it is currently the standard reading and all of the war colleges in the united states armed forces. >> your book is called "decoding clausewitz," why? >> it is called "decoding clausewitz" because i think it's been very badly misunderstood, and it's not like it's just any common book. we misunderstand many books but because of its place in american military education for it to be misunderstood. one of the biggest misconceptions is that he is the proponent of the of concerted and when in fact very reverse is the case is a great proponent of the defense at the strong performance the war and in particular he argues that if the defender is willing to resort to guerrilla warfare there is no such thing as a decisive victory for the attacker. >> what does that mean? >> it means your army can be defeated and occupied and your capital in the hands of the enemy if you have the will to resist if necessary harming your own population that in the end of the attacker would be compelled to modify his political objectives and you can preserve your sovereignty. >> is that not the way that clausewitz i

nor will we ever forget the sacrifices of the more than one million men and women of the united states armed forces who served in iraq and the sacrifices of their families through deployment after deployment after deployment, families somehow withstood the strain, the sacrifice, and the heartbreak of watching their loved ones go off to war. the loved ones fought in places like fallujah and ramadi and sadr city and elsewhere. and today in particular, we remember the nearly 4,500 brave americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, as well as the more than 30,000 wounded warriors, many of whom still struggle with serious, life-altering injuries. to all the men and women of today, your nation is deeply indebted to you. you have done everything your nation asks you to do and more. your dedication to this commitment has been the driving force behind the remarkable progress that we've seen here in baghdad and across this country. you came to this land between the rivers again and again and again. you did not know whether you'd return to your loved ones. you will leave with great pride. >> u

bragg today the colors of the united states armed forces, the flags of the united states and the u.s. military, which american troops have been fighting under for nearly a decade, those flags will formally be taken down and cased at a ceremony tomorrow in baghdad. those colors will begin their journey home. there are a few ways in which to me this is sort of surreal. on one level it is just flatly remack remarkel the consuming, moral and political crisis of the iraq war, the huge, long catastrophic war. the national convulsion we had over why we were fighting it and when we could come home. after all that, it is a little surreal that it is ending so quietly. at another level, i think it is upsetting to see the persistence of the divide that grew between the military and the rest of the country during these post-9/11 wars. less than 1% of the population has been fighting two of the longest wars in american history simultaneously. two deployments, three deployments, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine deployments. families including the families of guardsmen and reservists, not just all

nor will we ever forget the sacrifices of the more than 1 million men and women, of the united states armed forces, who served in iraq, and the sacrifices of their families. >>> now though negotiations continue between the u.s. and iraq on future relationship one thing is clear remaining 8,000 troops in iraq are expected to be home before end of the month reporting live stacy cohen back to you. >> thank you very much. >> if you want congress to extend the payroll tax cut you are not alone 6 of 10 people surveyed in a new poll want it renewed nearly all americans seem to be fed up with the mitt call scene as aiynsley earheart tells us this comes as lawmakers work to avoid a possible government shut down. >> we work very hard, we are close to an agreement on every single issue, and i just hope that we can work this out and get our bill passed. >> while they have different views, both democrats and republicans are working to avoid a partial government shut down temporary bill keeping agencies open expires saturday >> we all work together to bring this thing to a proper conclusion. >> if we have a rea

nor will we ever forget the sacrifices of the more than one million men and women of the united states armed forcesin iraq and the sacrifices of their families. through deployment, after deployment, after deployment, families somehow withstood the strain, the sacrifice and the heartbreak of watching their loved ones go off to war. their loved ones fought in places like fallujah and ramadi and sadr city. and elsewhere. and today in particular we remember the nearly 4,500 brave americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. as well as the more than 30,000 wounded warriors, many of whom still struggle with serious life-altering injuries. to all of the men and women in uniform today, your nation is deeply indebted to you. you have done everything your nation asked you to do and more. your dedication, your commitment to this mission has been the driving force behind the remarkable progress that we've seen here in baghdad and across this country. you came to this land between the rivers. again and again and again. you did not know whether you'd return to your loved ones. you will leave with

