. >> you have this contradictory strategy, as we had from mcchrystal, which is is all about hearts and minds and peace, and you cannot win a military victory, but the primary objective is to win militarily. there is this contradiction, and that is at the heart of the problem. also, one does not really get into discussion that this is supposed to be the international community, but where are the algerians, the egyptians, the indonesians'? people from the muslim world -- there are not any. this is not lost on the afghans. >> are we in a situation where if this military surge is deemed to be a success, they might turn around and say that we are killing more taliban, said the surge is a success? just a second, we are not killing more people, therefore the surge is a success as well? >> whatever happens for electoral reasons, the surge will be deemed to be a success. in iraq, it largely involved bribing the insurgents into becoming american militia. huge amounts of money were spent to pay off the insurgents, negotiating and bribing terrorists was a key part in iraq. we may see similar tacti

actual americans have failed in nation building in afghanistan and the major problem you know general mcchrystal has now gone to the new commander of american troops and international troops in afghanistan they try to apply neutral solutions yes because they're a military man but you know you can apply the solution only two minutes a problem the problem in afghanistan the problem of the biggest are not military and those are social economic and political problems smallest of all corruption drug abuse and actually the basic problem the failed nation building let's see the basic problem of those countries and of course we can make no plans for to enter for two years is just a complete fantastic. political expert from the russians cademy sciences sharing his years with us here as international conferences taking place in kabul thank you very much. you're watching live from moscow now the united nations says plans by the world's wealthiest nations to cut spending on aids could jeopardize recent progress in fighting the disease the warning came at an international aids conference which is underway in

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states i mean because you know if you want victory in afghanistan as americans understand it or the mcchrystal like could betray us like you know then give us the tools and we have to go in there and do it and again that is where we you can't go i mean it's hopeless unless you can go in there and go to those safe havens and start wiping it out of course you did kill a lot of civilians and the drones and everything else i mean you know isn't that what the military is going to be saying look this is a hopeless thing unless you can let us do what we really need to do in that but that's taboo right now. well pakistan in just the border region is also a huge country and if the americans were unable to successfully fight the taliban inside afghanistan where they have a pretty powerful presence how are they going to be able to attack the border regions the fatah region inside pakistan successfully given all the the factors that have been mentioned earlier on this program that pakistan has an air force an army and also has nuclear weapons and you certainly cannot remove pakistan from its ya graphy it

states i mean because you know if you want victory in afghanistan as americans understand it or the mcchrystal lie can betray us like you know then give us the tools and we have to go in there and do it and again that is where we you can go i mean it's hopeless unless you can go in there and go to those safe havens and start wiping it out of course you don't kill a lot of civilians on the drones and everything else i mean you know isn't that what the military is going to be saying look this is a hopeless thing unless you can let us do what we really need to do in that but that's taboo right now. well pakistan in just the border region is also a huge country and if the americans were unable to successfully fight the taliban inside afghanistan where they have a pretty powerful presence how are they going to be able to attack the border regions the fata region inside pakistan successfully given all the the factors that have been mentioned earlier on this program that pakistan has an air force an army and also has nuclear weapons and you certainly cannot remove pakistan from its ya graphy it will

and general james mattis is another one who like the recently retired general mcchrystal is a very blunt talker and veteran warrior. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more on the hearings and the general. >> reporter: this is not exactly what general james mattis had in mind when ordered to take the hill. but in his senate hearing today, mattis, true to form, did not pull any punches. like his reaction to the leak of thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. >> one of the newspaper headlines was that it's -- the war is a tense and dangerous thing. well, i -- if that is news, i don't know who it's news to that's on this planet. >> general mattis is also known for engaging at times in a little straight talk. something that this senator particularly appreciates. >> reporter: but it's his gruff demeanor that sometimes gets him into trouble. such as remarks in 2005, which appeared to glorify killing the taliban. >> you go into afghanistan, you have women walking around not wearing a veil. those guys have no manhood left. >> reporter: he was reprimanded and that was enough

