. >> we'll show you the defense department retirement ceremony for general stanley mcchrystal, including his remarks, tonight at 10:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" an associated press correspondent reviews secretary clinton's week-long trip to south asia. a discussion on race relations in politics. the former naacp president. raven brooks from net roots nation describes how on-line media sites are used to promote the progressive agenda. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, former new york times public editor clark hoyt on the changing newspaper industry. >> a word about some of the standards and maintaining journalistic integrity as we move from one media world to another. >> sunday night on "q and a." >> this week on "the communicators," the proposal by the fcc for an emergency communications network. we are joined by a representative of public safety communications officials and the former s.e.c. chief engineer. -- fcc chief engineer. >> discussion of public safety and whether part of the spectrum could be dedicated to

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stanley mcchrystal bid farewell to the army today 37 his friends and colleagues threw him a retirement party. he was fired last month as the top commander in afghanistan after the rolling stone magazine quoted negative remarks he made. >>> the storm named bonnie is on the gulf of mexico tonight. the national hurricane center says bonnie is said to strengthen again. right now its moving towards the bp oil well. >>> a whale beached on a yacht off the coast of africa. it beaches on to the boat. no one was hurt, not even the whale. >>> the gillroy garlic festival this weekend. fromgrandfather lick lovers from all over the world will visit to chow down. >>> the a's take on the red hot white sox at the coliseum. and the giants play a wild one. gary has highlights of both games in sports next. 'cause they're gonna have a good time, and they've got extra money in their pocket. those are happy passengers. how much does it cost for those snacks again? nothing. at southwest airlines, when we have a sale, it's a sale. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has flights starting at $49 one-way. book

in afghanistan, stanley mcchrystal. i just wondered, since you were one of the people mentioned disparagingly, by his aides -- i know he called you to apologize -- >> he did. >> i'm wondering, what was your reaction? >> i didn't take it personally at all. compared to what happens in politics, that was a piece of cake. i was the enemy. i wasn't the clown. i was the guy that was, in fact, their problem, they thought. i'm not their problem. i agree with the policy that the president put in place. but it was clear. i was asked to, and i did on my own, survey, i think, six four-star generals. current and former. every single one said he had to go. the president made the right decision. he changed the personalities but not the policy. put the strongest guy in the u.s. military in place. i think it was the absolute necessary thing to do. president didn't take it personally. i didn't. i met with mcchrystal. the president met with mcchrystal. he was really apologetic. he knew they had gone way beyond. we also knew that if a serg

. >>> in washington tonight, a retirement ceremony for general stanley mcchrystal, the former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, whose storied career came to an abrupt end after he and his staff criticized and mocked the civilian leadership, including the president, in a "rolling stone" article. in his last form elect, mcchrystal saluted the troop at fort mcnair for the final time. >>> longtime journalist daniel schorr has died. schorr reported and broke stories at home and abroad for more than 70 years, many of them as one of the original murrow boys at cbs news. he covered world war ii, the cold war and perhaps most famously, watergate, where he discovered his own name on the so-called nixon enemies list. in 1976, he refused to tell congress who his source had been on a story about illegal cia and fbi activities. >> betray your source would be for me to betray myself, my career and my life. and to say that i refuse to do it isn't quite saying it right. i cannot do it. >> schorr was forced out of cbs that same year, did a brief stint at cnn, and for the last 25 years, he was a se

that's after general stanley mcchrystal was fired for criticizing administration leaders in "rolling stone" magazine. mattis was criticized in 2005, for saying: "it's fun to shoot some people." but gates played down that incident today. >> that was five years ago. action-- appropriate action was taken at the time. i think that the subsequent five years have demonstrated that the lesson was learned. obviously, in the wake of the "rolling stone" interview, we discussed this kind of thing. >> sreenivasan: the nomination of mattis is subject to senate confirmation. wall street regained some more ground today. stocks rose on news that first- time claims for jobless benefits fell. the dow jones industrial average added more than 120 points to close at 10,139. the nasdaq rose nearly 16 points to close at 2,175. an experimental plane powered only by solar energy completed 26 hours of non-stop flying over switzerland today. the "solar impulse" has the wingspan of a boeing 777. it used 12,000 solar cells to store up enough energy from the sunny day to power it through the night. the single-sea

