the pentagon papers was related to it. it was not really so much the pentagon papers themselves which reports on the democrats. what i think worried nixon about me was what he thought i might know about his secret policy in vietnam and what i could reveal with documents. in other words, my understanding is that he became very concerned about what i might reveal beyond the pentagon papers about his own administration and that i might well have documents to back that up. that would very much undermine his ongoing via nonpolicy. from that point of view, the actions he took or direct in which were in fact it illegal criminal actions in many respects, were, i believe in his mind and with some reason, seen as national security matters. when he wanted to achieve it as motivation to his national security, i don't think that was a cover story in his mind. i think he really thought of me as threatening national security as he understood it. obviously in going after me with the plumbers and my doctor's office, obviously, that had not

e pentagon w will undstan exec we havtheyave to fall.y will meet the budget capaps, and they will give. thatat's the plan, and they're going to stick to . there'so discussion of a follow-on deal. if the immigration fight is any indication they a are boxing themselves io a corner. >> this is a pblem for the long-term. if you look at where we are in the budget this year, 2015, one third of all sequestration savings are coming from readiness, twohirds from modernization, meeting technology. if we don't t about the budgetet caps it will be the same thing. they will be starving modernization and cting into r eaness >> is anyone there listening? ththere's a sense that everyone has until the end of the year two lifts t the budget control act, but then they don't even have a template. is thehere any movement to change this, despite dire briefings from the pengon and military leadership, telling them they have to sorthis out? >>enator inhofe saiaid, ent they are trying to talk to cololleagues that are not as defense-minded replican colleagueson't

over syria in more than a month despite the uae withdrawal from that effort, reports out of the pentagon have included the uae in the list of coalition members conducting air strikes over that very same time period. the uae withdrew after the islamic state captured the jordanian pilot who was murdered, burned to death and the video of his murder released tuesday. the white house referred all questions on the issue to the uae government. >> i did see that announcement. i would refer you to them for the latest update in terms of their military participation in the campaign but i don't think people should take away from that announcement that the commitment from the emiratis and other arab countries in the region to the coalition has waned in any way. there's a very important role for them to play in terms of the range of other aspects of our counter-isil strategy. >> well, it has waned, in point of fact in precisely the withdrawal from strikes over syria. we will be taking all of this up with the armed services and judiciary committee member, congressman randy forbes here in moments and if

the pentagon correspondent barbara starr has more. >> reporter: the pentagon with details about the upcoming military operation in iraq. iraqi forces now getting ready to try to retake mosul. iraq iraq's second largest city. now the plan is for iraqi brigades and iraqi forces more than 20,000 iraqi troops to go to mosul perhaps as soon as early april or may. pretty specific information. more than 20,000 troops. also peshmerga forces who will try to cut off any isis escape routes north and west of mosul. the big question of course is what role will u.s. troops play besides the ongoing coalition air strikes. still on the table, not decided, no recommendation to president obama as to whether a group of military advisers going to mosul functioning as target spotters. helping spot the isis fighters on the ground. it is an important area figuring out where isis is. raising the spector in the minds of some that it will bring u.s. troops perhaps closer to a combat environment. the pentagon says it's revealing all of this information to show the commitment that iraqi forces have to the battle. john,

again, the pentagon insists that no sensitive tactical information was given away. we contacted the pentagon and they had no official comment tony. >> and the plan can always be changed. jamie, thank you. >>> three school girls believed to be on their way to syria to join i.s.i.l. close friends captured these pictures on tuesday. officials hope to stop them in turkey before they cross to syria. the girls families are devastated. >>> greece's deal to extend the european bailout. word a quarter billion dollars. there were signs the plan was near falling apart but the euro zone has loud them three more mouse. john siropolous has the story. >> athens issued a statement saying this is a new era for grease a new era for its relationship with the rest of europe on a more equal footing. greece has crucially won four more months not only to renegotiate the austerity measures it is laboring under but also the period underwhich it will repay its enormous loan to the european union and the central bank. but greece has had to swallow a bitter pill. there is a statement in these

