and the relationship between the pentagon and the white house. >> the white house felt that the pentagon was leading them down the trail to another vietnam-like quagmire. and on the pentagon side of the river, all the players have changed since thenment but it's still basically the same people at the white house. so i think the white house is always wary of the pentagon and what it's prosoas-- proposing. but look, the pentagon is not looking to get involved in any more wars either. >> rose: we conclude with roberts-- robert gates, former secretary of defense talking about leadership. his book is called "a passion for leadership" bns if you don't care about people. if you can't empathize with people, if you don't have a sense of vision and passion with what you are doing, it is very hard to be a leader. and where do you go, where do you go to school to learn about fairness an dedication to a greater cause. and good cheer and being able to reach out to people. so there are some techniques of leadership that can be taught. but fundamentally, if as a person you don't like and respect other p

of course, it is not just the pentagon. it is the white house that really sends the budget over to us. i think you are exactly right. the agreement last year was for a minimum for the base defense budget. then, a minimum for the overseas contingency account to pay for operations. everybody knowledged -- acknowledge that the exact amount of operations t depends on the world and what is happening. we have more people in afghanistan than was expected. we are sending more people into syria, for example. it is not clear to me what final position the administration is going to take your lester's budget agreement did not give defense enough money. i think a number of folks in the pentagon, and elsewhere, believe that stability -- being able to count on a certain amount -- meant a lot. if the president is saying, it will not be there after all, i think that will be very troubling. mr. herb: if the budget comes over the shortfall, will be see congressional republicans try to plus up the shortfall? rep. thornberry: it is clear on both

i know the pentagon. i know that he'll. i know what happens in the white house fighting to think in those terms of things are really going on. i prefer to write fiction because i like this i get to more of the truth in fiction then again in -- there's reason for me. if you're writing nonfiction, and i'm always worried about i will say something about someone that will be harmful, hurtful. and that person doesn't have a chance to respond. so i don't like the notion of trying to be truthful about what actually happened or what someone said. at the same time not do damage to that even though i might disagree, even though it's a horrible thing he or she might have said. i don't find it to be fair that i could write something like that and people, nobody's on the other side. i find if i write fiction i can create many of the same scenarios i had in real life with some of the same people i dealt with in real life, and tell the truth about an issue without harming anybody. that may be an easy way out to say you should been writing

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when i was at the pentagon, the health budget, the pentagon, all programs, was 19 billion. it's over 60 now. you say everything is climbing. there is any way to get control? because we're not paying enough taxes to match what we're spending. and we're seeing this play out in other countries in greece, puerto rico, you have the same situation in other countries where you keep promising things you're not willing to pay for, and the debt starts piling up and we don't pay it. not our problem. so, fiscal responsibility is part of it and you have to say, let's weigh our priorities, is defending against asteroids top priority? not the top but we have to be ware of it. the scientist can't tell you whether it will hit to or a thousand years from now. so what we have to do is be prepared, saying this is an issue we have to contend with. other countries can cooperate and have a cooperative effort, because if we have planet buster, all of us are doomed. so let's see if we can't pool resources, and a lot of that is being done. i tried to raise the issue in a more entertaining way and th

breaking news from the pentagon. iranians have two navy boats in custody right the country tells the u-s, the crew will be returned quote promptly and safely. the pentagon says it briefly lost contact with two small navy craft in the persian gulf on tuesday. pentagon spokesman peter cook says the boats were moving between kuwait and bahrain when the us lost contact. the u-s-s barry is headed to its new homeport in japan. the guided missile destroyer deployed from naval station norfolk this morning one last time. 10 on your side's walter hildebrand was pierside as the barry pulled away. just before 9am on pier 7 at naval station norfolk, it didn't take shivering sailors, whipping flags, or bundled up loved ones to see that...baby it's cold outside (45-34:30) "yeah, i'm freezing" and it didn't make saying goodbye any easier for the families all taking differently (26-25:21) "it's one of the harder days, but we know that they're gonna do their jobs and they'll be home soon" (13-20:57) nats crying child (34-30:03) "it has

