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that class has produced general petraeus, general alexander and general dempsey. which is not bad for people entering an institution whose future they weren't sure of. actually general alexander thought he would only go in for five years. but came to see a career in military intelligence. it's been an outstanding career. i knew him and worked closely with him when i was deputy of security defense. first in 2001 to 2003 and when he was deputy chief of staff for the army for intelligence from 2003 to five. i was told even before i met general alexander that this was an exceptional officer and a real innovator. after working with him for four years, i can certainly confirm that description. of course, he's since gone on to become the director of the national security agency serving in that position since august 1st of 2005. that's a record. you can do the math seven years it almost sounds like a life sentence. we are very luck lucky that he's served that long and two different administrations have seen the enormous value that he brings to the job. for the last two ye

petraeus we removed as part of the construction process -- the trees we removed as part of the construction process. the new library project is ready to start construction in the summer of 2012 independently of the lawsuit. further delays do not serve the public interest and would result in implications for the city. as permit holder, dpw would like to respectfully request the board to uphold with no new conditions. we will now address the issues specifically to the trees. >> thank you. carl ashort, urban forester. this slide shows some of the issues that are -- some of the factors with the ficus trees. all the trees have sustained some limb loss. these problems are typical to the species. it makes them prone to losing large limbs. two of the three have sustained some major root loss. significant trees are tree is located on private property, or on a dpw-owned property. they must meet any one of three sides criteria. street trees are in the trees located in the public right of way. all street trees are protected. the protection is not different between street trees and significant trees. th

the first was petraeus and the crystal recommended a minimum -- force of 40 and we got 30. what did that do to us? they wanted a simultaneous campaign in the south and east to collapse the enemy. without the additional 10,000, you had to do it sequentially. that protracts the war and of that great political will at home. second problem we have, in other handcuff, is that petraeus wants to keep the search forces that the president gave him, the 30,000, much longer at a much higher level. they are all gone before this year is out. that is where we are at the point of your question. given those two things, those dynamics that have happened -- there is pressure on the commanders to stay on schedule that transitions our combat forces in 2014. in my judgment, what is happening to support that is fault -- far from condition- based. that is the date we are moving to, and by god we are doing it. we should take the pressure off of them so that they can come back and say, we have to slow this down a little bit. >> with nato forces scheduled to withdraw from afghanistan in 2014, expert

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david petraeus, the highest decorated general is now cia director. so there are some synergies which is i think actually a good thing. but again come back to this. these activities are important. the president has embraced a counterterrorist approach against the threats that we face. i'm for that. i was not a fan of the counterinsurgency stuff which i done think worked in either afghanistan or i think long-term in iraq. this is good. but we need to use all of our tools. and as bob gates the last dod secretary said, that means beefing up the state department. deam-- diplomacy and development are very important tools. and did you know that our most effective foreign policy initiative over recent years has been our help against natural disasters, earthquake and flood its. >> rose: thank you very much, come back any time. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org sw tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley

found the time to work out in the gym, a man after my own heart and as i see in the newspaper, dave petraeusas a at a dia town hall where a woman was signing for the hearing impaired ron graciously announced that he was giving civilians three hours a week to work out. he proudly claimed, that was the minimum time necessary to skultp a body that was quote, eye candy like his. [laughter] and then as now some laughter broke out. not so much because of the comement itself but because of the woman who was signing. she made the hour blast symbol with her hands to represent eye candy. you may not, you may or may not know that ron was a jedi knight. the slang term for a graduate from the school of advanced military studies at fort leavenworth. this is evidence i think of beneath ron's southern country boy demeaner, razor sharp intellect. i, and because of his interest in education i really appreciated ron taking the lead on professional education for the entire intelligence community transitioning what had been the national defense intelligence college into what is now the national intelligence univ

against four top military officials defense secretary leon panetta and cia director david petraeus are among those named in the case relatives accuse them of approving and directing the strikes which they say are unconstitutional as they occurred outside of military conflict those killed were allegedly linked to terror plots. there is no end in sight for cuts in the u.k. has problem minister david cameron admits britain will have to endure years more of austerity despite a recent fall in inflation cameron said the picture looked so bleak that public spending would have to be slashed until twenty twenty five years longer than initially promised in recent polls suggest only half of those who believe the coalition were capable of dealing with the crisis when they first came to power still believe in them now. there's been a huge display of dancing in pyongyang to mark the announcement that leader kim jong un has taken the top military title of marshal hundreds of soldiers helped celebrate the news which came after several days of reshuffling at the highest levels of the army kim jong own

