family? well, that s what s happening in afghanistan. that s what happened in iraq. so, we need to understand the mission and we need to understand if we need a troop surge, how many ever it needs to be, what are we trying to accomplish. brian: what happened was it iraq or afghanistan? i went to both and i had less luck in afghanistan. i got injured in 2010 in afghanistan. i was walking in february of 2011, working on capitol hill in june of 2011. brian: if we had pulled out like we did in iraq in 2011. how would that make you feel? listen, i m a product of a troop surge that i was sent with 30,000 marines and by the time i got there i was being told when i m coming home. my entire deployment was that my entire deployment was hey, you are here with tens of thousands of marines to win this war and by the way you are coming home by june 2011. ainsley: the president said two nights ago said weaver not doing that anymore. we are not having a time line. absolutely. ainsley: do you sup
february of 2011 he would not seek reelection driven away from arab spring protesters that thought egypt would be better off. after mohamed morsi became president, the violence continued, christian churches were burned. the military took control and impose what had is still today an authoritarian government, the new government designated the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization sentencing hundreds of supporters to death. it s only gotten worse in iraq since this moment in 2003. ladies and gentlemen, we got him. [ applause ] reporter: saddam hussein captured by the united states from a spider hole in takreet inspected head to toe but they didn t die with saddam hussein. a sectarian civil war soon followed leaving nearly half a million people dead. with saddam hussein long gone,
defend the transfer that freed sergeant bowe bergdahl in exchange for the five taliban detainees. you have heard from a lot of members in congress. they are skeptical, saying that the deal could truly put america at risk. let s talk to someone now with some pretty unique insight. he is mark grossman, a former u.s. special representative to afghanistan and pakistan. he originally negotiated a preliminary version of this deal back in 2011. mr. ambassador, good morning. thank you, brooke. thank you for having me. let s talk specifics in your involvement in that possible deal in 2011. what did that involve? we have to go back. context is important. in february of 2011, when i took on the responsibility after dick holbrook died after being the special representative of afghanistan and pakistan. secretary clinton asked us to test the proposition that the taliban might be ready to have some kind of conversation with the government of afghanistan about the future of afghanistan. we were
specifically looking into suspicious trades in the clorox company. icahn bought a 9.1% stake in the company in february of 2011 and in july, he made a $10.2 billion bid to buy the company, causing the stock to jump. well, investigators are examining some highly risky trades of clorox shares made by walters and mickelson four days before the bid. this suggestion is icahn tipped them about his bids. both icahn and mickelson are denying that there is a probe. e icahn telling the journal, quote, we do not know of any investigation. we are always very careful to observe all legal requirements in our activities. mickelson s lawyers saying phil is not the target of any investigation and walters is
we have been witnessing fireworks on capital hill after lois lerner has refused to testify again pleading the fifth during a hearing in the irs targeting scandal. i am martha maccallum good morning. and i am greg in for bill hemmer. lois lerner pleading the fifth over and over again. here is a look: in february of 2011, you emailed your colleagues the following: tea party matter is very dangerous. this could be the vehicle to go to court on the issue of whether