Plus, it was once the powerhouse of ecuadors economy the oil industry is no longer pumping out the president s policies though and we will tell you why. Lets begin with somalia and gunmen believed to be from alshabab and used a car bomb to gain access to a building in mogadushu and we understand its now over and we are joined near the kenya somali border and what can you tell us . Reporter African Union peace keepers reported by Somali Government forces three alshabab, affected alshabab gunmen entered the building after an explosion. Eyewitnesses recounted being up to ten dead people, eight of them are believes to be people who are traveling in a mini bus, the mini bus was carrying passengers in mogadadishu and believes to be killed by explosion and two government soldiers died in the initial attack. The Government Forces are now said to be bringing it back. And trying to see if there are any of the gunmen left hiding in the building. The compound where the ministry was also houses the
Andrew krepinevich and barry watts talk about their book at the pentagons office and the pentagons think tank from 1973 to 2015. The coauthors are former members of marshalls staff. This event was held at the nixon president ial library and museum in yorba linda california. [applause] tonights discussion is that Andrew Marshall who served from nixon to obama. He retired january at the ripe age of 93 years old. For his pioneering work called the hidden hand before and behind American Foreign policy. His two former aides, let me back up for a second. What is significant is nixon tapped marshall to evaluate our military capabilities against that of our adversaries at the time namely the soviet union to the concept is called net assessment. His former aides Andrew Krepinevich and sub diver here to discuss the achievements of their mentor tonight and sign copies of their biography about him called the lost warrior Andrew Marshall and shaping of modern defense strategy. Mr. Krepinevichs it i
Andrew marshall, a pentagon legend who served from president s nixon to obama. He just retired this past january at the ripe age of 93 years old. For his pioneering work foreman undersecretary of defense douglas [inaudible] called him the hidden hand behind American Foreign policy. Whats significant is that president nixon first tapped marshall to evaluate our military capabilities against that of our adversaries, at the time namely the soviet union. The concept is called net assessment. His former aides Andrew Krepinevich and barry watts are here to discuss the achievement. S of their mentor tonight and sign copies of their biography about him called the last warrior Andrew Marshall and the shaping of modern defense strategy. Mr. Krepinevich is president of the center for strategic and budgetary assessments and is the author of several books on military history and strategy including the very influential the army and vietnam. Hes a west point graduate and a retired army officer. And h
I think i should be the last question from me and it is time to get questions from the audience. Thank you very much gentlemen. [applause] the last warrior will be on sale outside and both men will be available to sign copies but we will open up for questions. I have a question. Can you comment on one of Andrew Marshalls first positions, our first tasks within the white house in evaluating cia Intelligence Reports for president nixon . President nixon and Henry Kissinger were very unhappy with the kind of foreign intelligence that was coming into the white house when they became when they started working in the white house your Andrew Marshall had a long history of dealing with intelligence agencies and intelligence both for the air force and later with the cia trying to improve the quality of the analysis of it. But it was natural for kissinger to bring him into look at the quality of the intelligence coming into the white house. As i said earlier that eventually led to a reorganizati