to the other war and the scandalous mudslinging politics surrounding let's let's stick with stanley mcchrystal for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article in a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan hopped likely ridiculed the obama administration before star general tended his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month. minimum coverage. responsible for drawing a spotlight on party that run deep seven years and counting. r t. the us secretary of state says north korea will face new sanctions in the. atomic ambitions hillary clinton was speaking in south korea holding talks with defense officials said the freezing of assets. comes just days befo

to the other war and the scandalous mudslinging politics surrounding let's let's stick with stanley mcchrystal for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan publicly ridiculed the obama administration before star general tended his resignation according to the pew research center. mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month minimum coverage. leaving those. responsible for drawing a spotlight on scars of heartache that run deep seven years and counting. an international aids conference in vienna may have been hearing about breakthroughs in treatment but it's also had plenty of arguments scientists unveiled a new. which health officials are calling for women

the call by the trails was the same call by stanley mcchrystal by the need to secure the general by the alliance in general for reducing the. we are doing the best possible effort to do that of this and in his speech in the record night that we call denies that a lot of effort is being put in that it is possible certainly the more than the operation the more difficult it is yes but the fact that it's difficult does not mean that it's possible and we have the means to do it now in the past a bone of contention if you will between russia and nato is nato expansion towards the east and recently ukraine has dropped its intentions to try and become a member of nato do you think becoming a member of nato is becoming a less attractive or do you think. what do you see on this front in the future i mean i would like to chill you would you say because i don't think is there any way to put it. it's not and if so. you need to is an organisation of free nation willing to share together sort of value and first and foremost the value free democracy they want to protect them and it was stay together ac

and jake asksie p for his response tooe explmentom g stanley mcchrystal abouion. sunday morning right here3 ek." >>> now, though, we turn to hundreds of raids carried out by federal agents across the country today in what's being called the biggest stor doctors and nurs american taer ced that never happened, a that don't ev pierre thomas is on the case. >> reporter: the suspects are doctors, nurses and other health care providers arrested in a series of raids across the country. 94 people charged with committing $251 million in medicare fraud. grand theft of your tax dollars. >> it's the most heinous kind of crime. offering services that have no medical benefit. lying. >> reporter: the suspects are accused of billing the federal government for equipment never sold and medical treatment never provided. we saw the epidemic of fraud first hand as part of our investigation in miami last year. this is nothing. >> this company was supposed to have provided to medicare patients over $400,000 worth of medical equipment last month. >> reporter: no evidence of anybody havin

all right well it's time for another question for the pentagon see ever since general stanley mcchrystal was sacked everyone's been asking whether or not things might change under trius and now we have somewhat of an answer and from the looks of it general petraeus is pulling out from an old bag of tricks to try to get things back on track in afghanistan so his new plan hinges on using government formed government paid government uniformed local police units to use the word government much there . you mean the completely inept afghan government they can't get their act together will contain or take money from the u.s. anyway the story does go on further you see the pentagon now wants to make sure not to use the dirty more militias these are local police units the guys they just happen to be outside of the afghan army and police influence until now when the start getting paid that sound a little bit familiar sounds like the train is is taking about a page out of his iraq playbook and using those tactics in afghanistan but is there any chance of that working or could it all backfire well h

also, a pentagon retirement ceremony for former afghanistan commander general stanley mcchrystal.nd oklahoma governor's debate. we will hear remarks from six democratic and republican candidates looking to replace the democratic governor. that is at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span, our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online, and you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. sign up for our scheduled alert e-mails @ c-span.org c-span.o. >> now a kentucky senate debate between republican rand paul and democratic state attorney general jack conway. they answer questions regarding agriculture, health care, immigration, and the economy. hostedntucky farm bureau the candidates at its headquarters. this is an hour and 50 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. i am president of kentucky farm bureau and i will be the moderator today for this forum. we are so glad that everyone is here today. on behalf of the 483,000 farm families that are farm bureau members in kentucky, we certainly want to thank each of you for the dissipating. -- for participa

