what can actually happen in iraq and afghanistan has happened. so, once we have that high-level overview, we can work with our art group to define all the assets and work with voice actors to report their lines and work with our motion capture state next door to capture all the animations that these people need to have. >> you bring in a mentor character that pops up periodically and guides the user through the events, the strategies and a way to put it altogether. so, a challenge event. seeing a child die. how do you get over that? by going through these kind of events in advance, we're preparing folks for what they may face and giving them tactics for better dealing with it. >> the army research community has funded a portion of this. the office and naval research and marine corps has funded a portion of this. >> i certainly think that anything we can do as a government, as a military to prepare our young men and women for what they might see while deployed is money well spent. >> on the way back, there was an i.d. attack and our vehicle ran ov

be a problem comparisons already being made to the usa as experience in iraq and afghanistan conflicts that were initially supported at home out of a sense of patriotism and support for the troops but it turned into lengthy and costly and deeply unpopular wars at home now is this mission creep and it becomes only driving on the terrorists as some ministers and even themselves seem to be saying. that it's going to be a failure because you cannot drive out all the terrorists. and many soldiers die and there are attacks in paris when public opinion will shift the way it has done for other wars either was started by france or was started by them by the u.s. nevertheless french president francois hollande remains committed to the french military offensive in mali making grand statements that the french intervention won't tens until a legitimate authority in the country is restored but many french people are beginning to wonder. it's just how long that might take and out what cost playboy k. t. paris was his more reaction now go live to london adam elliot cooper's there is the associate edit

as we come out of afghanistan just as like we came out of iraq as we reduced the forces, you do find that intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance are the last to leave because you want to retain that capability to see across the battle space even as you reduce your footprint. >> how much, you know, there are some folks that say regarding the cable that it doesn't have a lot f of applications outside of afghanistan but how much of the force we've generated has utility over the long haul there's going to be that balance between a permissive environment in terms of air operations which is what we've been operating in afghanistan and iraq and permissive air environments in other regions of the world where we can fly the capabilities whether it's predators and reapers or u2s, whatever the case maybe be. you need those capabilities that can operate in more high treat environments. >> what kind of capabilities, when you mentioned more high threat in the pacific, the criticism is you need far greater rage and you're going to need greater amount offense stuff what is the specific respons

in all, 292,000 women deployed to iraq and afghanistan. joining me now our special panel, a former marine corps captain, executive director of the service women's action network, a woman to file class action lawsuit to challenge the military's ban on women in combat. also military analyst retired army come cell jack jacobs, a recipient of the national medal of honor and michael smerkonish with us. it's a great pleasure to have you on. when this news came out yesterday to the fact that we would have this announcement from secretary panetta, the discussions right away went in the direction of is this the right decision. i know you believe this is the right decision. >> absolutely. this was the right decision. and we have been waiting for years and many of my sisters in arms waiting for decades for this decision and women have fought in the u.s. military since the revolutionary war. they just had to disguise themselves as men to fight for their country. and so, this is a long time coming but the significant thing about this announcement is re

that is iraq, afghanistan, and pakistan. every other country in the world we are under the kind of contracting rules i think interfere with our capacity to get the best deal particularly when it comes to security we should in the countries where the threats unfortunately are going to always be with us. should we look to extend that to mali or somalia? >> there was an article i think in one of the newspapers today that went into detail. for more than two decades federal law required the state department to select the cheapest rather than the best contractor to provide local guard services at the embassies abroad. there is that olding you get what you pay for and this lowest-price provision started off in 1990 but it has stayed with us and i would respectfully request this committee take a hard look at it. you cannot do a total lifting of it for everyone look at the high threat posts where obviously we did it for iraq, afghanistan, and pakistan and the countries you made would fall into that category. >> among the various isla

those are iraq, afghanistan, and pakistan. every other country in the world, we are under the kind of contracting rules that i think do interfere with our capacity to get the best deal, particularly when it comes to security that we should in these countries where the threats unfortunately are going to always be with us. >> should we look to extend that to mali and the drc and somalia? >> i would recommend -- there was an article in one of the newspapers that went into detail and here's how it started. for more than two decades, they required the state department to select the cheapest rather than the best contractors for the embassies abroad. you get what you pay for. the provision started in 1990 and stayed with us. i would respectfully request that this submitee take a look at it. you can't do a total lifting of it for everybody, at least look at the high threat posts where we did it for iraq, afghanistan and pack o pakistan and the countries you are naming are countries that i would fall into that category. >> thank you ve