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states i mean because you know if you want victory in afghanistan as americans understand it or the mcchrystal lie could betray us like you know then give us the tools and we have to go in there and do it and again that is where you can go i mean it's hopeless unless you can go in there and go to those safe havens and start wiping it out of course you did kill a lot of civilians and the drones and everything else i mean you know isn't that what the military is going to be saying look this is a hopeless thing unless you can let us do what we really need to do in that case but that's taboo right now. well pakistan in just the border region is also a huge country and if the americans were unable to successfully fight the taliban inside of honest on where they have a pretty powerful presence how are they going to be able to attack the border regions the fata region inside pakistan successfully given all the the factors that have been mentioned earlier on this program that pakistan has an air force an army and also has nuclear weapons and you certainly cannot remove pakistan from its ya graphy it w

americans have failed in nation building in afghanistan and they are the major problem you know and general mcchrystal has now gone and the new commander of american troops and international troops in afghanistan they try to apply neutral solutions yes because they're military men but you know you can apply the solution only two minutes a problem the problem in afghanistan the problem of pakistan are not military and those are social economic and political problems smallest of all corruption drug abuse and actually the basic problem the field nation building but they see the basic problem of those countries and of course we can make no plans for to interfere to. support the asper from the russian academy of sciences in there. and i were activist michael prysner says washington's desperately negotiated with the taliban but it may be too late. it does not look like the taliban is in any position to negotiate the united states right now because the taliban is winning the war very clearly what this can be seen as is a move of desperation on behalf the united states to hillary clinton is going that represe

states i mean because you know if you want victory in afghanistan as americans understand it or the mcchrystal like a betray us like you know then give us the tools and we have to go in there and do it and again that is where you can go i mean it's hopeless unless you can go in there and go to those safe havens and start wiping it out of course you did kill a lot of civilians and the drones and everything else i mean you know isn't that what the military is going to be saying look this is a hopeless thing unless you can let us do what we really need to do in that but that's taboo right now. well pakistan in just the border region is also a huge country and if the americans were unable to successfully fight the taliban inside afghanistan where they have a pretty powerful presence how are they going to be able to attack the border regions the fata region inside pakistan successfully given or leave the factors that have been mentioned earlier on this program that pakistan has an air force an army and also has nuclear weapons and you certainly cannot remove pakistan from which you are graphy it wi

states i mean because you know if you want victory in afghanistan as americans understand it or the mcchrystal like could betray us like you know then give us the tools and we have to go in there and do it and again that is where we you can't go i mean it's hopeless unless you can go in there and go to those safe havens and start wiping it out of course you don't kill a lot of civilians in the drones and everything else i mean you know isn't that what the military is going to be saying look this is a hopeless thing unless you can let us do what we really need to do in that but that's taboo right now. well doug a son in just the border region is also a huge country and if the americans were unable to successfully fight the taliban inside of honest on where they have a pretty powerful presence how are they going to be able to attack the border regions the fata region inside pakistan successfully given all the the factors that have been mentioned earlier on this program that pakistan has an air force an army and also has nuclear weapons and you certainly cannot remove pakistan from or secure grap

states i mean because you know if you want victory in afghanistan as americans understand it or the mcchrystal like could betray us like you know then give us the tools and we have to go in there and do it and again that is where you can go i mean it's hopeless unless you can go in there and go to those safe havens and start wiping it out of course you did kill a lot of civilians and the drones and everything else i mean you know isn't that what the military is going to be saying look this is a hopeless thing unless you can let us do what we really need to do in that but that's taboo right now. well pakistan in just the border region is also a huge country and if the americans were unable to successfully fight the taliban inside of one assad where they have a pretty powerful presence how are they going to be able to attack the border regions the fata region inside pakistan successfully given all the the factors that have been mentioned earlier on this program that pakistan has an air force an army and also has nuclear weapons and you certainly cannot remove pakistan from its yagur feet it will

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when the defense subcommittee of appropriations visited general mcchrystal and the ambassador and the rest of our leadership in march in afghanistan, one of the things that they told us is that there had been a difference, significant differences in the war. part of it ms. wasserman schultz: that the afghan army was stepping up in a different way, a newulture if you will, they were taking owner in the war. in pakistan, troops had been shted from the kashmir border over to the afghan border and that they were being attacked themselves by taliban terrorists, so the pakistanis were showing an interest and an energy, which up until now, they have not given us or given the afghan people. they are no longer looking at this war as america's war in afghanistan. they are seeing it as their war that has spilled into pakistan and caused instability in the region. i will say this, our commander, general mcchrystal said, i'm not over here to waste everyone's time. i'm keenly aware that the clock is ticking and we have to have a resolution on this. the campaign had just been concluded and went very

