governor s office, does not bode well for the type of report that this will be. two attackers as you mentioned sneaked past two security checkpoint s with guns hidden inside their shoe, they made it through two metal detectors, then a guard at the governor s office noticed something was amiss, the attackers fired and a 30 minute gun battle ensued. they were eventually killed but the afghan security forces found two vehicles rigged with explosives outside the governor s office. the death toll for u.s. service members in afghanistan is also about to hit the 2000 mark. 90 percent of those killed since have been killed in have been killed since the president sent surge troops to afghanistan in 2009. the u.s. is right now 1954 killed, britain is the next coalition member who has lost 410 people, canada, france behind, for a total of nearly 3000 people, soldiers, killed in afghanistan. now, the other theme likely
troops. a timetable for the end of combat operations. the president needs to be more engaged. arthel: general jack keane is a retired general and a fox news analyst. good morning. let many start here. does romney have a point or is this a case of campaign chair quarterbacking? we certainly have had our challenges right from the beginning. general mcchrystal and petraeus. when the president requested 30,000 surge troops, the president granted him 30,000. that was 25% less than was needed. that forced us to do the campaign from two phases. one in the south and now the campaign in the east which we are just beginning. that protracted the war. it evaporates political and
win in the deep south. he wins the alabama and mississippi primaries. we look ahead to the next contest and track the money game. parts of boston still without power after a transformer fire triggers a major blackout. the fire started last night in a garage in the back bay area of the city. thick black smoke poured into the streets forcing officials to close roads and subways. at the peak of the blackout more than 20,000 homes and businesses lost power. we begin in depth this morning in afghanistan where leon panetta is on the ground and on a mission. the defense secretary is trying to diffuse the outrage over the weekend slaughter of 16 civilians, most of them women and children. a u.s. soldier, as you know, is being held as investigators continue to search for answers. today militants responded with a couple of deadly bombings. in one incident a motorcycle bomb exploded in kandahar, the capital of the province where that massacre took place. one person died. at least ei
four contests in all tonight. hawaii and american samoa also casting ballots. most of the attention focused on alabama and mississippi. late polls in both states showed races too close to call. our exit polls also suggest a fierce competition in both states with conservative support. early exit polling, we ll bring this over for you. here we are in the state of mississippi tonight. voters were asked as they went to the polls. what s the most important candidate quality. you can see more than four in ten republican voters in the state of mississippi today say their number one priority is beating president obama in november. about 20% say they want a true conservative. 20% say strong moral character matters most to them. look at the state of alabama. same question. what s the most important candidate quality? little lower number there about four in ten say the most important thing they want is a candidate who can defeat president obama, a true conservative, strong moral charact
candidates. but this weekend s presidential debate focusing on national security. i moderated the debate here in washington, d.c. and among the many note worthy exchanges was this one in which newt gingrich, a front-runner right now, advocated what many conservatives clearly don t like, amnesty. i think that we ought to have a visa that goes with every graduate degree in math, science, and everything nearing so that people stay here. five blocks down the street you ll see a statue of einstein. einstein came here as an immigrant. so let s be clear how much the united states has drawn upon the world to be richer, better, and more inclusive. i think you have to deal with this as a comprehensive approach. it starts with controlling the border. i believe ultimately you have to find some system of once you put every piece in place, which includes guest worker program, you need a world war ii selective service board that reviews the people who are here. if you re here if you v