no surprise that we will sometimes strongly disagree with his positions. let s turn to paul sullivan, with veterans of commonsense. a gulf war veteran as well as from the department of veterans affairs itself. thank you for your time tonight. thank you. i have to say personally, i have always liked senator simpson. i usually point to him as an example of the days when could you disagree without being disagreeable. in my opinion, he s jumped the shark here again. the white house last week decline to remove him from the position as co-chair of the commission on deficit reduction. they have not replied to our question about whether or not they will do so now but it doesn t look like they will do so. is it plausible in your opinion that someone with this view belong in charge or in co-charge of the panel that assesses our finances? absolutely not, keith. what we need is someone who understands our country s obligation to take care of our veterans who come home wounded, injured or ill
political winds seem to be at the republicans back. and they have become a big player in the primary. but what happens in the general election? democrats actually in a way are almost embracing this, because they say it s pushing the republican nominees to being as they say, out of the mainstream. too conservative for the moderates and independence who on november 2nd will determine who wins or loses. we ll find out. joe miller is not a name most people know, but he s fairly accomplished, a gulf war veteran, he s a lawyer, he s a yale graduate. yep. west point graduate, and as you said, fought in the first persian gulf war, won the bronze star. and he, out of nowhere, in early june, became pretty famous in alaska because sarah palin endorsed him. and soon after that, the tea party express got involved, as well, and started helping out. but, yeah, he s a pretty accomplished guy and has got quite a resume. and he would be considered the favorite in november against the democratic can
this evening. tomorrow the first official negotiations between the two sides in over 18 months starts at the state department. but already these talks are under a shadow. the shadow of the murder last night in the west bank of four israelis, gunned down at point-blank range by a palestinian gunman near the palestinian city of hebron. hamas, the militant islamic organization, claiming responsibility for that attack. they are, of course, not invited to these talks. they have rejected the process. and last night they made their views about this new peace process only too clear. mike? simon mcgregor-wood in jerusalem this morning, thank you. a republican senator is conceding defeat in what s being called a big win for the tea party movement. senator lisa murkowski conceded the alaska primary last night while absentee ballots were still being counted. she narrowly lost to joe miller, a conservative lawyer. he s also a gulf war veteran and is supported by former vice presidential candida
president obama will address the nation tonight marking the formal end to u.s. combat operations in iraq and with just below 50,000 troops on the ground there, the u.s. will take on a more diplomatic role but does a major security threat still exist? we re joined this morning by thomas daly, a u.s. marine captain and iraq war veteran and he s the author of rage company. scott taylor, a former u.s. navy seal also served in iraq and colonel doug mcgregor, gulf war veteran and author of warrior s rage. good morning to both of you and thank you for being here on a very important day. captain daley, let me start with you. you served in iraq in 2006 and 2007. as you look at it now with violence still at an uptick, with an unstable situation, with no government form six months after elections, how does the president lay out success or lack thereoff in iraq? well, i think it s difficult for him to do either. there s no real political motivation for him to come out
when officers from around a vast area, we re talking upwards of 300 officers state, local and federal from both sides of the border began descending on the area. at any given time, there is 100 officers actively searching for mr. curly. it s a huge effort and yet today, cops talked about the need to maybe scale back a little bit. bigger isn t necessarily better at this point. they continue to receive what they believe to be credible calls from both sides of the border and they are tracking every one of those leads down. but so far, nothing in terms of a sighting that we know of for scott curly. juliet: very quick question again, what is the impact in the community there? what are they saying? people just devastated. they ve lost one of their own. a pillar of the community in officer harris. a man who was a gulf war veteran, a man who was involved in his local church and with different agencies. just devastated. yet at the same time, they know