Oh, yes, you can. Thats what a war is all about. And general mccristal and others said mcchrystal said we should spend 95 of our effort persuading the people and 5 attacking the enemy. That makes no sense. If you start putting all these restrictions upon the use of force, do you know that we ended up having a lawyer in every battalion who had to decide whether we could use air in an attack for fear that somebody would be courtmartialed . So we put restrictions on ourselves beyond the restrictions that police have in major cities in the United States. Host bing west, in your view, was the iraq war necessary . [laughter] guest with perfect 20 20 hindsight . Absolutely not. Host at the time what did you think . Guest at the time i did because i believed then, as did most of the American Public and the congress, that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and would give them to terrorists. That turns out to have been wrong. Wrong idea. Host in your book about the iraq war, the stro
We begin with todays hard words in the negotiations to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. That steep across the board spending cut and tax increase scheduled to hit in just 33 days. In a scathing assessment today, the speaker of the house john boehner says theres been no substantive progress on a deal. Need to realize there can be no deal without tax rates going up for top earners. Lets go live to our chief White House Correspondent jessica yellin. Shes got more on the latest developments. Tough talk from both sides, jessica. Reporter tough talk and some bright lines, wolf. On the same day that treasury secretary tim geithner went to capitol hill to meet with both democrats and republicans to talk about these negotiations, there is tense body language and tough words on both sides of pennsylvania avenue. Theyre starting to sound dugin on capitol hill. All eyes are on the white house. The country doesnt need a victory lap. It needs leadership. Reporter at the white house. This is availabl
Fire killing three, wounding 16 others before killing himself. Authorities are down playing terrorism although they have not ruled anything out until the investigation is complete. Here is what we have con if i wered. 34yearold Army Specialist ivan lopez went from one building at the Texas Army Post to a second firing a semiautomatic pistol. It took about 15 minutes for officers to respond to the gunfire. A female Police Officer confronted lopez in a parking lot. He reached under the jacket, grabbed a pistol, put it to his head and ended his life. Lopez served in iraq in 2011. As far as we know he served no combat. He was evaluated for posttraumatic stress but had not been diagnosed. We just got more details from Army Secretary john mchugh. He was undergoing a variety of treatment and diagnoses for Mental Health conditions ranging from depression to anxiety to some sleep disturbance. He was prescribed a number of drugs to address those including ambien. He was seen just last month by a
Very effective attack dog as we introduce you to one of Americas Fighting k9s. Elizabeth plus, weve got todays top headlines, including the release of american joshua holt after years in a venezuelan prison. President trump tweeting the news this morning and south koreas meeting holds a new meeting with kim jongun as we get word from the white house, a preadvance team for what could be historic talks between President Trump and kim jongun is still heading for singapore. Leland welcome to this special edition of of americas news headquarters at the quantico base as we honor those protecting our freedom around the world. Elizabeth im Elizabeth Prann in washington. Listen to that marine corps band in your introduction, its truly captivating and we see it across the district and obviously, all across the United States as we celebrate this very special weekend. Leland very special, indeed. Elizabeth and President Trump says a u. S. Citizen held in venezuela since 2016 is finally coming home
As the California terrorism prosecution against Russian national Mura Kurashev progressed from 2021 indictment through his 2024 sentencing, no government press release or media report mentioned the one fact that would resonate with an American public