host: final thoughts from thom shanker. guest: 1 and the greatest policy talks is the troop withdrawal and how we maintain the correct posture throughout the persian gulf because the iranians will try to build that power back in, as they already are. host: our guests have been thom shanker, pentagon correspondent, and eric schmitt. their new book is "counterstrike: the untold story of america's secret campaign against al qaeda." thank you for sharing your book, your insights come and taking our viewers' questions. we have at 45 minutes left in this monday edition of "washington journal." coming up, we will learn how much money the government spends on research and development. this is our continuing series about your money. in the meantime, news headlines from c-span radio. >> deep cultural agency has voted to admit palestine as a full member even as u.s. lawmakers threaten to withhold $80 million in funding to unesco. following the vote, one shouted in french, "long live palestine." u.s., canada, and germany voted against.

please welcome thom shanker and eric schmitt. [applause] [applause] >> well, thank you, christina, for the warm introduction. thank you for coming up here on a jury monday morning. my teammates under interfax wishes she were here to. she is open to be a part of your community for the next four years. i thought i would start out. we will do a tag team. the way we have been doing this. kendis describe all little bit about what we have been doing. how this book came to be written and why the campaign against terrorism in this administration , how this all came to be. it was about three years ago that tom and i first of looking at this question as we were researching articles on house counterterrorism strategy and operations unchanged. many of our sources said to understand where we are today you really have to understand where the country was on september 11th to understand how far does, and how far it still has to go in terms of changes. there were two things and refocused on early in our reporting. one was on 9/11 just how little

and now thom shanker and eric schmitt look at how the u.s. government has been fighting al qaeda since 2005, the year the strategy of the u.s. had been using the previous four years was change. this is just over an hour. >> good morning everyone. welcome to the miller center form. today we are thrilled to welcome thom shanker and eric schmitt to the nation's most accomplished journals covering national security and military affairs. and the authors of "counterstrike," the untold story of america's secret campaign against al qaeda. those oath of them spent roughly the last year as writers and residents of the center for new american security. thom shanker joined "the new york times" in 1997 as assistant editor and is currently a correspondent covering the pentagon and national security including efforts of transformation within the pentagon and the global campaign against terrorism. prior to joining the times mr. shankar was a foreign editor of the chicago trip and in berlin and moscow euro chi. eric schmitt is a senior writer for the nric tim

foreign steps of the russian government will listen i russia has considered the trial against him a shanker to be to be politically motivated and anti russian this was the official position of the foreign ministry now the european union is suspending the meeting with the in college and moscow is holding a meeting with any college is that a contradiction. no no no it is not a contradiction because number one they may behave may be unhip of these the current court decisions with the current trial on madame tymoshenko but they have to respect the independence of the ukrainian juridical system we have to accept it we may have certain opinions on that but we cannot interfere and to my mind the pressure which is now being set on ukraine on the korean leadership by their opinion union is it is too much he is too much it it cannot be accepted because i believe that very much of that pressure is motivated by certain simplicius a certain political force the within the european union i mean the european peoples party where. the end her party is a member or a seat of member they initiate the support co

was of how do i want to call her mother and what she's of her that he should not forget you little shanker and perfection as ukrainian parliament supporter to russia's position on south ossetia in and up in august of two thousand eight hundred not support which was of paramount importance for was an apartment but you know to return to face is now a new criminal charge the accusations are fresh though the case is over crimes allegedly committed back in nineteen states when she had a private power company spotlight you know the media has. you lately mission because work is the president of the united energy systems of ukraine in the name to name does mean you one of the richest people in the country is going to have the nickname gasper inserts and made her the subject to criminal investigation ten years ago she was arrested on charges of costumes documents and smuggling guess between one thousand nine hundred five and one thousand nine hundred seven she was released several weeks raided the same year the me. military prosecutor pressure group charges against you lately mission who allegedly

the shanker was one of the most influential female politicians in the world but having lost her power and now her liberty to machine go was furious. the recounting regime or its not equal stop me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled underfoot i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important moment you have to protect ukraine against terry and regime don't give up. the prosecution claimed she abused power while citing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the accusation has raised eyebrows and moscow which insists the contracts were completely legitimate and we cannot accept that the legitimate eckstein contract which remains in force which was never legally challenged. could be. the reason. for the good decision. was that the e.u. also doubted president viktor yanukovych has assurances that the case had not been politicized and lashed out at ukraine's leadership experts say kiev now finds itself in a very difficult position to potential membership the european union is some years away and i think we shouldn't pretend otherwi

energy corporation she headed to the ukrainian budget now this comes just two days after a team of shanker was sentenced to seven years behind bars over her gas contracts with russia let's get the latest now from our correspondent. live in kiev to see what it what are these latest charges all about. yes we have it confirmed from the ukrainian security service the as be you that another criminal case has been launched against the country's former prime minister units of sango and in fact this story is very complicated and pretty dark because this case in fact refers to fifteen years ago when the unit was was the head of the united energy systems of ukraine company she signed several contracts with the russian foreign with the russian defense ministry story and according to the prosecutors in kiev she oversees the four hundred million us dollars to the russian foreign ministry and the essence of this new criminal case is that she tried to put. this debt onto the ukrainian sergeant this violates the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of yo

for abuse of power when signing counts contracts with russia that exist on clashes between a timber shanker supporters and opponents. going east to moscow and beijing boozed corp as china becomes the first country not to be thirteen as it's often stating he will run for the presidency next year. and america's if you call for a process to talk getting the saudis demonstrators plan a million as march to the houses of some of new york's wealthiest tell the truth the occupy street movement against social inequality and corporate greed has been going on for almost a month not. in fact with another update for you in fifteen minutes and i mean i want to address and former chief accountant for the european commission she says a brussels only cares about propping up the idea of the e.u. however much the budget crisis and her interview is next for you here on alt. i'm talking sumatra address and he's now a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party but she was formally the european commission's chief accountants while she was in that job she raised concerns about flaws in the c