i can walk cost anywhere in the pentagon. it is the only ministry of defense in the world that allows reporters to do that. charlie: it is a big building. it is a big building, and i can cruise around looking for stories. and then you can go out to all bases and the places are the troops are deployed. you compare that with some of the other beats in washington. the state department, where you have to have an appointment to get out of the pressroom. and the white house is famous for being behind the rope line all your life. it is -- it gives you the freedom to be a reporter and the subject matter. you're playing for all the marbles. politics you win or lose. , charlie: has it changed since you have been there? >> yes. charlie: the nature of warfare has clearly changed. how else has it changed. david: the biggest one you can see is the role of women. but you know the military is a reflection of what is going on in society. so the role of women over the last 30 years has been changing in society. it used to be that if you were w

and it's not the just the pentagon. i think there are folks like senator charles grassley, republican in iowa, who has been very dogged on this, has pushed a series of bills over the years forcing the pentagon, but also other federal agencies, to be treat like a private sector company. the public has a right to know the line items of for where all the spending is going. and i interviewed senator grassley for this piece and clearly he's very frustrated because he believes the pentagon is dragging its feet on this, could have moved a lot more quickly in trying to get its books in order. and i think he's also very wary that the dla will be able to succeed. it's not just a matter of paperwork senator grassley would say, it's also a matter of accuracy. how do we have confidence that even if they produce the paperwork for a kpmg or some other outside auditing firm that the data in a tthe documents is actually accurate because there have been cases where it is found that even the data that does exist is not necessarily the righ

. >> the pentagon stays steps to counter the -- takes steps to countser the growing i.s.i.l. front in libya. >>> weapon of war, the syrian opposition threatens to boycott peace talks unless the government first stops using sieges and attacking civilians. >> the syrian people cannot wait any longer. >> as the humanitarian crisis grows. replying pressure. >> this is no effective identification and registration of irregular migrants. >> the eu threaten to the kick greece out of its free travel zone unless it tightens travel controls. >>> stepping down. >> i'm leaving the government, due to a serious political disagreement. >> a senior french official takes a stabbed against the country's anti-terror laws. good evening, i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america cps international news hour. we begin tonight with the ongoing crisis in libya and the expanding threat from i.s.i.l. the pentagon is drawing up plans to fight the group in libya, potential for sending in air strikes and joining forces. easier for i.s.i.l. to make inroads. the plan for a new unity government was rejecte

the public? guest: a pentagon garage sale. e dla does have a role in which it dispenses of extra thes, surplus items that military doesn't need. some of those things have been controversial. a few years ago, it was the defense logistics agency that was providing high-powered armored vehicles to local police department. these are pieces of equipment that had been purchased for the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the military decided it did not need many of them and there was a surplus. they were provide to localities for law enforcement purposes. there are other examples where the dla is trying to get rid of extra items, things that the military doesn't need anymore. inventorye amount of sot is superfluous is just large. a lot of these items are not everyday items. there are not the kind of things that you or i would want or need. as the caller points out, clearly blankets or other items like that that might have real good use out in the world and the military has way too many of them -- and might not be a bad idea to find a way t

welcome to noon yoga at the pentagon. >> your lips sealed,nergy. >> my father, my grandfather, uncle and other people being in the army, so. >> a graduate of west point. the united states military academy. john served in the army, first in germany during the cold war and saudi arabia during the first golf war. nearingly a decade in the field, john was stationed at the pent at that gan in washington, d.c. >> you come in, you do -- turn on your computer, go to meetings, you are coordinating, working on projects. i would have never have guessed that something would happen there. >> on september 11th, 2001, john went to work like any other normal day. at 9:37 a.m., a hijack passenger plane struck the western side of the pentagon as part of a coordinated terrorist attack against the united states. john's office was located on the second floor, right above where the plane hit the building. >> first it felt like a bomb, then it felt like an earthquake, no windows, we were immediately plunged into pitch-darkness. i tried to to some of my colleagues i knew were in the room. we were at that poi

officials here at the pentagon and over at the white house.st, when such incidents have occurred, when some british sailors wandered into territorial waters, they were held for a long period of time by iranians. and given the diplomatic situation between the u.s. and iran right now over the nuclear deal, there were high concerns here in washington. but apparently and reportedly from u.s. officials, those ten american sailors who were taken into iranian custody, will be released sometime within the next couple of hours. kate? >> i was going to ask you, jim, in that context of the iranian nuclear deal, does this look like evidence that we have better relations now to the pentagon and to the white house? are they reading this as, at least we're able to talk to them now and able to get these folks released? >> at this point, it's impossible to tell. he weren't privy to that discussion that went back and forth. we don't know if it was contentious, understanding. all we know, according to officials, is that iran is apparently prepared to release tho

