on the iraq war, we have given every single document to the iraq inquiry. we have given it the opportunity to look at every document and to ask for which documents it wants to be declassified. the only documents that will be withheld from publication are those that directly affect national security and international relations. this is a full inquiry being run by sir john chilcot. people are being interviewed, rightly so, and asked for their evidence, but it is for the chilcot committee to decide how it proceeds. that is what he proposed. >> graham allen. >> question number two, mr. speaker. >> i have visited his constituency to look at early intervention program, and i am very happy that cross-party discussions on these matters take place. everybody knows the importance of early intervention to help young children. >> there are also tremendous economic consequences of early intervention, and early intervention bonds, social impact equities and many other financial instruments raise money from the capital markets rather than from the taxpayer. will the prime

the run up to iraq. so can i ask him, does he personally regret any of the decisions that were taken in the preparation, or the conduct of the war in iraq? is he personally sorry? >> mr. speaker, i party said the reconstruction that was done after the war effort in iraq was insufficient but that is the general view that has been held by many people that insufficient reparations have been made for that. but i was part of the cabinet that made the decisions on iraq and i stand by the decisions we made. >> this week has seen the resignation of a member of the parliament. with mental illness factor in i make no comment about individual cases, but as the law stands any member of this house who suffers about serious mental illness can be automatically disqualified from office, no matter what the prospect of recovery. this is wrong and would never be tall red for a physical illness, no matter how debilitating. will the prime minister take the opportunity of the constitutional reform bill to implement the speakers conference recommendations that this wrong should be righted? >> my audible friend has raised a very important issue. the ju

iraq last month. this is is the first time this has happened since the start of the iraq war. ommander in iraq is calling this a significant milestone, since march 2003. 3,477 troops have been killed by fighting. about 900 others have died in noncombat incidents. >>> after three days of rain and mudslides, rescuers are pulling bodies from beneath huge mountains of mud and dirt in brazil. the coastal city has been especially hit hard. rescue teams are on duty around the clock, hope is fading for survivor there's. at least 60 people had been killed in the southeastern part of that country. those are your headlines this hour, i'm don lemon, keeping you informed, cnn, the most trusted name in news. ♪ i reject your truth because it's all a lie ♪ ♪ reject your proof like american pie ♪ >> reporter: rejection has been aki nawaz's thing since the days of punk rock. ♪ >> reporter: his latest blast against the system and his angry new album, sum up what many young british muslims reject today -- the war in iraq, the war against terror and all its infamous abuses. ♪ reject war and terror

matthews meter, 12 of our regulars whether wars in iraq and afghanistan are a help or a hurt in this regard when it comes to defeating al qaeda? close one here, seven say the wars have helped our cause in defeating al qaeda, five say iraq and afghanistan taken together have hurt the war against al qaeda. two of you here were in that meter poll. and they split. andrea, you think the wars altogether, on all the casualties we lost and all the casualties we inflicted, haven't helped our fight against al qaeda. >> i think they've hurt. and i agree it's a cless call. but i think we have inspired more jihadis against us. chris: joe, you disagree. >> i think the war in iraq was a bad historic mistake, it also gave us a much better sense of the limits of the possibility of al qaeda, the fact that they don't have that much appeal to the average in us limb. and in the end, we beat them. chris: wow. rumsfeld once said we don't have the metrics on that one. before we break, something a little lighter here. james carville, the self-styled ragin' cajun who maped his bones getting bill clinton elected president once called washington hollywood for ugly people. the nation'

america returned he would be in the strategic oil producing regions of the persian gulf from the iran-iraq war of that range from 19831888 to ensure the saudi and kuwaiti oil to the world markets. the iraq invasion of kuwait in 1980 provoked -- promoted the greatest military buildup in the region 400 and 50,000 u.s. servicemen and men assembled to drive the iraqi military from kuwait. in the aftermath of the desert storm more tens of thousands of troops remained in the state's raising great tension between the local population and their governments. it was the presence of foreign troops that 80 needed is on a bin laden from the monarchy after years of being seen as a hero to fight the jihad in afghanistan. what these historic examples demonstrate either far from upholding western interest it produces tremendous instability and serves focus against foreign occupation. obama pledge to withdraw troops from iraq without seeking any fights in that country there are grounds for concern as america is beginning to reduce its presence but even the government in baghdad seems to believe it will face an

