married but it just from afghanistan ok just from afghanistan i mean everything you've just said says we should just leave right now i mean it's pointless the key stay there because it gets worse and worse and worse or maybe the last couple of months are just an exception that's hard to believe. well i wouldn't suggest staying there in that capacity or this or that or continuing the current strategy i think that. the united states is looking at a rapidly changing threat portrait from the region groups that act much more like transnational organized crime groups than purely terrorist and politically and ideologically driven groups i would personally reshape the strategy strategy dramatically and i would probably be a lot tougher on the karzai government and the amount of money that is being allowed to flow out of the region. but i but i think the current strategy has at this point it's you know the final nail in the coffin came this week. with the shooting and punch away ok christian the final nail in the coffin you want to react to. well you know you have to take a look at the longer

military base in afghanistan. despite widespread criticism, president obama and president karzai reaffirmed their commitment to finishing the mission in afghanistan. president obama has asked the pentagon to bring home 23,000 troops in september of this year. i am pleased to have general allen with me here in washington. >> it is good to be with you. >> rose: army sergeant robert bales has been accused of 17 counts of premeditated murder and could possibly face the death penalty. i know you can't speak to the merits of that case, and he will be accorded full due process as he goes through the process. but we can ask you how you see this incident and the implications it has for the war and for the men and women in afghanistan. >> well, clearly, we offer our condolences to the families in afghanistan that were affected in this tragic case, this tragic situation. we also offer our condolences to the bales family and what they will have to go through as this trial unfolds. i think the relationship with afghanistan is

government in afghanistan. their choice. >> exactly. last word to you, sal may before we go back. >> i think it's prudent on the part of pakistan to have a reasonable settlement of the afghan issue because if the taliban were to come to power in afghanistan they would support their taliban in pakistan which is a big headache for the pakistani government. i believe that there is a chance for a settlement that is reasonable between afghanistan and pakistan. we alone cannot bring this about. i think the kind of threats you mentioned, charlie, won't do the job. i think if we wanted to go that route it will have to be a coalitions including the saudis, the chinese, the russians and the europeans together working on it and pressuring pakistan whether it's regard to security from afghanistan against pakistan, whether there is water issues... there are water issues between various countries could be legitimately dealt with and an inclusive afghan government could be the result of that. i think there's a chance for that

from mary but it just from afghanistan ok just from afghanistan i mean everything you've just said says we should just leave right now i mean it's pointless to keep stay there because it gets worse and worse and worse or maybe the last couple of months are just an exception that's hard to believe. well i wouldn't suggest staying there in that capacity or this or that or continuing the current strategy i think that. the united states is looking at a rapidly changing threat portrait from the region groups that act much more like transnational organized crime groups than purely terrorist and politically and ideologically driven groups i would personally reshape the strategy strategy dramatically and i would probably be a lot tougher on the karzai government and the amount of money that is being allowed to flow out of the region. but i but i think the current strategy has at this point it's you know the final nail in the coffin came this week. with the shooting and way ok christian the final nail in the coffin you want to react to. you know you have to take a look at the one or term so we h

but, of course, there are other countries that are involved ultimately in afghanistan's future, and afghanistan is choosing to have relationships with them as well. the indian government, for example. >> yes, sir. >> with whom we have very strong relations appears to be poised ultimately not just to have a substantial economic interest. perhaps even eclipsing the chinese interest, bought strong economic interest in afghanistan, but also has long-term ties, very healthy and friendly ties, with afghanistan and, in fact, is offering to support the development of the afghan national security forces. so i think it's not just a matter of china. i think that there are going to be other international factors that are at play in afghanistan. >> general, if i may, you said that india has offered. i assume there's a financial offer that is offered to help with the afghanistan forces? has china offered a significant dollar figure, or is it -- >> yes, sir. i'll have to do the research for you. i'm take that question. >> mr. scott if i could just add that we want -- obviously, we want the afghanistan economy

