additionally, we need to pursue the quds force operative in iraq and afghanistan that are training the enemy, bringing new weapons system to the enemy and trying to kill u.s. troops through those methods. gregg: it s hard to do that when we re removing our forces, but we ll leave that for another day. congressman be mike rogers, thanks very much for being with us, sir. thanks for having me. jenna: next, we re going to take a look at the job market, work through some of the data out today and what it tells us about the recovery. also, new details in the search for a missing nursing student. this search exactly six months old today. what cops are doing to track her down. my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release. continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal.
directed, but approved this operation? does it go as high as ahmadinejad? well, i would it wouldn t surprise me if ahmadinejad was not involved in the plot, but the supreme leader may have been involved in the plot. and we know that based on the experience of how the quds force has its command and control. so it takes approval, and imagine what kind of an operation this is, gregg. they re talking about a $1.5 million payout to kill somebody in the united states. that s a big operation, an important operation. lots of places it could go wrong, obviously. we, i feel very confident that saying that the senior leadership of the quds force was involved, and we know throughout our understanding of the quds force that the commander of that unit, mr. suleiman, has a direct connection to the supreme leader. so it would be impossible for them to deny that they were involved and didn t have their fingerprints on the approval of
authorities say he s likely in iran where he s a member of the elite quds force. international support, though, is growing for new sanctions. however, at today s hearing senator richard shelby, the ranking member of the banking committee, warned that it s a strategy that has failed before. despite 30 years of progressively more stringent economic sanctions, iran remains one of the more serious threats to the national security of the u.s. and our allies. iran continues to support authoritarian regimes, terrorist organizations and radical militias in iran and in afghanistan. gregg: what steps should the united states take to punish iran s leaders and curb their support for terrorism? rickgy knell is a former spokesman for the last four u.s. ambassadors to the united nations. good to have you here. thanks, gregg. gregg: does senator shelby have a point? the iranian supporters tend to
undercover agent. it was a flagrant violation of international and u.s. law and a dangerous escalation of the iranian longstanding you ve of political violence and sponsorship of terrorism. iran is calling the allegations ridiculous. joining me in our studio, tehran bureau chief, it s good to have you here as we try to dissect through all the information that s now coming out. this afternoon press secretary jay carney giving a briefing at the white house a short time ago. says that this plotting happened at senior levels of iran s elite quds force. what can you tell us about the elite quds force? it is the revolutionary guard s international branch. they ve taken the most elite members of the guard and put them in the quds forceful these the top of the top in iran and they do all their operations abroad. having said that, it is uncharacteristic of that to pull off an operation like this on american soil at a time when
we re still waiting on an abundance of fookts legitimize all of this. still a question of whether the iranian government was involved in this, especially to the higher senior levels. why would they attempt such an assassination, especially as ali is pointing out. they are in such a tentative world view as it is under the nuclear program suspicions. that is the question that is being asked right now amongst the former national security intelligence professional community. why did this happen? if it did indeed happen? it is clear there was a serious tlelt. the administration has a plan. it has been effective in counter terrorism, at home and abroad and it is really looking at ways to prevent terrorist acts and it found something. why would the iranians do something now? and the intelligence community of professionals are looking at this saying, wow, this is a really amateurish action. this does not appear like the quds force and it doesn t add up. this is all based on the fact