men and women of the united states armed forces who served in places like fallujah and ramadi and sadrng block by block in baghdad, by bringing tribes into the fold and partnering with the iraqi army and police, you helped turn the tide towards peace. >> this outcome was never certain. especially during the war's darkest days. you came to this land between the rivers. again and again. >> more than 1.5 million americans have served in iraq. 1.5 million. over 30,000 americans have been wounded. and those are only the wounds that show. it was a source of great controversy here at home with patriots on both sides of the debate, but there was one constant, your commitment to fulfill your mission. that was constant. >> you will leave with great pride. lasting pride. secure in knowing that your sacrifice has helped the iraqi people begin a new chapter in history. >> and on behalf of a grateful nation, i'm proud to finally say these two words, and i know your families agree, welcome home. welcome home. welcome home. >> so many sacrifices. that does it for us at "360". we'll see you again tonig

. >> we will never forget the lessons of war, men and women of the united states armed forces who servedllujah and ramadi and sadr city. >> and by battling and building, block by block in baghdad, by bringing tribes into the fold and partnering with the iraqi army and police, you helped turn the tide toward peace. >> this outcome was never certain, especially during the war's darkest days. you came to this land between the rivers again and again. >> more than 1.5 million americans have served in iraq. 1.5 million. over 30,000 americans have been wounded. and those are only the wounds that show. it was a source of great controversy here at home with patriots on both sides of the debate, but there was one constant, your commitment to fulfill your mission. that was constant. >> you will leave with great pride, lasting pride, secure in knowing that your sacrifice has helped the iraqi people begin a new chapter in history. >> and on behalf of a grateful nation, i'm proud to finally say these two words -- and i know your families agree -- welcome home. welcome home! [ cheers and applause ] wel

and jihad and united states army major hasan has communicated on multiple occasions with radical islamic terrorists on the topic of justifying jihad on the united states and its armed forces, whereas major hasan address to the department of defense personnel concerning the justification of jihad against the united states armed forces. whereas major hasan is record reported to have trained and an attack at fort hood, texas, with the specific intent to kill and injury those troops before deployment to overseas theaters of war. whereas major hasan has declared his attack to be an act of jihad in defense of islam shouting god is great in arabic while gunning down unarmed personnel and civilians. whereas major hasn is charged with 13 murders during that attack and mazz the department of defense submitted correspondence to the united states senate committee on homeland security which referred to the violent islamic streamist attack on fort hood, texas in the context of a threat of workplace violence. now therefore be it resolved that the house of representatives recognizes the attack on fort hood, texas as an act of radical islamic terrorism and jihad against the united states

to take a moment for us to celebrate and show our respect to those men and women of the united states armed forcesr. we want to welcome all those home who have returned, and we want to pray for the safety and well being of all those who are still deployed. i'd like to hear the loudest round of applause we can muster for the men and women of our armed services. [cheers and applause] it is through the sacrifices that they make and that their families make that we are able to celebrate our freedom here this evening. i'd like to call upon the second winner in our essay contest who actually hails from philadelphia where this all began. her name is deborah earlybam. we're very excited by what she has to say. deborah? [applause] >> what hanukkah means to me. >> wait for the plane. a dreidel story. when something in your life goes wrong, how do you feel about it? some people feel fright and then discouraged as if their life is ruined and going to stay that way. the hanukkah dreidel teaches us otherwise. the dreidel is made up of four sides. on each side is a hebrew letter. on the first side is the letter

