at the end of the day, is the pentagon going to recognize that it has to take a much more proactive role so it doesn't end up on the receiving ends of a running change saw? >> for the first time ever, i think that the pentagon leadership doesn't see how dangerous a position it's in and therefore they're not really stepping up to act accordingly. >> of all cop tinge sis it seems this should be planning for and they aren't right now. >> that's all the time we today. we'd love center to you all about. coming up in my notebook why it's time for the pentagon to think about a leaner future than it expects. >>> now that congress has failed to strike a deficit >>> from washington, "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over two decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk.

the oh let's give the pentagon the money's worth and show them how the world actually works and the plan was to have russia and china deposit their gold in a swiss fold and then create a bank in london under english law the everyone would trust and this bank would issue currency backed by the gold so you as a country could come put your gold in the vault get this new currency but the kicker was russia and china now say that henceforth they would only accept payment in this new currency they would not accept ours the idea was to try to attack the dollar and you think about it stocks monsters they're all priced in dollars and people worry about the stock market crash but if the dollar crashes every single market crashes with it all of the same times with this was the greatest threat we could imagine and it played out over a couple days it's all described in the book takes the reader behind closed doors of the top secret weapons laboratories where we conduct this sort of enjoy a little bit of intrigue there the start of the book and i hope hope the readers enjoy it i think a lot of int

just realizing i said the pentagon and the defense department were never the same thing . let's talk about making kelly we talked about this yesterday because well clearly she's a really cold hearted person and let me just remind you of what she said about pepper spray. dries right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. i never knew it was a food product but now. there is a petition out there to get her to back up her claim that pepper sprays a food product by consuming as much if it has been sprayed on each protesters in one sitting on camera on fox news. if you think i mean obviously should never do it but i think. that would be amazing but that's clearly not going to happen it wouldn't be as amazing as if someone might sneak attack her while she was on air and just like sprayed pepper spray on her face and i think i'm a simple yes exactly yes it is totally ridiculous to call it a food product it's more of a seasoning than an actual products so i would be satisfied if she you know pepper spray her turkey for thanksgiving and some

changing of the guard brings bad news for the pentagon is the current us president elect battles to keep a u.s. air force out of his country saying its presence there is putting them at risk. those stories still to come but first israel has reportedly given approval for its military to take any action necessary to stop rockets coming from gaza after dozens were fired over the last week could reportedly include a ground operation political blogger larry derfner has told me that the attacks on israel come from minority groups out of hamas is control. there's not that much happening there aren't that many missiles or rockets falling in israel at all relatively speaking there's not that much happening in gaza. but the main thing is the people who are firing these missiles from gaza are not calm us which is in control or relative or let's say the by default in control of gaza it's a relatively marginal group called islamic jihad jihad cannot fight israel unless unless commerce felt that an israeli invasion were imminent commerce so far has never gone that far to say commerce itself will hold

over the past 12 years while the deficit and the debt was growing, the pentagon budget rose by nearly 100% in real terms. that's 100% after you take inflation into account. all told in the past 12 years, we've added $2.5 trillion to the pentagon's budget above the level it was spending in 1998 so that was the pentagon money surge. that's brought military spending back up to the level that it was in the cold war, although, you look around, and today there's no competitor comparable to the old soviet empire, so why spend so much? well, let's take a look at the $2.5 trillion. half of that went directly to paying for new wars. the other half went to developing a new strategy that's evolved over the last 12-15 years. that strategy sets out goals and missions for the military that are far more ambitious than the traditional ones of defense and deterrence. the strategy is aimed to do a number of things. it's aimed to take our incomparable military power and to transform the world's security environment. that's one of the goals. it's aimed to try to prevent the emergence of threats, nip them