from an energy corporation she headed on to the ukrainian budget this comes just two days after tina shanker was sentenced to seven years behind bars over her gas contracts with russia is our correspondent . from kiev. this story is very complicated and pretty dark because this case in fact refers to fifteen years ago when you go was a was the head of the united energy systems of ukraine company she signed several contracts with the russian defense ministry and according to prosecutors and key of she owes four hundred million u.s. dollars to the russian defense ministry and the essence of this new criminal case is that she tried to put this debt on to the ukrainian side didn't this violates the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of you look so much and go indeed to two days ago she was sentenced to seven years in prison who are abusing the power during the signing of contracts of gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine this new case may only add fuel to the fire off a very tense and very furious act is a very furious reactions

imprisonment under nizer the right to work in civil service for three years just last year at uma shanker was one of the most influential female politicians in the world but having lost her power and now her liberty to go was furious. with our carry on regime or it's not going to move tell me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled underfoot i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important moment we have to protect ukraine against the authoritarian regime don't give up. the prosecution claims she abused power while signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the accusation has raised eyebrows in moscow which insists the contracts were completely legitimate but we cannot accept that a legitimate. contract which remains in force which was never. used. could become the reason. for the good decision. to push to get the e.u. also doubted president viktor yanukovych has assurances that the case had not been politicized and lashed out at ukraine's leadership experts say kiev now finds itself in a very difficult position its potential me

." >> coming up, prime minister david cameron and the euro zone after that, erik schmiit and thom shanker on their book about the campaign against al qaeda. then albert teich this is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. monday herman cain is making a monday herman cain is making a

eric schmitt and thom shanker, the secret war against al qaeda. and the advancement of science. thank you for joining us on this sunday, a enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead. ♪ >> next, newsmakers with ed demarco. and key figures that have run for president at a loss. after that, a house foreign affairs committee meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton. >> this is the first time i have seen the horror the real heat -- with these guys can't come up with something, and they won't want to go home. >> at the deficit reduction committee will hear from alan simpson and former clinton administration official. you can watch a video of those meetings along with the deficit committees for public meetings on live at the c-span video library. what would you want, when you want. >> our guest this week, ed demarco. welcom. e. reporters will be joining to ask questions. and joining me is margaret chadborn and nick timerouse from the wall street journal. >> thanks for having me. >> you can have the first question. >> your agency announced changes to a federal pro

after that, new york times reporters eric schmitt and thom shanker on their new book about the u.s. campaign against al qaeda. later, albert teich of the american association for the advancement of science on funding for research and development. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> every weekend, let the c-span networks be your source for public affairs and history appeared on c-span, it is politics and public affairs of this. c-span2 has book tv with the latest nonfiction books and authors. and with american history tv on c-span3, shaping events of our country. they are all available all the time that the c-span video library. >> recently the des moines register published a poll with john huntsman garnering just 1% of the poll. herman cain was with that which it was in the lead with 23%, narrowly beating mitt romney with 22%. next, remarks from john husband from a town hall meeting on sunday. this is from new hampshire, the first campaign stop of his four- day trip through the state. this is about an hour. >> how is everybody here? i am john. good to see you. good

shanker, talking about the defense secretary, says -- host: pensacola, florida. james on the line for independents. you are on the "washington journal." go ahead. caller: thank you. but i would like to discuss the wars we are getting involved with. it seems like we're trying to convince people are way is the only way and that is becoming more and more difficult. but also like to say that the people that attacked us on 9/11, the people who attacked us committed suicide. how'd we fight in enemy that's willing to commit mass suicide? not least, we've been fighting a war on drugs since the 1950's, specifically cannabis. when are we going to end that war? they are taking away our freedoms -- a war that is really unnecessary. . host: dennis on the line for republicans in los angeles -- in las vegas, nevada. let's move on to james in new jersey. go ahead. what did you think about what the defense secretary had to say about the defense spending cuts and how they might devastate national security? caller: i know he stands by the troops. i have studied the situation last n

host: our guests have been thom shanker, of "the new york times," and eric schmitt. the authors of this book, "counterstrike," we appreciate you sharing your views. >> herman cain is at the national press club this afternoon to discuss his candidacy. he is also expected to address the sexual harassment story broke last night, brought by two women, originating when he was at the national restaurant institute. >> and there is a big cloud right now affecting your ability to get this out, this story. can you clear this up for us, right now? >> the question is not cleared with ground rules. he is going to be there at the podium. >> you can see that event in its entirety if you go to the c-span video library. since his appearance this morning, mr. kane told fox news that he does never sexually harassed anyone and that he was falsely accused and that investigations into complaints were baseless. he said that he had never sexually harassed anyone. we are expecting more about that this afternoon, 1:05 eastern, from the national press club. we plan to have that live for you, o

"the new york times" correspond it is ericschmitt and thom shanker on the fight against al qaeda. and albert teich talking about a federally funded research and development programs. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the president and first lady handed out halloween treats at the white house yesterday. he has no public events scheduled today. he will be in meeting with the former british prime minister tony blair on monday. but a likely topic of discussion could be the stalled middle east peace process. he will continue interviews with local reporters. wednesday, meetings at the white house before leaving for france on thursday to attend the first day a theg-20 summit. >> happy halloween. >> wow. i love your costume. thank you. >> thank you for coming. >> i love the moustache. it's better than mine. >> have a great time. >> hello, everybody. are you guys having fun tonight? it is not ideal weather. >> oh, my goodness. you guys look great. >> hey. how are you? happy halloween. thank you for being here. hey, guys. where's your baskey? -- basket? there you