. >> meanwhile, retirement ceremonies for general stanley mcchrystal.t end as he hoped but he does not regret any decisions he made on the battlefield. after his scathing remarks and rolling stones, this led to his retirement. he served three decades in the u.s. army. >> and with the long-term parking lot it sfo, several of the owners have been contacted about the damaged vehicles. * terisa estacio an arson investigation is under way and is suspicious. >> officials say the third investigation is on this car, a toyota seinna minivan and caught on fire and caught the others on fire. it had been there since july 13th. the owner has been contacted and is in europe and had no idea why his car with start on fire. he has no reason to believe that somebody did this on purpose. and some of the other vehicles were destroyed, this s u v was so hot that it melted the windshield. and investigators are calling this fire suspicious but no accelerant to start the fire and arson investigators are beginning to inspect these vehicles. the dmv and the plates are all identi

. >> general stanley mcchrystal ended a 34-year military career this afternoon with the full pageantry of a 17-gun salute, army marching band and acknowledging he is not leaving the milton his own terms. in a source, public comments being fired by president obama for making disparaging remarks about vice president biden and other leaders, micchrystal admitted regrets. >> i was given the unique opportunity to serve with 46 nations under the leadership of nato. we were stronger for the diversity of our force and i'm better for the experience. >> reporter: mcchrystal fell out of favor after a "rolling stone" magazine published an article with quotes, scathing remarks they made about the president and their bosses. >>> there is a double dose of bad news tonight for bay area nature lovers beginning with the investigation into who killed hundreds of thousands of bees. organizers at the hayes valley farm in san francisco said someone sprayed pesticides on their hives killing up t to 200,000 honey bees earlier this week. they filed a police report but doubt anything can be done. the bees were

general stanley mcchrystal has officially retired. mcctalw command in afghanistan last month, after making scathing remarks about his bosses in "rolling the general said his serv not end as he had ho he also made a joke about his run-in with the medi >> i have stories on all of you. photos on many. and i know a "rolling stone" reporter. >> defense secretary robert gates praised mcchrystal's work during his 34-year career. >>> and rescuers continue searching lake michigan for four people after a medical flight crashed friday. officials say the single-engine cessna was experiencing engine problems. the pilot and co-pilot volunteered to fly a cancer patient, his wife and his doctor to the mayo clinic. >>> and a canadian fighter pilot is recovering in the hospital, after ejecting from his plane moments before a crash. the accident happened during a practice flight at an air show in southern alberta on friday. >>> and the worst-kept secret in american politics, the location for chelsea clinton's wedding has apparently been confirmed. local

his article led to the ousting of general stanley mcchrystal. first, what do you make of all of this? >> i think there's been a lot of hype about all of this. if you think about 92,000 so-called secret documents in which there's almost no new information, i think that, you know, do the thought experiment, larry, where these are all unclassify documents. merely because the word secret has been put around them that there's all this excitement, but there's only really one item that's really new, which is the taliban using heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles. but pakistani supporting the taliban military intelligence service, that story has been true since 1994. what's really the headline in that? so this is to me a storm in a teacup mostly. there are interesting details, but there's really nothing new. compare this to the pentagon paper, that was seismic, larry, there was a huge disconnect between what the american government was saying officially and internally. here, all sorts of american government officials saying the war is not going very wel

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commander stanley mcchrystal had instituted tight new standards, to lessen civilian casualties. the vast majority of civilians are killed by insurgents, but coalition killings bring routine and widespread condemnation from president hamid karzai on down to the streets, as seen this past weekend in mazar-e-sharif. >> ( translated ): foreign forces have carried out an operation, and they have killed two civilians and have arrested three others. that is why we are out here demonstrating against them >> lehrer: coalition-caused civilian deaths have declined, but mcchrystal's rules also led to resentment in the ranks. troops said they increasingly found themselves with fewer options to respond and repel danger. the new nato commander, general david petraeus, underscored the core tenet of counterinsurgency warfare, in brussels, shortly after being appointed. >> the human terrain is the decisive terrain. and therefore, you must do everything humanly possible to protect the population. >> lehrer: petraeus said the rules of engagement would not be revised, but he did acknowledge the hard

