritime group, which includes four more ships. and if we look at the mainland, the u.s. and western allies military presence around syria is also very significant. we are following america's military willingness. >> it appears the u.s. is no longer just using words to address these. crisis. they are pointing to possible military action now being deliberated. despite the fact the unconfirmed reports made by the syrian rebels not been verified, president obama has called recent allegations of chemical weapons being used by the syrian government a big event of grave concern. white house officials say the u.s. has a range of options and the administra

cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joining us now from the pentagon. so, barbara, what kind of strain does this put on the military's really already strained resources? >> well, brianna, you know, go back to that picture you showed a minute ago of defense secretary chuck hagel arriving at the pentagon -- pardon me, at the white house, and at his side was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general marty dempsey, the top militaried a adviser to the president. general dempsey himself has been two opposed very publicly to an extended military campaign in regards to syria, but is going to undertake, of course, whatever the president orders in this instance, and all indications are that it will be limited. that's what the president is talking about. military families war weary. the pentagon, you know, stretched to the limit over the last several years. but the president is laying out a case at least at this point publicly for very limited option, and that would be these five warships in the eastern mediterranean with their tomahawk cruise missiles, v

five days later, the washington post began publishing excerpts from the same pentagon report.documents printed in the papers were classified, and were not to be made public according to the government. ♪ >> the attorney general has called a couple of times about these "new york times" stories, and he's advised that you kn-- >> hell, my view is to prosecute the person that gave it to him, if you can find out who that is. >> a single name has been mentioned most prominently as the possible source as the "times" documents. daniel elsberry. >> we can not let the officials of the executive branch determine for us what it is that the public needs to know about how well and how they are discharging their functions. ♪ >> he volunteered for service in vietnam. he was so nuts he would drive around vietnam with a carbine when it was guerrilla infested. and he'd shoot at peasants in the field. ♪ [ applause ] >> the pentagon report is only the beginning in itself. there will be much more. temptation will be great for a witch hunt, the unmasking of villains and the manufacture of scapegoats

the paper that exposed watergate, published the pentagon papers.erious and diligent news consumer will realize coming incidents like the watergate conspiracy and the pentagon papers, that was 40 years ago. the hallowed tradition of the washington post we are worried that bezos will ruin, -- and we do not know if it will get worse, it may not -- but that tradition, the washington post has really been a newspaper of the bipartisan consensus. in nations like iraq could hardly have happened without the editorial pages headed by a hawk, fred hiatt, who is still hise today, and in editorial pages before the iraq invasion, more than two dozen editorials urging the invasion. skeptics were merciless the savaged in the editorial pages, but they were not allowed to speak for themselves. so when i hear people talk about the washington post under the grant family, the paper of watergate, it reminds me of people who look at barack obama and say that he is the community organizer embedded with the poor in chicago. the washington post we should be thinking about i

probe and a minority which is ten percent so far say that the pentagon is ready for and it's just in case so local to dot com to cast. right seems. first rate. and i think. was a blog bradley manning was sentenced to thirty five years in prison this week he was responsible for the massive leak of classified data that exposed american war crimes in iraq and afghanistan the former on the product is now hoping for a pardon from the us president mani addressed a letter to obama insisting he acted out of love for his country seeking to protect the values and ideals of the united states the ex soldier also said he would gladly pay the price for living in a free american society but as also he has granted to take our reports now if the debate over manning's personal issues that is now grabbing the headlines bradley manning sentence of thirty five years behind bars has said on unprecedented punishments threshold for whistleblowers bradley manning should be walking the streets and being treated for who he is a whistleblower were exposed war crimes in iraq afghanistan secret war in yemen and t

the pentagon was already billion to cut $150 over the next 10 years. sequestration would require $500 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. last week, the defense secretary warned that cuts of that magnitude would not only affect entitlements such as salaries, , and life,ucation but defense readiness and capability. the u.s., for some time, had been ready to fight two wars at the same time. would noe cuts, that longer seem to be possible, winning the american defense strategy would have to be radically altered. what to do, in a macro and micro sense? have asked highly respected defense and budgetary experts to explain reality and options to us. mckinsey egeland. she helped governor romney during the last presidential campaign. his loss should in no way be ascribed to mckinsey. our other expert is michael o'hanlon, a senior fellow at brookings. although he has written many books, he is most recently the author of "healing the wounded iant." our panelists authored an op-ed in the washington journal, urging congress to reverse sequestration, or watch mi