she'd been thinking about running for president over many years arguably as far back as the iraq war vote and thinking about running for president wanting to mount the first serious female campaign for president she and her advisers thought about how would she have to be on national security. that's not to say she didn't want to vote for the iraq war or believe in her vote and convictions that was necessary at the time but there was a constant awareness running for office as a democrat as a woman she was going to have to demonstrate her toughness and ultimately that didn't work in the democratic primary. it's hard to imagine how things could have been different if she voted against the war and had run in the primary perhaps it wouldn't the opening that he had to run. >> host: the book is called notes from a cracked ceiling. this comment saying hillary clinton's cry yen amid was derided as insincere which i doubt. she is just not good as a phony like most candidates. >> guest: i agree that it wasn't a fake moment, not because of her acting skills necessarily but because she's not som

iraq. let's take a look at the many challenges facing the army in this area of persistent conflict. at war continuously since 9-11, concerns are growing that the army is wearing out. of a force of 556,000, nearly half the army is deployed or stationed worldwide with 150,000 news in iraq and afghanistan. repeated year long combat tours strained soldiers and their families. posttraumatic stress is widespread. soldier suicide rates hit record highs. young officers are quitting leaving a shortage of field grade leaders. they are promoting noncommissioned sphergs. the army added 26,000 troops to the ranks since 2004 with plans to add 26,000 more in the next three years. a full withdrawal from iraq should allow a certainly of 26,000 troops to afghanistan. will that be enough to rest weary combat units. general casey, welcome to the show. >> thank you. nice to be here. >>> if you include national guard and reserves, the army is more than a million people. the brunt of the fighting is on the active duty force about half that size. since the army itself projects that you will have 100,000 or more d

>> if a democratic congress in 2007 and 2008 were to fund the iraq war, which it dispeased led by presidentush who was also despised, there is no way in which democratic house and senate will deny obama the funds in the afghan war which democrats insisted year after year after year in the bush years was the good war, the right war and just war. obama took a long time and the fact he deliberated so long indicated how uncomfortable he was with the decision he ultimately took and that was aggravated by the fact immediately as we saw on the clip, immediately after announce ing thing thae i addition he said we're withdrawaling in 18 months. he said it's a hard date. it doesn't mean that everybody leave bus the beginning of what he called a transition. the problem is this, gori gueria war is on the will of the parties. it's not who has the most cannons but it's a struggle of wills. when the commander in chief gives the impression his heart isn't in it, "a," because of delay and decision and agonizing, to "b," because of the way he coupled an immediate withdrawal of announcement of escalation, the

the chilcott inquiry has heard the current prime minister was in the iraq war inner circle and he refusedhe payments for our troops on the front line. will be confirmed to the house that there is no impediment for him to seek a time to give evidence that chilcott inquiry before the general election? >> mr. speaker, this is as i said a matter for the chilcott inquiry. i had written to sir john chilcot and i said to them i'm happy to give evidence at any time that that is a matter for the committee to decide. but i will take whatever advice he gives me about when he wishes me to appear. i am happy to give evidence on all the issues that he puts forward an habit to satisfy the public of this country about our government's commitment to the security of this country. >> mr. speaker, my friend would like to get married. but her boyfriend is not so keen. i wonder if my honorable friend might be able to tell us, should the government give them some money? and if so, how much in order to tie the knot? [laughter] >> mr. speaker, is a conservative party that is tied in knots. [laughter] >> now that

