he was executive officer to general petraeus. he has a ph.d and holds the raymond mason chair and military history at ohio state. happy to have you. after colonel mansoor to this presentation we will have joel rayburn, a long front of the american foundation who was sort of produced some responses to what colonel mansoor says. is writing an opera study of the iraq war for the u.s. army. he's also studying for his ph.d at texas a&m university. we are really pleased that both of you here so welcome to both of you. colonel mansoor will give his presentation at the podium now. thank you. >> thank you, peter, for that kind introduction, and thank you all for coming today. i really appreciate the new america foundation sponsoring this talk. i was not going to write this book. i retired from military in 2008, and although i knew that the restored to be told, i was going to let it take some time to digest and develop. and i was thinking maybe 10, 20 years down the road i would write a history of the iraq war are but a couple years later

i know general petraeus does. it was the synergy both the two with the conventional forces taking and holding ground and the special operation forces being able to then target insurgeant and terrorist operatives that created the dynamic that helped to improve the sim -- situation on the ground -- and the final myth is all of the surge did was create an interval for the withdrawal of iraq. u.s. forces are there 60 years later in south korea. it is only a democracy several years after the war. but president bush wasn't allowed to see it through the end. president obama was elected on an anti-war platform. his vision of iraq was like vietnam in the sense we need to get out and allow the locals on the ground to sort it out. by removing u.s. forces, it removed removed the glue that was holding the security situation and then the political dynamics raised their heads again. and it has to do a lot with how we handle the election of 2010. the situation now is spiraling back downhill and it remains to be seen what is the e

i know general petraeus does. it was the synergy both the two with the conventional forces taking and holding ground and the special operation forces being able to then target insurgeant and terrorist operatives that created the dynamic that helped to improve the sim -- situation on the ground -- and the final myth is all of the surge did was create an interval for the withdrawal of iraq. u.s. forces are there 60 years later in south korea. it is only a democracy several years after the war. but president bush wasn't allowed to see it through the end. president obama was elected on an anti-war platform. his vision of iraq was like vietnam in the sense we need to get out and allow the locals on the ground to sort it out. by removing u.s. forces, it removed removed the glue that was holding the security situation and then the political dynamics raised their heads again. and it has to do a lot with how we handle the election of 2010. the situation now is spiraling back downhill and it remains to be seen what is the e

and that isn't right. >> we've asked the fbi, justice department and general petraeus for comment. as soon as we have it, we'll report that. >> all right. a stunning claim. catherine, thanks much. >> you're welcome. >>> a top republican raising big concerns about the gop's strategy going into the midterm elections. why louisiana governor bobby jindal says his party is focusing way too much on obamacare. >>> plus, jury selection now underway in the trial for osama bin laden's son-in-law, blocks from where the world trade center towers once stood. >>> and you don't see this every day. it's the hazards of the job. oh, whoa. a local news reporter nearly gets taken out by the snowdrift and the plow live, right on the air. you don't want to miss it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> jury selection beginning in the trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law. he's accused of conspireing to kill americans in his role as al qaeda's spokesperson after the 9/11 attacks. respective jurors now being questioned at a federal courthouse in new york city. hoping statements could begin as early as wednesday. he was brought to th

it was true. >> another one over here. >> in baghdad, 2007, general petraeus and mr. crocker showed up, i'm retired from the marine corp., a couple comments. first of all, another operational doctrine successful called am fib because warfare we use after that we learned from after world world war i and ii e armies, we took the boats, but we forgave you. the second thing is, and general shoemaker, success in iraq, introdugs of the brigade modules is an amazing transformation of how the army attends different brigades, and they are all put together, and i was very, very impressed by that, and saying that as the person using the joint task organizations, but the fact that you could have almost a court sized group of unites of different parts of the united states and europe come together in baghdad and work almost -- one focus, significant achievement by the army and thank you all you for doing that, did a great job in doing that. what doo you say to the state department? one of the things i found amazing when i showed up there is part of the baghdad cr 2-rbgs that was un