>> guest: a lot of time in disr a lot more time in iraq an afghanistan. for the book i did four trips to afghanistan. a good chunk of -- i think i spent four of my last five christmases or four of the last six christmases in either baghdad or kabul or around that time. it's been since 2005 i've been it's been my life. c-span: you're old? >> guest: i'm now 31. it's been a long decade. c-span: your college was? >> niu. yu c-span: studied what? >> guest: english to certify me to join the work force. my last semester at nyu work forking free to carry news international. glarn you say in your book that there are 27,000 working pr people in the pentagon spending $4.7 billion a year. 27,000? where do you get that number? >> guest: it's a number that includes -- it's a broader number not just sort of the propaganda folks. but advertising but everyone shaping the message from the pentagon. it goes from software programs and social media, there's been a recent example where the army is using a program that monitors how many times bradley manning is mentioned. the w

is a good one iraq is a good one yemen eccentric cetera i mean why is the use of force there. i'll go out to live in the blowback situation as we're going back now how do luckily we got we got rid of go ahead first we got rid of all the horrendous regimes. ok and we support it around as well as we go back to the situation we where we do go back to the station with blow back where in iraq afghanistan i'm also in libya most recently where the west got it wrong fundamentally thinking about not only what would they would they were there with all good intentions to resolve the problem but fail to see the wider connotations of the problems that it would bring like we have in mali right now the fact that with gadhafi gone there was more likely to leak out to mali which could create instability which could and power the communities which would otherwise not have been in power in the first place so i think the west has got to look at this thing broadly on the stand what the ramifications are with the decisions to make understand the cultural implications with some of the tribal mixes a

iraq has made things difficult of course in mali specifically the longer the french stay on the ground you could have the local population think that they were what stay there welcome that in itself creates further problems so yes to an extent there is that notion so the west has got to do that much more in its p.r. to have to sell the reasons why it gets involved in some of these conflicts and how we make sure that it understands the why the ramifications for the choices and decisions that it makes today which can come and i will talk about a learning curve in a second daniel answer that same question is there a war against islam. you know there's not a war against islam peter. that's for sure because in every one of these cases we're fighting with some muslims against other muslims every single case it's never the west against the muslims it's always some muslims fighting other muslims and we're coming on the side of one party the inconsistency however is that sometimes we're fighting the islamists and other times of fighting with the islamists so for example in syria we're hoping th

is a good one iraq is a good one yemen eccentric cetera i mean why is the use of force there. i'll go out to look at the blowback situation is what we're going to back you had a lot we got we got rid of go ahead first we got rid of the horrible horrendous regimes. ok and we support it around as well as we go back to the situation with well we do go back to the station with blow back where in iraq afghanistan and i'm also in libya most recently where the west got it wrong fundamentally thinking about not only what they were they were there with all good intentions to resolve a problem but failed to see the wider connotations of the problems that it would bring like we have in mali right now the fact that with gadhafi gone there was more likely to leak out to mali which could create instability which could empower the communities which would otherwise not have been in power in the first place so i think the west has got to look at this thing broadly on the stand what the ramifications are with the decisions to make understand the cultural implications with some of the tribal mix

but more women who have served in iraq afghanistan. nearly 1,000 have been wounded in action. one of those is now a democratic congresswoman from the state of illinois. she can tell you that combat is already a reality. >> i did lose my legs in a bar fight. i was sure i was in combat. >> joining me now retired army general. what is your reaction to this latest development? >> i think it is a great initiative and long overdue. and i'm kind of curious, i'm very curious about the timing of it. and the implementation. they need to make it retro active back to at least 2002 when women were already serving. there was no question about physical capabilities then as they were attaching women to these fighting units. but waiting for three years what happens in thee years that has not happened in the last 7 or 8? they need to recognize them officially that they served in combat. and move ahead from here. there are certainly men who won't pass the qualification tests as there will be women who don't pass the tests. there will be women who excel and men who excel in these situations. mayb