and so with a stable afghanistan, americans are safer. with us in hot pursuit of al qaeda, americans are safer. i believe that americans can see that the results of the sacrifices that have been made by the american people to resource this war have, in many respects, and in many respects a direct line relationship, to 11 september, 2001, where unimpeded the taliban provided safe haven to al qaeda that executed the attack on the united states that day from the safety of afghanistan. it's going to be very difficult for that to occur today. it will be our hope that in the end, a stable afghanistan guarded by a credible ansf will make it impossible for it to happen in the future. that's in the future. we'll continue to work at that, sir. you asked about the money for the support of the campaign versus potential decisions for program trade-offs. clearly, they are decisions that will be made by the secretary of defense with service chiefs and joint chiefs. same people in most cases. i have to thank you all and the congress of the united states

mr afghanistan's finest minister it's great to have you with us sir glad to be with him so it's been a decade since of ghana's stan has become the front stage for the war on terror by the united states how much does it cost the nation the war has cost the nation a lot it's not i don't think you can put a god forgot on this and if you see hundred billion two hundred billion three hundred billion it's still here and while you get a petition i thought it was beyond economic it gave us a little social public public often give us treats me straight institutions putting those together. it's not an easy ten years ago after the taliban when we come back and i think existed it's not just the infrastructure but we're going to government does not exist the system did not exist but with the support of the international community with their participation on numerous fronts we believe there to meet me in our most progress but we're still a long way to go towards the nation there can rely on its own institutions to survive and to make progress for so that four and eight accounts about ninety first

soldier in afghanistan. president obama has described the killings in kandahar as shocking and tragic. he's promising a thorough investigation into what happened. >> grief and anger at an atrocity committed by an american soldier who was there to protect them. as afghans covered the bodies of civilians, in washington, president obama sought to calm a volatile situation. he phoned president karzai to extend his condolences for what he called a tragic and shocking incident and backed an investigation the pentagon said was already underway. >> this was an individual acting alone, not with authority. we also have the individual, the suspect, in custody, u.s. custody, and he's being interrogated by army investigators as we speak. >> the suspect has been described as a 38-year-old married man with children. this was his first deployment to afghanistan, but he had previously served three tours in iraq. while that will raise questions itself, the more urgent issue is how to stem public outrage among the afghan peopl

how many al qaeda would you estimate are in afghanistan today? >> i think it's about the same, sir. >> about the same. >> yes. >> i would say as a starter, in terms of our mission of denying al qaeda sanctuary in afghanistan we've been pretty successful. i would like to make another point. when we're talking about the frustration of the american people with how long this task has been taking, there is obviously a difference between toppling a government and developing long-term security practices inside a country that's gone through what afghanistan has gone through. but it's rather frustrating, i think, for a lot of people in this country when we are defining success at this point as having an afghanistan military and police force that would be capable of taking charge of its own security operations by late 2014, which is about 13 years after 9/11 and after this taliban government was toppled. and we know the reality we're discussing here is that's not really the end of the war. it's a time when we're looking at a point where the afghanis will b

success in afghanistan will depend on the support of afghans -- afghanistan's names, like pakistan. pakistan has legitimate interest as should be understood and addressed. pakistan has responsibilities, most importantly, it needs to take further steps to ensure that military and extremist groups cannot continue to find safe haven in pakistani territory. pakistan has powerful incentives to do so. in 2011 alone 2000 attacks in pakistan resulted in about 2400 deaths, mostly from improvised explosive devices. mr. chairman and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. we embarked on this fight a decade ago to ensure that the terrorist networks that struck in new york, in washington, d.c., and in the skies over pennsylvania would never again be able to use afghanistan as their sanctuary. thanks to the great courage and skill of the u.s. armed forces and civilian personnel to our coalition partners, and to our afghan partners, our strategy is working. while success and warfare is never guaranteed we are on a path to meet our objectives to deny safe halv