and knows that sharing a name with the pentagon makes pentagon city mall and pentagon row possible targets. >> would you think twice of working here? >> no. with any job, there's going to be problems or issues or things like that. so no, i don't think twice before where i work. >> pentagon city mall officials today wouldn't talk to us about security issues saying it's something they don't discuss publicly. we got the same answer from other mall owners throughout the washington region but the secretary of homeland security say these threats are the new normal. he says shoppers should keep shopping but remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity. it's the mall of america in minneapolis that was specifically tarpthed edtargeted in that video this weekend. they visibly stepped up security. here, the parking lot is full. we haven't seen any signs of visibly stepped up security but mall officials pointed out they have no specific or imminent threats of attack here in the washington region. reporting live from pentagon city mall rebecca cooper abc 7 news. >> overseas now, five people are d

jennifer griffin is live for us at the pentagon now in washington.does it look like jordan is now going to play a much bigger role in this fight now? or is this talk for the moment? >> well, remember shep, jordan is already hosting u.s. special forces who have set up a base to train iraqi forces as well as anti-assad forces on jordanian soil. one of the first things that king abdullah did was meet with the head of his military. that was his first public appearance. his spokeman said that jordan's response to the death would be earth shaking. he is a cobra helicopter pilot. he studied in england. he headed his country's special forces. u.s. defense officials tell us jordan will be stepping up its air strikes in syria in the coming days. the state department would not confirm the uae had halted its combat missions. >> no report was suggesting they suspended their participation in the coalition. and i think that was the point i was trying to make to barbara. >> the military side of this. >> i understand what the point is. but you're all missing the poin

it will not change the pentagon.he pentagon will not have you were airstrikes or suddenly decide to send ground troops because of hostages. it has become a niche thing of this conflict. if there is any catalyst, it would be like what we saw in jordan. the pilot was killed this week if he was from saudi arabia, i think we would have seen some gigantic saudi revenge response to it. they'll have four different concerns. they have to worry about iran. jordan is just small enough -- strong enough with their forces that they can do this. host: herb from new york. democrat line. caller: mr. baron i have to assume that you are familiar with the history of warfare in the last 75 years. for example, in world war ii, i think you are well aware especially around the period of the battle of the bulge not many german prisoners were taken alive. they were executed on the spot. and the germans retaliated. we know how long -- how brutal the russian-german war was. also in vietnam, i am sure you talk to vietnam veterans, most of whom

it's coming directly from the pentagon. the war plans call for iraqi and kurdish fighters to work together in a battle this spring to push isis out of iraq's second largest city. significantly, the plans leave open the possibility of u.s. boots on the ground in addition to jets in the skies. newly released propaganda videos show isis fighters preparing for house to house combat. why tell them even more? president obama's deputy national security advisor ben rhodes is over at the white house. he will answer our questions. our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. let's begin with the very latest. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is working her sources. >> reporter: good evening. i think it's very important what you said. this is not a leak. this was, the information came to reporters in a briefing organized by the u.s. military. they said they were offering the details to show that the iraqis are serious about this. this will be 20,000 to 25,000 troops going to mosul in april or may if the iraqis are read

we cannot offer no alternatives and leave the pentagon in a very bad spot. unfortunately, i don't see any evidence of that pattern changing at this point. leo: what is your prediction for sequestration this year? do you have any confidence a deal can be reached before that deadline? rep. smith: it is quite possible. i overheard two republican colleagues talking. one takes the position that, look, the white house is the white house. yes, we took the senate, but the president hasn't gone anywhere. we don't have a veto-proof majority. we should be talking about how to come up with a budget the president will agree to. the other one saying no, we have to push it. we have to push republican values. we won this election. we have to go for our plan. i think the latter member of congress will have the better of that argument. the republicans are going to try to do a big, hug reconciliation package -- huge reconciliation package which speaks to their views on "dynamic scoring." it will end up being more of a tax cut than a tax reform. that is what dave camp's very le

