you re in the situation room . all that coming up. we begin with a very public and new escalation of some tension between president obama and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israeli sources tell me the white house at least for now has rejected prime minister netanyahu s request to meet with him later this month to discuss iran s nuclear program. the israelis were told a meeting isn t possible because of the president s schedule, schedule won t permit it even when they offer to have the prime minister come to washington from new york where he ll be addressing the united nations. the white house is pushing back saying the president and prime minister simply won t be in new york at the same time this month to address the u.n. but this is just the tip of the icebe iceberg. in a much bigger disagreement right now over iran s suspected quest for nuclear weapons. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is joining us now with that part of the story. what s the latest on this
prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israeli sources tell me the white house at least for now has rejected prime minister netanyahu s request to meet with him later this month to discuss iran s nuclear program. the israelis were told a meeting isn t possible because of the president s schedule, schedule won t permit it even when they offer to have the prime minister come to washington from new york where he ll be addressing the united nations. the white house is pushing back saying the president and prime minister simply won t be in new york at the same time this month to address the u.n. but this is just the tip of the icebe iceberg. in a much bigger disagreement right now over iran s suspected quest for nuclear weapons. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is joining us now with that part of the story. what s the latest on this really sensitive matter, barbara? reporter: wolf, the bickering is out in the open. israel two months from election day wants to see action from
special agent whose interrogation proved the first 9/11 link to al qaeda just after the attacks, the link that led to the start of the afghanistan war. his new book is called the black banners: the inside story of 9/11 and the war against al qaeda. it s great to have you back. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. you were there, literally there in the room as we connected 9/11 to al qaeda, al chi do to afghanistan. does it make sense to you ten years on we still plan to have tens of thousands of troops there for years to come? it s interesting if you asked me that when we figured out if al qaeda was behind the attacks of 9/11 and on the eve of the afghanistan war. i could have told you now, it s really impossible to think th thattthat ten years later we re still in afghanistan and lasted longer than world war i, world war ii, the vietnam war. this is an interesting
taliban. the anti-government organization has been blamed for recent terror attacks across afghanistan. the u.n. says over 1,400 civilians were killed during the first half of this year, the highest number since the invasion. translator: things improved after the collapse of the taliban, but recently the security situation has been deteriorating. translator: no progress has been seen. people s livelihoods have become much worse since the u.s. army came to afghanistan. the u.s. military began its pullout in july and nato blanz to withdraw troops from afghanistan by the end of 2014. a japanese expert says measures are needed to prevent terrorists from using afghanistan as a base to launch attacks. translator: the number of afghanistan troops and police are sufficient, but their skills are not. the taliban might gain ground and the security and political situation could becomeunstable. if afghanistan becomes a safe haven for terrorist organizations, they might plot and c
good afternoon everyone. thank you for braving the summer heat and joining us here at the new america foundation. i especially want to welcome our c-span audience who has been recording our event today and the important topic for the broader american audience to engage in and they think by the end of the session i think you will as well. my name is patrick dougherty. i help run the national security studies program. i run the grand strategy initiative here at the new america foundation. and, national security studies here at new america does what we think few other programs do and that is to bring new streams of timely, accurate integrative data to the big strategic questions facing the united states. we are focused as i m on the grand strategy but also critical regions south asia, the middle east, and then a critical issue that needs a lot or data analysis, discussion deliberation, counterterrorism space. we are really blessed with two great counterterrorism researchers st