>> well, you know, i've already felt some pushback from the stanley mcchrystal story. think the military was quite burned about journalism, how much access should we give. and they are certainly going to be careful, one of the things that has happened is they have shared information down the chain of command. and i think they're going to pull back because they're afraid some junior officer might leak something. >> lehrer: as a result of this. >> correct. so it's harmful down the road. >> lehrer: do you agree? >> well, times have changed. things, there is no such thing really as off the record any more. it used to be when you are on the campaign plain it was a kind of news-free zone. now the candidate goes to the back of the plane and everybody gets out their little video cameras. so it's a different world. you know, we can rail against it but we just are dinosaurs. >> lehrer: we have to live in it. okay, thank you all very much. >> woodruff: finally tonight, a rock star tries out a grand new backup band. jeffrey brown talks to sting. >> reporter: call it "sting with st

he landed in kabul today to take command from general stanley mcchrystal, who was fired last week. petraeus arrived after six suicide bombers killed four people in the north, at a u.s. a.i.d. compound in kunduz. the taliban claimed responsibility. a nato spokesman said it showed desperation. >> these attacks as crazy as they are, they show kind of a frustration and resignation on their side it is indiscriminate t is useless, it is krasesy. and it-- it is crazy, and it is usually like the case we are seeing here, goes against innocent civilians. >> sreenivasan: back in this country, the republican national chairman touched off a furor with an attack on president obama's afghan policy. michael steele told a political fundraiser in connecticut: "this was a war of obama's choosing. this is not something the united states has actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in." republicans and democrats alike condemned steele. later, he said the u.s. cannot accept anything but success in afghanistan. thousands of pakistanis demonstrated in lahore today, after suicide bombings at a popular sufi

leak forced the white house to defend its white house strategy, once again after it replaced stanley mcchrystal with petraeus as the top commander, earlier today the press secretary robert gibbs was repeatedly asked about the matter. >> a couple of times now you said in the last couple of moments that a lot of this information is not really n, that u.s. governmtofficials have said some of in same information. >> yes. i said ther there weren't any nw revelations in the material. >> how about our national security if we knew this already? >> well, because you have got -- it is no not the content as much as it is there are names, there are operations, there are logistics, there are sources, all of that information out in a public way has the potential to do harm. >> made it a point that wiki is not an objective news outlet but an organization that opposes u.s. policy in afghanistan, could you explain how that is relevant to the accuracy of the documents. >> i think that the -- i think that the founder of wiki leaks if i read the interviews correctly today comparing troops in afghanistan to the sec

in over 34 years, stanley mcchrystal has applied them as he selflessly protected his country.hink of no officer who has had more impact on this country's battle against extremism. he leaves a legacy of service that will be remembered for decades. [applause] you know that stan and any -- and annnie have been sweethearts treated this is a testament to her strength. >> she has needed that strength to navigate the last decade, especially since i've been told that stan has developed a few idiosyncrasies along the way. he changed all the clocks in the house to zulu time. i am sure if that is true, but if it were, annie would figure it out. she has been at stan's side and there for the families and communities across the united states. she visited wounded warriors, she has been present -- and with her volunteer work, including raising an army family. her contributions make it especially hard to say goodbye to mcchrystals. thank you for your courage and for your commitment to the soldiers and families of our army. [applause] for 34 years, stan mcchrystal has been the man in the arena.