his message that could be a sign of changes at the pentagon. plus the frightening moment for firefighters as they rescued a family pet that fell through the ice. next, though the impact winter weather is having on travel both here and across the east coast. >> last night's winter storm continues to cause problems for travel in our area and nationwide. about 400 u.s. flights were canceled today. 200 of them at our three major area airports. rail travel was restricted with amtrak running at half capacity. metro cut back on service running a saturday schedule on the rails and a moderate snow plan for buses is in effect. buses will avoid routes with hills or narrow side streets. triple a kept busy during the storm. the auto club's mid atlantic division set a record for the number of calls on monday. more than 12,000 people called for help with everything from towing to dead batteries. emergency dispatchers in virginia fielded more than 2200 calls during a 12-hour period. in north carolina the wintry weather prompted an emergency rescue of a family

there are also be a change in the pentagon briefing room.op spokesman is stepping down, and will be replaced by a civilian as jamie macintyre tells us now, it is a decision with political implications. [ applause ] >> reporter: the new defense secretary, ash carter was introduced to the pentagon work force in an all hands meeting as a man of action. and just 24 hours into the job, he reacted to remove john kirby. kirby isn't the first high ranking officer to hold the job, but he acknowledged there has always been an internal debate about having a military officer defend policy. >> one of the questions that i think he wants to rhetorically ask and consider is not just who the individual is but -- but what that individual represents, and whether it's appropriate or not to have a uniform up here. >> reporter: does that put you in a difficult spot sometimes? >> it -- it -- >> reporter: like now? [ laughter ] >> honestly it hasn't been a big issue for me. >> reporter: except it was an issue just last week when a reporter tried to pin down the adm

>>reporter: the pentagon's background briefing was billed as an update but when the subject turned toaking the city of mosul, well let's just say the pentagon briefer was a little more forthcoming than some expected. mosul, a city of more than a million people is the largest iraqi city in isil hands and the military campaign to retake it will according to the pentagon begin in april or may and require up to 25,000 iraqi forces. given the military's usual reluctance to discuss any combat operations that level of detail seemed to take even the white house by surprise. >> i'm wondering why detail this? doesn't that just give your play book to isis and make it easier to defend themselves? >> josh i think i saw many of the same reports you may have seen on this. >>reporter: for months the pentagon has been talking about the offensive to retake mosul but always refused to say how or when >> i'm not going to forecast the date and time or week it's going to happen. >>reporter: but a u.s. central command official sketched out the report in broad terms what is own as the concept of operations.

. >> what pentagon officials are saying is that the chairman of the joint chiefs is giving president obama his best military advice about the best way to aid the government of ukraine, and that the president has made no decision. but privately pentagon officials say the worry about pouring arms into the conflict may not bring a solution closer. >> reporter: officials say russia has been moving hundred of pieces of equipment into eastern ukraine, including battle tanks to armed separatists there, and pentagon officials say it is apparent that the 118 million in nonlethal aid that the u.s. provided to kiev is no match for moscow's deep arsenal. >> we continue to see support organised and effective support to the separatists in terms of heavy equipment, and materiale. that support continues to virtually unabated. >> in recent weeks ukraine's forces suffered a series of setbacks and pentagon sources say the government troops need defensive weapons, such as american toe antitank missiles that have a chaps against the rebels. that prompted a fresh look at the lethal aid, there's concern th

this is according to the pentagon. it happened at the al assad air base where american and coalition troops are training iraqi forces. the pentagon says most of the militants died in the attack killed by those iraqi troops or by setting off their suicide vests. >> this is arguably the first in at least a couple of months if not more where they have had any success at all at taking any new ground. so this is -- this is an enemy that we still assess to be in a defensive posture. >> conor powell is live in jerusalem with the latest. >> reporter: yeah, heather ultimately the iraqi troops repelled this attack by the isis insurgents but it raised questions about the capabilities of the iraqi troops and how vulnerable are american troops who are there as trainers? according to the pentagon and other reports, in recent weeks isis has been gathering soldiers and fighters near this base it's a huge sprawling military base in the western part of the country. isis even taking over a key town not too far, just a few miles away from

i want to bring in barbara starr, pentagon correspondent, who's live right now at the pentagon. barbara, this is just -- i said it at the beginning. it's savagery like we have never seen before. i have seen the images. i thought they couldn't possibly be real. but the pentagon now i'm assuming has confirmed they believe this is real. >> reporter: no, ashleigh, i have to tell you in all candor, the pentagon, the u.s. government has not made that authent authentication yet but no reason to believe they aren't real. you are right. if there are young viewers, perhaps they should not be hearing some of this. it is graphic in ways that are very difficult to describe. cnn will tell our viewers that it purports to show the murder of the jordanian pilot, moaz al kassasbeh by essentially fa llyg him alive. that's what the images show. we will not show them on the air. i think you're making the critical point here, increasingly the west, the u.s. coming to understand that these isis videos, these isis images, we call them propaganda. but a lot of concern, in fact, growing at the pentagon t

