mali from across the atlantic let's go to washington now where would you and live by former pentagon official michael maloof well the militants have killed two foreigners in the holding some twenty american european and japanese nationals in a gas field in algeria as i was just saying a little earlier this all of course is in apparent retaliation to what's happening in mali is this not what paris has been warned against. paris that paris was probably aware of it and i think that the united states was aware of it too. this also this demonstrates how the a.q. . in the maghreb in the islamic magreb basically are coordinating their activities and this is part of an overall our overall. plan to basically take that northern part of africa as a stepping stone into europe itself and there has been threats in paris already by . and what's really tragic is the fact that the united states trained a lot of these. now terrorists who basically defected from the government and and know many of our activities and know how we operate from a special forces standpoint and can use them against us why did that tr

. >> a top pentagon official says some 800,000 civilian workers could be furloughed one day a week by april. that is a 20% pay cut unless congress acts to ward off nearly $50 billion in cuts the news is expected to kick in march 1. >> it is ridiculous. >> don johnson a retired civilian worker with the defense department says with all the money spent in iraq and afghanistan don't pick on the sven force. >> we are always an easy target. i think there are other options. if congress would just get their act together. >> already the pentagon is short-sighted. get their act together. >> already the pentagon is laying off most of its 46,000 temporary workers and cutting back on maintenance of ships and aircraft just in case. but others say cutting the people and the services they provide >> they may cut information technology funds which drives operational efficiency so we're cutting the thing that could save money. >> even though no military positions are affected only civilians, carter warned the deferred maintenance and other cutbacks will eventually hut the combat readiness of units depl

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. >>> a news edge alert, pentagon officials searching over the adriatic sea for a mission u.s. air force f-16 fighter jet. the jet was missing off the coast of italy during a training mission today. the air force lost all contact with the plane and quickly began their sea search. no word if the jet crashed, but the initial word is the f-16 was not carrying weapons. >>> the discussion over how to curb gun violence has several democratic leaders trying to pin down gun manufacturers. they even suggest you be informed if any of your investment goes to companies that own guns overseas. fox's shannon bream has more. >> reporter: as police chiefs and sheriffs from around country gathered at the white house to meet with president obama and discuss gun violence, he put the onus directly on capitol hill. >> as we've indicated before, the only way we're going to be able to do everything that needs to be done is with the cooperation of congress. >> reporter: with growing indications that it won't be easy sledding on the hill, a number of obama allies across the country are rolling out plan

the country's capital france is relying on international support in the operation but a former pentagon official michael maloof says parses allies may be reluctance to seriously engage in what looks to be a questionable and protracted military standoff between years of doing something similar in afghanistan were ready to pull out. to move back in so there's some question as to just how effective this approach is going to be and i think that this is something that the french are going to have to to weigh for themselves but it also could bring a number of other countries back into a long drawn out conflict already germany is beginning to show some resistance to this and are concerned about the extent of help that they give simply because they see another protracted effort such as they experienced. in afghanistan. the u.s. involvement in the news coming to limited intelligence sharing but many of those who are now fighting the western forces in the country were reportedly trained by american agents as part of a costly program to call but terrorism retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel karen kwi

trucks and then you found skills basically to the enemy in the heat of battle in according to up pentagon officials that the u.s. has spent upwards of six hundred million dollars that in recent years trying to suppress the militant movement there are artists pretty boy i'm sure we'll be talking to you in the near future live in london thank you both. well for now political writer believes that france's decision to intervene in mali is not an accidental one it's also part of france's for its colonial past its great past. in west africa also in asia and the french are still not. i think that's very much part of it and also of course the economic interest there you're talking about a country. which is twice the size of france how do you track. these rebels these different groups who know who's there is how do you deal with up with a few hundred troops in a way. intentionally. a very long. thanks for joining us here. for you in this hour no suggestions just. as we speak to both sides in the weeks old. struggle to explain what. are the parliamentary election in israel approaching people question the gov

france has also asked for more logistical assistance from the un in the ongoing conflict former pentagon official michael maloof sas france could be drawn into a lengthy afghanistan like scenario. this demonstrates how the. in the maghreb in the islamic magreb basically are coordinating their activities and this is part of an overall our overall. qaida plan to basically take that northern part of africa as a stepping stone into europe itself and there's been threats in paris already by mali ns and and what's really tragic is the fact that the united states trained a lot of these. now terrorists who basically defected from the government and and know many of our activities and know how we operate from a special forces standpoint and can use them against us these troops are very well trained they were involved not only in libya but also but also in mali and and they basically turned they were tory eggs and now they've joined forces with the a.q.i.m. which is al-qaeda in the islamic magreb so this is a very very dicey situation and and it also represents some it also represents a potential long term