>>> this sunday, what now in afghanistan? in this election year a new debate has erupted when to withdrawal u.s. forces for what's become the longest war in u.s. history. >> we're going to complete this mission and we're going to do it responsibly. >> my exclusive guest, ranking member of the senate armed services committee, john mccain, who will weigh in on the latest twists of the gop race. can romney outlast rivals as another primary in illinois? a special roundtable discussion as we learn more about the u.s. soldier allegedly behind the massacre of afghan civilians. what are our troops going through over multiple deployment in war zones in iraq and afghanistan? with us, afghanistan war veteran and author, wes moore. iraq war veteran and executive director of veterans of america, paul rieckhoff. author of "where men win glory" about the death of paul tillman, jon krakauer, bob woodard and helene cooper. finally, my conversation with george clooney on his fight to stop ethnic cleansing in sudan george clooney on his fight t

and afghanistan. last week, president obama and president karzai reaffirmed their commitment to completing the process of transition in afghanistan. in a coordinated press statement, the two presidents reiterated their support for the approach agreed upon at the 200010 natarus 7 -- the 2010 nato summit, which calls for afghanistan to take full responsibility for security around the country by the end of 2014. this morning, i want to focus on another part of that jointly issued a statement. president obama and president karzai both said in a coordinated press statement that they share the goal of building cable afghan security forces so that afghans are increasingly in charge of their own security. and this is the statement. "with the lead for combat operations shifting to afghan forces with u.s. forces in support in 2013." general allen answered me in a discussion in my office that nato's plan to transfer full responsibility for security across afghanistan in 2014 always assumed shifting the lead in c

from mary just from afghanistan ok just from afghanistan i mean everything you've just said says we should just leave right now i mean it's pointless the key stay there because it gets worse and worse and worse or maybe the last couple of months are just an exception that's hard to believe. well i wouldn't suggest staying there in that capacity or this or that or continuing the current strategy i think that. the united states is looking at a rapidly changing threat portrait from the region groups that act much more like transnational organized crime groups than purely terrorist and politically and ideologically driven groups i would personally reshape the strategy strategy dramatically and i would probably be a lot tougher on the karzai government and the amount of money that is being allowed to flow out of the region. but i but i think the current strategy has at this point it's you know the final nail in the coffin came this week. fishing and punch away ok christian the final nail in the coffin you want to react to. well you know you have to take a look at a longer term so we have a coun

in afghanistan. with the surge forces in place the united states and nato forces have conducted major operations to push back the taliban in the south of afghanistan, launched operations from afghanistan to kill osama bin laden and further disrupt al qaeda, trained thousands of afghan security forces so that they can secure their territory from terrorists and insurgent groups, and return countless numbers of civilians to school and to work. however, in the last few weeks, the impressive gains that the united states and nato were making in afghanistan have been called into question by some, due to the actions of a rogue few. some afghan soldiers have taken up arms against isaf soldiers which could diminish trust among soldier that are supposed to be partnered. partnering is valuable and necessary. there are steps that can be taken to minimize such incidents, and that these criminal actions are relatively isolated. moreover, the horrific incident of u.s. army staff sergeant who allegedly took up arms a

obviously, we are doing a coin operation throughout afghanistan. so this is not one big army that marches across the country. this is a series of different feedms that feeds to the patronage model. is the central government strong enough cohesively to hold it all? i see i'm almost out of time if you want to answer it for the record that will be fine. >> we'll take it for the record. >> mr. whitman. >> thank you for joining us today. thank you for your service to our nation and for your leadership. general allen, i want to go to you and pick up some of the words from your testimony. you stated that throughout history insurgencies have seldom been defeated by foreign forces instead defeated by indigenous forces and insecured by the forces in the country. in the long run our goals can only be achieved and secured by afghan forces. transition is the lynch pen of our strategy. how do you make sure that the linchpin doesn't break? as you stated this has been a long and difficult and costly campaign. how do we make sure in the transition that there is eno

the overnight news from afghanistan is sober. at least 15 afghans by some counts are dead, and more are wounded after an american soldier went on a shooting spree. it happened in khandahar province just a short distance from the u.s. military base where villagers stood in silent shock this morning when officials collected bodies and tried to sort out what had happened. cbs news correspondent mandy clark is in kabul this morning. mandy, what have you been able to find out? >> well, we understand the american soldier left his remote base in khandahar province this morning around dawn. he went house to house shooting villagers. according to an afghan official in one home he killed 11 civilians including women and children. he has been detained and an investigation is ongoing. >> schieffer: do we have any idea what prompted this? >> no. american officials have been asked what caused the attack to happen. there is no indication what the motivation could be. they haven't made any links to the victims and the soldiers so it's very uncle