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the pentagon says jordan is confused but jordan suggests it's the pentagon that's confused. either way, this is very disturbing. tonight, fox news learning the pentagon is not on the same page with jordan. today jordan making good on its vow of vengeance against isis retaliation for the murder of a jordanian pilot. here is where jordan and the pentagon differ. jordan's foreign minister telling fox news shepard smith the jordanian military is bombing isis in iraq not just in syria. but the pentagon says jordan is only striking isis in syria. "on the record" is covering this breaking news from all angles with fox team coverage from jordan to washington. we begin with shepard smith live in ammon jordan, shep? >> well greta earlier we did speak with the foreign minister here in ammon and he is very specific. i asked him not once but repeatedly whether the jordanians are, in fact, flying missions over both syria and iraq. listen. the military are doing what they have been doing for many weeks, which is to take out targets isis targets syria and iraq. the last 24 hours you have se

>>> a surprising reveal from the pentagon. iraq's military planning to try to take back a key city in iraq from isis this spring. so why are they telling us this so early? >>> a shocking arrest in the deadly road rage case in arizona. a 19-year-old suspect now accused of shooting his neighbor. the victim's husband expressing outrage saying his wife tried to help the killer. >>> and this morning, 185 million americans feeling the bitter cold. freeze warnings issued across several states. new warnings about dangerous road conditions. this one is cold and ugly. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday february 20th. >> that was a meek friday. >> it is cold. it was a meek cold friday. new this morning, the pentagon revealing plans to force isis out of iraq's second largest city mosul. some 20,000 to 25,000 troops could be committed to retaking mosul months from now. this leads to the question if american troops could be involved. correspondent barbara starr tracking that story

jamie. >> well, david the pentagon's background briefing by senior officials of the u.s. central command the florida was billed as an update on the topic of i.s.i.l. in syria but when the topic turned, the person was a little more forthcoming than expected. >> mosul is the large eggs city in i.s.i.l. hands and the military campaign will begin in april or may and require up to 25,000 iraqi forces. given the reluctance to talk about any form of campaigns,. >> i'm wondering why detail this in advance? doesn't that just give your play book to the islamic state and make it easier for them to prepare to defend themselves against such an attack? >> josh, i think i saw many of the same news reports you may have seen on this. >> reporter: for months, the pentagon has been talking about the offensive to retake mosul but always pointedly refusing to say how and when. >> we're all focused on mosul. i'm not going to focus on the day or time of the week when it is going to happen. >> speaking on anonymity what in pentagon parlance is the conops or concept of operations, iraqi brigades,

officials. >> reporter: in a conference call with reporters the pentagon is tight lipped and provides support for up to 25,000 iraqi troop to try to recapture mosuc. it was overrun last june. >> they lost mosul. there was concern they would lose baghdad and that would be a huge win for isis. maybe this is a move to get ton offensive. >> reporter: the announcement proceedly drew confusion. they say the plan the timing and number of units involved and could give isis fighters a chance to flee. the terror group could strengthen their positions inside mosul. >> they are going to fight. they are willing to die. i don't believe that our flagging and upcoming attack would break their will. >> there's no indication yet that the u.s. could provide fighting forces on the ground. the u.s. relied on air strikes perhaps to sign the obama administration itself believes that strategy is not working. it also comes at a curious time it's believed there are between one to two thousand inside mosul today. the pentagon says it hopes to begin before june 17th with some reports suggesting as soon as april