topping the list of the countries that are likely to host them the pentagon says it is determined to maintain stability in the region but jason news editor at antiwar dot com says america's real intention is to control the whole area it sounds like. the united states is determined to keep forces in the in the region and poised to launch attacks into iraq whether the iraqi government agrees to it or not kuwait as a likely place for keeping a lot of these troops they've been talking quite a while about the decision to put massive amounts of combat troops into kuwait much like they had before the two thousand and three invasion secretary of state hillary clinton said this was proof of an ongoing commitment to the future of the region but in reality it's an ongoing commitment to try to interfere in a region in which the us track record is far from stellar. the newly elected president of kyrgyzstan has vowed to shut the u.s. air force base in his country saying it poses a threat to his own nation's security. for the month facility now looks unlikely to be renewed after twenty fourteen whe

pentagon source said the u.s. is concerned because about six months ago, israeli prime pe minister binyamin netanyahu purged the military of generals who did not support a strike on iran and the u.s. has heard that netanyahu's wife is pushing him to act. u.s. queens officials don't rule out this is a bluff ahead of the iaea report on iran's nuclear program, and israel would like to have stronger sanctions against iran but they also at the pentagon are not ruling out that israel could do something against iran's program. >>shepard: this is to suggest that if israel were to be doing something we would not be formed and we are not in together on this thing? >>reporter: there is no indication i have at the pentagon or among defense officials i have spoken to that there is any change in the viewpoint of the administration, the white house, or the pentagon, that they would be involved in helping israel with the strike, but, there is concern that israel would act alone. one of the reasons this was given do me is that a f

over the past 12 years while the deficit and the debt was growing, the pentagon budget rose by nearly 100% in real terms. that's 100% after you take inflation into account. all told in the past 12 years, we've added $2.5 trillion to the pentagon's budget above the level it was spending in 1998 so that was the pentagon money surge. that's brought military spending back up to the level that it was in the cold war, although, you look around, and today there's no competitor comparable to the old soviet empire, so why spend so much? well, let's take a look at the $2.5 trillion. half of that went directly to paying for new wars. the other half went to developing a new strategy that's evolved over the last 12-15 years. that strategy sets out goals and missions for the military that are far more ambitious than the traditional ones of defense and deterrence. the strategy is aimed to do a number of things. it's aimed to take our incomparable military power and to transform the world's security environment. that's one of the goals. it's aimed to try to prevent the emergence of threats, nip them

just realizing i said that the pentagon and the defense department whatever the same thing. let's talk about making kelly we talked about this yesterday because well clearly she's a really cold hearted person and let me just remind you of what she said about pepper spray. social pepper spray which is. right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. i never knew it was a food product but now get this there's a petition out there to get her to back up her claim that pepper sprays a food product by consuming as much if it has been sprayed on each protesters in one sitting on camera on fox news. i mean obviously she would never do it but. that would be amazing but that's clearly not going to happen it wouldn't be as amazing as if someone like sneak attacked her while she was on air and just like sprayed pepper spray on her face. yes exactly yeah i mean it's ridiculous to call it a food product it's more of a seasoning than an actual product so i would be satisfied if she you know pepper spray her turkey for thanksgiving and some of that kind

command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the pentagon is military control the next step will be on this so-called transitional national council in libya is to have that puppet government give nato permanent basing rights inside libya something they never had before under gadhafi sudan some of the things defenseless unless they have nato forces in there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interesting enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed with the chinese

topping the list of the countries that are likely to host them the pentagon says it is determined to maintain stability in the region but jason debt's news editor at antiwar dot com says america's real intention is to control the whole area. it sounds like. the united states is determined to keep forces in the in the region and poised to launch attacks into iraq whether the iraqi government agrees to it or not kuwait as a likely place for keeping a lot of these troops they've been talking quite a while about the decision to put massive amounts of combat troops into kuwait much like they had before the two thousand and three invasion secretary of state hillary clinton said this was proof of an ongoing commitment to the future of the region but in reality it's an ongoing commitment to try to interfere in our region and which the us track record is far from stellar. the duly elected president of kyrgyzstan has vowed to shut the u.s. air force base in his country saying it poses a threat to his own nation's security america's at least for the most facilities now looks on likely to be ren