/navy game to measure the heart of our country's young soldiers, then the future of the united states armed forcespretty bright. the 112nd rivalry came down to the wire. as has been tradition, the fight song anchors aweigh rang. barack obama and vp joe biden. we pick the game up in the second quarter. navy up 7-0. they go to teach. touchdown from 10 years out. midshipman, 14-0 lead. we're tied at 14. second and goal, chris proctor keeps it and spins it for the touchdown. check this out again. he fakes the handoff. watch at the goal line. at the very last minute the old spin-a-rama. navy retakes the lead, 21-14. fourth quarter. john teague for a 44 yard field goal. he struggled this year. but it didn't happen on this day. he gets it through the uprights and the midshipman up 27-21. same score. under five minutes to play. army goes for it on fourth and seven. steelman is sacked by matt warrick. his dad is a graduate of west point. his kid makes the biggest play of the game. navy defeats army, 27-21 the final. afterwards, a lot of respect from both sides. >> the guys kept fighting. they give us their

amend, modify or narrow this bad language, i felt i could not vote against funding the united states armed forces, changes in policy and oversight in revisions to our defense policy that were done in this bill. but overwhelmingly, the detainee provisions were the ones that gave me real concern and real pause. i made statements on the floor. i voted for amendments to narrow it. i am a co-sponsor of senator feinstein's bill that would repeal, revise and move forward on these specific concerns. at the end of the day, the core issue here is that by statute, the united states congress can't take away the constitutional rights of americans. that's why they are enshrined in our constitution. >> right. >> this was bad policy. it was a bad debate. it was intentionally vague and it was difficult for most folks at home and in congress to follow this sort of swirling details and competing interpretations. at the end of the day, the current administration leadership, the director of the fbi, director of national intelligence, secretary of defense, the attorney general, all pushed back against this language an

nor will we ever forget the sacrifices of the more than 1 million men and women of the united states armed forces who served in iraq and the sacrifices of their families through deployment after deployment after deployment. families somehow withstood the strain, the sacrifice, and the heartbreak of watching their loved ones got off to war -- go off to war. their loved ones fought in places like fallujah, sadr city, and elsewhere. today in particular, we remember that nearly 4500 brave americans made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, as well as the more than 30,000 wounded warriors, many of whom still struggle with serious, life altering injuries. to all of the men and women in uniform today, your nation is deeply indebted to you. you have done everything urination ask you to do, and more. your dedication, your commitment to this -- you have done everything your nation asked you to do, and more. leon the most remarkable progress we have seen here in baghdad and across this country. you came to this land between the rivers, again and again and again. it did not know whether you would return

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take a moment for us to celebrate its in show our respect to those men and women of the united states armed forcesthe music here this evening but to have stayed ties you want to welcome all those who have returned. we want to pray for the safety and well-being of all those sorts still deploy it. a like to hear the loudest round of applause for the men and women of our autumn tarmed serv. [applause] it is through the sacrifices that they and their families make that we are able to celebrate our freedom here this evening. ibid like to call upon the second winner -- i would like to call upon the second winner in essay contest to actually hails from philadelphia were this began. we are very excited about what she has to say. >> what hanukkah means to me. >> wait for the plane. >> when something in your life goes wrong, how do you feel about it? some people feel frightened been discouraged as if their life is ruined and will stay that way. the hanukkah dreidel teachers as otherwise. on the first side is a hebrew letter. if they land on that letter, they win the whole pile of coins. if one land on the o

armed forces in particular. we need muslim-americans in the united states military. we need native pashtun speakers, dari speakers, and patriots of all religions joining, and maintaining the treant of our armed -- straint of our arm -- strength of our armed forces. you raised an important challenge which is in today's environment how do we both deal with the reality that al-qaeda and its affiliates target department of defense facilities as a target of choice and yet recognize we need and value muslim-americans in the united states military? the way forward is to focus on indicators of violence behavior, indicators of radicalism where we can watch the behavior and train our supervisory personnel to watch the behavior of their soldiers in order to identify early on and intervene effectively early on when they say indicators that within our ranks we may have potential terrorist pes p >> not just muslims? my husband prosecuted plenty of non-muslims in killing their wives and kids and everything else in the military. >> anybody exhibiting behaviors that indicate violence.