is a good one iraq is a good one yemen eccentric cetera i mean why is the use of force there. i'll go to having lived in the blowback situation as we're seeing everybody not knowing how lucky we got we got rid of go ahead first we got rid of all the horrendous regimes. ok and we support it around as well as we go back to the situation with well we do go back to the station with low back way to iraq afghanistan and i'm also in libya most recently where the west got it wrong fundamentally thinking about not only what would they would they were there with all good intentions to resolve a problem but fail to see the wider connotations of the problems that it would bring like we have in mali right now the fact that with gadhafi gone there was more likely to leak out to mali which could create instability which could empower the communities which would otherwise not have been in power in the first place so i think the west has got to look at this thing broadly on the stand what the ramifications are with the decisions to make understand the cultural implications with some of the tri

is a good one iraq is a good one yemen eccentric cetera i mean why is the use of force there. i'll go out and lived in the black box into a recovery not knowing how lucky we got we got rid of go ahead first we got rid of a horrible horrendous first names. ok and we support it around as well as we go back to the situation we where we do go back to the station with blow back where in the iraq afghanistan and i'm also in libya most recently where the west got it wrong fundamentally thinking about not only what they were they were there with all good intentions to resolve a problem but fail to see the wider connotations of the problems that it would bring like we have in mali right now the fact that with gadhafi gone there was more likely to leak out to mali which could create instability which could empower the communities which would otherwise not have been in power in the first place so i think the west has got to look at this thing broadly on the stand what the ramifications are with the decisions to make understand the cultural implications with some of the tribal mixes and h

but more women who have served in iraq afghanistan. nearly 1,000 have been wounded in action. one of those is now a democratic congresswoman from the state of illinois. she can tell you that combat is already a reality. >> i did lose my legs in a bar fight. i was sure i was in combat. >> joining me now retired army general. what is your reaction to this latest development? >> i think it is a great initiative and long overdue. and i'm kind of curious, i'm very curious about the timing of it. and the implementation. they need to make it retro active back to at least 2002 when women were already serving. there was no question about physical capabilities then as they were attaching women to these fighting units. but waiting for three years what happens in thee years that has not happened in the last 7 or 8? they need to recognize them officially that they served in combat. and move ahead from here. there are certainly men who won't pass the qualification tests as there will be women who don't pass the tests. there will be women who accell and men who accell in these situations. ma

is a good one iraq is a good one yemen eccentric cetera i mean why is the use of force there. i'll go out to live in the black box or to a recovery not knowing how to back it up we got we got rid of go ahead first we got rid of the horrible horrendous regimes. ok and we support it around as well as we go back to the situation we where we do go back to the station with blow back where in the iraq afghanistan i'm also in libya most recently where the west got it wrong fundamentally thinking about not only what they were they were there with all good intentions to resolve a problem but fail to see the wider connotations of the problems that it would bring like we have in mali right now the fact that with gadhafi gone there was more likely to leak out to mali which could create instability which could empower the communities which would otherwise not have been in power in the first place so i think the west has got to look at this thing broadly on the stand what the ramifications are with the decisions to make understand the cultural implications with some of the tribal mixes and

is a good one iraq is a good one yemen eccentric cetera i mean why is the use of force there. i'll go out to live in the black box into a recovery i don't know how lucky we got we got rid of go ahead first we got rid of all the horrendous regimes. ok and we support it around as well as we go back to the situation we well we do go back to the station with blow back in the iraq afghanistan and i'm also in libya most recently where the west got it wrong fundamentally thinking about not only what they were they were there with all good intentions to resolve a problem but fail to see the wider connotations of the problems that it would bring like we have in mali right now the fact that with gadhafi gone there was more likely to leak out to mali which could create instability which could and power the communities which would otherwise not have been in power in the first place so i think the west has got to look at this thing broadly on the stand what the ramifications are with the decisions to make understand the cultural implications with some of the tribal mixes and how these wars

