scenario studied by the u.s. forces by knocking out fifty u.s. military satellites the chinese could literally cripple the u.s. military. they could prevent the military from being able to communicate with its forces they could blind the u.s. intelligence community which uses electro optics satellites to term in military force movements around the world and they could also cripple the guidance systems that are used on precision guided munitions that are satellite guided. in many senses could be a kind of an electronic pearl harbor. without space the u.s. would be unable to conduct any type of military operation in an effective way. the civilian space industry generates more than two hundred fifty billion dollars every year the destruction of even a single orbiting satellite could put at risk the economy daily lives and well being of millions of citizens. if you look at space lots of times you think about. most people. every day. when you open yourself. to satellite t.v. and live news from around the globe. to use the. system for. traffic control

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hear about the reuters cameraman who were killed particular when they're killed by the united by u.s. forces so i view the future and the hope i have in my heart regarding journalism comes from this new generation of young arab journalists that are very bravely telling the story of rebellion and repression every single day with very little fanfare or attention paid to them those are the real heroes of of our society when it comes to bringing the truth to the united states and elsewhere and they never get the credit for it well and they have to be absolutely sure jeremy thank you so much for taking the time to be with us today really appreciate it. turning from war itself to the way that wars are covered by the mainstream press if it's no big secret that the cable channels come with a bias some lean to the right others to the left and then there's even that one that leans forward whatever that means but as it turns out most cable networks share one thing in common a love of war and artie's christine for south found out one network in particular not only fights for it but fires those who speak

hear about the reuters cameraman who are killed typically when they're killed by the united by u.s. forces so i view the future and the hope i have in my heart regarding journalism comes from this new generation of young arab journalists that are very bravely telling the story of rebellion and repression every single day with very little fanfare or attention paid to them those are the real heroes of of our society when it comes to bringing the truth to the united states and elsewhere and they never get the credit for it and they are absolutely jeremie it thank you so much for taking the time to be with us today really appreciate it. and from talking about war we want to turn now to an in-depth on how war is covered by the mainstream press right here in the united states and what the pro-war antiwar of these our stance is that you may associate with certain networks if that means the wrath left suddenly to the right and in the case of one specific one it ambiguously leads leans forward and that means now as it turns out most of our cable channels seem to actually like war and as our chief c

we need to be exceedingly cautious about withdrawal of u.s. forces this july as oppression is called for and we should be mindful that perhaps the wisest course of action in july maybe to reinvest troops from more secure to less secure parts of afghanistan i guess you can call it investing when your reelection funds come from defense contractors about mccain you know that even as a veteran himself he has one of the worst voting records in congress on veterans' issues iraq and afghanistan veterans of america i gave him a d. so the american people are convinced that the war in afghanistan is not in our national interest in a recent washington post poll proves it here we have a chart that shows how public opinion has changed over time people who think the war in afghanistan is worth it from sixty percent in two thousand and seven down to where it currently is thirty one percent while those same think it's not worth it took an interesting turn here and you can see the intersection of these lines quote crisscrossing and then surging apart now sixty four p

can and should t u.s. force the libyan dictator out? should the united states provide arms to the libyan rebels? back home, the standoff over the budget talks risks a government shutdown this week while tea partiers stand firm. >> it stops here. if liberals in the senate would rather play political games and shut down the government instead of making a small down payment on fiscal discipline and reform, i say shut it down. >> or will there be a deal? with us the assistant majority leader senator dick durbin of illinois. and the chairman of the house intelligence committee, congressman mike rogers, republican from michigan. then the political debate. the president outlines a broad view of when to use military force and seizes on the crisis in the middle east and japan to argue for energy independence. with us for perspective on that debate, author of the book "the prize" daniel yergin, plus the rest of our roundtable on the falling jobless rate and gop infighting over spending. with us, republican strategist and columnist for "time" maga

so what the u.s. forces are providing is supporting assets to us and they focus, the principle number of sorties is now flown by the coalition. sorry, the nato nations and their partners. on the first question, i think he said, you are quoting general ham. i'm not exactly where 47 you are asking whether there is a political or military stalemate. i will leave one or two for the viewing a question but as to whether we have change what we are doing. no. we have an change been changed we are doing. we are looking at the forces across libya who are attacking the civilian population, threatening to attack them or are directly linked to that and that means looking at where they are getting their ammunition from and also looking at where they're getting their fuel from. i do want to take the first part of that question. >> absolutely. from what i've seen from general carter ham's testimony to the united services committee, in the senate yesterday, he made clear that his assessment was based on the changing tactics