before i go further, let me say a word of praise for another american hero, general chant -- stanley mcchrystal. is a man of unrivaled integrity, and what is most impressive about his long record of military excellence is how much of it remains cloaked in silence. you understand fully how general mcchrystal systematically dismantled al qaeda in iraq, or how he began to turn around our failing war in afghanistan. these achievements and others like them are the true measure of stanley mcchrystal, and they will earn him an honored place in our history. the events that led to this hearing are unexpected and unfortunate, but they do not mean we are failing in afghanistan. i agree with the president that success in afghanistan is a vital natural interest, and i support his decision to adopt a counterinsurgency strategy, backed by more troops and civilian resources. this is the only viable path to true success, which i would define as an end -- as an afghanistan that is increasingly capable of governing itself, securing its people, sustaining its own development, and never again serving as a base for

much has been made about general stanley mcchrystal's comments about the nation's civilian leadership. but there are other parts that have article that i find to be much more disturbing. general mcchrystal's chief of operations said that afghanistan, and i quote, is not going to look like a win, smell like a win or taste like a win. this is going to end in an argument, end quote. a senior advisor to general mcchrystal said, and i quote again, if americans pull back and started paying attention to this war, it would become even less popular, end quote. and a senior military official said this, and i quote again, there's a possibility we could ask for another surge of u.s. forces in the next sum father we see success here, end quote. mr. speaker, i voted in 2001 to go to war in afghanistan, to hunt down al qaeda and to eliminate their threat and i would cast that same vote today in a heartbeat. but what we are doing in afghanistan today is far beyond that original authorization. we are engaged in extensive, expensive nation building in afghanistan and frankly given the level of unemploy

[applause] >> ladies and gentleman, but general stanley mcchrystal. [applause] >> this is frustrating. a career waiting to get a retirement speech. it proves what doug brown taught me long ago, nothing ruins a good war story like an eye witness. to show you how bad it is, i cannot even tell you i was the best player in my little late because the kid who was the best player is here tonight. -- in my little leagu.e e. to those tonight to feel the need to contradict my memories, remember i was there, too. i have the stories on all two. photos on many, and i know of " reporter.ne reporta "rolling : this is the potential to be an awkward or sad occasion, with my resignation, i left the mission- strongly about. i ended the career i love that began over 38 years ago. and i left unfulfilled commitments i made to many comrades in the fight. commitments on hold sacred. -- i hold sacred. there are misperceptions about the loyalty and service of some dedicated professionals that will likely take some time, but i believe will be corrected. still, annie and i are n

. >>> an emotional retirement ceremony friday for general stanley mcchrystal. after 34 years of service, the four star why not wore his combat uniform for the last time as he saluted troops at fort mcnair. >> with my resignation, i left a mission i feel strongly about. i ended a career i loved that began over 38 years ago. and i left unfulfilled commitments i made to many comrades in the fight. commitments i hold sacred. my service did not end as i would have wished. >> reporter: mcchrystal was forced to resign last month after he made disparaging remarks in "rolling stone" magazine about president obama. >>> the coast card continues to search the waters of lake michigan this morning for four people who went missing after their medical transport plane crashed. the pilot of the plane was found hours after the crash. he had reported as loss of power just ten minutes before the crash. >>> gentleman kra gabor is in critical condition after undergoing hip replacement surgery. the 93-year-old fell from her bed last weekend and broke her hip. the hungarian born actres

. >>> and a ceremony to mark the retirement of general stanley mcchrystal takes place this evening.fired last month as the u.s. commander in afghanistan for making comments critical of the obama administration. >>> and finally this half hour, another one of those why didn't i think of that kind of stories. we've all heard about iphone 4's reception problems, and many users say when you hold the phone like, this it's what they call the death grip, if you hold it like this with your hand that it leads to all these dropped calls. >> even steve jobs admits there is a problem. last week he announced apple will give out free bumpers to fix that signal issue. >> but two new york designers came up with a different solution. it's supposed to be a joke but now they say it's really beginning to stick. >> antennagate. >> we were watching steve jobs give the press conference about the antenna issues with the iphone 4. >> they were seeing a large drop in bars. >> after it wraps up, we were talking about the whole problem, they should just put a band-aid on it. as quickly as possible threw togethe