it's important news coming from the pentagon now. let's listen. >> -- i also know that there's lots of chatter out there about the embassy in yemen. i have nothing to announce on the status embassy in yemen. that is for the state department to speak to. what i can tell you is that nothing's more important to us than the safety and security of the u.s. personnel anywhere around the world, certainly in yemen right now. we're always evaluating the security situation on the ground, and we're taking steps to mitigate those risks. as you know, state department has been reducing some staff in yemen over the past few weeks but that's really something for them to speak to. so i don't have anything new to say or announce on the embassy in yemen. and then finally last week i did inform you that on the 31st of january, in a strike south of mogadishu, using unmanned aerial aircraft and hell fire missiles we struck at an al shabab network and terrorist group target by the name of yousef deek. i can confirm today that we know we killed him and an a

i was visiting in my capacity from the pentagon and i talked to a group of surgeons. we had 36 us soldiers training 24 nato 24 nato mentors to go mentor to the afghans because they came frankly, unprepared. i think we really underestimated the level of atrophy that nato's military experience after the end of the cold war. number one. number two, nato was designed to do territorial homeland defense and we are now asking them to do things that we take for granted, move maintenance and supplies such as and then three they were going into one of the most complex and difficult environments in the world. >> the military. a huge aid organization dutch and all these other countries coming in. pretty good soft power projections. >> they do. what you have to have on the field as close military integration. nato is a military organization and they often went to the eu to do a lot of the civil policing advising, and other things. you did not you did not have that integration. at the end of the day there are fantastic benefits to having a political coalition but we must be clear a

the united states and military advisors at the pentagon are weary of pouring more arms into this race essentially fueling a proxy war between the united states and russia on the battlefield of korean. >> we've just heard from germany that they've made a decision not to supply lethal weaponry to ukraine. what are we talking about? >> first of all, secretary of state kerry is going to kiev this week and he will no doubt hear more from the ukrainian government of yevgeni the prime minister about their needs. but the pentagon officials tell me the president has been getting the best information he can from his generals, the chairman of the joint chiefs and the president has been hinting in recent interviews that he's not particularly in a mood to escalate things. he feels that the last thing the u.s. should be is in a war with russia, in ukraine and there are many people particularly in the state department who don't believe that accelerating the condition on the ground will actually bring a diplomatic solution to the forefront any faster. >> jamie mcintyre thank you. >>> one thing the pr

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cnn's barbara starr is at the pentagon with more on this. so i guess the most surprising thing about this is the early word. why warn isis that you're coming? >> reporter: well carol, the pentagon will tell you this is not going to be a surprise to isis. they know the shape of the battlefield on the ground. they know that backed by the united states the iraqis consider it vital to take back mosul, the second largest city in iraq. the key prize that isis took last year the iraqis want it back but all of this, as you say, is really going to depend on those iraqi forces 20 to 25,000 of them. will they be ready? will they finally months later after going on the run from isis will they be able to turn around and take that city back? they are going to go through some extended u.s. training but this is still a very tall order for the iraqi forces. the pentagon is saying april or may, you know summer weather coming to iraq it will get very hot, it will get tougher to move around but if the iraqis aren't ready, they can't go. so a little bit of psych

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the pentagon says jordan is confused but jordan suggests it's the pentagon that's confused. fox news learning the pentagon is not on the same page with jordan. today jordan making good on its vow of vengeance against isis retaliation for the murder of a jordanian pilot. here is where jordan and the pentagon differ. jordan's foreign minister telling fox news shepard smith the jordanian military is bombing isis in iraq not just in syria. but the pentagon says jordan is only striking isis in syria. "on the record" is covering this breaking news from all angles with fox team coverage from jordan to washington. we begin with shepard smith live in ammon

barbara starr is our pentagon spobt joining me live from the pentagon.f the big questions -- let me go to major general spider marks first. one of the big questions is the intelligence that was supposed to be so valuable coming from the jordanians. they are supposed to have a wealth of it, particularly the human kind of intelligence which is so critical in actually targeting, pinpointing those targets on the ground. what's to be made of the jordanian intelligence if in fact this turns out to be true? and i'm not suggesting it is. but if in fact it is. >> ashleigh, this is one of those where you just go, this is so incredibly hard -- wow. how do you penetrate this particular network with human sources on the ground and be present next to this female if in fact this is true and be able then to report back that says, look, we have her identified, positively identified in this particular grid square at this particular location, this now becomes a target of interest in that you can't strike here, you're going to have to strike someplace else and also realize