she's at the pentagon. we also want to bring in gail lemon, author at the council on foreign relations. barbara, first to you, you've been talking to your sources at the magazipentagon. you heard secretary kerry thanking iran for their quick response. what more are you hearing from the pentagon? i don't know if you've gotten more reaction to this video that they've released. what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, i have to tell you, offices in the pentagon, people are really staring at their this. v screens watching this video. many military people. certainly displmayed at what th are seeing here. these are not the optics that anyone in the u.s. military wants to see of u.s. military personnel on their knees with their hands behind their backs, disarmed. but this is a very difficult situation, and it requires some explanation, i think. the u.s. navy when it patrols in the persian gulf from anywhere and they come across disabled ships or ships, crews -- the ships they want to board, let's be clear. they go

we have heard from the pentagon in previous news conference, what ensued. maryland lab tested -- tested some live -- what they thought was dead anthrax in may. found out it was live anthrax, and that's when the news came out, then the pentagon had to explain a lot in june, but now we're hearing who made the egregious mistakes for over ten years, tony. >> remind us again of how this shipment mistake happened in the first place. >> right. well, it sounds incredibly dramatic, and it is. when the pentagon had this incredibly dramatic news conference in june, they described and they showed what it looked like. so when you hear live anthrax, it's pretty dramatic headlines. they emphasized that these samples were a fraction of a teaspoon, wrapped and wrapped, and that emphasized there was no threat to the public. and then they said it was shipped by fedex. tiny samples, but still terrifying anxiety inspiring news to people. the pentagon has been reassuring ever since then, and they tested 400 samples they had after that. so we will be hearing who -- who had no -- w

we continue to follow breaking news coming out of the pentagon. two navy boats are in iranian custody. but iran is assuring the u-s: the crew and vessels will be "returned promptly". the pentagon says they briefly lost contact with the small boats in the persian gulf, and that 10 americans were on board. we understand this incident happened near farsi island which is in the middle of the persian gulf. u-s officials said one of the boats may have had some type of mechanical issue causing them to run aground. secretary of state john kerry has been on the phone with the iranian foreign minister working to get these sailors released. anchors ad-lib toss tonight: stray showers before 10pm...maybe a flurry or two for the northern neck. otherwise, cold! lows fall into the wednesday: cold with sunshine. highs only in the mid-upper 30s. wind: wnw 10-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny. very cold am (20s), but warms into the low 50s by the afternoon. wind: sw 10-15mph. a strong cold front will cross our area tonight. as it moves by, it could create isolated shower

we are trying to get confirmation from the pentagon. a number of questions, nic, what about the two naval vessels? the patrol boats the riverines, have they been released as well? what conditions was the release made under? did the u.s. have to agree to anything, any concessions? any apologies which some if iran were asking for? any of these details at this point coming in? >>. the best we can read at the moment and this goes to what the iranians have said earlier, the sailors were in good condition t. photograph they released reports these sailors. they do appear to be unharmed in this single photograph of the group of them in a room with the carpet and bare walls. the iranians said earlier there's vessels were unharmed. it appears there were no gunshots exchanged. as would the expectation would be that the vot would be released at the same time. again, none of this is clear at the moment. we really need to wait for it, if you will, objective details and information that comes to the sailors, themselves, and obviously from the navy. >>

. >> the pentagon made a sobering assessment of afghan soldiers. the special forces were called top notch. others were riddled with corruption. jamie mcintyre reports from the pentagon. >> a spokesman for the train, advise and assist says that despite the death of a u.s. green bure on the front lines, the u.s. is not doing any of the fighting against the taliban. brigadier william shaufner a spokesman for resolution support - the u.s. name for the afghan mission, gave a mixed report card saying they performed fairly well when it came to preplanned missions, not so well in a crisis. some of the toughest fighting is in the province, a long-time strong hold and the general pointed to a number of problems, with the afghan unit doing the fighting, including joint staffing, bad leadership and corruption. there's three things that have to happen in the unit. soldiers have to be paid, and fed on time. if one of those things doesn't happen, the soldiers will leave. sometimes they'll come back. it's no way to run an organization. >> it may seem like something