the recent rolling stone article about stanley mcchrystal, doubt the afghan president does not know allin land -pakistan. there's counterinsurgency fighting against the taliban. most people acknowledged the al qaeda presence today in afghanistan is very limited. you have to ask in a country that is now deeply in debt, where our economic that is potentially really eroding our power in the world, is this a good use of american resources and expenditure of american lives? host: in 2003 he supported the iraq war, a position you later moved away from. your evolution on that position, was that what led to your thinking about this book? guest: yes, i write about that in the introduction. it was my own efforts to try to understand why i had believed and many people i respected believed the things we believe on the eve of the iraq war that led me to become interested in the question of hubris. my argument is that kuba arrest comes from success. people like myself who supported the iraq war or the products of the extraordinary successes we have seen inform stages of our lives, the gulf war in 91,

host: those were the comments yesterday of general staff stanley mcchrystal. this had the opportunity to be an awkward or sad occasion but there was a little bit of humor. back to your calls on the issue of d.c. public schools and the firing of those 241 teachers. we are dividing the phone lines by those who support or oppose the idea. caller: good morning. if this is an education system, we are sending the wrong message to our kids. if you say we are educating the kids that want them to have the opportunity to learn, if the teachers are not doing something that is being judged, they need the opportunity as educators to get in the classroom. maybe there is a process they have not learned. they need to be in a classroom with teachers that are there and develop a role model. this is based on economics. they don't have an environment where they can do their studies. they need this have the schools stay open for hours after school and rotate the teachers for their and increase their income so the kids can study and do their homework before they go home. host: some

the recent rolling stone article about stanley mcchrystal, doubt the afghan president does not know all the provinces where the u.s.ilitary is fighting. that is very disturbing to me. we also have the strange situation in which most of the al qaeda presents we are were about is across the border in no-man's land. in land -pakistan. there's counterinsurgency fighting against the taliban. most people acknowledged the al qaeda presence today in afghanistan is very limited. you have to ask in a country that is now deeply in debt, where our economic that is potentially really eroding our power in the world, is this a good use of american resources and expenditure of american lives? host: in 2003 he supported the iraq war, a position you later moved away from. your evolution on that position, was that what led to your thinking about this book? guest: yes, i write about that in the introduction. it was my own efforts to try to understand why i had believed and many people i respected believed the things we believe on the eve of the iraq war that led me to become interested in the question of h

madam speaker, after general stanley mckristal was relieved of his -- mcchrystal was relieved of his command last month and replaced by general david petraeus we read a lot of headlines that said things like this, generals change but afghan doesn't, afghan policy won't change after dismissal. but that is precisely, madam speaker, the problem. all the chatter about general mcchrystal's indiscretion and firing obscured the critical point. the problem isn't with the personnel or the leadership, but with the strategy and the policy. the problem isn't with the general, but with the war itself. there's a bit of rearranging of the deck chairs on the titanic quality to all of this. no matter what the captains say and no matter who captains the ship, as long as we continue to prosecute this failed war, as long as we keep sending americans to die on a mission that's doing nothing to defeat terrorists or stabilize afghanistan, then we are headed straight for that iceberg. the more troops we deploy, the more violent afghanistan becomes and the more taliban grows its ranks. unless general petraeu

stanley mcchris extol given a hero's send-off friday in washington. his career spanned 34 years. president obama relieved him of the afghan command last month after mcchrystal was quoted in "rolling stone" magazine criticizing administration officials. >>> we at cbs news want to note the passing of a former colleague, legendary newsman daniel schorr died after a brief illness. he was 93. jim axelrod has his story. >> reporter: he was an old-school broadcast journalist, in fact the last working reporter one of edward r. morrow's boys. >> my territory is central europe. >> reporter: he joined cbs in 1953 opening the moscow bureau in '55 and left in 1957 after his application for a new visa was denied by the soviets. following his interview with --. he ended up on nixon's enemies list during watergate he always called his greatest achievement. >> at one point he got so mad at me -- he had hoover launch an investigating on me trying to get dirt on me. >> reporter: born in the bronx, son of russian immigrants he clashed not only with officials but news management and left cbs in 1976 after an uproar over his reports. the first reporter turner hired when he start