as we get out of afghanistan? >> i think we have to be clear about what the goal is and that the president keeps saying, well, we're going to withdrawal. if he had given the military leaders, ones he appointed, 40,000 troops instead of 30,000, and hadn't said we were going to withdraw early, maybe we could are done what's necessary in eastern afghanistan and things would be a lot better than they are today. >> can i -- >> i can also tell you that american presidents lead. the same reason the president won't lead on syria, where president clinton would lead on bosnia and kosovo, this president won't lead while people are being massacred in syria. that does not mean america goes it alone, but it means america should lead, which the president refuses to do. >> senator, how do you get a reset of our foreign policy and national security policy that has some realism to it and understands the boundaries of what we can actually accomplish? isn't afghanistan a perfect example of al qaeda's not there, you have a corrupt cen

military base in afghanistan. despite widespread criticism, president obama and president karzai reaffirmed their commitment to finishing the mission in afghanistan. president obama has asked the pentagon to bring home 23,000 troops in september of this year. i am pleased to have general allen with me here in washington. >> it is good to be with you. >> rose: army sergeant robert bales has been accused of 17 counts of premeditated murder and could possibly face the death penalty. i know you can't speak to the merits of that case, and he will be accorded full due process as he goes through the process. but we can ask you how you see this incident and the ilications it hasor t w and for the men and women in afghanistan. >> well, clearly, we offer our condolences to the families in afghanistan that were affected in this tragic case, this tragic situation. we also offer our condolences to the bales family and what they will have to go through as this trial unfolds. i think the relationship with afghanistan is a very s

you're not going to fix afghanistan that way. newt gringrich says we need to get out of afghanistan. we misunderstood the region. and we need to get into iran. they never learn. then ten years from now we'll talk about yeah, it turns out we couldn't accomplish our mix in iran either. we're telling you ahead of time, don't do it. >>> now a fascinating fact about afghanistan. a poll done by men 20 to 30 years old. in two southern provinces that we were fighting. 92% of them had no idea what 9/11 was. they had no idea why they're fighting us. they have no idea why we're there. they're thinking, they're here, let's fight them. the same thing happened to the soviets. they went and asked the former self yet generals and diplomats in the area, what was your experience in the afghanistan. this is what they said. in the economic sphere afghanistan is at a stage lower than the middle ages. we were fighting there to make our country safer. after the war i could see this war had been pointless. gee, does that sound like a middle we've seen.

thank you for the service of those troops in afghanistan. i would like to decline answering the specifics of that question because we are in very sensitive negotiations now on night operations. we do intend that night operations ultimately acknowledge the afghan constitution and afghan law but the process specifically of the execution of night operations has yet to be negotiated. it is not my intention that they lose their momentum, which is what gives them their effectiveness. any specific conversation about the issuing of warrants or mission folders by judges is very premature and i have not been involved in negotiations about that at this point, sir. >> it always had been my hope it was beneficial to have nine operations for the protection of the people of afghanistan. best wishes on getting that point across. they are the primary beneficiaries of improved security. >> they know that, sir. they tell me that all the time. >> i hope they do. when i read about it, it's appalling they would give a green light to the other side. add degs addit

afghanistan will be central in their discussions. meantime, defense secretary leon panetta is in afghanistan meeting with afghan leaders. glenn, senior white house reporter is joining the conversation. gentlemen thank you so much. glenn, i want to start with you, the prime minister and president will hold the joint press conference minutes from now. what should we expect to hear from the two leaders that we have not yet? >> what is interesting is that i guess, coming into this from last week, we expect this meeting and this press conference to be more or less exclusively about iran and how the united states and great britain would coordinator some sort of way of convincing israel to not move forward with an attack. but the incident with the soldier in afghanistan has put the pressure on both leaders to explain why we need to stay there all the way through 2014. >> mick, let's talk about leon panetta's visit there to the troops and with afghan leaders and the report that we received that soldiers were asked to disarm themselves before