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for that, go to barbara starr at the pentagon. what do we know about how the u.s. with the strikes? >> reporter: good evening, anderson. we know 20 u.s. aircraft and 20 airplanes flew. along the jordanians and f-16s to jam the communications on the ground, and advanced f-22 fight fighters flying over to watch, and get sophisticated targeting data to pass it along, and drones overhead and rerefueling airplanes so that everybody could get in and out of the zone. this is pretty much how the coalition has been operating i should say all of the way since the beginning. nobody flies alone, and no country flies alone, and everybody goes as a team. but in this operation, these 20 targets that the jordanians hit, the u.s. was with them all the way. this was something that was very emotional for the jordanian air force and they wanted to carry out as much of the bombing as they could. anderson? >> i understand the emotion about it. we talked before though how difficult it is targeting isis in terms of actually getting significant targets. how is the coalition actually findin

the pentagon says killed 8 of them and it was over pretty quick. >> what did the pentagon say? were they concerned about this? we have our people there. >> yeah. well, today they were pretty nonchalant in that, you know what? this is a huge base as been there before. to be on one side versus the other is mild. i think it's the side of bolder colorado, to give you an idea of it. they thought it was pretty desperate attempt to, you know, if your front line fighters are already loaded with ewe side vests what were they really trying to accomplish here. >> what did they accomplish? >> not much at all. over and done with. and, you know, i heard later today apaches were scrambled but never had to be used. if anything, they showed that he this could get there and they are at the perimeter. they are already in control of the nearby town baghdadi. this is in anbar. contested area for a long time. >> what were they trying to do? obviously trying to kill. suicide vests. whats were the point of going after that base? >> well, this is where like you said, this is where there are in this gro

what is the reaction you're hearing from the pentagon? >> one of the first reactions occurred even before the deaths were made public that is that many people here in the pentagon thought that isis was never serious about negotiating the release of this jordanian pilot or the japanese journalist. that their fate was pretty much sealed. that isis was simply using both hostages holding them out as propaganda tools to promote their militant and quite frankly morbid an brutal agenda. and second of all, in terms of the president's pledge to throw all of the resources that the u.s. has at finding the remaining hostages, that's already been proven pretty problematic. certainly there in syria there was a failed attempt by u.s. military to rescue american james foley. they landed at the right place but isis had already moved foley and then just recently there were two attempts to rescue american luke summers captive in yemen. he was killed by his captors. now the big concern is can the u.s. hold this coalition together? first of all it was thought

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the pentagon said the research never reached the secretary of defense. report notes putin's primary form of compensation is extreme control. joining me now is adrian karaniski, and dr. justin frank from the george washington university medical center. dr. frank, of course the cia and other intelligence agencies around the world have tried to do psychological profiles of especially their opponents around the world. what do you make of this one? >> well, this is not at all at the same level as what the cia did. the cia hired psychiatrists and psycho analysts who have done extensive research into these people, not just watching theme on videotape and dealing with their own fantasies about what different body movements mean. i was sort of surprised, really, that the pentagon -- that the d.o.d. would pay this kind of money. the cia is doing an important job and they have made an effort. i felt it was important to do an analysis of obama and bush, both of wish i have done were very serious, which, you know, it's a very difficult situation, but it's important t

she's at the pentagon.ehind talking about a major offensive coming in the spring talking really about when and where it's going to be. why is the pentagon putting that out there? >> reporter: good morning, brianna. the pent goneagon is saying this is the iraqi plan to retake mosul. that's the first point. there are some iraqi kurdish commanders already expressing some doubt saying that iraqi forces simply aren't ready to fight. the plan as articulated by the pentagon 20 to 25,000 iraqi forces including some peshmerga, local police and security forces moving to take mosul in the april and may time frame. that's pretty soon. a lot of those forces still need to go through the u.s. backed training. why are they talking about it? the pentagon will tell you that isis inside of mosul, isis all over iraq already knows obviously that this battle is coming. this is no secret. this is the real prize, to retake mosul, iraq's second largest city back from isis control. but it's a plan with a lot of questions and questio