to the iraq war in 2003. i find those parallels um... th increasingly obvious but also quite disturbing. in the run up to the war, on iraq. people in institutions both institutions of government, institutions of the media intelligents and so forth that should have asked really hard questions about why we were doing this and what was the threat and problems and evidence to indicate that these were the problems, hard questions needed to be asked that for the most part were not asked. and in many cases now i see a kind of similar rush to adjustment going on with regard to iran and unwillingness to take the time to ask the hard questions and what really is going on here? what really are american interests here? how is it best to pursue those interests? and you know, i think that it would be a real tragedy if, basically we had not learned enough from our sad experience dealing with iraq, if we had not learned enough this time around to ask some of the hard questions. host: part of the on-line conversation. one says i know let's bomb the crap o

his latest blast against the system and angry new album sum up what many young british muslims reject today. the war in iraq, the war against terror and all its infamous abuses. why is the cover of your album so provocative. >> it is provocative because i find it represents american foreign policy which is far more provocative than any piece of artwork. >> you can't get much more provocative than this track. his song and video about making a dirty bomb. ♪ >> i decided to write this track cook book diy, how a common man makes a bomb, how an educated man makes a bomb and a scientist from the white house makes a bomb. morally they are all as repulsive as each other. ♪ i insist i'm a legitimate scientist paid by the government with your finances there is less radiation so you get a cleaner bomb ♪ >> when you put out these songs about dirty bombs or benefits of jihad, does it cross your mind that young people who might be inclined to take that and run with it in a violent way might do so. >> that would be like me saying you know, i'm angry because i watched "rambo." hollywood is making films, you are making docu

she answered questions on the british bank, the economy, the iraq war in korea, and the afghanistan aand the afghanistan conference in london. tomorrow, there is a discussion on the role that independent voters may play in the 2010 midterm elections. also, there is china's impact on the global economy. after that, there is a look at childhood obesity in the u.s.. then there is first lady michelle obama's campaign. >> in the nation's capital and across the country, listen to c- span radio in washington and xm satellite radio. it is also a free application for your iphone. >> there is a look at the role that women play in peace and security efforts in muslim countries. . >> "washington journal" continues. first iÑtell us about your organization. guest: yes, we are a >> we believe that women, when they are involved in the peace process should be there not because it is their right, although we believe that to be the case, but because, when women are involved, peace negotiations are actually more durable and sustainable. it will be more lasting and more sustainable when women are involve

in anxample, during the iraq war, we were the only mea who were there -- anthis was cnn the time- we re the only on with a camera or two to record the rease of the eight pow'shat had been held in iraq. ey were given up for dead, so we have this video and the store was these people werelive. i was ae to go live wit that. meanwhile, bacat headquarts, they had famils on who tched th to respond. thereas a thousand miles away realizing i was bringin such join with the news to each famies, fm despair, that they were seeing their love ones. ioccurred to me that weive in a glol village and i was getting to be a part o something that was a magnificent mont. that is somhing tt has never lefte. >> there is also the messagei not know which meum anore. >>witter. >> 140-letter messe. >> linda, what are you proud of? or sorry about? one big thing in ur life, t necessarily professional, that comes to mind? >> one thing i am gladbout that i am pud about, too, is the fact that i, unlike many journalists, am not apathetic. it still excites me. i still want to find out, i still want to do to tell people

the phrase "iraq." it's a generic middle eastern war. ly fun. >> it's a big, big critic hit. >> nobody actually saw it in the theater. >> number nine, "district nine." let's look at a clip. >> breaking news, the whole world is watching. the course of human history changed today. >> the ship appears to be stopping over johannesburg city. >> they are spending so much money to keep them here. at least they are keeping them separate from us. >> when you talk about this, you have to mention the special effects. >> special effects are impressive, no question, but it's a great story. i'm not a huge science fiction fan. this is at its best. space ship shows up in johannesburg in 1982. the aliens aren't eagle, but they are segregated. then they want to move them to another place. they have ulterior motives. it's a great, great story from a disciple of peter jackson. >> next one, this is on my list. called "an education," best actress nominee for golden globe, sort of a coming of age story. >> 16-year-old british girl studies hard, wants to go to o

