Sir, there is capability with countries in the region but no countries have come forward and volunteered to put boots on the ground in iraq. Thank you sir. Well, good luck to you, and again, i appreciate your determination and resolve. I hope youre as successful as you believe youll be. We will be successful, sir. Thank you mr. Chairman. And thank all of you for all your efforts. General votell, id like to talk about one other issue for just a minute. That is i want to thank you for your top down leadership on Mental Health with special operations. Youve been incredibly frank about this challenge and that alone sends an Important Message to the troops. Can you talk about the psychological component of your preservation of the force and Family Program and how thats going today . Thank you for the question, senator, and we appreciate the continued support we get from congress in this very significant challenge to us. We are looking at a variety of things. We are looking at pier to pier p
Do you believe the army can buy back force with oka funds . Do i not, senator. Do you believe the navy can work with shipping in funds . No, maam. I just. Im not saying we come to this as democrats because we have engaged in gimmickry also. I know the chairman wants to face this head on. I know its a challenge in the environment. We have obviously not met the challenge with the bucket as its currently configured. I wanted to specifically ask you, general austria austin, there has been a determination that freedom sentinel is a new operation. Do you see it as a new Contingency Operation . Its a continuation of our efforts, senator so you know in terms of the types of things that we are doing we are continuing to train the and advise and assist the Afghan Security force but in terms of you know how we account for the funding that were allocating to that, thats a different issue. The reason im asking this is i am told there is an effort under way of naming a new lead Inspector General in
Involved. Can you help make that happen . Because the concern is the body abaddy a lot of folks are from the previous administration. And youve had extraordinary experience in the an bar area and can you help to identify the key sunni moderate leaders to make them part of this and is that what is going to you look and say we think were going to get it right this time and how do you think this turns out . Sir, to answer both of your questions, we are encouraged and we continue to encourage the leadership in iraq to be more accommodating to the sunni population. And to do some things that are demonstrable, that increases their confidence in the leadership and in the government. And you may know that we are helping the Iraqi Security forces and the government of iraq reach out to the tribal elements in anbar and bring in the elements to train and equip them and get them involved in the fight as well. And those that we have trained and equipped have performed remarkably well. Thank you mr.
Mariachi can you see the chimney from here . Bill its small from this distance. Martha we will be on the radio coming up 20 minutes from now. Happening now starts right now. Bye. Jon we begin with brandnew stories and breaking news. Jenna a new round of voting expected this hour as cardinals once again gather at the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. We are watch the vatican. The very latest as it happens. Plus back here at home new numbers on retail sales. How much spending americans did last month and how wall street is reacting. We are at the New York Stock Exchange in a moment. And a New Discovery about life on mars. Its all happening now. Its all happening now. Jenna well the whole world waiting for the election of a new pope. Hi, everybody, im jenna lee. Jon im jon scott. All eyes are on the vatican where a new round of voting is expected this hour. Earlier this morning, black smoke came billowing from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel meaning no new pope just yet. The cardinals
It and ask you if this is a direct quote. It is not enough to simply have a catchy ad and then do it every monday. We need to do this every monday of the week and really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way. Is that it . That is taken of context. I was talking about black men, and at the time, washington, d. C. , was the murder capital. The glorified the use of the guns, and what i was saying is we need to counter those images, and i used the term brainwash to get them to think differently about the use of guns. Do you think the aggressive prosecution of gun crimes as part of the answer as well is part of the answer as well . Serves as a deterrence to using firearms and committing other crimes . Absolutely. I also think preventing people from acquiring guns and using them in inappropriate ways i as a superior court judge, i saw an ocean of young black men who should have been a feature of this community go to this jail because they have guns, used them in