the iranians assured the pentagon they are safe and will be released soon. that has not occurred yet, however. we'll update the story as new developments come in, this hour. >>> this latest incident amid heightened tensions with iran and only hours before the president's set to deliver his final state of the union address to congress. it is a speech which the president is expected to show he remains relevant. the speech is expected to be his shortest. the shortest so far, 52 minutes. however long it is, the reality is now this president is a lame duck, and the race to replace him in the oval office is in full swing with just three weeks to go before iowans kick off the race for the nomination, casting the nation's first presidential votes in the caucuses. fox news white house correspondent kevin corke with our report. >> reporter: for president obama, it's been a painstaking process. searching for the right words to convey a sense of optimism in his final state of the union speech while reflecting the serious challenges facing the country. in an interview thi

the pentagon is add can mother's room to facilities that have 5 him. to getter to better accommodate breast to better accommodate breastfeeding mothers. the military said child care will be extended to 14 hours a day to better accommodate parents with demanding schedules. the pentagon says it will work with families who don't want to be transferred to another base next change, those members need to agree to additional active duty obligations. in washington d.c., i am kylea camp bell. >>> this morning the wounded warrior project says accusations against the charity are absurd and they are demand an apology. a network news report say the organization spent 60% of their donations on veterans. the report showed tax forms in 2014 that $26 million was sent on conferences and meeting some included day at a five-star hotels. a spokesperson for wounded warriors say all of that money was on veterans and their services like mental health programs. >>> 4:16 on your friday morning >>> 4:16 on your friday morning. i want to give you a look at your live drive time tr

james bayes is at the united nations, but we begin with jamie mcintyre who is at the pentagon. mie so far what has been the u.s. response to north korea's claims? >> reporter: well, the official response has been condemnation. the statements that the u.s. will not accept north korea as a long-term nuclear power, and resolve to take steps to make sure they counter the threat. unofficially, there is general consensus that north korea did in fact explode some sort of nuclear device underground at that test site in northeastern north korea, but there is a very high level of scepticism that north korea was able to make the leap from the rude elementary tests it conducted in the past, to the detonation of a hydrogen bomb, something that is far more complicated, and a bomb that is far more powerful. and most of this initial assessment comes from the size of the explosion, which we are told is less than 10 kilotons. that sounds like a big number, but in fact in nuclear terms it's very small. hyde again bombs are generally measured in megatons, something that would be a thousand times mo

he's got to worry about the budget, these big ticket pentagon weapon systems eating up the budget.ters pet project is something he calls the future force, getting in touch with technology leaders and trying to attract people to the pentagon who have high tech skills that are going to be necessary in future warfare. we've got another big decision to make. the pentagon does not have a policy right now on the service for transgender troops. it's done on a case by case basis in each of the services who decide whether someone being transgender has an effect on their ability to serve. carter hair committed to having an open non-discriminatory policy rewarding service in the military so we may look to see in 2016 whether he issues something object that. the other big issue hanging over the pentagon and the administration, will they be able to close began to know mow, the prison there. the pentagon surveyed a number which sites around the country, recommended one where they think prisoners could be transferred to once others are sent back to their home country. those are all things that wi

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he we can't figure that out. >> you can isolate which part of the pentagon it came out of? orce which reported to the secretary of defense and then reported to the principle deputy under secretary of defense forvn policy, who testified yesterday. >> so we don't know who. on this particular project, this $500,000 gas station. we don't know who said okay, we're going to pay 10 million or $43 million? >> no, we don't. >> do we know who got the money? >> we have some contract data. but we don't know who got the entire amount. remember are, most of that amount was overhead. and what we're finding with many of their programs, they spent more on overhead than they did on the actual programs. so we don't know how that overhead was allocated. >> all right. another project i saw some sort of -- looked like the four seasons in kabul and i have been to kabul. what was that all about? >> we found out they spent $150 million, so their staff didn't have to bunk with the troops or sleep in the embassy. that $150 million paid villas, three star villas with, you know, best that you could prov

