carley. todd: brooke singman joins us with the latest. brooke: brian walshe was arrested yesterday for murder of his wife and being charged with improper transz port of a body. authorities face the task of prosecuting a murder case without ana s remains. brian could appear in court today as early as 9 a.m. dependent on defense attorney availability. here is a timeline leading up to brian s arrest. new year s day ana was last seen alive. it wasn t until january 4th police were notified, they arrested and charged brian with misleading investigators on the 8th and january 9th, police recovered a bloody xief from the basement of brian and ana s home. police report revealed brian had threatened to kill ana several years ago. yesterday brian walshe was charged with the murder. a friend of ana said she was a forgiving wife that believed the best in brian. she was always defending brian and giving him chances, maybe that kindness killed her, sounds horrible to say. she is a giv
Doneford testifying on a military strategy on south asia that includes india pack tan and afghanistan. This hearing is just getting underway. These fundamental issues do need to be discussed openly for the American People and for those who have sacrificed over the last 16 years. Thats the reason we are here today. Mr. Smith. Thank you mr. Chairman. And i think the chairman raised all the questions that need to be raised. This is offense a revery difficult part of the world. We clearly have National Security interests in how afghanistan is governed and pakistan as well. Going back to 2001 when the then Afghanistan Government led by the taliban allowed al qaeda to have safe haven to plot and plan terrorist attacks against the u. S. , including 9 11. Making sure we dont return to toes days is clearly in our National Security interests. What is not as clear is how we do that and what the cost is of our current effort. Afghanistan is a very difficult place to govern. I think one of the thin
Which has been a future of its National Security policy for decades. Secretary mattis, general dunford, discovery, congress, the American People and our men and women in uniform hold you in the highest regard. We have confidence in your leadership, your integrity and your judgment but in light of the experience of the last 16 years what should give us congress the this new strategy for afghanistan will be different . To answer that central question this committee in particular deserves a lot more detailed information from the president and from you not just at todays hearing but in the days, weeks and months ahead. Thank you, mister chairman. I would like to join you in welcoming secretary mattis in general shaheen dunford. Donald trump announced the president would stay the course in afghanistan continuing missions of counterterrorism and Capacity Building to a short history mixed groups never again use afghanistan as a base to attack the United States. In february general john nichol
Defense secretary james mattis and general joseph doneford were on capitol hill this week testifying on President Trumps new military strategy in afghanistan and discussed the need to remove terrorist safe havens in other parts of the globe. It ran three hours. Committee will come to order. Committee welcomes secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff today for a hearing on afghanistan and south asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss the approach to the region once it is decided and thats the topic for today. I understand there are many issues facing the department and this committee but in the interest of time and focus i want to encourage members to confine their questions to todays subject. The United States officially launched Operation Enduring freedom on october 7th, 2001, just about exactly 16 years ago. Approximately 2,400 American Service members have lost their lives in the conflict. Another 20,000 or so have been
South asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss the approach to the region once it is decided and thats the topic for today. I understand there are many issues facing the department and this committee but in the interest of time and focus i want to encourage members to confine their questions to todays subject. The United States officially launched Operation Enduring freedom on october 7th, 2001, just about exactly 16 years ago. Approximately 2,400 American Service members have lost their lives in the conflict. Another 20,000 or so have been wounded. As this administration formulates its policies, the American People and members of congress have basic questions such as does American National security still warrant our military presence in afghanistan . Do we have a strategy to succeed or one to avoid failure . How is this administrations approach different from previous approaches . And can we ever be successful in the face of afghan corruption and af