to make sure that afghanistan was no longer a haven of terror and terrorists. >> but in afghanistan today another setback for hopes of a political solution. the taliban announced they were no longer prepared to talk with the united states. the reason they claimed, not the burning of the koran, not the slaughter of 16 civilians by an american soldiers but conditions they said were put down by american negotiators. and the afghan president hamid karzai added to the pressure telling the u.s. defense secretary to pull all international troops back to their bases. does it depress you that the talks between the united states and the taliban seem to be at an end as a consequence of what happened last week? >> we have a plan which is to hand over to the afghan police at the end of 2014. we'll do that without a political settlement or with a political settlement. afghanistan has been the substance that is laid beneath the white house splendor. last week the obama's hosted a dinner attended by the special relationship great and good. they dined on bison and they tracked on the praise of one leader

primary but it just from afghanistan ok just from afghanistan i mean everything you've just said says we should just leave right now i mean it's pointless the key stay there because it gets worse and worse and worse or maybe the last couple of months are just an exception that's hard to believe. well i wouldn't suggest staying there in that capacity or this or that or continuing the current strategy i think that. the united states is looking at a rapidly changing threat portrait from the region groups that act much more like transnational organized crime groups than purely terrorists and politically and ideologically driven groups i would personally reshape the strategy strategy dramatically and i would probably be a lot tougher on the karzai government and the amount of money that is being allowed to flow out of the region. but i think the current strategy has at this point it's you know the final nail in the coffin came this week with the shooting and punch away ok christian the final nail in the coffin if you want to react. well you know you have to take a look at the one term so w

troop reach ducks in -- reduction in afghanistan. last june president obama said after the 33,000 troop u.s. surge force was brought home by the end of this summer, that u.s. troop levels would continue to draw down, quote, and this is the president's quote, at a steady pace. yet the fiscal 2013 defense budget for overseas contingency operations is based on an assumption of 68,000 u.s. troops remaining in afghanistan throughout the 2013 fiscal year. so we'll be asking you whether you support continuing to draw down u.s. forces at a steady pace, as the president said, after the 68,000 troop level is reached and when you expect to make your recommendation, general, on post surgery ducks in u.s. forces in afghanistan starting after september of this year. now, given the importance of having capable afghan national security forces take over the security lead throughout afghanistan, i was surprised and i was concerned about news accounts of a u.s. proposal to reduce the size of the afghan forces by a third after 2014. apparently based on

success in afghanistan depends on the support of afghanistan's neighbors particularly pakistan. like afghanistan's other neighbors, pakistan has legitimate interests that must be understood and addressed. and pakistan also has responsibilities. most importantly it needs to take steps to ensure that militant and extremist groups cannot continue to find safe haven in pakistani territory. pakistan has powerful incentives to do so, in 2011, some 2,000 attacks in pakistan resulted in about 2400 deaths. mr. chairman and members of the committee, thank you again for the opportunity to testify here today. we embarked on this fight more than a decade ago to ensure that the terrorist network that struck in new york, in washington, d.c., and in the skies over pennsylvania would never again be able to use afghanistan as their sanctuary. thanks to the great courage and skill of the u.s. armed forces and civilian personnel, our coalition partners and our afghan partners are, our strategy is working. while success in war is never guaranteed, we are on a path to meet our objectives, to deny saf

forces out of afghanistan by 2014. with an election coming up, we wondered what his republican challengers would do in afghanistan and nancy cordes found out for us. nancy? >> reporter: scott, the candidates have been sharply critical of the president's handling of the war in afghanistan but they themselves are at odds over whether the u.s. should be leaving that country faster, slower, or not at all. former house speaker newt gingrich has criticized the president in the past for setting a date for withdrawal from afghanistan. but for the past several weeks, he's been calling for a rapid exit from the country, especially after this weekend's tragedy. >> well, my feeling is we should leave. that i think as fast as we can with safety. i think the possibility of us changing afghan culture is virtually zero. >> reporter: that sets him apart from former senator rick santorum who has said that as president he would cancel the administration's plan to bring most troops out by the end of 2014. >> i think we have a mission to a