against al qaeda linked groups there paris is calling for more international backing the former pentagon official michael maloof believes its nato allies there won't be that. for ten years of doing something similar in afghanistan were ready to pull out. to move back in so there's some question as to just how effective this approach is going to be and i think that this is something that the french are going to have to to weigh for themselves but it also could bring a number of other countries back into a long drawn out conflict already germany is beginning to show some resistance to this and are concerned about the extent of help that they give simply because they see another protracted effort such as they experienced. in afghanistan. now the u.s. says its involvement in the mali operation is currently limited to intelligence sharing but it wasn't always like this many millions who were trained by american agents to combat militants have now switched sides in a fighting among the militants retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel karen says the current turmoil is a fallout of washington's reckle

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pentagon. senior administration officials are acknowledging that.re telling mike emanuel in the past few minutes, "it wasn't perfect. it was a long day. " hagel made clore he supports the president's policies and tried in good faith to address the senators' question about his past statements and votes. they found it shocking there were more questions about the war in iraq than afghanistan. here is another instance where a democratic senator tried to save hagel from something he said about iran. >> we have never made any part of a legitimate independent government designated them or made part, made them part of a terrorist organization. >> i can understand if you meant it's a legal entity that has international relations and diplomatic relations and is a member of the u.n., but i do not see iran and reigning got as legitimate government. i would like your thoughts on that. >> thank you, senator. what i meant to say and should have said it's recognizable, and recognized that the is remember newsed at the united states. >> bret: to give you a flavor of

business contributor and a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute and former pentagon officiall-star which you. tell me, what's going on in the oil market today as a result of what is going on? >> the prices have been pretty stable on oil, but we saw huge jump up in the u.k. natural-gas market. as we know, algeria is a major supplier of natural gas to europe. because of those concerns with some big spike in the market yesterday. and that think the larger concern, one of the things we have to realize is that in this world of terror, every time we fill up at the gas tank return all light bulb, we're already paying the terror premium that is built into the price. the biggest concern for energy traders in the energy markets is that this type of attack that happened in algeria happens in other places. >> we have seen it in the past. miching algeria be a primary supplier of net gas, number three. that is critically important. a return to your now. i thought al qaeda was dead. that is what i was told by the democrats. >> you have to give the president credit. the second he announced t

pentagon officials say the troops are still needed to keep strengthening the afghan army and help keepeda away. this comes days after osama bin laden is meeting with hamid karzai. no decision has been made for anthony's appeal to get the lying conviction thrown out. she is convicted of lying to police. the statements she used to police can't be used against her because she was not read her amanda rights. >>> across the country struggle to go keep up all of the people coming in with flu like illnesses. one set up a special tent outside. this is 29 states already reporting extremely high amounts of cases. >> we are live with the latest on what health officials there are dealing with. >> the flu is hitting harder and also hitting earlier especially here in northeast ohio. there were 134 cases of the flu that were reported last week and that was up 73 according to the cuyahoga county board of health. they are already putting restrictions in place. 30 minutes outside of cleveland they were packed with patients yesterday. they are now having to call in additional staff due to the influx of p

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this required them to deplane and delayed them by about 90 minutes according to pentagon officials.hen there's the decision by success tear of state clinton and state department undersecretary of management, patrick kennedy, in the operations center that night, not to send a fest or foreign emergency support team, which the state department's own website describes as the government's only interagency on call short notice team poised to respond to terrorist incidents. as a result, the fbi could not enter the complex for 24 days at which point most evidence was gone. >> secretary clinton will be asked in particular why more securitifuls not provided after the june 6th bombing attack, and why ambassador stevens left part of the security team behind in tripoli, why the secrecy? lou? lou: jennifer, thank you. jennifer griffin, fox news national cor responsibility. exit polls show benjamin netanyahu winning the third term as prime minister of israel tonight. this, as the united states is providing a gift to egypt and muslim brotherhood member, president of e jupt, morsi. four f [laughter]

former pentagon official, former reagan political director joining yes.ulitzer prize-winning journalist among our guests tonight. joining us to assess what could be a contentious road ahead for the president's national-security nominees to my katie mcfarland has held national security posts under three presidents and a fox these national security analyst and a pulitzer prize-winning journalist judith miller. let's begin with you. the nomination here of brennan and, of course, of hegel catching some, well, this -- by surprise despite the fact that their names have been proffered for some time. >> the jewish community, representatives have let the president know they do not like this appointment. there is to not to do it, but now what is done. many of them starting to fall in line saying, it is done. some will continue to oppose, but at this point you have to assume that senator hegel stands a good chance of being confirmed lou: : first to brennan, he has been purged of whatever his sins were under the bush demonstration by four years of service and the oba