. >> testifying on the hill, robert gates says there will be no u.s. forces on the ground in libya. many worry about a stalemate in the embattled country. >> at a time when the gaddafi forces have routed the anti- khaddafi forces, that is when we announced that the united states is announcing its leadership role and removing some of the most valuable assets. >> the opposition group will accept a ceasefire only if muammar gaddafi allows libyans to protest peacefully. so far, he is not making any concessions. >> >>> word that u.s. highways are getting safer. the transportation department says highway deaths have fallen to the lowest level in 60 years. that is a 3% drop from 2009. the reason for the drop inclusive for vehicles and more people wearing their seat belts. >>> on capitol hill, there are just eight days before a possible government shutdown. the gop is putting on the pressure to get the budget passed. >> we are going to continue to fight for the largest spending cuts that we can get. >> the house passed its version of the budget in february with a $61 million in cuts. the sen

wherever u.s. forces may operate in the next year trans com will be charged with getting them there people still sustaining them for operations and getting them home to their families. as general bradley famously said amateurs talked strategy and professionals talk logistics'. the events of the last 18 months are an instructive example of the relevance of that quote today. not only does trans com have to respond to the surge of forces in afghanistan while they final status we orchestrate the drawdown of forces in iraq but have to respond to the devastating earthquake in. things have not gotten easier as they are supporting combat operations in libya in addition to operations in iraq and afghanistan and are working to assist the people of japan following the earthquakes of the past month. what they do is not easy and often goes unnoticed. the capabilities of trans comm are unique among nations. we are fortunate to be joined here today by two officers with distinguished records of service to the nation. gen

they have been a potent weapon in pakistan and other areas where u.s. forces do not have troops on the ground. >>> iraq's prime minister says iraqi forces can handle security from here on out. he told that to mike mullen, the chairman of the u.s. joints chief of staff. he's in meetings to decide if u.s. forces should stay in iraq past this year. all american forces are supposed to be out of iraq by december 31st. >>> meanwhile, an update to a story we brought you earlier in the week. investigators down playing speculation linking a pipe bomb at a mall to a shooting at a high school. they were found at a mall near columbine wednesday. investigators say their person of interest is this man you see in a dark cap in the surveillance photo. he entered a hall way through a mall entrance typically used only by employees. >>> barry bonds may have obstructed justice but baseball doesn't care. commissioner bud selig will not change the record saying in life there's got to be pragmatism. anybody who understands the sport understands why. bonds holds the career and season

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the jet crashed last month in libya and was then bombed by u.s. forces. the u.s. make sure the sensitive technology on the plane won't fall into the wrong hands of the wrong people. two unexploded missiles from the crash were destroyed. both crew members survived. nato-led forces are continuing air strikes on the libyan capital of tripoli today. >> congresswoman give give gabrielle giffords has been given clearance to attend the launch of the space shuttle. give give has made an astonishing recovery after being shot point blank in the head last january. >> that's was giffords 15 weeks ago, fighting for her life after being shot in the head bay would-be assassin. the shooter turned this parking lot into a killing zone. giffords, an arizona democrat, has astonished in the doctors. >> she is improving every day, and in the realm of brain injuries, that's very significant and rare. >> the arizona republic reports that giffords can now walk a little and has become making limited use of her right arm and leg. her left side is fully functional according to her chief of s

u.s. ground forces into libya yet another war that the obama administration has had mercy united states and we may see more white house control over pentagon policy as a result of what about betray us you know on one hand he's highly respected highly esteemed for his work in iraq and afghanistan and he doesn't criticize the cia for some of the holes in the operation sometimes disorganization miscommunications i would think president obama was thinking by putting general petraeus in this role well to trace is only highly thought of by people like john mccain and joe lieberman he's the neo-cons guy i mean he's a he's a war hawk he he was responsible for the surges in iraq in afghanistan some people . say that resulted in a lot more u.s. military deaths as well as civilian deaths so what we have with petraeus is yet another military person after bush put general michael hayden over at the cia after he was deputy director of national intelligence and n.s.a. director at the cia as a civilian institution and this is yet another move to militarize the key u.s. intelligence agency and many people a