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states i mean because you know if you want victory in afghanistan as americans understand it or the mcchrystal like a betray us like you know then give us the tools and we have to go in there and do it and again that is where we you can go i mean it's hopeless unless you can go in there and go to those safe havens and start wiping it out of course you did kill a lot of civilians and the drones and everything else i mean you know isn't that what the military is going to be saying look this is a hopeless thing unless you can let us do what we really need to do in that but that's taboo right now. well pakistan in just the border region is also a huge country and if the americans were unable to successfully fight the taliban inside of on assad where they have a pretty powerful presence how are they going to be able to attack the border regions the fatah region inside pakistan successfully given all the the factors that have been mentioned earlier on this program that pakistan has an air force an army and also has nuclear weapons and you certainly cannot remove pakistan from its yagur feet it will

problem americans have failed in nation building in afghanistan and the major problem you know general mcchrystal has now gone to the new commander all for american troops and international troops in afghanistan. neutral solutions yes because the nutriment but you know you can apply the solution only problem the problem in afghanistan the problem of pakistan are not military and those are social economic and political problems smallest of all corruption drug abuse and actually the basic problem the field nation building let's see the basic problem of those countries and of course we can make no plans for twenty for two. from the russian capital. and antiwar activists michael meyers there says washington desperate to negotiate with the taliban but it may be too late. it does not look like the taliban is in any position to negotiate the united states right now because the taliban is winning the war very clearly what this can be seen as is a move of desperation on behalf the united states to hillary clinton is going as that representative saying that you know this goal in afghanistan the reason that

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when the defense subcommittee of appropriations visited general mcchrystal and the ambassador and the rest of our leadership in march in afghanistan, one of the things that they told us is that there had been a difference, significant differences in the war. part of it ms. wasserman schultz: that the afghan army was stepping up in a different way, a new culture if you will, they were taking owner in the war. in pakistan, troops had been shifted from the kashmir border over to the afghan border and that they were being attacked themselves by taliban terrorists, so the pakistanis were showing an interest and an energy, which up until now, they have not given us or given the afghan people. they are no longer looking at this war as america's war in afghanistan. they are seeing it as their war that has spilled into pakistan and caused instability in the region. i will say this, our commander, general mcchrystal said, i'm not over here to waste everyone's time. i'm keenly aware that the clock is ticking and we have to have a resolution on this. the campaign had just been concluded and went

and jake asksie p for his response tooe explmentom g stanley mcchrystal abouion. sunday morning right here3 ek." >>> now, though, we turn to hundreds of raids carried out by federal agents across the country today in what's being called the biggest stor doctors and nurs american taer ced that never happened, a that don't ev pierre thomas is on the case. >> reporter: the suspects are doctors, nurses and other health care providers arrested in a series of raids across the country. 94 people charged with committing $251 million in medicare fraud. grand theft of your tax dollars. >> it's the most heinous kind of crime. offering services that have no medical benefit. lying. >> reporter: the suspects are accused of billing the federal government for equipment never sold and medical treatment never provided. we saw the epidemic of fraud first hand as part of our investigation in miami last year. this is nothing. >> this company was supposed to have provided to medicare patients over $400,000 worth of medical equipment last month. >> reporter: no evidence of anybody havin

all right well it's time for another question for the pentagon see ever since general stanley mcchrystal was sacked everyone's been asking whether or not things might change under trius and now we have somewhat of an answer and from the looks of it general petraeus is pulling out from an old bag of tricks to try to get things back on track in afghanistan so his new plan hinges on using government formed government paid government uniformed local police units to use the word government much there . you mean the completely inept afghan government they can't get their act together will contain or take money from the u.s. anyway the story does go on further you see the pentagon now wants to make sure not to use the dirty more militias these are local police units the guys they just happen to be outside of the afghan army and police influence until now when the start getting paid that sound a little bit familiar sounds like the train is is taking about a page out of his iraq playbook and using those tactics in afghanistan but is there any chance of that working or could it all backfire well h

chairman there is no military solution here, so as general petraeus in general mcchrystal said you are not going to win this war by killing every member of the taliban. it just doesn't work that way in this kind of war. so, the goal here is to create a new program. it was a massive gap in the food chain of our efforts. led by the japanese and the british almost $200 billion has been assembled for this fund. the united states or its part with the support of congress, has assigned $100 million of cerp funds for this effort under general petraeus' personal control and those of you who have talked to general petraeus now that he matches the highest importance to this issue. mr. chairman you mentioned your corruption report and we have as you said, talked about it. we share your concerns. we share the concern of chairwoman lowly and the other body, and we will read your report with great intention. we have prepared at some later date with your convenience to give you a detailed briefing of what we have done in the last 18 months and several of the people sitting behind me have an instrument