i know general petraeus disagrees with this. it was the synergy between the conventional and the special operations forces, the conventional forces taking and holding ground and the special operations forces then being able to target insurgent terrorist operate toives that created the dynamic that improved, helped to improve the situation on the ground. if you have a pure counterterrorist campaign and a virulent insurgency such as that that existed in iraq, there is no way that it solve the proble. and the final myth all the surge did was create a decent interval for the order toly withdrawal of u.s. forces fromming iraq. that's all it was designed to do. that's not what it was designed to do. that may be the withdraw it turned out, perhaps. we'll see. but this goes to the perspective of two presidents. george bush looked on iraq as, and his model would have been south korea where u.s. forces now 60 years on are still there helping that country stabilize after a very difficult war. south korea wasn't south korea or more several

s investigation into david petraeus. questioning on eric holder, when he learned along with petraeus about the investigation. there's concern among lawmakers that the f.b.i. investigation could put pressure on petraeus over benghazi as he was a key player in understanding the obama administration's decision making in the days after the attack. here to explain all of that is our correspondent. >> thank you. this began last may when congressman pushed eric holder to investigate why the f.b.i. investigation into petraeus was still open. petraeus resigned in november of 2012 shortly after the benghazi attack and that was over an affair with his bio grapher. virtually every question at that hearing, holder said he didn't know or couldn't remember, even when it came to notifying the president. >> when was the president of the united states notified? >> it was much later. again, i'm not exactly certain but as i remember, like last fall, perhaps even early winter. again, don't hold me to exact -- >> and i appreciate that. and i'

petraeus is scheduled to speak at 4:00 p.m. about the international security challenges facing the united states. protestors will also be on hand for petraeus' speech and they plan to accuse him of war crimes. today's public appearance comes two years after petraeus resigned as director of the cia after admitting to an affair with his biographer. >>> travis air force base in fairfield does not expect any major impact from military budget cuts in the coming year. reportedly the only change would be transitioning four c-5 transport planes to back up inventory status. meaning they will not be fully funded or manned. the proposed defense budget could mean the loss of 17 hurricane jobs at beal air force base. the budget calls for ending funding for the u-2 mission. along -- that could result in the loss of a quarter of the jobs on the base. >>> it may come as a surprise for some but new survey finds muni riders are generally satisfied with bus services. 52% of riders surveyed ranks service as good or excellent. just 9% says it's fai

the colorless reports and operational summaries that general petraeus and i read before departing theunited states did not do justice to the extent of damage to the iraqi capital, its inhabitants, and the iraqi psyche. the severity of the situation hit us like a ton of bricks. the situation in iraq spiraled rapidly downward and u.s. forces and their iraqi partners had limited amount of time to reverse the momentum before the clock ran out. the political battles that had attended general petraeus his confirmation hearings in washington receded into the distance as the full magnitude of the task ahead of us became apparent. thank you. [applause] .. britain had indeed been defeated in america. the morning of october the 17th, 1781, outside yorktown in virginia, but a long-term or mounted the parent has said that this each british lines between the ribbon. the sound of his drum was an oddball again background, to irene. if it had not been for visibility at the redcoat, he might as either way until doomsday. he was followed by an officer holding that the way hanker cheese and proposing neg