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to winding down the war in afghanistan from our response to natural disasters around the world like haiti in the tsunami in japan to the repeal of don't ask don't tell countless crises in between day and night what president obama failed to address in that speech was the instrumental role that mcdonough played in crafting legislation to authorize the use of force in iraq that's back when he was the top foreign policy aide to then senate majority leader tom daschle all the legislation mcdonough and others crafted essentially pave the way for war in iraq what's more mcdonough personally called white house staffers including jason view on the night of the september eleventh terror attacks in order to ask how the senate could help the white house deal with this tragedy and response a process that led to the authorization of the use of force against terrorists which essentially gave president bush the power to launch the afghanistan war now this is a stark contrast to the antiwar stance that president obama has taken on over the years so does this signal a shift in foreign policy by the

and afghanistan. he was at that time working with tom daschle who is the senate majority leader and as you said he was one of the leaders in the effort to get democratic support for the iraq war effort and twenty nine democrats want to long with a resolution back in october of two thousand and two and i think many of them live to regret that decision and certainly it was a time when senator daschle and senator obama had different positions on the issue and so certainly mr mcdonough played an important role in getting that resolution passed and what you said is this was a means of kind of acting before he actually had a chance and those other twenty nine congress people had a chance to really think through what it could possibly cause i mean obviously no one was expecting a ten year war right i think for mr mcdonough he's he's been a loyal deputy at the time he was working for senator daschle and i think that he carried out his boss's intent just as he has with president obama and winding down the war

military women have been killed in iraq and afghanistan. tammy duckworth lost both of her legs as an army helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field. >> you can make it to a general, for example, without an arms combat command at the brigade or battalion level. and this allows them into half of that command time. >> reporter: at first, women would have to volunteer for combat duty and meet the same physical standards faced by men. >> well, it has to. the standard doesn't change just because they're a woman. >> reporter: but is the military prepared for women in combat? >> there will be plenty of complaints about it. i don't think it's going to have an actual effect on the strength of the force. >> reporter: and are women ready for combat? jut ask tammy duckworth. >> well, i didn't lose my legs in a bar fight. >> that was nbc's jim miklaszewski reporting. >>> on capitol hill wednesday, secretary of state hillary clinton testified in back-to-back senate and house committee hearings. republicans in congress

we don't win in iraq within women in afghanistan and we're grateful even when you've been there with our lives and the same the news is like a vietnam we didn't win nothing we won absolutely nothing and you know and they just don't get it we've tried to rule the world we've tried to do it in not a way in a way that's been damaging to every nation in the world but in the process the united states has become less and less it's become less and less economically viable and with each passing decade war has generated more and more profit for the u.s. military industry i topic r t discussed with filmmaker and vietnam war vet oliver stone we have not done well with interventions anywhere but we can. new to be an empire you know we have eight hundred plus spaces she has some of the very. we've created a huge infrastructure a global infrastructure we're trying to be the world's policeman when it comes to america's security republican senator chuck hagel has been nominated to replace leon panetta. would be the first vietnam vet to ever head the u.s. department of defense when i was in vietnam i

in iraq and afghanistan. female service members have faced the reality of combat, proven their willingness to fight, and, yes, to die to defend their fellow americans. however, many military positions, particularly in ground combat units still remain lossed to women because of the 1994 direct ground combat definition and assignment rule. military and civilian leaders of this department have been taking a hard look at that rule based on the experiences of the last decade. in early 2012 we announced a series of modifications to that rule which opened up more than 14,000 new positions to women, including positions that were co-located with ground combat units and certain positions in ground combat units below the battalion level. these changes have been implemented and the experience has been very positive. every time i visited the war zone, every time i've met with troops reviewed military operations and talked to wounded warriors i have been impressed with the fact that everyone, everyone, men and women alike