. >> meanwhile, retirement ceremonies for general stanley mcchrystal. he did not end as he hoped but he does not regret any decisions he made on the battlefield. after his scathing remarks and rolling stones, this led to his retirement. he served three decades in the u.s. army. >> and with the long-term parking lot it sfo, several of the owners have been contacted about the damaged vehicles. * terisa estacio an arson investigation is under way and is suspicious. >> officials say the third investigation is on this car, a toyota seinna minivan and caught on fire and caught the others on fire. it had been there since july 13th. the owner has been contacted and is in europe and had no idea why his car with start on fire. he has no reason to believe that somebody did this on purpose. and some of the other vehicles were destroyed, this s u v was so hot that it melted the windshield. and investigators are calling this fire suspicious but no accelerant to start the fire and arson investigators are beginning to inspect these vehicles. the dmv and the plates are

general mcchrystal never, ever, said one thing or in any way, shape or form, conveyed to me any disrespect for civilian authority over the military. never. i have never had an officer do that since i have been in this building, in three-and-a-half years. so i think -- i think that this business of questioning of civilian authority, as far as i'm concerned, is -- has been taken out of context by virtue of the rolling stone article. i believe, at least in my interaction with military, and from e1s to four-stars -- because i meet -- i meet with troops everywhere i go -- and i have never encountered, at any level of the military, any disrespect for civilian authority. so i think -- i think this was a rare circumstance and an unfortunate one. but i think we can move on. >> secretary, another question about "don't ask, don't tell" and the survey that was sent out yesterday. is there any information that you could glean from that survey to make either of you think twice about supporting repeal of "don't ask, don't tell"? >> if i were going to add to what the secretary said about the survey, i thi

. -- general stand mcchrystal. it was a wistful and yet with humor that led to the retirement of general staff andmcchrystal. >> for those who need to contradict my memory with the truth, remember i was there too. i have stories on all of you. i have photos on many and i know a "rolling stocne" reporter. host: those were the comments yesterday of general staff stanley mcchrystal. this had the opportunity to be an awkward or sad occasion but there was a little bit of humor. back to your calls on the issue of d.c. public schools and the firing of those 241 teachers. we are dividing the phone lines by those who support or oppose the idea. caller: good morning. if this is an education system, we are sending the wrong message to our kids. if you say we are educating the kids that want them to have the opportunity to learn, if the teachers are not doing something that is being judged, they need the opportunity as educators to get in the classroom. maybe there is a process they have not learned. they need to be in a class

. >>> an emotional retirement ceremony friday for general stanley mcchrystal. after 34 years of service, the four star why not wore his combat uniform for the last time as he saluted troops at fort mcnair. >> with my resignation, i left a mission i feel strongly about. i ended a career i loved that began over 38 years ago. and i left unfulfilled commitments i made to many comrades in the fight. commitments i hold sacred. my service did not end as i would have wished. >> reporter: mcchrystal was forced to resign last month after he made disparaging remarks in "rolling stone" magazine about president obama. >>> the coast card continues to search the waters of lake michigan this morning for four people who went missing after their medical transport plane crashed. the pilot of the plane was found hours after the crash. he had reported as loss of power just ten minutes before the crash. >>> gentleman kra gabor is in critical condition after undergoing hip replacement surgery. the 93-year-old fell from her bed last weekend and broke her hip. the hungarian born actres

general mcchrystal never, ever, said one thing or in any way, shape or form, conveyed to me any disrespect for civilian authority over the military. never. i have never had an officer do that since i have been in this building, in three-and-a-half years. so i think -- i think that this business of questioning of civilian authority, as far as i'm concerned, is -- has been taken out of context by virtue of the rolling stone article. i believe, at least in my interaction with military, and from e1s to four-stars -- because i meet -- i meet with troops everywhere i go -- and i have never encountered, at any level of the military, any disrespect for civilian authority. so i think -- i think this was a rare circumstance and an unfortunate one. but i think we can move on. >> secretary, another question about "don't ask, don't tell" and the survey that was sent out yesterday. is there any information that you could glean from that survey to make either of you think twice about supporting repeal of "don't ask, don't tell"? >> if i were going to add to what the secretary said about the survey, i thi