. >> if former cia director david petraeus and mike morrell are recalled to testify in benghazi, theyhard questions about the mortar attack in benghazi. republican mike rogers, chairman of the powerful house intelligence committee says the evidence suggests a highly skilled mortar team because three of the five rounds fired in under a minute were direct hits. >> this is exceptionally good shooting. it was clearly accurate. they adjusted their fire, which is a term the mortar crew might use. they went a little long, a little short, and fired for effect. >> mortar crews and specialized training to prepare the rounds for launch, which included mass calculations for distance, direction, and altitude. mortars are called indirect fire because in most cases especially urban environments like benghazi, the crew kraent see the target. given the accuracy and the fact the rounds were fired in darkness, five military officers including retired general bob scales concluded the terrorists preset the location. >> something like this can't be done overnight. this is something that probably took weeks

and it is reminder of the darned levers that a strategic commander like general petraeus has to pull. he oversees tactical operations and there is a detention command that is trying to count what general petraeus counter insurgency inside the wires. so no longer terrorist academy but you have using them to have n an effect on the battle field. and on and on. the ability to synchronize all of them is a rare trait, i would say, in a strategic and operati operational leader. luckily we had two who could pull it off. a lot of the levers didn't exist early on in the war. and a lot of functional command were not present early in the war. so it is really only, i would argue, the later years of the tenure and command, general petraeus had to create his own levers to have the tools to address the complexity of the problem. could you pick the surge up from 2007-2008 and put it down some other point in the war? could you have done in 2003 what was done in 2007? could you have done it earlier? could you have fully exploited the opportunity that might have existed in 2003-2006 in the way they were

. >>> general david petraeus is visiting stanford university. he's scheduled to speak at 4:00 p.m. about the international security challenges the united states faces. protesters will be there and plan to accuse him of war crimes. today's public appearance comes two years after petraeus resigned as the director of the cia after admitting to an affair with his biographer. >>> 7:06. this weekend, volunteers in santa clara county will mark a tragic anniversary. it has been two years since high school cheerleader sierra lamar vanished by heading to a bus stop. antolin garcia is charged with her kidnapping and murder. her body has not been found. volunteers have spent the last two years looking for her remains or anything that might provide a clue in this case. they will hold a special ceremony this weekend. >>> the convicted felon accused of trying to run down two san francisco police officers is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon. the surveillance video showed the arrest of 50-year-old jeffrey ruano at a san jose gas station early sunday morning. investigators say he tried to ba

. >>> general david petraeus is paying a visit to stanford. protest evers will also be on hand at petraeus' speech. >>> just about an hour from now the head of the u.s. air force appears at a congressional hearing to discuss the lean defense budget. it doesn't effect any major effects from military budget cuts in the coming year. reportedly the only change at travis would be transitioning four c-5 galaxy jets to back up inventory status. that means they will not be fully funded or manned and available for missions only when necessary. the proposed defense budget could mean the loss of more than 1700 jobs at beal air force base near marysville. the budget calls for ending funding of the ux-2 spy mission at beal along with about 41 other aircraft. that could result in the loss of a quarter of the jobs at beal. >>> a sexting scandal at several bay area schools has at least one student facing possible criminal charges. that student is also accused of using photos to blackmail another student into performing sexual acts. christina is live where it

jason chaffetz is raising new questions about the fbi investigation into former cia director david petraeusesigned 16 months ago after -- over an affair with his biographer. in a letter obtained by fox news, chaffetz wrote by understanding is as of today, the investigation into general petraeus is still ongoing. when will the investigation conclude? what are the issues still in question? the utah republican said it is important for the justice department to clear up the matt ukraine. the fox all-stars weigh in right after this. [ male announcer ] want healthy joints?° ♪ the joint is jumpin' osteo bi-flex® elps strengthen your joints.° like calcium supplements can help your bones, osteo bi-flex can help your joints.° osteo bi-flex... also in joint & muscle and joint & bone. also in joint & muscle your hepatitis c.forget it's slow moving, you tell yourself. i have time. after all there may be no symptoms for years. no wonder you try to push it to the back of your mind and forget it. but here's something you shouldn't forget. hepatitis c is a serious disease. if left untreated, it could lead t