nor will we ever forget the sacrifices of the more than 1 million men and women of the united states armed forces who serve in iraq and the sacrifices of their families through deployment after deployment after deployment. the families somehow withstood the strain, the sacrifice and the heartbreak of watching their loved ones go off to war. the loved ones fought in places like fallujah and dadsadr city d elsewhere. today, we remember that there were 4500 brave americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, as well as being more than 30,000 wounded warriors, many of whom still struggle with serious, life altering injuries. to all of the men and women in uniform today, your nation is deeply in debt it to you -- indebted to you. you have done everything your nation ask you to do and more. your dedication and your commitment to this mission has been the driving force behind the remarkable progress we have seen in baghdad and across this country. you came to this land between the rivers again and again and again. you did not know what you would return to your loved ones. you will leave w

thwarted, so the system isth this amendment would make clear that under section 1032, the united states armed forces are only required to hold the i suspected terrorist in militaryp custody when he is captured abroad. all that amendment does is that one word, and that's the word abroad. to make clear that the military will not be roaming our streets, looking for suspected terrorists. the amendment does not remove the president'ths ability to use the option of military detention or prosecution inside the unites states. the administration has threatened to veto this bill and has said and i quote it strongly objects to the military custody provision of section 1032 because it would tie the hands of intelligence and law enforcement professionals. halves most importantly, addressing the issue of this amendment specifically on november 15, defense secretary leon panetta wrote this, and iq- quote.ailure o the failure of thef revised tax to clarify that sections 1032 applies to individuals captured abroad may needlessly complicate efforts by front-line law enforcement l professionals to collect critical int

united states spy plane. iranian news reports say the country's armed forces shot down the plane yesterday because it violated iranian air space. the pentagon is not commenting, but the united states-led coalition in afghanistan says american forces lost control of the drone over afghanistan late last week. >>> motorists are catching a break over the holidays according to the lundberg survey, prices at the pump have dropped 9 cents a gallon in the past two weeks. that means the average price of regular gasoline is now $3.29 a gallon. however analysts predict prices will not come down much further. at least not right now. >>> struggling homeowners are getting an early christmas present. several large mortgage lenders including fannie mae and freddiemac are promising not to foreclose on delinquent borrowers during the christmas season. the moratorium will run from december 19 through january 2nd. chase, wells fargo and bank of america have also announced a temporary suspension ofee visions around the holidays. >>> all right. now we are turning our attention to the presidential campaign trail. republican preside

we ought to consider whether we should continue using the full thrust of the united states armed forces in country after country or rather a more nuanced approach might better serve our needs. unfortunately, the legislation before us does not attempt to answer these questions. . instead it commits us to dive even further down the road of fear. it commits us to more war and more wasteful spending and it commits us to ceding our freedoms and liberties on the mere suspicion of wrongdoing. this legislation erodes our society and our national security by militarizing our justice system and empowering the president to detain anyone in the united states, including american citizens, without charge or trial, without due process. if this is going to continue to be the direction of our country, mr. speaker, we don't need a democratic party or republican party or occupy wall street party or tea party. we need a mayflower party. if we are going to undermine the foundational principles of this great country, we might as well sale away to someplace else. this legislation establishes an authority for

membership is available to persons who have served in the united states armed forces during wartime, including the current war on terrorism, and were honorably discharged or continue in their service. the legion's goals are to uphold and defend u.s. constitution, promote worldwide peace and goodwill and preserve the memories of the two world wars and other conflicts fought to uphold democksthism legion also aims to submit the ties and comradeship born of service and commit the efforts of its member tosser vis to the united states. the american legion has over 14,000 local posts. the national organization is not designed to have control over all the independent posts. as the supreme court of minnesota has found, quote, local posts and state chapters are separately incorporated and the posts all have their own constitutions and bylaws. unquote. the court found there was a very limited relationship between the posts and national headquarters. the national organization's, quote, officers, guide, and manual of ceremony -- officers guide and manual of ceremonies state, the post is able to