know, he's not going to pay for it. >> sreenivasan: this is britain's third investigation into the iraq war, which resulted in the deaths of 179 british troops. the british withdrew from iraq last year. the bill and melinda gates foundation will donate $10 billion to research new vaccines for the world's poorest nations. it more than doubles the amount the foundation has already given to vaccine research. microsoft co-founder bill gates made the announcement today at the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. >> today we're announcing a commitment over this next decade which we think of as a decade of vaccines having incredible impact. we're announcing that we'll spend over $10 billion on vaccines. that will help invent new vaccines, that will help get some new vaccines out, that will help increase the coverage. >> sreenivasan: the goal is to make sure 90% of the children in poor nations are immunized. for the record, the bill and melinda gates foundation is a newshour underwriter. a jury in wichita, kansas, has convicted an abortion opponent of murder for killing an abortion provider

for the parliamentary election in march as i think a good example of the challenges that lie ahead in iraq. iraq is not history's war buy any means. the development of iraq and the challenges in iraq will go on for a very long time to come. and this controversy is i think one example of that. it's why the united states needs to stay fully engaged in iraq, increasing the that will be done by non-military means. but we do have to stay engaged. that was the whole thrust of the strategic framework agreement that we at the end of the bush administration that sets out literally a framework for our cooperation with iraq and a whole range of various. the was important to the bush administration and it is important to the obama administration in light of the vice president's recent visit makes that very clear. so, these are iraqi issues. the iraqi civil have to work through an acceptable resolution to the current crisis. i think they will. but i also think that our engagement, our involvement helping them find satisfactory solutions is going to be key in this case and many others for years to come. >> host: san francisco joh

geoff hoon testified before the british inquiry to examine british involvement in the iraq war. me of the issues addressed our military readiness and lack of equipment. this is 2 hours 15 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> i would like to talk briefly about this before. basically, the campaign went extraordinarily well and was much quicker than anticipated. is that right? >> i think it was very successful. they were able to target with astonishing precision the enemy to the extent that large numbers of iraqi soldiers in various places simply went home. >> had the coalition's military intelligence turned out to be accurate? >> not unfairly, because i was led to believe the republican -- not entirely, because i was led to believe the republican guard was a sophisticated unit, but what it demonstrates in contrast with the first gulf war and advances in technology and bombing in particular was that more conventional forces, albeit a much bigger size, simply could not resist. >> on the first of m

and the story of the year, shock and awe as president bush declares war on iraq. m, your thoughts about that, you know, momentous-- >> again, just to make that list is a reminder how much the media can get lost on stories and frankly aren't that important. elizabeth smart was a tragedy to her father and some americans, but iraq war was more on that and the media picked up on that. >> jon: and the media were accused to giving too much support to the war in iraq when it began. >> it was clear our coverage was gull ab, naive to use cal's words boosterish and here we are all suffering suffering years later that those questions were not asked in a direct and pointed way as we wandered into these wars in iraq and afghanistan, is the most disappointing moment of the media in the decade. >> jon: a lot of the history of the war is yet to be written. >> maybe ten years later, but boy where we sit now we should have been tougher then. >> jon: time for break and lots of extras available on our website, including some discussion that is erupt during the break and hear them afte

iraq last month. that's according to the military, zero. this is the first time since the start of the iraq warhly death toll didn't budge. there were three noncombat fatalities but the top u.s. commander in iraq is calling this a significant milestone. since the invasion in march of 2003, 3,477 troops have been killed by fighting. about 900 others have died in noncombat incidents. other dinah magny is in baghdad. we reached out to her to find out what will change and what will stay the same in iraq in 2010. >> reporter: iraq 2010, there are two key dates on the calendar which will fundamentally shape this country's future. march the 7th, national elections. iraqis will choose whether they want a secular or religious leadership, whether iraqi nationhood matters more than a myriad of ethnic and sectarian tensions. and then there's the time it will take to form an actual government. >> if you really have two elections here, you have the election for the members of parliament, the over 300 members of parliament, and enyou have what may be the more important election, which is the election of the p