success in afghanistan depends on the support of afghanistan's neighbors particularly pakistan. like afghanistan and southern neighbors pakistan has interests that must be understood and addressed. pakistan has responsibilities. most importantly it needs to take steps to ensure militant and extremist groups cannot continue to find safe haven in pakistani territory. pakistan has powerful incentive to do so. in 2011 some 2,000 attacks in pakistan resulted in 2000400 death mostly from i eat thes. mr. chairman and members of your committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. we embark on this fight more than a decade ago to ensure the terrorist network that struck in new york and washington d.c. and in the skies over pennsylvania would never again be able to use afghanistan as their sanctuary. thanks to the great courage and skill of the u.s. armed forces and civilian personnel, coalition partners and afghan partners our strategy has worked. while success in war is never guaranteed we are on a path to meet our objectives to deny safe haven to al qaeda and deny the talib

afghanistan, let's look at this polling. brits, 73%. say the afghanistan war is unwinnable. americans, 60% say it's not worth the cost. welcome, susan. what are your thoughts? >> i agree with what eleanor and pat were saying. afghanistan is a mess, but i think if you look had that polling number, that is going to govern the speed in which we pull the troops out. i think the public opinion will drive this especially with it being an election year. i wouldn't be surprised if we're out of there sooner, not just because of polling numbers but because you look at the package you just showed, horrible events, unfortunately probably not the last tragedy we'll see in afghanistan. and that too will really push the -- both governments to get troops out faster. >> how soon do you think it could be? not before the elections. >> it can't. >> 20,000 coming out by september, and they're talking about another 20,000 next year and end to combat operations in 2013. >> and you're not going to hear the republicans complaining that's too fair. >> question is they're right between up and opinions

for the first time again afghanistan we have the development of telecom. industry with private investment of some billion dollars it is for therapeutic by the environment the increase. and this woman by by others in the mineral resources and in the chinese coming investing some five billion plus. dollars in one mine in the car for mining the indians into new units coming in and visiting anywhere between ten to fifteen billion dollars in the next three to five years in another mineral deposit in iron ore and of course other. investors as well picking intell for the first time and i want another does also did exist ten years ago twenty years ago twenty five years ago but today we have much more interested in this and our all in gas with little thought of things i think there are what are the support of the international community and without the achievements of the. present as those governments in the past ten years or not have happened to do things that happen in addition to that of course there are particularly what we call it the transformation ticket is

to international mission in afghanistan what are you seeing coming out of the u.s. concerning its progress in the country what is the message from washington is it with the way things have gone. well if you listen to recent statements made by the u.s. commander in afghanistan general john allen he recently spoke just a few hours ago to the to the u.s. congress indicating that the mission is on track now if our viewers have been watching our coverage of afghanistan and reading the papers they see that there's been several scandals ongoing in afghanistan you know with respect to the u.s. the most recent scandal of course involving the killing of sixteen afghan civilians by a u.s. soldier and that came just after there was the burning of korans u.s. base in afghanistan also afghan human rights groups released a report indicating that detainees are being tortured in the country's jails in afghanistan and the report released by the afghan human rights groups also indicates that the u.s. has continued to transfer prisoners to pan's now this is a proctor's that was banned

it is different in afghanistan now. these tragedies recently notwithstanding, which have, in fact, updated the issue. i believe that the president, president karzai and his government still remain committed to a strategic partnership. we will pursue that. i hope i answered questions. >> let me ask you. you testified that iran is playing a role in the counter insurgency. what role is iran playing, and how important is entering the strategic partnership in terms of not only the interest in not having it become -- afghanistan become a safe haven for al qaeda, but also as a blow to iran and their influence in the region? >> well, great question. just as nature abhors a vacuum, so do politics. should the united states we've afghanistan, should isaf, nato, leave afghanistan, that would create, in my mind, a geopolitical vacuum. ahead of the ansi being able to take full security. what the strategic partnership does is put the region on notice that the presidents of the united states in afghanistan is a presence that is reassur

again with with with proper afghanistan commissions and with peace. i think absolutely an economy that would be more sustainable dignitas but exactly how bad will the downturn be because you know there are people who believe that afghan economy is war time it's donor drunk and as far as they are concerned right after two thousand and fourteen it's had its if not towards an economic disaster definitely a very sharp economic crisis it will not be the fortunate thing is there you have three years to think about this in to prepare ourselves for right in front of us we had just a few months ago we had the bonn conference in which we've got the commitment and a pledge from the international community for its long term financial commitment to afghanistan both economic and security and in a couple of months we will have a chicago event and it will summit was one of the g. eight summit and was there will be a specific commitment to. our security forces for a longer term financial commitment and right after that in july we will have a conference on afghanistan