clamoring for internal solutions not extra no solutions to the problems that exist at this point general petraeus over at the cia is authorizing special operations there are drone attacks assassinations taking place in central africa today oftentimes african governments are not notified before this this takes place but people want internal solutions also the african union is involved the african union has special negotiators there is the u.s. role to support internal solutions to these problems not to militarize them more violence does not solve the innocent civilians get caught in the crosshairs ok peter what do you think about that i mean it what does the united states want to do does it want to make have all of the governments of africa on the same page when it comes to military threats and then those kind of things that seems rather odd to me why doesn't the african union just take care of itself. well in fact the u.s. policy would be favorable in fact would encourage the african union take more ownership of these issues but the fact is it's not fully capable and in areas where it in fact has

against four top military officials defense secretary leon panetta and cia director david petraeus are among those named in the case relatives accuse them of approving and directing the strikes which they say are unconstitutional as they occurred outside of military conflict those killed were allegedly linked to terror plots. there's no end in sight for cuts in the u.k. as prime minister david cameron had myths britain will have to endure years more of austerity despite a recent fall in inflation cameron said the picture looked so bleak that public spending would have to be slashed until twenty twenty that's five years longer than initially promised a recent poll suggests only half of those who believe the coalition were capable of dealing with the crisis when they first came to power still believe in them now. heading back to their roots farmers in india are cutting out chemicals and putting pesticides aside as they say traditional techniques are more effective preassure it or explains what's behind the stark change to agricultural thinking. i mean she's sharma is part of a movement o

being poised against four top military officials defense secretary leon panetta cia director david petraeus they are among those named in the case relatives accuse them of approving and directing the strikes which they say are unconstitutional as they occurred outside of military conflict with those killed were allegedly linked to terror plots. and there's been a huge display of dancing in pyongyang to mark the announcement that leader kim jong un has taken the top military title of marshal hundreds of soldiers help celebrate the news which came just several days after the reshuffling of the highest levels of the army kim jong un is already a supremum commander of the korean people's army. well going back to their roots farmers in india cutting out chemicals and putting pesticides aside as they say technical and traditional techniques are more effective artie's prius treated now explains what's behind this a stark change to agricultural thinking. i mean she's sharma is part of a movement of tens of thousands of farmers in india's bread basket turning back to their traditions in organic farm

the second problem we have is petraeus wants to keep the surge forces, the 30,000, much longer and at a higher level. they are all gone. that is where we are at the time of your question. given those dynamics have already happened. there's pressure on the commanders to stay on a schedule that transitions our combat forces in 2013 totally and then the out of there by 2014. in my judgment what is happening to support that is far from condition based. that is a date we are moving to. by god we are doing it. we to take the pressure off of them so they can come back and say we have to slow this down a little bit. >> with nato forces scheduled to withdraw in 2014, experts testified on the progress of afghan security forces. watch this on line at the c-span video library. video library.

against four top military officials the defense secretary leon panetta and cia director david petraeus are among those named in the case relatives accuse them of approving and directing the strikes which i say are unconstitutional if they occurred outside of military conflicts and those killed were allegedly linked to terror plots. well separate attacks on spiritual leaders of russia's mostly muslim republic of tatarstan the mufti of the republic's finds of was injured when his car was blown up in the capital cazan several deaths have also been reported and the investigators are currently working at the scene in a separate incident the mufti's deputy was shot dead while leaving his home on thursday morning investigators say the attacks may have something to do with the fact that both clerics were staunch critics of radical islam a criminal investigations now have been launched. will see marina with a business shortly for now going back to their roots farmers in india cutting out chemicals putting aside pesticides as they say that traditional techniques are more effective. explains what

as they see the newspaper, dave petraeus two. the charade paired, ron graciously announced he was giving civilians three hours a week to work out. he proudly claims that with the minimum time necessary to sculpt a body that was quote i can be like his. [laughter] and then laughter broke out. not so much because of the comment itself, but because of the woman who was signing. she had made the hourglass symbol with her hands to represent a candy. you may or may not know that ron was a jedi knight come the slang term for a graduate from the school of advanced military studies at fort leavenworth. this is evidence they think to the southern country boy demeanor as a razor-sharp intellect. because of his interest in education, i really appreciated ron taking the lead on professional education for the entire intelligence community transition would've been the national intelligence college into what is now a national intelligence university. it's especially impressive when you consider advice to his own children going to college when he