for the first time in the iraq war which we had been fighting for four years. everyone was on the same sheet of music. there was a common understanding and common goals. a radical change in the way the military operated. it was from energy and will power. leadership counts. another example is in afghanistan. he thought he was doing counterinsurgency. he was issuing the right orders. they were talking about protecting the population. but out in the field, wasn't buying it. no one said you don't get a vote here. what you found in the field was an emmyeccentric operations. a real gap between what he thought and did. that is an example of leadership not working. leadership is necessary. charismatic leadership is great. it was hardly sufficient. i have seen charismatic leadership. without strategy. it is disastrous. you do not want to go there. charismatic leadership without strategy or theory leads troops off of a cliff. you have to have a strategy. charismatic leadership without a strategy is a ferrari without a steering wheel. that is what we had driving around a

and it shows, i think, why, in fact, -- were never going to lose the iraq war in the sense that there was never going to be a moment -- well, we're going to lose if our objective was the unity of iraq. or a stable, peaceful, democratic unified iraq. yes, okay. but we weren't going to lose it in the picture that was painted by former defense secretary rumsfeld, who said a matching what would happen if al qaeda, you know, if we pulled out and al qaeda would be taking over in baghdad. the image he invoked was from vietnam, you, the north vietnamese tanks knocking down the open gates of the presidential palace in saigon. that wasn't going to happen in iraq. sample, demographics. 60 percent of the population are shiites are and they were in control of the army. of course, a shiite army. control the south. they weren't -- there was no way that the al qaeda baathist insurgency was going to be able to defeat them. and the kurds, who had certainly in the earlier -- you know, a few years ago, and maybe even still today, the strongest military in iraq. they weren't going to be defeated by the al

the war zone. the commander u.s. general in iraqalling the news a significant milestone. 149 american troops died in iraq last year, that's the lowest number of u.s. deaths in a single year since the war began in 2003. says it's a major sign of progressments that's a fairly significant milestone for us as we continue to move forward. i think it also speaks to the level of violence and how it's decreased over time. >> gregg: and while many recent headlines focus on the next step in afghanistan, troops are starting to focus on the end of their mission in iraq. dominic di-natale reporting from kirkuk in iraq on the upcoming transitions. >> gregg, without shadow of a doubt 2010 will be a landmark year in iraq especially for the u.s. military after eight years of combat, combat troops will start to withdraw as early as may and hopefully by august of this year. that's the plan according to president obama. some troops will return home, but there are those who will continue to fight over in afghanistan and two of those troop members are wi

the democratic party on this issue as well. if you look at issues, for policy upside down on iraq, on afghanistan, illegal immigration -- -22%, according to cnn polls. cnn again on unemployment, the federal budget deficit, the war in iraq, taxes, health care policy now. all of these measurements by anyone who counts, he is not doing well on these issues. you are running based on attributes and talking about transformation, talking about hope and change, and you are talking about helping the middle class and having a clear vision for the country, then it is fair game to ask these questions. cnn poll began, between last year in this year, inspires confidence down 12%. strong leader, down 18%. is the person you admire, down 8%. down 26% on his own measurement of not dividing the country. these are all measurements and attributes of generic approval. it means that people are anxious. i think it really does short shrift of our concern sentence and read what people were showing up to tea parties, meetings, and protests who are taking a right to their members of congress's, republicans and democrats, and are being totally dismissive to say that they are angry. they are angry. look at them. they are nervous. they are a

he has not said anything about the -- what he thought about the iraq invasion and the war. he was the chief treasury minister and the evidence was that he stopped the british arm forces from getting money they needed specifically to buy helicopters. >> richard norton-tator from the guardian, thank you for joining us. thank you. >> attorney general eric holder said yesterday that an estimated $60 billion are lost each year to healthcare fraud. he spoke at an antifraud summit with kathleen sebelius. their comments are about a half hour. [applause] >> well, good morning. nice to have you all here today. and thank you to the great deputy secretary. and i want to join him in welcoming all of you today and also to thank the attorney general not only for being here but for his tireless commitment and for being a great partner in fighting fraud. i want to also recognize incoming acting deputy general grinler, who i just had a chance to say hello to. and thank you for being here and for your partnership in this effort. we're here because this administration has zero tolerance for cr