the pentagon says we have spent more than 5.3 billion dollars since the operations began in august of 2014. that comes out to about 11 million dollars a day. it is a lot of money. americans are wondering what all the money has accomplished. let's this by this in terms-- about this in terms of the targets have been and how successful they've been. >> i don't think to tell you that war is an expensive business. an aircraft carrier, when it is not aat war, costs about a million yob i don't know dollars a da day to operate. very expensive. much is going to the operations, ammunitions? of the aid on the ground. they they have had 8,000 coalition air strikes since they started. they become more and more effective with more intelligence. we see more strikes against the i.s.i.l. oil operations, not just the fuel trucks, but also some of the transfer points for oil to try and cut off the flow of funds. also these air strikes have been very effective in enabling the local forces on the ground to move. in many cases they're the only reason that the local forces have been able to make progress. y

i wonder if we brief the pentagon. ems they're going out of the way to excuse the iranians and give iranians best of intentions here. do you buy that? >> pentagon i don't see any reason to be untruthful about that the truth will come out eventually. we're breaking news. we'll find out what happens. you think that would happen instain taken justly from washington out there, so many layers of command. we'll know a lot more tomorrow. i don't see advantage of pentagon not revealing what they know at this point. david: no reports that shots were fired by iranians to board the boats. clearly don't stop navy vessels with soldiers and marines and sailors on board without some show of force, right? >> well, it depends. if they're, if they realized they're in iranian waters, iran has rights within those, that sovereign territory around that island. and it may not have been in interests of commander, american commander on scene to put up any resistance, especially if one of the ships was disabled. in this case, what should happen

the pentagon is expected to approve the transfer of detainees to other countries. bill cosby's lawyers have the charges against him in pennsylvania. last month prosecutors charged the actor and comedian with three counts of aggravated indecent assault for a case in 2004. cosby lawyers said prosecutors illegally, improperly, and unethically filled the charges after a deposition in the case was made public. george washingtion university is delivering another blow to cosby. the university is taking back the honorary degree it recently gave him. a sheriff in texas says the mother of the affluenza teen posted a $75-thousand dollar bail last night. workers are expected to h%-pcolder tomorrow with lows%-pin the 20s and wind %-pchills in the teens in%-pthe morning. highs will %-ponly%-pbe in the mid-upper 30s %-pin the afternoon despite%-plots of sunshine. we'll %-psteadily warm up into %-psaturday. we'll see some%-prain saturday morning.%-pthen we'll be colder and%-pdry on sunday. there%-pwill%-pbe a system just offshore%-pon sunday. we'll have to%-pmonitor to see if it%-

and the officials at the pentagon are not commenting, but it is a hellfire missile that was shipped by lockheed martin to europe for use in a nato training xexercise. after the exercise, it was being shipped back in effect, and it went through the web of various stops through freight companies and freight forwarding companies, an instead of coming back here in the u.s., it ended up in cuba, but they don't know how. the investigators are looking into the effect that criminal acti activities involved or espy n-- es pin nauj, and this is a key weapon under the wings of drones that target high value tarts in the war zones frequently, and in

the pentagon says the number of detainees at guantanamo bay is about to drop below 100. at it's peak in 2003, the prison held about 680 detainees. the white house says president barack obama is ready to present a new plan to congress to close the cuban dention center, before he leaves office. the president says the prison is a recruiting tool for terrorists and is too costly to maintain. the pentagon is expected to approve bill cosby's lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him in pennsylvania. last month prosecutors charged the actor and comedian with three counts of aggravated indecent assault for a case in 2004. cosby lawyers said prosecutors illegally, improperly, and unethically filled the charges after a deposition in the case was made public. george washingtion university is delivering another blow to cosby. the university is taking back the honorary degree it recently gave him. a sheriff in texas says the mother of the affluenza teen posted a $75-thousand dollar bail last night. workers are expected to h%-pcolder tomorrow with lows%-pin the 20

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and dropped beryl bonds and drop bomb bombs, i can tell you the guys in the air force got 5 in the pentagon, how primitive it is. and yet those 6900 bombs represent this sort of culmination of an effort to be meticulous in a way that masks whether or not what we are doing is effective or even the right strategy. they represent this sort of perfection of what we demand which is that we demand that we are not bothered by conflict in the world that our sons and daughters don't have to go to war, the we are not affected by it and as this machine has become more and more capable, we