command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the colts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts turned into being you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore now let's say in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the pentagon is military control the next step will be on this so-called transitional national council in libya is just to have that puppet government give me your permanent basing rights inside libya something they never had before i'm quite often saw sudan some of the things defenseless unless they have nato forces in there the african army is coordinating as the pentagon's africa command which is . interestingly enough created just after trying his two thousand and six africa diplomacy where forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals

command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts all turned this thing could be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore now let's see in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality your normalization i think big what their concern is especially the pentagon is military control the next step will be in this so-called transitional national council and libya's is to have that proper government give me your permanent basing rights inside libya something they never had before i took off in south sudan some of the things defenseless and those they have nato forces in there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interestingly enough created just after trying his two thousand and six africa diplomacy for forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and

this the pentagon's africa command which is. interestingly enough created just after trying his two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed with the chinese companies for oil exploration to build hospitals give soft loans everything the i.m.f. didn't do in africa in the last thirty years but the chinese began doing and that had enormous results for china i know that you have a very interesting opinion of this who was you say paid for wars that weighs that by the united states well you have to go back to the role in the last twenty or thirty years actually began in the eighty's with the role of the dollar as world reserve currency and china has an enormous trade surplus wal-mart is essentially an outpost of chinese manufacturing in america today so the three hundred billion plus surplus dollars that the central bank of china masses every year what do you do with that well there's few markets big enough to invest in supposedly a big could buy gold

things the defense unless they have nato forces in there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interesting enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed with the chinese companies for oil exploration to build hospitals give soft loans everything the i.m.f. didn't do in africa in the last thirty years the chinese begin doing and that had enormous results for china i know that you have a very interesting opinion on this who would you say pace towards that raised by the united states well you have to go back to the role in the last twenty or thirty years actually began in the eighty's with the role of the dollar as world reserve currency and china has an enormous trade surplus wal-mart is essentially an outpost of chinese manufacturing in america today so the three hundred billion plus surplus dollars that the central bank of china masses every year what do you do with that well there's few markets big enough to invest in a supposedly big co

over the past 12 years while the deficit and the debt was growing, the pentagon budget rose by nearly 100% in real terms. that's 100% after you take inflation into account. all told in the past 12 years, we've added $2.5 trillion to the pentagon's budget above the level it was spending in 1998 so that was the pentagon money surge. that's brought military spending back up to the level that it was in the cold war, although, you look around, and today there's no competitor comparable to the old soviet empire, so why spend so much? well, let's take a look at the $2.5 trillion. half of that went directly to paying for new wars. the other half went to developing a new strategy that's evolved over the last 12-15 years. that strategy sets out goals and missions for the military that are far more ambitious than the traditional ones of defense and deterrence. the strategy is aimed to do a number of things. it's aimed to take our incomparable military power and to transform the world's security environment. that's one of the goals. it's aimed to try to prevent the emergence of threats, nip them

things the defense unless they have nato forces in there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interesting enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed with the chinese companies for oil exploration to build hospitals give soft loans everything the i.m.f. didn't do in africa in the last thirty years the chinese began doing and that had enormous results for china i know that you have a very interesting opinion of this who would you say pace towards that waged by the united states well you have to go back to the role in the last twenty or thirty years actually began in the eighty's with the role of the dollar as world reserve currency and china has an enormous trade surplus wal-mart is essentially an outpost of chinese manufacturing in america today so the three hundred billion plus surplus dollars that the central bank of china masses every year what do you do with that well there's few markets big enough to invest in a supposedly big cou

the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so all the instigators of the conflicts who will turn or seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the pentagon is military control the next step will be on this so-called transitional national council in libya is to have that puppet government give nato permanent basing rights inside libya something they never had before under gadhafi south sudan some of the things defenseless unless they have nato forces in there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interesting enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed with the chinese companies for oil exploration to build hospitals give soft loans everything the i.m.f