time is running out to an extended agreement to keep u.s. forces in iraq. the iraqi government does not seem to be in any hurry to re-signed that. admiral mike mullen said today forces are set to leave by the end of the year. unless the iraqi government makes an official request that the u.s. stay put. these are scenes of showing damage from pass fighting. bottom line it seems iraq once the u.s. out. japan's government is proposing a $15$50 billion budget to help. the bundled plans to build a 100,000 temporary homes for survivors who lost their house is. on >>pam: americans are having fries with their meals, apparently it's not because they're watching the waistline, sales of french fries are down compared to years past. one reason is because of the economy. people are choosing dollar menus over combo meals. experts expect sales to pick up as the economy slowly recovers. it is a consumption will not go back to what it was a few years ago. chocolate lovers beware the price of chocolate is climbing as the cost of key ingredients continue to skyrocket. over the

force. so what we start to see are our experiments, for instance, the u.s. military is trying to stand up village-level defense forces in many parts of the country. president karzai is concerned that these units might one day potentially turn into militias but it's a sign of new efforts being taken to try to bridge this gap and try to create pockets of security, understanding that in many cases you can't simply hand over areas wholesale to the afghan army and say you're now in charge. >> suarez: let's talk again about kandahar. you've written of it as being a place that's working better, that's safer to be on the streets, yet just in the last several days the police chief there was killed. is this the kind of thing that is going to continue, whether nato remains or not? >> what we've seen in the last couple of days with these attacks against the police chief in kandahar province, the attack of the afghan defense ministry with the suicide bomb in targeting american and afghan troops working together in the east are that the taliban are going to be seeking soft

u.s. ground forces or even u.s. special forces personnel on a limited basis in the libyan khan conflict so what we're seeing now is obama warning to put leon panetta who is basically a former democratic congressman he was chief of staff to president clinton he's basically a democratic party hack although he has had had as served as term at the cia as a director and the other issue of course is making general david petraeus the director of the cia replacing mr panetta and we all know that betray as the author of the guy who came up with this whole surge in iraq in afghanistan is somebody that the neoconservatives certainly like they even were talking about running him for president on the republican ticket with some may question his role there in afghanistan being the u.s. commander that i mean some may say perhaps he hasn't done such a good job i mean they may say is he actually qualified to lead america's intelligence service as a result of what he's supposed to achieve there in afghanistan. this is a dangerous tren

every time u.s. forces are sand to military action there's always a media battle going on alongside it be the former yugoslavia or a piano stand huge amounts of taxpayers' dollars are spent on winning the hearts and minds of people on the ground as artie's lauren lister reports war can often be a hard thing to sell. the reality of war that war is hell and that's why you only go to war when to absolute interest to your national security it's one reason why coalition forces do battle with an information war to fight alongside the real one playing out on the ground in afghanistan for example so it's not widely known by these milestones along the stuart american history we have surpassed the soviet campaign there we have spent and it speaks sectional amount of money but instead carries this message good morning mr minister welcome to the new. of hope and reconstruction in the war torn region which accommodates hunted for peace that's the nato version told in this promotional film it was given to international j

u.s. ground forces or even u.s. special forces personnel on a limited basis in the libyan conflict conflict so what we're seeing now is obama warning to put leon panetta who is basically a former democratic congressman he was chief of staff to president clinton he's basically a democratic party hack although he has had had served his term at the cia as a director and the other issue of course is making general david petraeus the director of the cia replacing mr panetta and we all know that petraeus the author of the guy who came up with this whole surge in iraq in afghanistan is somebody that the neoconservatives certainly like they even were talking about running in for president on the republican. ticket what this is showing is that there is a trend to militarize the central intelligence agency which is after all and has always been run by civilians it's been pointed out that leon panetta is actually the first democratic secretary of defense since one thousand nine hundred ninety seven there may not be as much inde