caller: good morning, i agree with the gentleman that called about hillary clinton who voted for the war in iraqdate for them. for barack obama, i think that many americans are fighting not al-qaeda or the economy or the jobless situation, they are fighting barack obama because who he is. and they probably need someone who looks like them and i think they would be happier who is a republican. thank you. host: going back to robert's earlier point, do you think that sarah palin will run in 2012? guest: i am not going to try to get inside of her head, but i think it's possible and i think she's got a base, it wouldn't surprise me at all. host: we have oscar joining us from tennessee. caller: good morning, i was listening to a couple of the most recent callers. the lady that mentioned from brentwood that mentioned the fact she didn't want to be considered a racist. being african-american who supported during the primaries, hillary clinton, i definitely would not, you know see anything against her support of hillary clinton. hillary clinton had a lot of african-american supporters. i don't think that

the president have a point? can the war on terror criticism go too far? joining us now from austin, texas, karl rove. i thought the iraq war criticism did go too far and i thought it cost us lives of american servicemen over there because it was so intense and the back and forth was so debilitating to the military, sapped morale, made decisions harder to make that even though iraq was controversial, i recognize it would have been better if america had come together. i think we're in the same position now. am i wrong? >> well, it is possible to take criticism too far. i think, for example, the accusation that bush lied about weapons of mass destruction was enormously hurtful to the country and inappropriate. but look, when on the surge, when president obama, then senator obama opposed the surge saying it wouldn't work, it would increase violence, not decrease violence, increase sectarian strife, not reduce it, that it would put more americans at risk unnecessarily and it wouldn't work, he had a right as a united states senator in a democracy to speak his opinion. he was joined by others, john kerry and others. patriot a

also, why the prime minister has not appeared before the iraq war inquiry. prime minister's questions, 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> did you know the number one at a news application for your iphone or ipod touch is c-span? there is also a tab with links to all of our podcast, and it is all free and available from the apps store. >> virginia's new governor took the oath of office, bob mcdonnell. this is from the state capital of richmond. this is about 30 minutes. >> the oath of office will now be administered to the governor elect of the commonwealth of virginia, robert francis mcdonald by the justice of supreme court of the virginia -- bob mcdonnell, by the justice of the supreme court of virginia. [applause] >> are you ready to take the oath? >> i am ready, yes. >> please repeat after me, raise your right hand. >> i, robert francis mcdonnell do solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties incumbent upon me as g

unemployment, health care, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address wednesday night. our coverage starts at 8 p.m. eastern on l president's address live on your iphone with the c-span radio ap. >> and now a portion of a conference focusing on the representation of women and minorities in leadership positions. speaking at this session was cristina lopez, president of the national his panama institute. this is about 35 minutes. >> i'm very pleased to introduce our next speaker, ms. cristina lopez, who is the president of the national hispanic leadership institute. known as nhli. nhli is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing ethical leadership in the hispanic community. the institute is the only national leadership development institute focused and committed

both about the iraq war. 's now a senior fellow for the new american security, think tank based in washington, d.c. tom, let me ask you, first, why is this battle important? what are the themes we should be looking at as we peer more closely at. >> it it is representative of several things and it shows you why this war so difficult and how things can go wrong. the afghans survived by smart, by observing. they know how americans fight. they know the intervals they have in which to attack. they know where the american weaks innes are, communications, heavy weapons, and things like overhead reconnaissance means you attack ideally in bad weather like the attack a couple of week ago. go after their communications and then you go after their heavy weapons. you see this again and again. these are smart fighters. they fought the soviet union and fought each other. and now they are fighting us. >> what should we be looking at? what's the -- what's going on there? july 2008, 49 soldiers get orders to establish a base in