flying airplanes into the pentagon. the third plane? who knows where it was going. they say the white house, but who knows. great people on that plane. brave people. something's going on. i have been talking much more about the military. they have much more confidence from me than they do in these politicians that don't know anything. they don't, believe me. everything is -- you know the word, unpredictable. sometimes it's very tough for me. they say -- what do you do about this? what do you do about this? i don't want to tell you what am going to do with the military. i never wanted to say it. i wanted to surprise them, right? [laughter] it got to the point where i had to tell them. they say that she doesn't really know. finally, i had to do it. you have to win. i hated to tell them that take the oil. the government said -- you can't take the oil. general macarthur couldn't do it , they would have had the oil four years ago. [applause] he would have had the oil before he stepped out of his airplane to claim victory, right? it's one of those things. a couple of week

our producer asked the pentagon spokesperson it kind of seems like combat. i realize the president declares that this war is over. it kind of seems like combat. and they denied it, pete. they actually tried -- they said well, we know it'sbut they're s we have combat operations going on there. >> they've lived in a wordsmith alternate reality for a long time now. a year ago they declared combat operations over. and you ask a guy like brandon webb whether or not this is combat operation. special operations forces, indirect fire, close air support, men wounded and one unfortunately killed alongside afghan allies where they have now lost some of the initiative. and we're doing effectively a recovery operation. they're seeing combat every single day. and this commander in chief, by not calling that, is doing them a disservice. yet they courageously go into a fight with restrictive rules of engagement into hostile zones like this that we fought for before without the same amount of troops we had in the past to regain that initiative. so these guys are put in imposs

jamie mcintyre is at t the -- pentagon with more. >> reporter: the pentagon says so far it has trained0 fighters in iraq, including regular army, police and tribal fighters. the security forces played a key role in the retaking of ramadi a few weeks ago, and now sometime later this year, they will mount an assault against mosul. a spokesperson in baghdad said it will take 10 brigades to drive isil out of the northern iraqi city of about one million people. each brigade has between 2 and 3,000 troops, so we're talking about a defensive force of between 20 and 30,000 troops. analysis is underway now to look at ways to speed up the training process with more trainers not just from the u.s. but from other countries as well. >> it becomes a question of do you make the pipe a little bit bigger so you can put more through faster. so that's what we're working on now. at the higher level it's a matter of working with other partner nations to see what else they are able to contribute. >> while the u.s. is considering more troops for training and enabling iraqi forces perhaps as many as several h

>> and thank you, barbara, for the new information from the pentagon. he declaration called implementation day is expected to be announce d any time when the united states atopic watchdog agency will decide if iran has in fact made the obligations it made after sign ing that deal last year. and if they have, it will ease sanctions, but the u.s. says it wants the complete full compliance report first. >> we are aware that iran has made important progress in fulfilling the onligations, and the commitments that they made in the context of the international agreement, and to dismantle important parts of the nuclear infrastructure, and there are important steps that they have committed to tashgs and they will not be receiving any sanctions relief until the ieae have verified the steps have taken, and also, the iaea will also verify the ongoing compliance with the agreement. >> all right. our senior correspondent fred pleitgen, you know iran very well, and when the sanctions could be e eased in the next day or two, we expect $50 billion in frozen iranian asset

i went to the pentagon and saw it on fire, supported the fire and police and rescue as they did what was necessary. this is the real life experience that i have had in national security and foreign policy that i believe sets me apart from the other potential candidates, that you will choose to offer to run for president of the united states to the american people. well, we now are in a dreadful situation in this country. we have seen the failed owe pa ma policies over the last eight years. we've seen the continuation of the added taxation and the slow economy that's robbing our young people of their opportunities for the future and endangering our workers across the country. we have seen now the advent of a democratic party which seems determined to offer a socialist candidate for president of the united states. now, there was a time when you wouldn't say something like that, but it's okay. you ask bernie sanders. he'll tell you that it's a socialist party right now, that they're offering. hillary clinton, of course, is the same, cut from the same cloth, exactly from the same cloth.

. >> given the fact that the pentagon acknowledges they get attacked about 100,000 times a day, i think the odds are pretty high. >> kg, there's nothing i like more than watching your facial expressions during hillary clinton sound bytes. >> it's like a full jane fonda workout on my face. >> what do you think of her pitch, especially right in the aftermath of "13 hours." >> i think about caskets of dead americans and benghazi, honest to god, that's all i was thinking is line up the caskets with the american flag on it and then over that voiceover, her lies to the families, basically saying the families don't remember it right. she lied to them. what she knew and deliberately lied about. pushing the video. the whole thing is so horrific. that's what stands out i don't think she can tout anything else, as a success. during her time as secretary of state. i don't find that to be a positive persuasive or compelling ad on her part. >> i thought the timing of it was weird, eric. if you -- if anybody saw "13 hours" clear nobody in washington picked up a phone that night when they were calling.