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this required them to deplane and delayed them by 90 minutes according to pentagon officials. the decision by secretary of state clinton and state department under-secretary of management patrick kennedy who was in the operation center that night. not to send a foreign emergency support team, which the state department own web site describes as the government only interagency on-call short notice team poised to respond to terrorists ips dents. as a result, the f.b.i. could not enter the complex for 24 days after which point most evidence was gone. secretary clinton will be asked why more security wasn't provided at the benghazi mission after the june 6 bombing and why ambassador chris stevens left behind some of his security detail in tripoli. why the reck secrecy? >> bret: we'll cover it tomorrow. thank you. the pentagon says the al-qaeda affiliate in north africa is at the top of the list for suspects for algerian terrorist attack. three americans were killed. seven others escaped. the overall death toll there believed to be around 80. the task of identifying some of the bod

senior pentagon officials say a ship intercepted last week off yemen was smuggling weapons from iran. ship was stopped by a joint u.s. yemeni force. yemeni officials say it was carrying surface to air missiles. military grade explosives. and cache of many other munitions. >>> the u.s. air force says italian rescue teams recovered debris from what they believe is the f-16 jet that disappeared monday over the adriatic sea -. the pilot is captain lucas grunther. the search for him continues. main stream media feeds on its own over the president's "60 minutes" interview with secretary clinton. that is later in the grapevine. up next, the merits of change. the boy scouts and gays. in america tay we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male annou

joining me, executive director of the national security network, and former pentagon official and current policy magazine columnist, rosa brooks. it is good to have you here with us. michelle, who i believe you worked with at the pentagon, tell me why i have it wrong or at least why you worry that hagel wouldn't be the right pick for this position. >> i don't know i would say ezra that hagel is the wrong pick, i just don't think he is the best pick. i think there are others around there who would have have many of the upsides that hagel has, without the down sides that hagel has. if mitt romney had won and chosen him, i would have applauded him as real courage. chuck hagel has a lot going for him. he is a brave guy, a principled guy. there is a lot to like about him. he is also a republican, and the democratic party has worked really, really hard over past decades to erase the deficit, in which voters consistently said they trusted republicans more than democrats on national security. democrats have worked really hard to erase that gap, but picking chuck hagel seems to me to be sending a

train-and-assist mission because he felt the afghan army and police really had a long ways to go. >> pentagon officialsnfidence in the afghan security forces as a factor in planning for a smaller u.s. presence. though the most recent afghan progress report prepared by the pentagon for congress suggested otherwise. only one out of 23 afghan military battalions had the ability to fly its own air support. the rest still relied completely on the u.s. and nato. >> insider attacks against u.s. troops by afghan security forces, 47 last year alone, is another factor. president karzai and obama will meet at the white house to discuss troop levels and the wish list of military equipment karzai is bringing to washington next week. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. >> riots getting out of control in northern ireland. protesters hurling bricks at people in belfast. the cops firing back with water cannons to fend them off. the violent protests in their third day. it started after a decision last month by the city council there to stop flying the british flag year around. such issues of symbolism frequentl

gerri: a pentagon official cede said if sequester goes through, hundreds of thousands of civilian employees and it's unfortunate, and i've been saying this for months that the sequester is not a good way to cut spending, but i hate to say it, could be the only way to get cuts in spending. we have to do this. look, you know it, we can't borrow 40 cents for every dollar spent, not a trillion dollars a year, it's unfortunate, people lose jobs. i live in northern virginia, people on the street i live will be affected by this, but you know what? business had to cut people; right? i mean, businesses got trimmed. they got efficient, and, actually, businesses, as you know, you just covered the story, united states is the place to live best in. why can't government be efficient like private industry does? gerri: we can dream, steve. by the way, you are one of my favorite guests of all time. i have to say that. thanks for bringing your smart comments. >> have a great weekend. what's the new word about shoring? reshoreing. that's great. gerri: can't get my brain around it. >> it's great. new term. hav