>>> attack in afghanistan. an american soldier accused of a savage house to house shooting rampage that left 16 afghan civilians dead, mostly women and children. >> it's tragic. it's a tragic incident. but it would be far greater to let this affect what we're doing in the country. >> southern swing. tomorrow's primaries in mississippi and alabama shake out the race for the gop presidential nomination? >> and the madness begins. the ncaa tournament brackets are set. will a cinderella team crash the set. will a cinderella team crash the dance again this year? captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, march 12, 2012. >>> good morning everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. this morning the u.s. embassy in afghanistan is warning americans of possible violence in retaliation for sunday's mass shooting allegedly by a u.s. soldier. the soldier is accused of shooting and killing 16 afghan civilians and turned himself in. president obama promises a full investigation. u.s. offici

the suspect was flown out of afghanistan yesterday. president obama says the incident will not change the timetable for drawing troops by end of to 2014. a usa today gallup poll taken after sunday's attack find 50% of americans want to speed up the u.s. withdrawal. duarte geraldino is in washington with more on this. good morning. >>> good morning, betty. military officials say that american soldier is in pretrial confinement as the united states tries to strengthen its relationship with afghanistan. secretary of defense leon panetta is in kabul to meet with afghan president hamid karzai. the meeting is less than a week after an american soldier is accused of going on a shooting spree in kandahar province killing 16 civilians. secretary panetta arrived in afghanistan yesterday. he met with coalition forces and afghan leaders. the trip was scheduled for before sundays shooting but incident and the killing of six americans in retaliation of burning a koran was -- it has dominated discussions. >> we will continue to face challenge. we mus

afghanistan. our witnesses are dr. jim miller, acting undersecretary of defense for policy, and general john allen, from the assistance force and commander of u.s. forces, afghanistan. a warm welcome. i want to interrupt to take care of some nominations, because we have a quorum present, and i will ask the committee to consider a list of 246 pending military nominations that have been all before the committee. is there a motion to favorably report the 246 military nominations? is there a second? hollen favre say -- all in favor sayin aye. the motion carries trade the troops are carrying out their missions professionally. general allan, please pass along our unwavering support for men and women serving in afghanistan. our gratitude for their courageous and dedicated service and the support of their families. talking about families, you have with you your wife, kathy, and bobbi.dydaughter, i think i got the next up this morning. we're delighted they are here. >> thank you, senator. >> the success of

but of course there are other countries that are involved ultimately afghanistan's future, and afghanistan is choosing to have relationships with them as well. the indian government for example is whom we have very strong relations and appears to be policed, ultimately not just to have a substantial the economic interest or perhaps even eclipsing the chinese interest, but a stronger economic interest in afghanistan but also has long-term ties, very healthy and friendly ties with afghanistan, and in fact it is offering to support the development of the afghan national security forces. so, i think it's not just a matter of china, i think that they're going to be other international factors that are at play in afghanistan. it's been a general, if i may come you said that india has offered, i assume there's a financial number that they have offered to help with the afghan forces which is has china offered a significant dollar figure or is it -- >> i will have to do the research on that and i will take that question >> if i could just add that obviously we want the afghan economy to improve ove

afghanistan's finance minister has told r.t. that it's hard to assess just how much damage and devastation the war has brought to his country and its people that interview is coming up now. it. mr afghanistan's finest minister it's great to have you with us sir glad to be with you so it's been a decade since afghanistan has become the front stage for the war on terror right united states how much does it cost the nation on the war has cost the nation a lot it's not i don't think i'm going to put a dollar figure on this and if you see a hundred billion two hundred billion three hundred billion it's still here in. the devotion of what was beyond the economics. give us to use the product probably confirmation and diversity it's the state institutions putting those together. it is not easy ten years ago after columbine when we come back and i think it's a strict it's not just the. infrastructure but what the government did not exist the system did not exist but with the support of the international community with their part of separ