, a kernel a group of kernels and the pentagon were trying to think through. one of the ideas was delight or go on. at the at the end of the day the afghans don't care. we are obsessed by numbers. they numbers. they want to hear that our grandchildren we will be standing with the. >> rm is that it will be a long-term commitment. there is there is a minimum number below which it doesn't make any sense. >> have been a number of studies. look at what we need to do. we need to take the airbase or barter mope and continue our counterterrorism campaign into the lawless tribal regions continue mentoring and training the afghan national army and army and the police. right now we have both at such a high level that the trees are falling in the forest so to speak and i don't think we have the visibility to know what the tactical level. we need to push those back down. you had that up and i think you're at about 15 or 20,000 thousand which up until 2,007 is where we were. >> and it was interesting you mentioned the nato problem they thought they were getting a peacekeepi

the pentagon is lying out a game plan. operation set to begin in april. they will lead the ground operation, if they are ready. >> we are talking about seriously taking the fight to isis. their track record is terrible. >> can make take on isis? mike baker. he should know the answer to that question. the white house said incorrect tax information to 800,000 obamacare enrollees. refunds delayed. what a mess. >> extending the enrollment period for obamacare. take away the employer mandate. they decide to give subsidies to states that do not do subsidies under the law. it is absolutely lawfulness. stuart: their healthcare gets more expensive. the tax return delay because of a computer malfunction. >> obamacare trying to knit together all of these agencies. again, stuart, democrats have never represented the wishes of the american people. people start to experience the penalties. >> the republicans could go to the president and say the supreme court case that they straight down the subsidies in this case. it will be a very interesting negotiation to watch. >>

and it should be no different for the pentagon. and in this matter i know i'm echoing chairman mccain senator reed and this committee, which has long called for and taken concrete action on reform of acquisition and other parts of the defense enterprise, in the weapons system acquisition reform act of 2009, and before that, dating back to the packard commission and the goldwater nickel act. i began my own career in defense in connection with the implementation of the packard commission's recommendations. the issues and solutions change over time as technology and industry change. they extend from acquisition which was highlighted by the chairman and programs like future combat systems and the presidential helicopter which i canceled, i signed the cancellation orders for in 2009, to the ford aircraft carrier, which senator mccain also noted, which was not satisfactorily solved and still not. it is overrun and i agree with the chairman in that regard. we have a lot of work to do. the issues and solutions for acquisition reform change

that caused problems and in the pentagon. president karzai first complained about the night raids to secretary rumsfeld. and the commander of the time you know. then said every time that we go after the taliban commander at night will come to the three-star level for approval. and you can imagine what that did so, the answer is mixed. sometimes we are aware. sometimes it is done on purpose you know. that case. he wanted to come to his level to tamp down the numbers that were going on. so sometimes they are you know. sometimes just not aware. and there is a relevant reluctant for the civilian policy makers that are going out to the field to begin that had that 7,000 pile screwdriver and to begin questioning and changing how we conduct things you know. how we will conduct ourselves operational. this is a tough. tough problem. know bin laden raids that are watched in real time by the colder in chief. and by many . this is the first time, you know. in haddistry that the tactical operation would be seen and real time by the comman

that's a real concern for the pentagon and technology. we were talking about drones and unhand aircraft carriers. the threat for the aircraft carrier is that across missile can come from 500 miles away. >> we are going to take you back to washington right now. you are listening to the testimony of dr. ashton carter. he is being not grilled but poll lightly questioned by members of the senate. we take you back live. >> thank you for your strong testimony today. the chair and the ranking member in their opening comments put the issues on the table and i want to just focus on two of them the elimination of isil and afghanistan. senator donnelly asked if the elimination of isil should be the goal. we all had the experience as foreign relations of visiting with king abdullah at a very emotional and differ time. he said to us, look, we need you desperately, however this is a fight that's the region's fight. if we're not willing to stand up against extremism in the region, there's no amount of outside forces as powerful as they can be who will b