indian ocean and in the south china sea so we should make the connection of what the pentagon what's the long term agenda of what republicans want which is poll sort of the long war the pentagon's long war in iraq it will administration would like to achieve at least as a palliative compared to the problems faced by the middle class in the us. there's a tall clash and i'm not sure a border will have enough time to explain to an american voters how the global economy liquid not dirty as well as we speak it now or this works so we are not and will already have a band that's what the republicans and the pentagon wants to do and actually can do that in one year and that's what i was going to ask i mean if what you say is there is in fact happening and that their presence in the works and how design ready think us leaders can conceive a things like enough is enough to china. look at obama a stranger like want to get his plane to the gallows because obviously he was watching. in the east probably terrorized that's how i'm going to counteract. this case this kind of rhetoric coming from all

there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interestingly enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and the enormous deals were signed with the chinese companies for oil exploration to build hospitals give soft loans everything the i.m.f. didn't do with africa in the last thirty years we chinese began doing and it had enormous results for china i know that you have a very interesting opinion of this who is the same pace wars in ways that by the united states well you have to go back to the role in the last twenty or thirty years actually began in the eighty's with the role of the dollar as world reserve currency and china has an enormous trade surplus wal-mart is essentially an outpost of chinese manufacturing and in america today so we have three hundred million plus surplus dollars at the central bank of china masses every year what do you do with that well there's few markets big enough to invest in the supposedly big could buy gold for

command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts will turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think the give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the pentagon is military control the next step will be on this so-called transitional national council in libya is to have that puppet government give nato permanent basing rights inside libya something they never had before under gadhafi saw some of the things defenseless unless they have nato forces in there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interesting enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed with the chines

there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interesting enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed with the chinese companies for oil exploration to build hospitals give soft loans everything the i.m.f. didn't do in africa in the last thirty years the chinese begin doing and that had enormous results for china i know that you have a very interesting opinion of this who would you say pace towards that ways by the united states well you have to go back to the role in the last twenty or thirty years actually began in the eighty's with the role of the dollar as world reserve currency and china has an enormous trade surplus wal-mart is essentially an outpost of chinese manufacturing in america today so the three hundred billion plus surplus dollars that the central bank of china masses every year what do you do with that well there's few markets big enough to invest in a supposedly big could buy gold for their cent

reporter: playing in the grass where flight 77 hit the pentagon, these puppies hardly look like the front line in the fight against terrorism. they are the tsa's future dogs. >> they have all the raw potential. we do it by good breeding. >> reporter: the tsa puppy program was launched after 9/11. every puppy is named after a victim of the terrorist attack. these two are the last names of a port authority manager and fbi agent both killed at the world trade center. their special names are tattooed inside their ear. it's also a gesture that touches the relatives. lisa met the puppy named for her husband that was killed inside the pentagon. >> it seems like this puppy has completed a circle for my family. >> reporter: scott manages the program in san antonio. >> as soon as they are born, we expose them to the different odors they are going to be looking for. >> reporter: formal training doesn't begin until they are a year old. they make promising recruitinre. >> a dog that likes it -- >> reporter: puppies that make the cut go on in a bomb career. train stations and passenger planes. >>

marine corps can do for the pentagon but what he can do for the u.s. marines and here are a couple of suggestions first to exempt of the marines from the sequestration and that personnel cuts all across the military services and the reason apart from the marine corps anniversary and the vets day is u.s. marines can do anything and everything the u.s. army does but they do it much more effectively and efficiently. now let's take a look at some of the stories from around the world an explosion has killed seven people and injured over a dozen in the northwest of china a blast ripped through a commercial building in a suburb city and shattered windows far away from the scene witnesses believe the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak in a restaurant. three french aid workers held hostage in yemen for almost half a year or have been free they were kidnapped by suspected al qaeda militants at a restaurant east of the capital in may no details have been given about the terms of the release kidnappings of foreigners are frequent and yemen but most of th

command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts who will turn who seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think the give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the pentagon is military control the next step will be on this so-called transitional national council in libya is to have that puppet government give nato permanent basing rights inside libya something they never had before under gadhafi sudan some of the things defenseless unless they have nato forces in there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interestingly enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed wit

command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the reports kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts all turn was thinking you know the united states and it is on the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore now latina's countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think give a moment's thought to normality your normalization i think big what their concern is especially the pentagon is military control the next step will be on this so-called transitional national council in libya is to have that puppet government give the middle permanent basing rights inside libya something they never had before and could often solve so then some of the defenseless and those they have nato forces in there the africa army is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interestingly enough created just after trying his two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed

indian ocean and in the south china sea so we should make the connection of what the pentagon what's the long term agenda of what republicans want which is all sort of the long war the pentagon's long war in logical administration would like to achieve at least a as a palliative compared to the problems faced by the middle class in the us this is a total clash and i'm not sure a blunder will have enough time to explain to an american voters how to get a good global economy liquid more parity as as we speak it now or this works. will gradually have better than what the republicans or the pentagon wants if you i'm not sure you can do that in one year and that's what i was going to ask i mean if what you say is there is in fact happening out there that this isn't a works and how does one really think u.s. leaders can confirm a things like enough is enough to china. look at obama's strength like what once again his splinter the kellers because obviously he does what a little it's him self in he's probably terrorized that's how i'm going to counteract. this k. this kind of rhetoric coming

over the decades, sean has served as the pentagon's comptroller, navy secretary and most recently director of nasa. while his company lost the competition to supply the u.s. air force with new tanker aircraft, he's still trying to win new work like supplying the army with new armed aerial scouts and convincing congress that arm of europe's leading area space and defense company is american. sean, welcome back to the show. >> nice to see you, vago, always a pleasure. >> where do you think the budget and spending outlook, what are you seeing as you look at all of this and where is it going? >> it's an incredibly challenging time. there's a different dynamic that's almost a perfect storm in a fiscal context, a lot going on right now, a debate over revenues, where tax issues will be derived and how you reform that and a debate exactly on where the spending occurs, both entitlements as well as disetionary -- discretionary spending. defense is in the middle between the revenue issues and how those are sorted out to afford versus the question of how do you balance entitlement reductions or potent

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial word game conducted by the pentagon of the pentagon's conduct of war games forever and they are very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted this is the pentagon decided two thousand and nine that they should do a financial we're going to see with that would look like it was conducted at the top top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft carriers and b. two bombers and could use invasions but no one knew how to use stocks bonds and derivatives to fight a war so the rules were you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a chi

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial word game conducted by the pentagon of the pentagon's conduct of war games forever and they're very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided in two thousand and nine that they should do a financial war game to see where that would look like it was conducted a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft carriers and b. two bombers and then fabulous invasions but no one knew how to use stocks bonds and derivatives to fight a war so the rules were you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a chin

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial word game conducted by the pentagon of the pentagon's conduct of war games forever and they're very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided in two thousand and nine that they should do a financial we're going to see where that would look like it was conducted a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft carriers and b. two bombers and fabulous invasions but no one knew how to use stock spawns of derivatives to fight a war so the rules were you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot. explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a china tea

this the pentagon's africa command which is. interestingly enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and the enormous deals were signed with the chinese companies for oil exploration to build hospitals give soft loans everything the i.m.f. didn't do in africa in the last thirty years we chinese began doing and that had enormous results for china i know that you have a very interesting opinion of this who was you say paid for wars and raised by the united states well you have to go back to the role in the last twenty or thirty years actually began in the eighty's with the role of the dollar as world reserve currency and china has an enormous trade surplus wal-mart is essentially an outpost of trying he's manufacturing you know in america today so the three hundred billion plus surplus dollars at the central bank of china masses every year what do you do with that well there's a few markets big enough to invest in i suppose really big could b

command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts will turn seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the pentagon is military control the next step will be in this so-called transitional national council in libya is to have that puppet government give permanent basing rights inside libya something they never had before under gadhafi saw sudan some of the things defenseless in this they have nato forces in there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interesting enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed with the chi

command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events so while the instigators of the conflicts who turned her seem to be you know the united states and maybe some of the european powers that you know look at libya will they be able to restore normality in these countries or is it not even in their interest i don't think they give a moment's thought to normality or normalization i think what their concern is especially the pentagon is military control the next step will be in this so-called transitional national council in libya is to have that puppet government give nato permanent basing rights inside libya something they never had before under gadhafi saw sudan some of the things defenseless unless they have nato forces in there the african is coordinating this the pentagon's africa command which is. interesting enough created just after china's two thousand and six africa diplomacy were forty heads of african nations were invited to beijing and enormous deals were signed wit