. >> ladies and gentlemen please stand for the presentation of the colors by the united states armed forcest ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's ♪ ♪ last gleaming ♪ whose broad stripes ♪ and bright stars ♪ thro' the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched ♪ ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rocket's red glare ♪ ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof thro' the night ♪ ♪ that our flag ♪ was still there ♪ o say does that star-spangled ♪ banner yet wave ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen please remain standing as the chaplain of the united states senate dr. barry black gives the invocation. >> let us pray. eternal lord god, the giver of every good and blessed gift, we are grateful for this opportunity to remember our 38th president, gerald ford, by dedicating a statue in his honor. lord, when this land, desperately needed strong, moral leadership, you gave it president gerald ford's astuteness, honor, commitment, and courage. when we needed a model of unswerving integrity, you provided us with someone w

a transition from the armed forces of the united states being the generally and predominantly in theict to a military that will remain in conflict at some level but also get back into the business of preparing for conflict. that is one big transition for the second one is that -- if this makes news, you have got a real problem -- but the second transition is to manage the armed forces from bigger budgets to smaller budgets. and how much bigger and smaller is yet to be determined but that is the second significant transition that i will owe the country. and the third one is, the transition of a significant number of young men and women who will transition from being in services recently, because we always have turnover, but more pronounced as we reshape the force, so there's this issue of transitioning and building a different kind of relationship with the veterans administration and so forth. those are the three big transitions i see is occurring over the next three or four years. and i would be happy to talk to you about whatever. >> let's start, general dempsey, with one of those t

united states and some of them other than an act of the policy the rule. exacerbated the sectarian differences in the united states some followers the vast by some resentment society that is the iraqi armed forces and most of the iraqi civil service so the armed forces is now a collection in the militias that are probably more loyal to their particular party or character unity and they are to the state and probably the single server depending on the department has something to the fiefdoms there and it is competing . sectarian groups and it is it is not even a as much the cerium conflict as it is around because because within that both sunni and shia communities you have both nationalist and sectarian is which are also. struggling against each other but in many ways parallels northern ireland where the conflict was not its positives versus catholics per se but the protestants were genocide with the british occupation other catholics were irish nationalist and so the sunnis you know who had been to iraq suddenly find their country in the hands of of the shiite parties which came to power as a result of invasion of the us and spend their exile years and have very close ties with the with the rest

lafayette, at the end of his life, he said i didn't get to bring canada into the united states of america by the force of french arms. they story is how washington does it. he very quietly goes behind his back to the president of the continental congress and says we have to stop. the congress--it makes complete strategic sense. you cannot trust the french. even if they act with the genuine intention of turning can this over to us you have a french fleet and a french army, they change. by the way, lafayette says i am not so sure. then he encourages the marquee to take a long overdue leave to go back to paris. lafayette never does. he had no idea is good buddy george washington, who really put the car barge on this project of this. washington be in washington had devious idea. he used this information for deception purposes against the british so he put the word out that this would actually happen. he wants to divert french forces to canada where they can't do any damage and the markey also -- washington--washington who did not visit the great warpath until after the revolution, is actually -- shopping for property. a

session of the senate and house homeland security committee looked for the attacks on the armed forces in the united states. the father of the soldier killed at an arkansas recruitment center in 2009 is upset his son's accused killer is not being charged with terrorism. >> he slept on the battlefield. took me two years to get these back. these are my son's dog tags. he wore these when he took four rounds of 7.62 ammo from about three feet. >> senator susan collins of maine criticizeed the defense department for classifying the massacre as workplace violence and suggesting political correctness is placed ahead of that. >>> harry morgan died, best known for his portrayal of colonel potter on can the m.a.s.h. "and became one of the successful primetime series earning him an emmy in 1980. the career included nining tv series, 50 films and the broadway stage. the actor died at his home in brentwood today after battling pneumonia. he was 96 years ole. >>> time now for another check on the forecast. we saw sue outside earlier and it's raining buckets all day long. >> i can imagine the havoc this is reaching on th