at issue is new information that shows that former cia director david petraeus and his deputy, michaelocus in this investigation, both downplayed the skill and the planning behind the mortar attack that killed two american security officers that night. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in d.c. catherine, was in the kind of attack that really could have been done spontaneously or on the fliesome. >> reporter: well, not based on our report, and the republican chairman of the powerful house intelligence committee says the mortar attack on the cia annex was the work of a highly-trained team. five rounds were fired in under a minute from more than a half mile away with three hitting the roof of the annex that was about the size of a basketball court. >> this is exceptionally good shooting. it was cheerily accurate. they adjusted their -- clearly accurate. they adjusted their fire, so they went a little long, they went a little short, they fired for effect. >> reporter: as this pent gone training video shows, mortar crews have specialized training to prepare the rou

why some are little angry with general petraeus. he can be compromised.of what we have done near the subject rate the perfect affair. you can anonymously use our service. we put this out of america. it gives safer terrain than most. >> zero sarcasm by the way. countersuing dory on a silva who doriana says she was hired to write fake profiles. had you see it ending? >> if you look at the court documents, what she submitted is the sitemake sure works when he wanted to a new country. she was also instructed to build male profiles and payments. we are running testing. you have to look at the person and someone you has been a malicious person. >> thank you. ♪ >> get the latest headlines at the top of the hour streaming on your tablet or device. that does it for this edition of "bottom line." mark crumpton will be back in tomorrow. or shortly for all of you. "on the market" is up next. >> it is the six past the hour. i am olivia sterns. indexesmain benchmark are off session lows. the nasdaq falling the most common being dragged down by a selloff in the biotech

[applause] >> to set the stage for my reading, general petraeus had just taken command of a multi-naturalforce in iraq. this is the next day when he and i and our vast go out on patrol in baghdad. a newly constructed joint security station housing in american is obese and iraqi counterpart. inside a wall of tall class barriers from a nondescript took this our smoke rose above it as soldiers set fire to it. it came through with prepackaged field reactions. absent were that recreational opportunities with television, movies, fast food outlets and occasional outlet. what had return to this existence in the spring and summer of 2003 in the and the u.s. army was newly arrived in iraq. general betray us received a briefing from the u.s. and iraqi commanders instead of the high-tech monitors in the facility on camp liberty, these officers used a simple map, radios, in a written law. they had been in this location for only a week or so, but already their situational awareness increased by several orders of magnitude. instead of periodic control drug the neighborhood, u.s. and iraqi soldiers were

and new questions are raised about the fbi investigation in to david petraeus and why apparently remainsher sets off a gun control debate after posting a picture with his son and a rifle? >> thank you. >>> budget chairman republican paul ryan is trying to change the focus on capitol hill he put out a new report on government spending on social programs. >> here lars, and a gentle men. happy monday to both of you. lars, this is what paul riap said. 100 programs in the federal level that are meant to help and actually created a poverty trap. what do you think about that? >> i think that is right. think about it this way, in most states in america, you would have to make $15 an hour working full-time to equal the benefits. in some states, you would have to make $20 or 40,000 a year just to equal what you can get by signing up for the welfare programs of every kind out there, subsidized housing and food and medical care and education and if is a mess. and our government under president obama who doubled the number of people on food stamps is turning america in a european style welfare state.

there is not adequate for any sort of indirect fire. >> reporter: we asked general petraeus to furtheris assessment and there was no immediate response. mare relconsistently sid by his congressional testimony. jenna. jenna: catherine herridge from d.c., thank you. gregg: "the blade runner", oscar pistorius is back in a court of law for day five of the shooting trial in the death of his girl friend. prosecutors digging up his past and calling an ex-girlfriend to the witness stand. will a judge believe her tearful testimony. >> first time our relationship ended was when he cheated on me with, i'm sorry. >> take your time, please. ok, here's the way the system works. let's say you pay your guy around 2 percent to manage your money. that's not much, you think except it's 2 rcent every year. does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch! over time it really adds up. then go to e*trade and find out how much our advice costs. over tispoiler alert.dds up. it's low. really? yes, really. e*trade offers investmen advice and guidance from dedicated professional financial co