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial word game conducted by the pentagon of the pentagon's conduct a war games forever and they are very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided two thousand and nine that they should do a financial we're going to see where that would look like it was conducted a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft. carriers and b. two bombers and it could be a set of asians but no one knew how to use stock spawns of derivatives to fight a war so the rules were you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a

over the past 12 years while the deficit and the debt was growing, the pentagon budget rose by nearly 100% in real terms. that's 100% after you take inflation into account. all told in the past 12 years, we've added $2.5 trillion to the pentagon's budget above the level it was spending in 1998 so that was the pentagon money surge. that's brought military spending back up to the level that it was in the cold war, although, you look around, and today there's no competitor comparable to the old soviet empire, so why spend so much? well, let's take a look at the $2.5 trillion. half of that went directly to paying for new wars. the other half went to developing a new strategy that's evolved over the last 12-15 years. that strategy sets out goals and missions for the military that are far more ambitious than the traditional ones of defense and deterrence. the strategy is aimed to do a number of things. it's aimed to take our incomparable military power and to transform the world's security environment. that's one of the goals. it's aimed to try to prevent the emergence of threats, nip them

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial word game conducted by the pentagon of the pentagon's conduct of war games forever and they're very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided in two thousand and nine that they should do a financial war game to see where that would look like it was conducted a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited then as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft carriers and b. two bombers and p.b.s. invasions but no one knew how to use stock spawns of derivatives to fight a war so the rules were you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a china team

marine corps can do for the pentagon but what he can do for the u.s. marines and here are a couple of suggestions first to exempt of the marines from the sequestration and personnel cuts all across the military services and the reason apart from the marine corps anniversary and events day is u.s. marines can do anything and everything the u.s. army does but they do it much more effectively and efficiently. now some other stories from around the world an explosion of skilled seven and injured over a dozen in the northwest of trial the blast ripped through a commercial building in a suburb city and shattered windows for far away from the scene witnesses believe the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak in a restaurant. three french aid workers held hostage in yemen for almost half a year have been freed they were kidnapped by suspected al qaeda militants at a restaurant east of the capital may know details have been given about the terms of release things of foreigners are frequent in yemen but most of the positives have been freed unharmed. in po

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial word game conducted by the pentagon of the pentagon's conduct of war games forever and they are very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided two thousand and nine that they should do a financial we're going to see with that would look like it was conducted at a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and i was then you have to use aircraft carriers and b. two bombers and their previous invasions but no one knew how to use stocks bonds and derivatives to fight a war so the rules where you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russian team a

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial war game conducted by the pentagon of the pentagon's conduct of war games forever and they are very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided two thousand and nine that they should do a financial we're going to see with that would look like it was conducted a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft carriers and b. two bombers and their previous invasions but no one knew how to use stock spawns of derivatives to fight a war so the rules were you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a chin

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial word game conducted by the pentagon of the pentagon's conduct of war games forever and they are very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided two thousand and nine that they should do a financial we're going to see where that would look like it was conducted a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft carriers and b. two bomber. years and fabulous invasions but no one knew how to use stocks bonds and derivatives to fight a war so the rules where you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a c

leaving the pentagon, the crash after the exit for the u.s. senate now gone. northbound 395 is stacking up traffic out of virginia. >>> thanks so much. 6:42 groups and 40 degrees. >> the death of heavy d. how many people will remember the hip-hop pioneer. >> joe williams has a preview of tonight's debate. >> the latest deadline for a deal >>> coming up tonight at 5:00 the city is undergoing dramatic changes. new numbers that shows who is calling washington their home these days. how what is changing the city. the d.c. divide, tonight at 5:00. >>> all lies on herman cain heading in tonight's republican presidential debate. >> we have joe williams with this for a preview. i think it will become increasingly difficult for herman cain avoid the controversy of the five women coming out. >> there is five and they're taught that several will make their presentation together -- there is to halt that several will make their presentation together against herman cain. >> something else will come up behind that -- aside that controversy. the auto bailout. detroit is still