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon.uggestion the president has taken a decision about whether to use military force against the assad regime? >> we just heard from secretary of state john kerry. it was the strongest statement yet from the administration. and stood some contrast to those remarks you just heard from the defense secretary chuck hagel. >> what we saw in syria last week should shock the conscience of the world. it defies any code of morality. the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral on obama -- obscenity >> action will be within the framework of legal justification. >> right knew as we speak, there are four u.s. navy destroyers in the mediterranean. they are now in position and could launch guided missiles or tomahawks at any time according to senior defense sources. no u.s. aircraft carriers have been moved into the mediterranean at this point. >> trace: with the ability to launch at any time, as you look at the optio

the pentagon is preparing new rules, but there is an agreement on how to end the crisis. i go one-on-one with one of the lawmakers pushing for change, missouri senator claire mccaskill. >>> the immigration debate. a critical time for reform as members of congress head back to their districts to prepare for the fall fight. what are the prospects for passage? talk to both sides including the congressmen leading the fight against reform. >>> end of an era. the venerable "the washington post" is sold to amazon's jeff bez bezos. was what does it say about the future of traditional media? inside analyst from "the washington post's" david ignatius and david gross of "the new york times". all of that ahead on me"meet th press" this sunday morning, august 11th. good sunday morning. president obama is on vacation, congress is out of town, and although we are in the dog days of summer, the battle to win the hearts and minds of the american people on a range of issues is is in full force. the obama administration is finding tough opposition to its agenda, while the gop is divided as

they have pentagon plans on the shelf for a while. i'm told this is not imminent. they're going to try to organize the allies, notify congress and likely not attack while those u.n. inspectors are still on the ground. they're scheduled to leave sunday. leather? >> all right, andrea. thanks. nearly two million people have become refugees fleeing the war in syria. as we have been reporting there is a grim milestone reached as well. nearly one million of those refugees are children, most under the age of 11. nbc's ann curry made her way today to one of the refugee camps, the biggest in fact. it's on syria's board with jordan. it's bursting at the seams with 130,000 people. ann joins us from amman. ann? >> reporter: lester, good evening. with the massive numbers and the shocking images of children suffering in an apparent chemical attack, the war in syria appears to be turning an emotional corner, capturing the attention of the world. today we found one small syrian boy, one of the one million. in a clinic inside jordan's zaatari refugee camp, we found jalal, who barel

. >> let's go to barbara starr at the pentagon. you've been listening to this. it's going to be up to the u.s. military if and when this finally happens. give us the latest from the pentagon. obviously, we are ready if this does happen. it doesn't appear to be at least ten days out yet before anything could happen unless congress comes back for a special session. >> that's right. the u.s. military is ready to go. they're making that very clear. they still have those warships in the eastern mediterranean. five ships with about 40 tom ha tomahawk missiles on staff. we were told quote, we continue to refine our targeting based on the most recent intelligence and the chairman assured the president we would have appropriate targeting options ready when he called for them. what are we talking about? u.s. intelligence has seen the syrians move around. their men, troops and equipment in the last several days dispersing it in advance of what they thought was planned u.s. attack. this will mean the u.s. military to be ready will have to keep targeting, retargeting, loadin

is planning a limited strike, pentagon sources say. four u.s. navy destroyers are in position and at least one nuclear powered submarine. a british sub is also available if parliament approves it in a vote slated for thursday. >> what we are looking at is shock and awe, crews miscellaneous i will, some sea delivered and air delivered platforms. >> reporter: the problem with tomorrahawk tomahawks, they don't always deliver the same effect. >> mostly it is just that we don't get the result we hoped for. the leader of the country, bad guy that that leader may be, doesn't give up, so it leads to wider war. >> reporter: nato called an emergency meeting in brussels wednesday. no decision to strike is likely to be made before then. bret? >> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. let's look at the reason for a move. jack keene is currently chairman of the ins tult for the study of war. thanks for being here. >> good to be here, bret. >> first of all, we haven't seen the intelligence laid out from the administration as of yet. is there any doubt knowing