remarks from democrat liberal reader as to why the prime minister does not appear before the iraq war ministry. tonight on c-span. i describe myself after i left congress as a recovery congressman. >> president and ceo of g will industries, an actor and since 2003, he's been heard every morning on wal talk radio. he's our guest tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> president obama asked former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton to help lead haiti efforts. the three met at the white house. a news conference now on developments in that meeting. it's about 15 minutes. good morning, everybody. in times of great challenge in our country and around the world, americans have always come together to lend a hand and serve others. that is what the american people have been doing in recent days with their contributions to the haitian people. at this moment we are moving forward with one of the largest relief efforts in our history to save lives and deliver relief that averts a larger catastrophe. the two leaders with me today will ensure that this is matched by an historic effort that extends be

i've got to tell you, candy, i was here for the run-up to the iraq war when there was concern about securitymes square. and new york city, the police department, the federal government, came up with a plan just in case there was an attack and i think they use, implement some of the same systems when it comes to new year's eve and other sell breaks that are here in times square. and i've seen lou on television a lot. i've spoken to him for different stories. we could not be in better hands here in times square. new york city police officers, new york's finest, the mayor, the governor of the state, all of law enforcement here, they're keeping an eye on this place. obviously you know this is the center of the world right now and everybody is watch, especially given what happened or what could have happened on christmas, candy. >> situate yourself for us, don. are you in the crowd? are you up above it? what sort of security did you to pass through any to get in there? did you see anything tighter along that score? >> both. i've been mingling in the crowd. i came in, lou escorted us in along with

the mexican government has their own war on drugs. it's very comparable to the iraq war or afghanistan war in the mexican military is losing. okay? so what is the strategy. i don't have the answer. of course we need to cut down on the drug consumption in the united states. mexico needs to clean up the corruption within its government. beyond that, i'm not sure i have an answer and that scares me. >> you talk in the book about the constantly shifting alliances which would make it hard for these agencies to do intelligence in a traditional way and take out the top guys and we want to think of a take on the top guys is all gone, it? i think sort of my own commentary in observing what has been happening in juarez is as you say the mexican government is targeting very low level traffickers and they will give numbers. weaver is to this many members of the cartel and yet we don't see a difference. we don't see any change, and dangerously this i think leads us into the idea that you should just kill them all off, that's kind of the philosophy or the mentality that is spreadi

he opposed -- obama opposed the iraq war, something that cheney, you know, encouraged, to say the least. so he looks at obama as soft, and he's going to do these things with interrogation in guantanamo. i think if you get into the details of it and somebody briefed cheney, he would find out the administration acquitted itself quite well on most of these matters. at the same time, you're going to have some of the government experts on. i think they would tell you in the end you can be lucky or unlucky on something like this. in this case it could have been one person on watch that christmas holiday who said, gee, this is strange, let's look at this and let's look at that and gone on alert. it just didn't happen. >>larry: i want to take a break and we'll be rate back with bob woodward. not surprisingly, bob is doing a book on the early days of the obama administration. how much difference is there between the commanders in chief, so to speak? when we come back. >>larry: this is between george w. bush and barack obama. >> we said he was a gut player, not a textbook player. he would go on h

during the 1990s, there was a major effort to using sanctions against iraq. and during the war -- of course there's been anti-proliferation war against iraq in 2003. the deaths that were caused by sanks probably run into the hundreds of thousands. they were not cause -- not the soul but necessary cause of hundreds of deaths in iraq. far more died in hiroshima and nagasaki put together. it's still going on. during the war -- during the sanctions rather, they were asked the very simple question. adam we have heard that half a million children have dieded. it is for the the sanction. that estimate is almost certainly quite too high. a lot of people have died. i mean that's more chilled than dying in hiroshima, is the price worth it. it's not saddam is a nice guy. it's not should we do something about saddam. we have done this. a lot of people have died. is it worth it? good question. the only time that i know that it came up. madame then said, i think the price is worth it. i checked to see if anybody picked that up. i did a search. and no newspaper any place picked this up. they

