with, and that s his wife one day when she passes but also two of their closest friends. can you tell us about them. admiral larson graduated near the top of the class. gillian: the opposite end of the spectrum. exactly. there is the saying that well, how do you address the lowest person in the class? it s sir. you re still a commissioned officer. you still go on to serve your country. his father was also a troublemaker. his grandfather was more of a model midshipman. when you re looking for a warroir, someone who is willing to break the mold, innovative and different, a lot of times that s what you need to persevere on a field of battle. sometimes those who are strictly by the book don t necessarily make the best combat commanders or officers. gillian: when we talk about a
a fox news alert. timeline now in place. nato leaders agreeing this morning to start reducing the amount of combat troops in afghanistan next year. with the aim of a full security hanover in 2014. joining me retired army general, also the author of the book don t miss it rogue threat. good to see you general. your thoughts on the new timeline. great to be with you jamie. timeline 2014 is enough time for us to do what we need to do and begin to hanover security to the afghans. president karzai an guess this timeline that s the most important thing about all of this. i wouldn t get wrapped around the timeline. let s look at what happened from 02 to 08 in military doctrine says you can do one thing well the main effort and sort of well which is the supporting effort. it is clear iraq was the main effort from 02 to 08. now afghanistan is the main effort. we are getting resources in