united states spy plane yesterday. the news agency says the country's armed forces shot down the men because it violated iranian air space. the plane is a 170 type drone, the pent gun isn't commonning but the drone is one american pilots lost control over in afghanistan late last week. >>> a second person died after being hit by a car on thanksgiving day. he was one of 5-day laborers standing on an island in the parking lot when they were hit by airlink con town car. the accident also killed 41-year-old freddie castillo. >>> nearly a dozen fans were rushed to the hospital last night, injured during an oklahoma state university celebration. fans rushed the field after the team clinched the big 12 championship. osu president says he doesn't know what more stadium security could have done. >>> we asked you every year americans spend roughly $9 billion to improve one of these things, was it bad breath, physical health or their hairstyle? jason allen dunkler said b. medicine can cost a lot these days. but terry mowen said we would be surprised with the real answer and the real answer is a. americans spend $9 billion a year to

and padilla took up arms against united states forces in that country in the same waned to the same extent as did hamdi -- end quote. to help resolve this apparent dispute between the circuits, i believe we need to pass the due process guarantee act. my cosponsors and i are introducing it today. and i'd like to add senator bill nelson of florida as a cosponsor. and this is important. we spend about half a day on this floor discussing this with senator levin, with senator mccain, in the cloakroom with senators lee and paul, as well as with a whole host of staff, both from the armed forces committee as well as -- armed services committee as well as the intelligence committee. and here's the conclusion. i and many of my colleagues and legal scholars believe neither the aumf nor the provisions of the national defense authorization act that we are considering today constitute such an express authorization to detain american citizens. and i mentioned -- and i won't go over it again. now, i know senator kirk is waiting and i will put in the record my comments on ex parte querin in 1942 which uphe

united states. . now, i can cite specifics here. now, the text, for example, says very specifically that congress affirms the authority of the president includes the authority for the armed forces of the united states to detain covered persons pending disposition under the law of war and then expands the definition of covered persons with people not implicated or supporting or harboring people implicated in 9/11 for the first time. and then we have a provision that says nothing in this section expands the limit of the president for the use of military force. it contradicts what i just read which is a very specific provision and since it says that the specific controls the general this provision frankly snaffers it contradicts the first -- insofar as it contradicts the first. it condrakets the feinstein amendment for similar reasons. now, we have disagreements we heard on the floor today, but that reflects the disagreement in the country at large. we have many law enforcement people, many legal scholars disagreeing what this language means. the president's chief counterterrorism advisor, jaurn brennan, says the bill has certain class of terrorism suspects and since it would appl

a transition from the armed forces of the united states being generally and predominately in conflict to a military that will remain in conflict at some level but also get back into the business of preparing for conflict. that is one big transition. if this makes news, we have a big problem. i'm going to manage the armed forces from bigger budgets to smaller budgets. how much bigger and smaller is yet to be determined. that is the second significant transition. the transition of a significant number of young men and women who a transition from being in the services routinely -- we always have turnover. there is this issue of transitioning and building a different kind of relationship with the veterans administration. those are the three big transitions i see as 0 occurring over the next three or quarter years. -- three or four years. >> let's start with one transition that will drive everything else and that's the budget. we are in a time when budget pressures and austerity mean there will be some changes in the pentagon budget from low oil leaks and reporting we have a sense that as

that i didn't want get to bring -- that i didn't get to bring canada into the united states of america by the force of french armsch i would have led. you know, french aristocratic stuff. and the story there is how washington really does him in. and he very quietly kind of goes behind his back to the president of the continental congress and says we have to stop this. and the congress is really enthusiastic. he finally just goes up and person and says, let me tell you, he said, you cannot trust the french. even if they act with the genuine intention of turning canada over to us, once you have a french fleet there and a french army, their view will change. and by the way, the marquis de lafayette says this is his idea, i'm not so sure. and then he encourages the march key to take a long overdue leave to go back to paris. lafayette had no idea that it was his good buddy, george washington, who really put the chi bourne on -- kibosh on this project of his. washington being washington, he had a very deefs side. he did, however, use this for disinformation and deception purposes against the british. so he puts the wor