his article led to the ousting of general stanley mcchrystal. first, what do you make of all of this? >> i think there's been a lot of hype about all of this. if you think about 92,000 so-called secret documents in which there's almost no new information, i think that, you know, do the thought experiment, larry, where these are all unclassify documents. merely because the word secret has been put around them that there's all this excitement, but there's only really one item that's really new, which is the taliban using heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles. but pakistani supporting the taliban military intelligence service, that story has been true since 1994. what's really the headline in that? so this is to me a storm in a teacup mostly. there are interesting details, but there's really nothing new. compare this to the pentagon paper, that was seismic, larry, there was a huge disconnect between what the american government was saying officially and internally. here, all sorts of american government officials saying the war is not going very wel

frankly, as far as i am concerned at this point, -- let me be clear about one thing, general mcchrystal never, ever shapene thing in any way or form and a disrespect for civilian authority over the military, never. i have never had an officer do that since i have been in this building in 3.5 years. this business of questioning civilian authority as far as i am concerned has been taken out of context by virtue of the " rolling stone" article. i meet with troops everywhere i go. i have never encountered at any level of the military and a disrespect for civilian authority. i think this was a rare circumstance and an unfortunate one. i think we can move on. >> is there any formation from the survey that would make either of you think twice about supporting repeal the "don't ask, don't tell?" >> what the survey does is it will be able to give some -- give us some objective information with respect to the responses from the people that we care about the most. this includes the people that would be affected by this policy change the most. to reach out at this point and try to predict what they

the surge and the new -- and the new strategy brought by general mcchrystal and now general petraeus are essential. there's a lot more need to do. we need to help build stronger afghanistan base. that's why we sent our missouri national guard and now about eight other national guards to help them develop the sound agriculture. but the one point that i am concerned about is saying that 2011 we will begin withdrawing . that sends -- that sends the note to our allies that maybe you ought to be working with the taliban more closely, because if the united states pulls out without adequate reinforcement to the afghan and even to the pakistan troops, we may see the taliban retake control of afghanistan and really threaten the government in pakistan. in which case our national security would be severely impaired. and saying that there's going to be a 2011 withdraw date allows the taliban, al qaeda and all of the other elements in there to lay long-term plans. they have calendars too. and if they think they're going to have a wide-open field in 2011, they will be ready to act if and when we d

the citizens united case [ taking vote ] >> we will show the retirement ceremony for general stanley mcchrystal tonight at 10:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tomorrow, on "washington journal," ,lee refuse senator clinton's trip to china. then a discussion with kweisi mfume, political commentator sophia nelson, and leonard stein horn. and description of how on-line tools and social media sites are used to promote the progressive agenda. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, former "new rk hoyt.es" etter claer >> i worry about moving

so, lindsay lohan's assistance has more sense than general mcchrystal. interesting how these things work. >> that's it for us. see you tomorrow night. "larry king live" starts right now. >>> tonight, haiti, six months after the devastating ex. what's life like there now for the more than 300,000 injured, the 1.5 million left homeless and a country in ruins? see what's happened to the survivors and the orphan children. has anything changed for the t better? we are there live. >>> and haiti's own wyclef jean and actress marie bello, next on "larry king live." >>> hi, everybody, good evening, a aim soledad o'brien sitting in for larry tonight. as you just heard, we seeing where things stand six moments after the big quake in haiti. but first, breaking news about the situation in the gulf to get to bp has placed a new containment cap on the leaking oil well. it might completely contain the gushing oil. so let's go right to cnn's ed lavande lavandera. he has the latest for us. hey, ed. >> reporter: hey, sole dad. might is still the operative word here but adm

>> well, you know, i've already felt some pushback from the stanley mcchrystal story. i think the military was quite burned about journalism, how much access should we give. and they are certainly going to be careful, one of the things that has happened is they have shared information down the chain of command. and i think they're going to pull back because they're afraid some junior officer might leak something. >> lehrer: as a result of this. >> correct. so it's harmful down the road. >> lehrer: do you agree? >> well, times have changed. things, there is no such thing really as off the record any more. it used to be when you are on the campaign plain it was a kind of news-free zone. now the candidate goes to the back of the plane and everybody gets out their little video cameras. so it's a different world. you know, we can rail against it but we just are dinosaurs. >> lehrer: we have to live in it. okay, thank you all very much. >> woodruff: finally tonight, a rock star tries out a grand new backup band. jeffrey brown talks to sting. >> reporter: call it "sting with

he landed in kabul today to take command from general stanley mcchrystal, who was fired last week. petraeus arrived after six suicide bombers killed four people in the north, at a u.s. a.i.d. compound in kunduz. the taliban claimed responsibility. a nato spokesman said it showed desperation. >> these attacks as crazy as they are, they show kind of a frustration and resignation on their side it is indiscriminate t is useless, it is krasesy. and it-- it is crazy, and it is usually like the case we are seeing here, goes against innocent civilians. >> sreenivasan: back in this country, the republican national chairman touched off a furor with an attack on president obama's afghan policy. michael steele told a political fundraiser in connecticut: "this was a war of obama's choosing. this is not something the united states has actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in." republicans and democrats alike condemned steele. later, he said the u.s. cannot accept anything but success in afghanistan. thousands of pakistanis demonstrated in lahore today, after suicide bombings at a popular sufi