public school officials and teachers' union reps reject a contract suggestions rebar they may be our petraeus this week ctu president and karen lewis not revealing what she and the unit will do with the recommendation until after meeting wednesday this afternoon include 15-20 percent pay increase first year of the deal longer school day. for this reason expect chicago public school for months publicly stated the fact finder should decide our raises will now make about face and try to discredit the process it championed >> facing a $665 million budget shortfall leaders say any contract proposals made by fact finder must be grounded in the fiscal reality. chicago public library will restore full day service at all neighborhood branches on monday due to the budget cuts and branch libraries get to be closed for hours on monday morning during the school year but department will not adopt flexible staffing plan for each library based on circulation of foot traffic technology use and references. 76 neighborhood branches will stay open mondays without additional cost. possible leak may reveal things

general david petraeus has sent a message to all of america's spy agencies and spells out the cia's zeroce policy when it comes to co-workers. they have responded to a large number of complaints from women working for the cia. >>> they are facing four killings in los angeles county. anthony wayne smith is waiting for the prosecution of a man. now they are accused of killing two brothers in 1999 and killing two others two years later. there is no motive for any of those crimes. >>> a mountain lion attacked away area man, they spent the 4th of july combing the river and that's where a marin county man was attacked while sleeping over the weekend. he is recovering from bites and scratches. they are looking for a female mountain lion. they are using specially trained dogs and camera to track that map down. >>> and the lower deck is still a mess and they want to know where it is backed up to 101 in san francisco because of this lower deck problem. lanes are intermittently getting through but it is not good. this backup stretches all the way on to northbound 101 in san francisco and it will no

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. >> i wish he would resign to get general petraeus and condi if he picked because some of the old bushy go for pawlenty. i think he should go for rubio and extra if he wins, would like to see guliani. >> he will go with portedman but he should go for rubio for all the reasons. >> i think he'll go with pawlenty. >> i go to portedman on the theory i think there is appetite for confidence as opposed to drama. >> sean: what is rubio's drama? >> rubio, he is young and untested. there is some questions about that. >> more experience than obama? >> that is low standard. [ laughter ] >> rubio, alan west or paul ryan. i think it will be portman or pawlenty or someone safe which he shouldn't do. >> normally the vice president pick actually matters but my ken important romney would be that he still feels very undefined for independent voters. this pick will need to define him. unfortunately i don't think port man does that. he needs someone who gives him a little flash. >> somebody that makes a lot of gaffes like joe biden. >> i like rubio. he won't hurt the ticket. he may help with the swing sta

i was asked to visit with general petraeus. i did that a day or two ago. and i think that you don't have to have a briefing by general petraeus to understand how important it is to do something about cybersecurity. there are people out there making threats on this country every day, and we've been fortunate being able to stop a number of them. so we're going to have to get to cybersecurity before we get to the defense authorization bill because the on the relative merits, cybersecurity is more important, one i believe is more important than the other. mr. mcconnell: madam president, it's pretty obvious here the reason the senate is so inactive is because the majority leader doesn't want to take up any serious bills that are important to the future of the country. he mentioned cybersecurity. why isn't it on the floor? defense authorization, why isn't it on the floor? appropriations bills, why don't we call them up? these are not partisan bills. they're widely supported. they are the basic work of government, including the budget. and i understand his view i

the lawsuit accuses defense secretary leon panetta, cia director david petraeus, and to military commanders of unlawfully killing muslim cleric anwar awlaki and samir khan in a drone strike and then awlaki's teenage son two weeks later. filing the suit on behalf of the victims' families, the aclu and the center for constitutional rights say the assassinations were carried out with "vague legal standards, a closed executive process and evidence never presented to the court's." in a video released in conjunction with the lawsuit's filing, a grandfather called for the justice in his murder. >> a small boy being killed by an american drone away from his home, away from his family. his body was cut into pieces. for me and my wife and my whole family, we were in a really very sad situation. we are still suffering today. i hope, as in the american, you look to what happened to my grandson. >> attorneys for the alleged army whistleblower bradley manning are seeking a military court's permission to cite evidence showing the leak for which he is accused cause no damage to the united states. on wednes

and so not surprising, and two years is consistent with what we've heard from general petraeus at ciand leon panetta before him. that's the lower, the sooner end of that scale, but not different really from what we're hearing from western intelligence. >> a little longer than israel's thinking, which might be a good thing. fran townsend, thank you. i am from baltimore south carolina... bloomington, california... austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet the house is considering a bill to close thousands of offices, slash service and layoff over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company be

