this is lieutenant general william webster the commander of the army in kuwait. the firm has more than 50,000 military and civilians operating in 13 countries. general webster's area of responsibility is an area of more than 4.5 million square miles, or about 1.5 times the size of the continent of the divided states, so a big job. he took command in may of last year and right now is sustaining the two current combat operations supporting both the responsible drawdown in iraq as well as the buildup in afghanistan and the army. so general webster, think you for taking the time and i understand you are going to give a bit of an overview before you take some questions. so let me turn right over to you. >> thanks very much. this is my second tour of duty in the the third army. i was a deputy commander for general mckiernan backend 02 and 03 when we initially attack into iraq and i commanded the third infantry division in baghdad with multinational baghdad in 05 to 06 and as you states and i took the command last may and it's one of the things i've been able to conduct

. >> william webster, who is the commander of third army during kuwait. they have 155,000 military and civilians operating dindane of 15 countries. -- operating in 15 countries. it is a big job. he took command in may of last year. right now is a sustaining -- is assisting our two combat operations supporting both the response will drawdown in iraq and the buildup in afghanistan and reset of the army. general webster, thank you again for taking the time. i understand you are going to give a bit of an overview before you take questions. let me turn it over to you. >> thanks very much. this is my second tour of duty in third army. i was deputy commander for a general mckever -- general mccurtain in 2002 and 2003. and i commanded multinational division bad debt in 2005-06. -- more multinational division baghdad in 2005-06. i thought i would tell you first of all that our three main missions are sustaining those two current fight in afghanistan and iraq. that includes the responsible drawdown from iraq as well as the buildup of forces in afghanistan. the seco

. >> we asked lieutenant general william webster about that this morning.ere's what he had to say. >> when we started sending em wraps up there, the largest were effective in iraq and they were come bettersome on the rough terrain and terrible roads in afghanistan. they were too top heavy and we were breaking axles. so we looked for an alternative. >> so they've adjusted the armored vehicles going to afghanistan to make them more practical. >> mike emmanuel, thank you. >>> one day after we learned the united states navy captured five pirates, after it sank their mother ship. word today that the navy helped destroy nor mother ship during another attack. they're getting good with the pirates t happened about 300 miles off the coast of somalia. we have a picture of the aftermath. the pirates fired rifles and aimed grenades and the u.s.a. feragate stopped the attacks. they released the pirates after making sure they could not attack again. after making sure they could not attack again. that's vague. how do you make sure they can no longer attack again? john aut