bartlett held the state department leadership position for refugees from afghanistan, iraq, kosovo, and lebanon. mr. bartlett served as the peace corps country director in bulgaria and jordan and was a peace corps volunteer in the yemen arab republic. miss barbara strack is the chief of the refugee affairs division at the department of homeland securitiy's citizenship and immigration services. ms. strack's responsibilities include managing the refugee corps and headquarters to support the u.s. refugee admission program by conducting overseas adjudications and the related policy training, quality assurance, anti-fraud, and national-security efforts. miss strack came to dhs with both public and private sector experience, serving in the policy office of the former immigration and naturalization service, as a senate committee counsel, among other positions. miss dawn scalici is the deputy undersecretary for analysis in the office of intelligence and analysis at the department of homeland security. in this capacity, she leads the office's analytic efforts with a special focus on advancing an

there a typical experience for women in iraq and afghanistan, for american soldiers? >> guest: um, it's hard to say "typical" because it really did vary depending on the year they were serving, where they were serving and who they were serving with. um, but the stories i did hear were the most common story i heard were ones of isolation. because, as i said, one in ten troops are women, but they don't necessarily get deployed together. so many women serve with a very small number of other women, vastly outnumbered by men, sometimes even alone. i've talked to women who were the only one serving with 60 men. the isolation of serving like that can lead to a lot of problems. from constant harassment and loneliness to sexual assault and rape. and i did hear a great deal more of those stories than i expected when i started my research. gls and that seems to be a common theme in "the lonely soldier," harassment, sexual assault. >> guest: it is. >> host: who is ely painted you here on the cover? >> guest: she was a sergeant, careerer is vent, had been in the military 22 years

for vets returning from iraq and afghanistan, the number was 10.8%. but a new initiative is aiming to lower that number by placing veterans in the classroom. >> remember a lot of propagandist-- >> tenth grade history teacher brian thompson brings something a little extra to the classroom, especially when the subject matter turns to war. >> and i felt that way when i was in afghanistan. you know, we looked at each of each other as brothers. >> reporter: thompson, who teaches at washington, d.c.'s cardoza high, is the role model for a new push by the nonprofit teach for america to get more veterans into the teaching profession. when you let them know you're a veteran, what's the reaction? the question that's usually asked, "mr. thompson, have you shot anyone?" >> axelrod: he was an army paratrooper for three and a half years, seeing combat in afghanistan. >> as a veteran, that passion to serve your country really never leaves you. >> axelrod: so this feels just like another way to be in service. >> most definitely. >> axelrod: unemployment rates for vet

be a problem comparisons already being made to the usa as experience in iraq and afghanistan conflicts that were initially supported at home out of a sense of patriotism and support for the troops but it turned into lengthy and costly and deeply unpopular wars at home now if this mission creep becomes only driving on the terrorists some ministers and even themselves seem to be saying. that it's going to be a failure because you cannot drive out all the terrorists. many soldiers die and there are attacks in paris then public opinion will shift the way for other wars either was started by france or was started by them by the us nevertheless french president francois hollande remains committed to the french military offensive in mali making grand statements that the french intervention way intends until legitimate authority in the country is restored but what many french people are beginning to wonder is just how long that might take and out what cost probably boyko r.t. paris. france is continuing to increase its military presence in mali with two thousand troops now on the ground the fi

everything's the front line when we're in iraq and afghanistan. that they have performed. that they're smart. that they're diligent. that they're well trained. that they can do this type of work. and so, you know, a lot of them are -- i think now we'll take a closer look whereas before, they might have said oh, you know, we'll never see this. now, it is right in front of us. it's going to begin -- it is going to become implemented. we'll see it over the course of the next three years really women take a hold being in the full fight in the united states military. >> john: i'm sure you've heard some complaints from some members of congress but it seems like there's really been very little pushback from major legislators. i'm surprised at how little outcry there is. it makes me wonder if that's the case, why did it take so long for this to happen? >> well, i have to tell you again, we've got our own real petrie dish, if you will. we've seen this happen. we've seen it over the last 11 years. women in command performances throughout in war. so i think the generals in particular

