guard and reserves to create a global counter terrorism effort. we did it and we took 60,000 killed and wounded in the ensuing years. and you were then tasked with sur vague the war in iraq on behalf of centcom in 2005. what did you learn about the mistakes that were made? well, i was in and out of both afghanistan and iraq throughout those wars sponsored by principally centcom or europe, and try to understand and report on an unclassified way to congress, media and the american people, and it was astonishing. the degree of dedication and courage and sacrifice on the part of military men and women was unbelievable. we have people doing ten to 15 combat tours, air force c-130