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial word game conducted by the pentagon of the pentagon's conduct of war games forever and they are very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided in two thousand and nine that they should do a financial we're going to see where that would look like it was conducted a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft. areas and b. two bombers and to be of some beige ns but no one knew how to use stock spawns of derivatives to fight a war so the rules where you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a chi

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial war game conducted by the pentagon over the pentagon's conduct of war games forever and they're very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided two thousand and nine that they should do a financial we're going to see where that would look like it was conducted a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory but it was the first time they'd ever done finance so i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft carriers and b. two bomber. years and fitness invasions but no one knew how to use stocks bonds of derivatives to fight a war so the rules where you could not use any kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a china te

first two chapters of the book is the first ever financial word game conducted by the pentagon now that the pentagon is conduct a war games forever and they are very you know there's the red team in the blue team kind of bad guys and good guys and they do these all the time in the certain centers where these are conducted but this is the pentagon decided two thousand and nine that they should do a financial we're going to see where that would look like it was conducted a top secret weapons laboratory halfway between washington and baltimore called the applied physics laboratory it was the first time they'd ever done for nasa i was actually invited in as a as an expert consultant on how to write the rules of the game and it was they knew how to use aircraft carriers and b. two bombers and there could be this invasion but no one knew how to use stock spawns of derivatives to fight a war so the rules were you could not use and the kinetic weapons means nothing that would shoot or explode you could only use stocks bonds currencies and derivatives and we had teams there was a russia team a c

what is the chances that the pentagon trigger, and the 600 billion for the pentagon will be changed so that yes. you will get 600 and not all come out of the pentagon. >> chris: i hope it will be changed. >> mike: cuts of that magnitude would hollow out the national defense. i hope the members of congress listen to it carefully. i am committed to insuring that the american people get the deficit reduction that they were promised. congress will have 13 months to do that and i plan to be part of the process. finally in the debt ceiling mess, there was a 2000 point drop in the stock market and the approval ratings for everyone in congress jumped sharply. assuming and you are leading me in the direction that you are going to fail, what do you think the impact will be in the market and politically? >> guest: i don't know what the impact in the market will be. i hope there is not an adverse impact in the sense that the american people will get the deficit reduction. it is a huge blown opportunity and as a nation we are on borrowed time. we are borrowing 40 cents from the chine chine and sent

marine corps can do for the pentagon but what he can do for the u.s. marines and here are a couple of suggestions first to exempt of them marines from the sequestration and the personnel cuts all across the military services and the reason apart from their marine corps anniversary and the vets day is u.s. marines can do anything and everything the u.s. army does but they do it much more effectively and efficiently. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world an explosion has killed seven people and injured over a dozen in the northwest of china a blast ripped through a commercial building in a suburb of xiang city and shattered windows far away from the scene witnesses believe the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak in a restaurant. three french aid workers held hostage in yemen for almost half a year have been free they were kidnapped by suspected al qaeda militants at a restaurant east of the capital in may now details have been given about the terms of the release kidnappings of foreigners are frequent in yemen but mos

. >> barbara starr is at the pentagon. let me steer this back to the cuts of the neighborhood of a trillion dollars. i want to play more sound. and bowles is testifying before this supercommittee. >> we spend more than the 14 largest countries combined on defense. admiral mullen, chairman of the joints chief of staff who just stepped down recently said that our biggest national security problem is these deficits. >> mike mullen is saying that the debt is the biggest threat to our national security. so why does a peace-loving nation need to spend so much more on weapons and defense than any other country? >> well, the military is walking a delicate line here. most military commands ders will tell you ta with the wars wrapping up in iraq and afghanistan, they need to try to contribute to an economic recovery. that is what the recovery wants. but does it go too far? this automatic up to a potential million dollars in cuts, is it going to lead to hollow force? one of the key questions on the table is this. after ten years of w