prohibit that. the president is trying to make a strategic pivot to asia. we have limited time, limited resources and limited seasonals. for us t limited soldiers. so we are reprioritizing the sentcom to asia region because of the rising threat of china. martha: senator, the final thought? jason and i agree with the president s decision to make our troops presence in afghanistan based on conditions. we had general scottie milder the commander in afghanistan in front of the armed services committee last week and he explained what his best military judgment was. i suspect the president will follow that. we aren t going to keep troops in afghanistan on arbitrary timeline or keep large number of the troops there if we don t need them. as jason said and as the president stated we cannot let the taliban, al-qaeda and isis use afghanistan as a safe haven to attack americans the way they did on 9/11.
response is disingenuous. people are only there if the families wan them there. c mon. if the pentagon calls you in the bereaved family and says secretary of defense would like to pay respects to your son or daughter who was killed in action do you mind if they show up at dover? what is a family going to say? i see this as a wretched public relations debacle but a vivid display of how the administration disdains our seasonals. this administration, the men and women in uniform are the janitors of government. they need janitors sometimes but you never invite them to dinner the pentagonhouse. are you joining the chorus of individuals calling for hagel to go? in my initial anger or fury, i thought hagel has to go. he has lost the trust, et cetera. i m having second thoughts. why? i m afraid the administration would nominate
capped dassy. he plans to run in the special election to fill the seat of the late senator lautenberg. chris christie announcing primaries will be held in august and general election set for october. this is out of afghanistan this afternoon. two u.s. seasonals and a u.s. citizen dead after an aabout in that country. a map in an afghan army uniform shot the international troop dead. well, the chorus is growing louder to call for eric holder the be firedded. now democratic senator joe manchin is suggesting holder should step down. just ahead, former attorney general in the bush administration, alberto gonzalez will join us live. we will talk more about the growing controversy surrounding eric holder and his ability to lead the justice department. all that coming up at the top of hour on america s news headquarters. hope you will join us. eric: privacy becoming harder and harder to find. outrage growing. over a new report in washington has been mining data from all the top internet
think could radicalize the american muslims. they weren t preaching violence but it was hate of west, antisemitism and the seasonals in iraq killing muslims. all of the things that could alienate muslims. i was vilified as uncle tom and king was vilified for having hearings. i think in similar in massachusetts, and in boston, this imam web who is there linked to brotherhood. but yet, many of the speeches are peace and tolerance, et cetera. but when he opportunity take on political us when he doesn t take on political islam a week before the bombing he was on face the nation talking about interfaith cooperation as being the representative of peaceful islam. he was going to be the muslim representative with the president interfaith service. in a few hours he tweeted he would no longer be it a they brought in a more moderate organization and representative from the american islamic congress. alisyn: dr. jasser, stick around. we want to take a quick break
least one is dead. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is with an update of still breaking story. good evening. good evening. one american has been killed at the b.p. oil complex. the u.s. officials identified him as frederick boutaccio, texas resident that had an heart attack when algerians attempted a rescue yesterday. u.s. officials recovered his remains on friday and notified his family. tonight the standoff is ongoing and dangerous for those being held. exchange for two american hostages, the kidnappers want two convicted terrorist released from u.s. prisons. the blind sheikh, who is incarcerated for life for his role in the 1993 world trade center bombing. and sadikibe, a pakistani neuroscientist who shot two american seasonals in afghanistan. the state department immediately ruled that out. the united states does not negotiate with terrorists. the state department pentagon and white house all were quick to call the attack