with turkey than with many countries in that region in the last 10, 15 years especially since the iraq war there's been a growing dislike of americans among turkish people. >> i think it is possible the turkish state formed after the collapse of the otto man empire was based on the notion of secularism that constitutional framework for turkey is under attack. this woman is representative of that the rise of islamic extremism inside turkey threatens it alliance with the united states. get tkwret what do we do? >> we've got to look at this as a long term struggle and really as a war against this kind of extremism. not against islam as a whole. but against people who are determined to use these sorts of weapons and suicide bombing and the range of terrorist tax, including acquiring weapons of mass destruction, if they can. if you break away from the idea that we're inbeginninged in a war, if you let your defenses down, there's trouble ahead. >> greta: how do we possibly ferret out those who are extremists who want to kill? it is so viral. you -- obviously in this insurance stance a cia -- in

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does he personally regret any of the decisions that were taken in the preparation for or the conduct of the war in iraqsaid the reconstruction done after the war effort in iraq was insufficient. that is the general view that is being held by many people who look to the insufficient preparations being made from that. i was part of the cabinet that made the decisions in iraq and i stand by the decisions we make. >> this week has been the resignation of a member of the cast with mental illness factor. i make no comments about individual cases, but as the law stands any member of this house who suffers a bout of serious mental illness can be automatically disqualified from office no matter what the prospects of recovery. this is wrong andç would nevere tolerated for a physical illnesç no matter how debilitating. will the prime minister take the opportunity of the constitutional reform billok to implement the conference recommendation that this wrong should be righted? >> my friend has raised a very important issue. the justice secretary and the health secretary are giving careful consideration as to the a

the three main stars of this film. they play members of a bomb squad in iraq. it's about the iraq war.'s a big canvas but this is a small, personal story. it is intense throughout. it is believable throughout. it is credible. kathryn bigelow really keeps it moving along. it came out some months ago but i don't think it will be forgotten when the academy award nominations come out. it's a really terrific movie. really outstanding film. best iraq war movie so far. >> oh, okay. "moon." >> "moon" is an interesting movie. it's from a first-time director duncan jones, who certainly has some creative talents in his blood lines. david bowie is his father. >> get out. >> it's a really impressive debut film. it's really just sam rockwell in this movie. he plays an astronaut on the far side of the moon on a three-year mission to help mine the moon for a big corporation to mine it for an energy source that we need on earth. but the satellite has gone down so he has no communication with any other humans during this three-year time there. and then all of a sudden after he has an accident on the moo

airmen killed or wounded since the iraq war began, eradicating the enemy's weapons, like the flash before the sound wave hits, there is a secondary reaction in their work, one that should keep more of their colleagues and civilians safer. fox news. >> as we start to feel out 2010, it's not too late into the year to look back at 2009. an amazing year for rescues and animals behaving badly and shocking shootouts like this one. unbelievable. right? all of it caught on tape. we'll take a look back at the best surveillance videos of the year. #ñ#ñ#ñ#ñññññññññññ >>> a massive mud slide burying a resort in brazil. at least 22 people are dead, ten others injured. check out this video. incredible. a chunk of hillside nearly 1,000 feet wide gave way on friday and it smashed into treehouses and a tourist lodge. witnesses claiming the structures collapsed under the impact. local police are saying it all nearly 80 mud slides were reported in the region. three days of heavy rains are to blame for at least 50 deaths. >> a major winter storm is now swirling out over the atlantic and it's beginni

it's like the iraq war. ericans are for it before they were against it and i think you're going to say something with the same kind of correction on health care. >> i think health care could become poster boy for what professor steele is talking about, which is a profound disappointment in the way the public's business gets done. and all the details are not known of course, but the manager's bill produced by harry reid in which hundreds of aspects of legislation were changed in many cases to accommodate the body off of individual senators with individual appropriations when it's fully reported is going to be either leave profoundly disappointing. it was not the way to deal with an issue of this magnitude. health care is too important for that kind of legislative treatment. and i think obama is going to pay a price for that. >> do you want to say something? >> in terms of mutability of public opinion it will be interesting to say that right now both the surge in afghanistan and the war in iraq are more popular