schwarzkopf was a much decorated combat soldier in vietnam as more popularly known to the public as stormin norman . it was a coalition of 30 countries original niced by then president george h.w. bush that succeeded in defeating iraqis. president bush remains hospitalized in houston in methodist hospital he had a statement that reads in part. he is one of the great military leaders of his generation. a distinguished member of the long gray line hailing from west point, general norman schwarzkopf to me epitomized duty, service, country and creed that defended our country s freedom and seen the nation through our most trying international crisis. he was appointed general and appointed commander-in-chief of u.s. central command. he prepared a detailed plan for defense of saudi oil fields against the iraqis. general colin powell released this statement in
veterans were welcome back, it was a turning point for the nation as well. harris: very interesting in the way that you describe it. i remember the media will look forward to his daily briefings. it was a tutorial on how to report the news coming out of that part of the world. let s move on from that, and of course, the nation will continue to remember general schwarzkopf today. but we have some things that are making headlines. before you get it in, is a saltpeter? no, they are trying to keep the united states on track to lead in 2013. these are the same people who burn down schools, those who would shoot people that dare teach women. these are nasty people. all they are trying to do is get the heat off long enough so that they can come back in power and
0 parked in front of a massachusetts home. that home used to belong to the co-founder of alcoholic s anonymous. you just go right into the meeting. 2012 is coming to an end and the year was fill would with a ton of news from the presidential election to the newton shooting. as we say hello to 2013. we want to know what you think the top stories of year. head over to fox friends first . there is two polls to vote on one is for 2012 and lighter side entertainment stories of the year . we will reveal the results live on monday, new year s eve if you can believe it or not. i can t believe it is new year s eve. fox and friends first starts right now. have a great day. julia: good morning. i am julia hedy in from gretchen. last call in hopes of rescuing off of the fiscal cliff. all that is getting debated is who is at fault and what is the president s plan. according to the white house there is no new proposal. and is russia vladimir putin playing with children s lives . what he ju
leaders head to the white house this afternoon to meet there with president obama. lawmakers are increasingly looking at the period following the december 31st deadline we re told to come up with a fix to avoid massive tax hikes and spending cuts, affect lives of nearly every american many economists say could plunge the economy into another recession. chief white house correspondent ed henry live with the latest. so in this meeting, ed, is there any hope they will accomplish anything? reporter: well it is pretty low expectations, jon. what we re expecting when you talk to top officials of both parties the president will offer a scaled back plan, something he laid out lines friday before christmas here in the white house briefing room before he went to hawaii. where he said look, we have to scale back expectations. basically just extend middle class tax cuts. don t worry about the rates for everyone else. secondly extend unememployment insurance for about two million people