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. >> reporter: the hill is reporting a former pentagon official believes a billion-dollar deal to sell more f-16s to egypt may be quote, dead in the water. the defense department says quote this is a delay in delivery, not a termination. the program is not off. the defense department had already announce add delay of f-16 deliveries in july as the streets of egypt heated up but with this week's blood bath, president obama cancelled a joint military exercise and defense sec tarpry chuck hagel warned the military that it's putting quote important elements of our long-standing defense corporation at risk. what does it mean to laquid? there is confusion. the sell of 20 planes is worth nearly $800 million and 14 have been delivered. the pentagon says only eight have been delivered and four are in limbo and the sale is worth twice what they say. regardless, for the last two quarters, laquid reported a drop in overall f-16 business as business shifts to the f-35. they believe the u.s. government may end up on the hook for the jets if they don't go to egypt as all foreign military sales have t

. >> the pentagon is ready if president obama decides to strike syria and top u.s.fficials say those strikes could start as soon as thursday and will send a definitive message to assad. with syrian ally russia wheeling power on the veto council, this might happen without a u.n. mandate. it's happened before, like the 1999at

the pentagon has the war ships in place with cruise missiles, which is expected to be the ships used for the limited strikes that they're talking about now, but they are going to be looking at how long the inspectors are going to stay there. they're supposed to say through sunday, as you said. president obama is supposed to go off to the g-20 summit on tuesday in russia. russia is obviously a key playe. tomorrow we could see some intelligence from the administration that lays out part of the case. so i think it will still be a few days before we see any strikes. >> is there any doubt in your mind or the minds of the pentagon experts who do such things that this was assad's gang that launched the chemical weapons rather than, let's say al qaeda from iraq or some such jihadist group. is there any doubt about the source of this? >> well, i would say within the administration, there really is no doubt. they have said for a long time that the rebels don't have the capability to launch this kind of strike. the administration has said that the assad regime has carried out attacks like this

driven give is live at the pentagon. first to chief white house correspondent ed henry at the white house. what is the latest we're hearing from the president on all this, ed? >> reporter: good morning, jon. a huge day here at the white house as you suggest because we expect early this afternoon the president and his aides will release some intelligence publicly that will show justification for moving forward in the days ahead with a u.s. military strike against syria. in the last few moments, an interesting development one ever president's key allies, british prime minister david cameron went before his parliament. he was saying directly in his words, no smoking piece of evidence to prove the syrian government was hyped this chemical attack. he said in the end it will be a judgment call for the u.s., u.k., and others whether to move forward with a military strike. he also suggested as you did a moment ago, this could take a few more days because david cameron was talking about some more delays. take a listen. >> it is t

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five days later, the "washington post" began publishing excerpts from the same pentagon report.classified which means according to the government they were not to be made public. ♪ >> at present, the attorney general's called a couple times about these "new york times" stories, and he has advised that unless he put "the times" on notice he is probably going to waive any right of prosecute. >> you mean to prosecute "the times"? >> right. >> hell i wouldn't prosecute "the times." my view is to prosecute the goddamn pricks who gave it to them. >> if you can find out who that is. >> a single name has been mentioned most prominently of the source "the times" documents. daniel ellsbury something of a phantom figure. >> i think we cannot at all let the officials of the executive branch determine for us what it is that the public needs to know about how well and how they are discharging their functions. ♪ ma i'm meeting no resistance ♪ ♪ i'm the one who needs assistance ♪ >> he's a jean news. he's the brightest student i've ever had. he volunteered for service in vietnam. he was so nuts

david martin has found out at the pentagon. >> reporter: before the u.s. acts it plans to publicly reveal some of the intelligence which vice president biden said today proves who is to blame for the mass casualties in syria. >> there is no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in syria, the syria regime. >> reporter: intercepted senior communications to tests of tissue samples taken from victims down to the simple fact the regime is the only one in syria known to have chemical weapons. david cameron warned there is no smoking gun. >> that is never 100% certainty. there's never one piece or several pieces of intelligence that can give you absolute certainty. >> reporter: traveling in asia chuck hagel spoke by phone with britain and france, two countries pledged to join the u.s. in punishing syria for using chemical weapons. then he was asked by a reporter at the pentagon which has moved four destroyers in the mediterranean if they are ready to go. >> we are ready to go like that. >> reporter: each of the destroyers are armed wit