be a problem comparisons already being made to the usas experience in iraq and afghanistan conflicts that were initially supported at home out of a sense of patriotism and support for the troops but it turned into lengthy and costly and deeply unpopular wars at home now if this mission creep becomes only driving on the terrorists some ministers and even themselves seem to be saying. that it's going to be a failure because you cannot drive out all the terrorists. and many soldiers die and there are attacks in paris when public opinion will shift the way it has done for other wars either was started by france or was started by them by the u.s. but nevertheless french president francois hollande remains committed to the french military offensive in mali making grand statements that the french intervention way intends until legitimate authority in the country is restored but what many french people are beginning to wonder is just how long that might take and out what cost. r.t. paris. and france is continuing to increase its military presence in mali with two thousand troops now on the g

ca that everybody has served in iraq afghanistan by the put them on my back by bottling it up and my mother didn't get our back company country i don't come whole i'm a new york city my i'm from new york city in the right time i pulled. over the city there's no because no owner heard on our very. eyes. ok let's just be honest here for a moment for some people this is and justifiably so a battle about a police state since one nine hundred eighty the number of people in prison per capita in the united states has more than tripled we now in prison a greater percentage of our population than any other country in the world in fact the united states is only five percent of the world's population has twenty five percent of the world's prison population in the u.s. one in every one hundred six white males aged eighteen or over is incarcerated for hispanic males that number is one in thirty six and one in fifteen black males over eighteen is currently in jail between one thousand eighty seven and two thousand and seven state spending on incarceration related expenses increased one hundred twe

for vets returning from iraq and afghanistan, the number was 10.8%. but a new initiative is aiming to lower that number by placing veterans in the classroom. >> remember a lot of propagandist-- >> tenth grade history teacher brian thompson brings something a little extra to the classroom especially when the subject matter turns to war. >> and i felt that way when i was in afghanistan. you know we looked at each of each other as brothers. >> reporter: thompson, who teaches at washington, d.c.'s cardoza high, is the role model for a new push by the nonprofit teach for america to get more veterans into the teaching profession. when you let them know you're a veteran, what's the reaction? the question that's usually asked, "mr. thompson have you shot anyone?" >> axelrod: he was an army paratrooper for three and a half years, seeing combat in afghanistan. >> as a veteran, that passion to serve your country really never leaves you. >> axelrod: so this feels just like another way to be in service. >> most definitely. >> axelrod: unemployment rates for vetera

a problem comparisons already being made to the usa is experience in iraq and afghanistan conflicts that were initially supported at home out of a sense of patriotism and support for the troops but it turned into lengthy and costly and deeply unpopular wars at home now is this mission creep and it becomes only driving out the terrorists as some ministers and even a long time self seem to be saying. that it's going to be a failure because you cannot drive out all the terrorists. and many soldiers die and there are attacks in paris and public opinion will shift the way for other wars either was started by france or was started by them by the us nevertheless french president francois hollande remains committed to the french military offensive in mali making grand statements that the french intervention were intense until legitimate authority in the country is restored but what many french people are beginning to wonder is just how long that might take and out what cost. r.t. paris. now france is continuing to increase its military presence in mali was two thousand troops now on the gro

military women have been killed in iraq and afghanistan. congresswoman tammy duckworth lost both her legs as an army combat helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field for women. >> it's more to make it to a general, for example, without a combat arms command at the brigade or the battalion level. and this will now allow women to have those -- some of that command time. >> reporter: at first, women would have to volunteer for combat duty. and meet the same physical standards faced by men. >> well, they have to. the standard doesn't change. just because they're a woman. >> reporter: but is the military prepared for women in combat? >> there will be plenty of complaints about it. but i don't think it's going to have a negative effect on the actual strength of the force. >> reporter: and are women ready for combat? just ask tammy duckworth. >> well, i did lose my legs in a bar fight. >> reporter: at this point, it's not clear just how many women will step forward and volunteer for combat. and it's not going