eisenhower stated that the nation had pursued a path of honor by standing against the use of force in both hungary and egypt. united states, he said, cannot and will not condone armed aggression no matter who the attacker and no matter who the victim. we cannot in the world anymore than an hour own nation subscribe to one law for the week, another law for the strong liberal one law for those opposing us legal another those allied with us. point only be one law. there will be no peace. the president concluded. we believe that the power of modern weapons makes war not only perilous but preposterous. and the only way to win world war iii is to prevent it. eisenhower was completely drained by four days of unrelenting crisis. he drank two scottes for dinner on the train and three highballs afterwards, riving at union station 12:29 a.m. nov. second. on november 2nd eisenhower learned at 4:00 in the morning the general assembly had passed the americans cease-fire resolution by a vote of 64-5. with the soviet union voting in favor. democratic candidate adlai stevenson was critical of the situation. we have alienated our ancient and strongest european allies, he said. we ha

senate version of the national defense authorization act includes, authority for the armed forces of the united statestain a person who was a part or substantially supported al qaeda, the taliban or associated forces without trial until the end of the hostilities. to civil libertarians and tea party conservatives as well, that is a nightmare scenario. akin to the internment of japanese americans in world war ii. i'm joined by matthew waxman, a law professor and fellow at the council on foreign relations. professor nice to see you. apart from the philosophical debate there is consider bl agreement over what the clauses actually mean. what is your take? >> there is a lot of debate about what these clauses mean. essentially this act does two things. it affirms or tries to clarify that congress has given the president authority to capture and detain enemy fighters in an ongoing war with al qaeda. and it also puts restrictions on the president's flexibility to use different legal tools for detaining, arresting, inkpat tating. >> someone could be in their backyard and you're saying this means the military c

section 1031, "affirmation of authority of the armed forces of the united states to detain covered persons, pursuant to the authorization for use of military force." now, it uses this fancy word "covered persons," and it is what is referred to in everyday speech as enemy combatants. so section 1031 is about the ability of the armed forces to detain enemy combatants. now the reason this is framed this way is that there is an historical exception under constitutional findings of the supreme court to amendment five and amendment six of the constitution. and that exception is if an individual is fighting on the side of the enemy against the united states, that they do not have the same rights because they are now an enemy combatant. i in time of war and they can be detained for the duration of that conflict. this was adjudicated in world war ii over individuals who assisted with sabotage in new york. and it was found that the standard rights, a speedy public trial, trial of a jury, right to counsel, do not apply if you're an enemy combatant. instead, you're put into the framework of a war sett

once again that the last thing russia wants to do is to be forced to pull out from the city to arms reduction treaty its sides with the united states some two years ago but is that it's a security continued to be threatened that that will be the case. i live in central moscow many things are not so across to business news here on our team with korea. it's twenty five past four pm here in moscow welcome to our business update with me creating the account good to have you with me russell may get an unexpected bonus from the rising tensions between western powers and iran the country's benchmark urals plan could surged over record margin about brands and the conflict over iran's nuclear program have already pushed russian crew to a rare premium over its north sea counterparts urals blend is widely consumed by european refineries on the mediterranean which are also big importers of the reigning world and you proposal by france to impose sanctions against all imports from the islamic republic could mean the market will tighten further. now who or i'm joined by natalia beals from information agency plats thank you nataly for joining the

. >> relations between egypt and the united states are teetering on a new low after egyptian security forces launch unprecedented air armeries of high profile human wreaths and pro democracy organization. raid included groups affiliated with former secretary of state albright and senator mccain. egypt general raided them apparently to play up to anti-u.s. and nationalist feelings in the country. the state department says they are deeply concerned about what has happened. repercussion could be serious as well. united states under writes more than 1 billion dollars in military aid to egypt. >>> fire aboard a burning nuclear submarine in russia so difficult to fight that authorities tried to subject mental it to put the fire out. it didn't work. sub was undergoing repair at shipyard when the flames broke out. nuclear power submarine normally carries 16 nuclear tip missiles. there was apparently no radiation leak. officials say all weapons had been unloaded and the reactor had been shut down before the repair were his begun. fair was financially under control after more than eight hours. >> more to get to here tonight. coup