people flying airplanes into the world trade center, into the pentagon. we've to figure out what's going on. we don't know in this country. we don't know. and we're not getting any help because other people know that these people are about to do

the pentagon correspondent for usa today. allison mitchell of inside the army.ark, director of publications for the mitchell institute for aerospace studies. jacqueline, reporter for the washington examiner. captain miles millar, who is our speaker's defense fellow. kasia, a bloomberg news reporter who is the incoming chair of the national press club speakers committee, skipping over our speaker for a moment, pat host, a reporter for defense daily and the speakers committee member who organized today's lunch. thank you. kevin, u.s. navy captain retired, a member of the national press club speakers committee, and director of the navy league of the united states, jen, a reporter for defense news and cochair of the national press club's young members committee, josh martin, chief of staff for our speaker. and bob simmons, house armed services committee staff director. [applause] i also want to welcome our live audience in the national press club ballroom. i want to welcome viewers on c-span and listeners on public radio. you can follow today's action on twitter. us

and the pentagon refused to confirm the flight. >> i can't confirm flights from here. i have seen reports of those flights. >> reporter: the pentagon has not responded to the chinese and north korea aggression which is surprising when you read what cartery penned to deter north korea or china. should the united states allow them to perfect a inner- continental ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear weapons to the u.s. soil? we believe not. the bush administration unwisely ballyhooed the doctrine of preemption which all president the have sustained. there was a breach of u.n. security resolution and a test that the administration will not confirm publicly took place. seven democratic congressman wrote to the president demanding a response. >> as if we need more trouble in that part of the world. >> certainly a lot. the u.s. does not recognize the islands as chinese territory and sailed that war ship as jennifer griffin reminded us within 12 miles to prove a point. china pushing the envelope further and what is america's next move. senator john mccain. secretary

while we wait, we're live at the pentagon. iting. i assume everybody's gotten dug out of the snow successful. thanks for being here. really appreciate it. you know that over the last several months i've been laser-focused here -- we all have been laser-focused. and i've spoken many times on accelerating the campaign to defeat isil. defeating it first where it took root in iraq and syria, and elsewhere in which it is metastasized and protecting our people and our homeland. what we must remain absolutely focused on delivering isil a lasting defeat, we do not for a moment lose sight of america's leading role around the world, and, additionally, certain long-term imperatives of this great department of defense, and particularly what we must do to build the force for the future. when i became secretary of defense, i made a commitment to building america's force for the futu future, an all-volunteer military that will defend our nation for generations to come. i've proudly stated that today's military is the finest fighting force the

. >>> a major development from the pentagon honoring american heroes. the department of defense is reviewing more than 1100 medals awarded since 9/11 possibly upgrading some to the medal of honor. the pentagon is recognizing servicemen and women for their courage in combat. 17 medals of honor have been awarded to iraq and afghanistan service members since 2001. >>> bad news for the oil industry but good news for you. crude oil prices plunged again yesterday some hitting their lowest point since the recession. it was more because of falling demand than any problems in the mideast. analysts say the drop could mean another ten cents a gallon less for gasoline. the national average this morning is around $2. >> a mystery solved in downtown chicago over the sudden appearance of an igloo. >> it's a bit of a ramshackle structure seemingly came out of nowhere. turning up in the median inside the famed loop. so people at first thought that it was built by a hopeless person. >> yeah, but as it turns out, it's the products of a man named david sudler who lives in a

he also worked at the pentagon. leon: a change of heart at george washington university. today the school announced it will revoke bill cosby's honorary degree. this is a change because the school originally said it would not pull its degree. cheryl connor is live in washington with that story. why the about-face now? l: the change comes after the president of the university heard from students, survivors of sexual assault. the college prides itself on statues of george washington all across campus. the students we spoke to hope they take part in shaping their own history. on the campus of george washington university, there was excitement from students who feel they made a difference. >> i was overjoyed. gotyl: the students just back from winter break to learn the news. the president of gw was taking back the honorary degree awarded to bill cosby. for them, it's personal. >> i was assaulted the summer before he came to college. cheryl: those students met with it gw president when he said was never the university's practice to rescind a degree based on later information. t