the best military lines from mccar tour to omar brad de to david petraeus warned us to lull into thinking it would be safer and careful. frankly i don't give a rat's rear if pop nations like north korea bully nations like iran like us, matters not at all to me. i want them to know if they raise their hand against us in the next insurance dant. we fool ourselves into thinking we should protect ourselves on the street and asking for military volunteers. i am back from 11 vehicle three years of military tfr. every 18-year-old gets two years of mandatory church. after that they dance 30 yeerps. they have to be ready to drop the last block of drub. to be less than one percent of americans will even serve in the military am opk, other people's kid. instead of recruiting or drafting enough people we send a dwindling number of willing volunteers the second, thirst. i saw some of the national guard troops under my manned in arkansas called up for three or more overseas blunders. so when we do that we increase the likelihood of them king killed or disabled or life. the mental illnesses they will re

he also approached petraeus. you also say to be stansell. how do you square him saying he wanted to elect the next president with what actually was able to do? >> guest: well, i think that gets you one of the things that makes roger ailes a character is that he had these competing interests. he is a man in a certain way at war with himself because he is the tv man and the party man. posters you can be in conflict with each other. what i find so fascinating is that my book shows in the year 2012 in this campaign we saw the limits of roger ailes' ability to shape the landscape through the medium of television. for much of his career, television was the all-powerful tool. it propelled its candidates come to shape the perceived candidates. what happened in 2012 is fox news became so powerful that he shaped the brand of the republican party that it ultimately eroded at first a the white house because the image that fox presented to the american public while compelling to the base, while it was a phenomenally successful television product, it was

the best military minds in our nation's history, from mcarthur to omar bradley to david petraeus, warned of lulling ourselves into the stupid stupor of thinking the world would be safer and more peaceful if we just holsterred our guns and sheathed our swords. it's folly to think such nonsense. the best way to preserve freedom, keep the peace and protect our security is to have a military that is so overwhelmingly powerful that no one on earth would want to poke it into action. frankly, i don't give a rat's rear if punk nations like north korea our bully nations like iran like us. matters not at all to me. i want them to fear us. i want them to know that if they should so much as raise their hands against up, they would have to pick that hand off the ground in the next instant. yet here we go again. fooling ourselves into protecting we can protect ourselves on the cheap and asking a shrinking nub of military volunteers to take on a growing number of assignments. i'm just back from 11 days in israel where every 18-year-old male gives his country three years of military service. every 18-ye

he was reported by others trying to get the approach to petraeus. you also say that he is disdainful of mitt romney. so, how do you say he wanted to be elected the next president that he was able to do? >> guest: that gets to one of the things that makes him such a fascinating character is that he has these competing interests. he is a man in a certain way that is at war with himself because he is both a tv man and a party man, and those two things can be in conflict with each other and what i find so fascinating is that with my book shows is that in the year 2012 in this campaign we saw the limits of roger ailes ability to shape the political landscape through the medium of television, and through much of his career, television was the all powerful tool. it propelled his candidate and shaped the way they perceived the candidates but what happened is that fox news became so powerful it shaped the brand of the republican party that is ultimately eroded his efforts to get a republican into the white house because the brand, the image that fox presente

>> we had general petraeus there. from him that he is worried about tensions between china and japan. >> what did mario cavalli say? >> he is worried about activism. >> carl icahn is your friend? >> we have that going. we had howard marks to spend more time on the behavioral side of investing. richard chilton talked about deconstructing business models. it was a great day for the firm and investors. >> great to have you here. the optimism of jason trennert. bill miller was optimistic as well. he will join us in the next hour. the forex report -- euro is 1.39. weaker yen.and does not do much as ukraine leaves crimea. >> bill miller will join us in the next hour. ♪ >> australia leads the search for large pieces of debris in the deep southern indian ocean. the first planes come back without any citing. may containreserve market reaction. the new rules for janet yellin is discretion will be used in raising rates. there is growth in value investing. bill miller joins us this entire hour. good morning, everyone. live from o