to winding down the war in afghanistan from our response to natural disasters around the world like haiti in the tsunami in japan to the repeal of don't ask don't tell to countless crises in between day and night. what president obama failed to address in that speech was the instrumental role mcdonough played in crafting legislation to authorize the use of force in iraq back when he was the top foreign policy aide to then senate majority leader tom daschle all the legislation mcdonough and others crafted essentially paved the way for the war in iraq what's more mcdonough personally called white house staffers including jason you on the night of september eleventh during those terrorist attacks to ask how the senate could help the white house deal with this tragedy in response a process that led to the authorization of use of force against terrorists which essentially gave president bush the power to launch the afghanistan war now this is a stark contrast to the antiwar stance president obama has taken on or over the recent years so does this signal a shift in foreign policy by the w

in terms of what the president said about iraq and afghanistan, saying iraq was the war of choice, afghanistan was a war of necessity. in your view, though, was iraq necessary? if so, why? what did we accomplish? guest: we have not accomplished all that much. it is a debatable question. it depends on a lot of factors that are out of my control. we should not forget that we did get rid of saddam hussein. it was a terrible tyrant to his people and a danger to the region. there is no question that we're better off with him gone. then the question is, how did we implement doing that? i think the bush administration did a very poor job, sprayed the credibility -- strained the credibility. we did turn it around on the ground. we had a change in elections for a new president came in and decided that iraq was not where he wanted to put any strategic emphasis. we pulled out. could that a been different? what if the surge happened in 2003? we would probably be talking about a much different history and a much different middle east when it comes to american interests. it is hard to say it was worth it bu

iraq and afghanistan. and she has been critical in managing both of those situations, and -- >> think about it. look at the relationship, required with -- in afghanistan. with hamid karzai. who was the key figure, if there was one, in managing that relationship, john kerry. >> you are under estimating hillary clinton and president obama, karzai was here recently. >> i get that. >> hillary clinton, how aggressive she was in outlining the hawkish foreign policy and said america has to get its act together and lead and confront the growing jihadists in north africa, exempt it is utterly opposite to the president's foreign policy agenda and either she doesn't really believe that, and she was saying it for her further political prospects or is an utterly... actually does not have a lot of influence with the administration. >> chris: less than a minute left. jeff, benghazi, does that stay as a tarnish? what difference does it make, which what's the big line that claim out? does it stay with her if she decides to

soldiers have returned from iraq or afghanistan in body bags and last year suicides by american soldiers surged to three hundred and forty nine historic high the u.s. military has had decades of experience in areas like asia latin america the middle east and africa however experts say if leaders in washington don't begin learning from the past the only foreign policy factor that will continue changing is the geo graphic location of america's faith holidays and repeated mistakes reporting from new york or in a portland arts. and still ahead for you this hour i made mounting. a court in the u.s. drops its piracy charges against prominent internet speed them up because our schwartz who took his own life on friday. is the u.s. really that nervous about china's nuclear arsenal two also one is a potential strike or is it just trying to keep its own atomic store in time we'll bring you an expert opinion on that in just a few of. those further turbulence in bahrain where another peaceful rally has been brutally despised by security forces to crowds gathered at the funeral of a protester who was

women have been wounded in iraq and afghanistan. more than 130 have died, including jennifer. >> i do not want them to forget her. i think probably everybody feels that way -- every parent feels that way. the sacrifices she made an the other is that still do. >> in many ways what will be announced will not be new to the 200,000 women who serve in the military. many have seen combat, train for it, worked near the battlefield. now they would get the official credit for it, opening up the possibility of promotions and better pay. patty, heyne, al jazeera, washington. >> the gap between japan's exports and imports has been higher than it has ever been. from 1979 until 2012, the coverage has an average trade surplus of $7 billion. in 2008, following a record surplus the year before, surplus remained high at $23 billion. but it was the beginning of the downward trend, in 2011, vote in which japan posted a trade deficit of $29 billion. now a new record in the red for 2012. the world's third biggest economy has posted a trade deficit of $78

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