in africom's area responsibility u.s. forcesave been conducting of military operations against forces loyal to the libyan dictator. there is a strong possibility of a strategic stalemate emerging in libya. i fear we may find ourselves committed to an open ended up obligation for participation in nato operations and that poses a real opportunity costs given the volatility of father and a stable more strategically important countries in the region. beyond libya, this weekend, as many of our -- as many as 1,000 civilians were massacred in the ivory coast as that nation's political standoff escalated violently. this brutality could be ominous for shuttering a fence and sudan as the southern portion of the war torn country becomes an independent nation in july. further east, somalia continues to be a source of instability, posting both al qaeda and affiliated al-shabaab terrorist organizations and various piracy networks that have been intensified the attacks in the gulf of aden and beyond in recent years killing four american citize

u.s. forcing it especially in car prices.because several automakers to stop production in japan. as gas prices keep rising some buyers are worried it could lead to a shortage of fuel- efficient models. since the earthquake prices of new cars have surged. a compact cars have increased 11% compared to february. intermediate size cars have increased almost 9 percent and overall nursing a 5% increase across the board on all models. and yet it is one of the company's forced to suspend production and now that it's going to hit consumers in their wallets. the company announced thursday will raise prices for most 2011 toyota, lexus and siam models. if the lexus will see the biggest price increase at $900. other models affected are the camry, tundra and highlander. cars manufactured in japan in the u.s. will see increases. these new higher prices will take effect in may. >>brian: live to buy a what, vicki is is the ego can. we've been watching closely to this live cameras on viral this weekend after this smog eagle had two little babi

way up in a strong supporter for july 2011 dates that are the president to begin reductions of u.s. forcesnd began accelerating the transition of security responsibility to afghan security forces. at the same time, we must assure and reassure the afghans as they assume more and more responsibility for responsibility, we'll be there to support them. our european allies need to focus more and see this mission through to a successful conclusion and nato members need to be isaf requirements for trainers for the afghan army and police. the balance of my statements i will put into the record and i will call now on senator mccain. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me thank our witnesses for joining us this morning and for their many years service to our nation. on behalf of the entire committee, and like to extend our thanks to the brave men and women in uniform you sacrifice of faithfully for a spirit of a threat to the chairman saying it's a pleasure to have general kehler before the committee for the first time in his capacity as commander of u.s. strategic command and of course always a pleasur

u.s. is the main driving force behind it there is no such thing as nato without the united states so let's be clear here that the u.s. is running this operation i wouldn't say that it's only about political calculations though i do think that some of the key people within the obama administration are what i would call cruise missile liberals people like susan rice people like samantha power who do believe in sort of a humanitarian bombing or humanitarian war which of course should be just a grotesquely oxymoronic phrase but you do have some pretty key neo liberals that have pushed for these kinds of wars before susan rice for instance the u.n. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. before obama was elected was really agitating for similar action taken in sudan calling for airstrikes and aiding rebels on the ground so i think this is part of the kind of cruise missile liberal cut all that permeates some of these more right wing democratic circles that are really driving the agenda here i was in northern on the northern edge of southern sudan the northeast northwestern and right fifteen miles from.

in a statement released this morning the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan general david petraeus condemns the burning of the holy koran by florida pastor terry jones last month. the incident has sparked deadly anti-american protests throughout afghanistan undermining u. undermining u.s. efforts there as the focus is on the jobless rate with the threat of shutting down the government looms. >> if these budget negotiations break down, we could end up having to shut down the government. just at a time when the government is starting to recover. >> all this as republicans ready a long-term budget plan that would slash spending and tackle entitlement programs like medicare and medicaid. joining us now, the assistant majority leader in the senate, democrat dick durbin. welcome back to "meet the press." i want to get to the budget and libya in a moment. i want to start with news out of afghanistan. it's significant. you have protests going on this weekend. they have been deadly. seven foreigners killed. not just general petraeus but the president is

u.s.-led task force to the nato, the north atlantic treaty organization. the fast pace at which the administration has moved and the quickness of the deployment of troops is a testament to the leadership of the department and the skill and flexibility of the men and women of the armed forces. it is a remarkable moment in history when the international community unites and acts to stop a tyrant bent on massacring his people. today, gadhafi and his supporters are more isolated. the military capabilities have been degraded by coalition air strikes that will continue. until gadhafi ends the military attacks on his own people. as president obama has said that while the military mission is focused on saving lives we must also pursue the broader goal of a future of libya that belongs not the tyrant, be tow the