. >>> is general petraeus being silenced on the issue of benghazi?holder why the f.b.i. probe into the former c.i.a. director is still open after 16 months. some congressmen are suggesting that that investigation is being kept open so that petraeus doesn't speak about other issues like the benghazi terrorist attack. more on that as we get it. >>> also happening this morning, hundreds of parents and students are set to protest new york city mayor de blasio's recent move to close three high performing charter schools in new york city. last week the newly elected mayor announced these schools would be closed, leaving at least 600 kids without a place to learn. the protesters will follow him to the state's capitol today where he's pushing his plan to raise taxes on wealthy new yorkers to fund a universal prekindergarten program. >>> an injured bear is rescued at a california ski resort. this bear, you can see him right there. he was bleeding and wandering around the chair lift area. animal rescue animals worked with key patrols to did he tell him off the

well this works there has been the assumption from date number one i have great respect for general petraeus guidance for counter insurgency efforts but i am not aware there has ever been any data or analysis that says that the military getting involved large-scale infrastructure programs works in terms of counter insurgency. certainly it may have helped on the margins of iraq but most of that money was wasted most of these projects are not operating now they open the water park and it crumbles the notion to build during a conflict me know so many went to the bad guys for that higher labor building in the state department and the defense department i really think we need to do an assessment now with both iraq and afghanistan to look at. if you read the inspector general final report there is some real work to do with the military is there a discussion about that with a real -- reevaluation of the effectiveness? >> i can hear general dempsey's comments the other day. at the end of a decade of war it is fair to say it is very important we look at lessons learned to document now while they are

c-span2 a story about general david petraeus.a story about real america begins at 8:00 eastern with the 1972 documentary of the history of heroin. but the so-called millennial generations have had a hard time getting started in life because they have come into a hostile economy. they are paying money into a system to support a level of benefits for today's retirees that they have no realistic chance of getting. when they, themselves, retire. there needs to be a rebalancing of the social compact. it is a very important challenge. it is a very difficult challenge for this country politically. not a leave social security and medicare half of our budget, or about to become half of our budget and it is by far the biggest thing we do, but it is symbolically the. statement in public policy that as a country, we are a community, all in this together. these are programs that affect everybody. and the old map of these problems does not work. >> paul taylor on the looming generational showdown saturday night at 10:00 eastern and sunday at 9

there has just been an assumption from day one, and i have great respect for general petraeus' guidance in the counterinsurgency effort, but i am not aware there has ever been any data or analysis that has really said that the military getting involved in large-scale infrastructure projects works. it certainly -- it may have helped along the margins in iraq, but most of that money was wasted. most of those projects are not operating now. the health care centers never opened, the water park is in crumbles, a lot was blown up during the process. the notion of building major infrastructure during a conflict and the security challenges we have -- and we know some of our money went to the bad guys for guarding that one highway we were building -- and the blurring of the lines between the state department, defense apartment as to whose job this is, i think we really need to do a clear-eyed assessment, now that we have both direct and -- iraq and afghanistan to look at. i am hopeful. if you read the special inspector general for iraq's final report, there is real work to do here on the part of

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twenty twelve the president himself plug the program in an online exchange with the petraeus.the drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties. for the most part they have been very precise precision strikes against al qaeda and their affiliates. did barack obama tell the american people the truth that day. does the drone this perfect weapon really specify early in life so. we decided to go and see things from the other side of the screen. on the ground where the attacks take place. eleven thousand kilometers from the u.s. yemen is one of the top countries where unmanned planes operate. several years ago tourists used to come to sun up the capital for the beauty of its narrow patron streets. today the foreigners along. the country has become one of the most dangerous in the world. soldiers patrol the town and the capital lives under the daily threat of terror attacks. the country's leader is an american ally president. but in recent years islamists have taken control of several parts of yemen. notably north and south. these men organized under the banner of a q p