, saying that some of the elders across afghanistan had convinced general petraeus and even general mcchrystal not to go ahead and delay the kandahar offensive. >> well, that's true. i don't know, it's very difficult to do what they want to do in kandahar without an afghan partner. when i was there in april and in kandahar province, i was in a district that was 80% taliban controlled and there was no afghan government presence. there was a district governor, but he lived on the american base. there were 40 afghan police whose job it was to protect the local warlord. so unless you have afghans actually providing services, it's very hard to do the kind of transformation in kandahar that petraeus did in the neighborhoods of baghdad where you had americans and iraqis working together to secure neighborhoods. >> rose: your column says the forest and the trees. forget the secret documents and all that and even forget afghanistan for a moment. what counts is how we deal with pakistan. so part of the conversation today is that we thought this idea of the i.s.i. supporting the taliban was history. that

general mcchrystal never said one thing or anything way shape or form conveyed to meet any disrespect for civilian authority over the military. never. i have never had an officer do that since i have been in this building and 3.5 years. so i think this business of questioning of civilian authority, as far as i am concerned, has been taken out of context. i believe, ellis' in my interaction with military -- at least in my interaction with military, i have never encountered at any level of the military any disrespect for civilian authority. i think this was a rare circumstance and an unfortunate one, but i think we can move on. >> is there any information that you could clean up from that survey that would make either of you think twice about supporting repeal of do not ask, do not tell? >> if i were going to add about what the secretary said about the survey. what it does is it is going to be able to give us objected information with respect to the responses from the people that we care about the most and the people that this change in policy would affect the most to reach out at this

all the chatter about general mcchrystal's indiscretion and firing obscured the critical point. the problem isn't with the personnel or the leadership, but with the strategy and the policy. the problem isn't with the general, but with the war itself. there's a bit of rearranging of the deck chairs on the titanic quality to all of this. no matter what the captains say and no matter who captains the ship, as long as we continue to prosecute this failed war, as long as we keep sending americans to die on a mission that's doing nothing to defeat terrorists or stabilize afghanistan, then we are headed straight for that iceberg. the more troops we deploy, the more violent afghanistan becomes and the more taliban grows its ranks. unless general petraeus is prepared to change that, then this change at the top doesn't amount to much. if general petraeus' appointment leads to any change at all, it may be -- it may not be the kind of change we should be enthusiastic about. in his confirmation hearing, general petraeus refused to take ownership of the july 2011 troop withdrawal deadline, st

mcchrystal will receive guests in front of the reviewing stand. thank you for your attendance, and enjoy your evening. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the website has posted tow thousands of classified military documents about the war in affingaffling. we'll talk with the chief "new york times" pakistan correspondent about the story. "washington journal" starts at 7:00 eastern. this morning a look at the effect the gulf of mexico oil spill is having on tourism. we'll hear from the vice president at the gulf coast tourism and fine berg who heads up the -- later in the day also on c-span 3, a confirmation hearing for marine corps james mad,, president obama's choice to head the u.s. central command. coverage begins at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >> with new york representative charles rangel mt. news because of the recent house subcommittee ethics, use the c-span library to watch history with congressman rangel. the c-span library. it's all online and free. washington your wa

me, which made no difference to me in the conduct of the war nor in fact for my regards to general mcchrystal. president obama addressed exactly the point that you raised in his meeting with us the day he change the command, and then in his public statement. he made absolutely clear we are all in the same page. i have done since mill before. we are in good shape here, and i am fully satisfied about it and i will be seeing general petraeus and just a couple of days and we will continue this. >> have a good journey and i look forward to the report. >> thank you or. >> thank you senator menendez and special thanks to you ambassador holbrooke once again for remarkable testimony and response to the questions of our members, and likewise to bring additional materials requested in a timely way and we wish you godspeed in your travels and we are hopeful that europe conferences you have will be very productive for our country as well as those who are working with. >> thank you senator lugar and thank you again for kerry-lugar-berman. it really made a difference. >> thank you sir. the hearing is adjour