and removing some of the most valuable assets that could be used to great effect. >> reporter: u.s. forces will remain on alert in case the rebels seem in danger of complete collapse, but over the next few days, unique aircraft, like the ac-130 gunship, and the a-10 ground attack jet, will stop flying missions against qaddafi's forces. >> the idea that the ac-130s and the a-10s and american airpower is grounded unless the place goes to hell is just so unnerving i can't express it. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs blamed the rebel reverses on bad weather, which limited air strikes. so far about a quarter of qaddafi's forces have been knocked out of action. >> that doesn't mean that he's about to break from the military standpoint because that's just not the case. >> reporter: gates said as the air attacks continue, libya's military will have to face a choice-- be completely destroyed or decide it's time for qaddafi to go. erica. >> hill: david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thanks. the rebels are under attack in their one stronghold in the west, misurata, as they claim

second look at the markets now european and u.s. forces are close to the easter holidays meanwhile here in russia and the my sex continued big gains on friday with energy majors and leading the growth that was the closing picture for friday take a look at the stocks as burbank in the lead one point two three percent one of the heavyweights stocks new cool quite we call for its announcement with the deal with just a notch and probably matter two and a half percent that's after a strong correction the previous week results. in other news russian oil company basayev has more than tripled its net profit to one point four billion dollars last year the figure is almost a third of those for cost the company says the result was supported by increased output and growing more oil prices had a passion for the for the course as the company has money in the bank and is looking for a place to spend it. son. we're in the pool some sort of wood you sions with the some other companies but they wouldn't do something that you would do for no one is . for you

gwen: they weren't even necessarily captured by u.s. forces. >> most of them were not. you're absolutely right. and the second thing is even more important, they're not being held as we used to hold german prisoners of war, just hold them to keep them from going back. we held these guys to get information out of them and i think one of the learned -- things we learned from these detainee assessments was how much uncertain thri there was even among intelligence officials about who they were. these assessments, about a third of them were ranked likely to pose a threat if released, but many gat -- of them got released any buoy. >> tom, guantanamo as also become iconic as something that the president promised to do in the campaign but failed to do. he hasn't closed guantanamo and doesn't look like he's going to any time soon. does anything in these documents aggravate that embarrassment for the president? >> one of the things these documents show, debateable, of force, is that harsh interrogation probably doesn't work because one thing we've found in reading them is in hind

thought it was coming away in just less than twenty minutes here so you know what every time the u.s. forces are sent into military action there's always a media battle going on alongside it the former yugoslavia are kind of stone huge amounts of taxpayers' dollars are spent on winning the hearts and minds of people on the ground but it's also you that laura lister reports war often be a hard thing to sell. the reality of war and war is hell and that's why you want to go to war and it's an absolute interest to your national security it's one reason why i coalition forces do battle with an information war to fight alongside the real one playing out on the ground in afghanistan for example so it's not guardedly known by these milestones the longest war in american history we have surpassed the soviet campaign there we have spent. money but instead carries this message good morning afghanistan welcome to the new game of hope and reconstruction in the war torn region which accommodates conflict but he longs for peace and that's the nato version told in this promotional film it was given to inter

u.s. military and intelligence forces to exhaust the reserves.third, to strip away america's allies and to disrupt domestic political unity in america as much as possible. i will leave it to the audience to decide using these three worries as the metric whether there is any reason for bin laden and al qaeda to be discouraged about the progress they have made in the war that began in 1996. now, let me move to discussing how we begin. the best foreign policy advice for the bomb a dash of the obama administration has been heard by anyone who has flown on an old -- and airline. each passenger is told that in case of emergency place your oxygen mask on first and own and help others with theirs. i have referred to this commonsense destruction in my books and i believe in his continuing direct pertinent to u.s. foreign policy. before america and a few of our allies who will fight and defeat the expanding islamist movement and defeat it we must, and fortunately with more military power than we had used today. washington must put its own political and for