night's man's night, fresh man in high school and he said can we deliver some and general david petraeusiled dhl and the president and ceo responded and said, let's do it and, what started with 3,000 pizzas now, we have delivered over 70,000 pizzas. >> governor huckabee: over five years and if you were going to deliver 30,000 pizzas in one great big delivery, the logistics of that have to be challenging. >> you are talking about 57,000 pounds of pizza an 48,000 pounds of dry ice and the equivalent of 150 pallets, as tall as i am, four feet wide by four feet wide, three different flight segments from chicago to cincinnati and had to be reiced because of the temperature, could camp bagram and camp leather neck and the operating bases and, they go into their storage facilities and prepare it for the troops on the fourth of july. >> governor huckabee: and, you probably set it in the sun and it would almost cook itself. >> yes. >> governor huckabee: so, you will deliver this actually to where the soldiers are, there are 90,000 troops now, roughly in afghanistan, so every one of them, theoreti

with the head of mi-6 "the guardian" writes, this isn't like just bragging that you just met david petraeus. the british take on the national secret intel sense service. co-s with a heavy extra doll lop of the whole secret thing. the very existence of mi-6 was not officially acknowledged until 1994. james chapman's take on that one? romney blunders again. do we have a new dubya on our hands? joining me now, krystal ball, co-host of msnbc's "the cycle" and howard dean, former vermont governor and former dnc chairman. charles krauthhammer is out of adjectives. do any come to mind for you as to how this tour is going for mitt romney? >> this is bad. i am a little surprised they didn't take a trip to switzerland and cayman islands while they're at it. first of all, insulting the british prime minister is really bad. when the prime minister thinks it's necessary to call out the candidate who's running for president of the united states, this is not a good thing. i wish i could be more charitable, sort of. but this is pretty bad. i haven't seen a bad trip like this for a long time. and i have to

spoken out in this regard to whether it is secretary panetta recently or secretary dates or general petraeus. why do you think the military express's its feelings so eloquently for this kind of expenditure? >> we have always felt that way. i'd think we have become more vocal in recent years as we see the kinds of situations we found ourselves in. i can go back to the invasion of panama in 1989 and go forward. we realize just having a military battle that you want is not the end of the game,. perhaps he should have done more in the beginning to avoid that battle for having won the battle, how do we keep the peace and preserve the peace tax would have to be careful when we talk about these terms such as smart power or hard power or soft power. i am reminded of a conversation i had with the former archbishop of canterbury. in 2003. you might have been there. it was on the eve of the gulf war. the archbishops stood up and said," general powell, why don't we just use soft power?" it was a critique of what we are getting ready to do. it was not soft power that rescued britain from hitler. it was h

graduates of the class said they also called himself class of '74 and that has produced general petraeus and general alexander and general dempsey which isn't bad for people entering an institution whose people they were not sure of. actually, general alexander thought he was only when for five years but came to see a career and military intelligence. it's been an outstanding career including a tour for the 1st armored division in desert storm. i knew him and worked closely with him and i was deputy secretary defense, first when he headed the army intelligence and security command from 2001 to 2003, and then when he was deputy chief of staff of the army for intelligence from 2003 to 2005. and the marshall and as many of you know or heard of told me even before i met john alexander that this was an exceptional officer and a real innovator and after working with him for four years, i can certainly confirm that description. of course he has since gone on to become the director of the national security agency serving in that position since august august 1st of 2005. that is a record. you can

but if you talk to, you know, bob mueller or keith alexander here or dave petraeus, i mean, we've known each other all for a long time. we are not only colleagues, but we are friends. and when you have that trust, everything else is easy. and we built that trust up over many, many years. >> and how good is this the intelligence? because without good intelligence, in the bin laden raid, if you didn't have good intelligence, you wouldn't have known anything. but when you go into a mission in afghanistan or any place elsewhere in the world, do you have confidence in the intelligence you're getting? >> we have the best intelligence agencies in the world, bar none. and there is nobody even close to us. >>> coming up, stress, suicide, and war. admiral mccraven talks about the pressure on today's servicemen and women and what he's doing about it. >>> plus, gays serving openly in the military and whether it's had an impact on operations. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." imimagaginine e ifif y yod alalwawaysys s seeee l e [m[mususicic]] inin t thehe b besest t lil. eveverery y titim