what is the iranian game plan to a inside iraq? -- what is the game plan today inside of iraq? >> we have seen a slowdown in support. i would like to say that would be due to the pressure we put on the security forces. we have made it much more difficult. we have uncovered several large weapons. we have also been able to reconcile with some of the groups that were initially supporting. we have also been able to go after some of their surrogates here, so that probably contributed a little bit. but i also believe they realize the beginning in february or march of this year that some of your -- some of their strategy was failing. the candidates i think they work attempting for support did that do well in the elections. following that, they have done a review of their strategy, however much they are still providing some weapons. but they may also be trying to do more soft influence in iraq as well. >> what kind of concerns do you have regarding the situation in the north regarding the al qaeda presence, regarding the disputed areas between the central government in baghdad and paki

what really is the overall goal of withdrawing troops from iraq? and putting into place a very unstable government? a non-democratic government? we put into place on the fact that we're trying to put in a minority regime. host: steve a sense in this tweet. -- sends this tweet. here's another headline, this one from miami. it concerns the coup in honduras. and "this date" newspaper has politics on its pages with governor sanford said he will serve as best he can and of lt. bower is saying let's move forward. if the governor resigns -- but yesterday the governor says he has no intention of resigning. this late website has some of -- the slate website has some of the-mails from gov. sanford and maria in argentina, his mistress. caller: good morning, i did not think we're going into iraq to win anything. i do not think relieving because it is a democracy or a place where people will no longer be a press. i think the obama administration realized it was pretty much a lost cause. we just wanted to conquer it and make it of an extended part of the america

>> i think, obviously, this is a serious relationship with iraq. it has gone through ups and downs in recent years. obviously, we are interested in iraq having a better relationship. we have addressed that issue with the iraqis and will continue to do so and see if we can be helpful. as the iraqi prime minister said to me, we will try to coordinate what we're doing with syria. but making iraq have a better relationship with its neighbors is a key element of what we're trying to do in that country. >> have you noticed fewer foreign fighters crossing over? >> i can't really gauge it in a matter of days or weeks. i think we have to take a broader view of what that is. >> about the sent come visit to syria -- >> i'm not in a position to discuss that. i'm not here to talking about syria relations. we have other people to do that. except insofar as it relates to iraq. certainly the iraqis have welcomed our interest in a dialogue with syria and have expressed an interest in making sure that we're coordinated, and we are. >> can i ask you about the renewed

ambassador in iraq. he is here for consultations this week. and we thought it would be a good time to have him update you on the current situation in iraq. and i'm always delighted to welcome criss because he is one of the state department's finest red sox fans. >> thanks a lot. it's a pleasure to be here and not talking about north korea. that was a preemptive strike. but. no, i'm back for a few days of consultations and some personal travel and will be getting back to baghdad next week. obviously, it's an important month because we're getting to one of the major milestones of the security agreement, that is the outh of the city milestone with our combat forces will be out of the remaining urban areas and in iraq. it's an important moment because, as we go forward with the security agreement, we will also be moving ahead on the strategic framework agreement. and this is an agreement which will really govern our relationship for, we hope, decades to come. it will involve our educational exchanges, economic relations, various political exchange

guest: the culture there in iraq is prone to corruption. quite frankly, i hate to make that generalization. but i used an arab word for bribe most often while i was there. the positive sign is that the interior ministry is increasingly taking action. the corruption is down. but we will have to watch it over the next couple of years. as america's presence diminishes we cannot keep us close and i when that as we have been able to. it is a good sign that the interior minister wrote that article, second, that he is finally taking steps to reduce corruption, but it is a long- term problem. host: our guest is a graduate of west point, former rhodes scholar and retired military. our phone lines are open. you can also send an e-mail or twitter. louisiana, good morning. caller: congratulations on graduating from west point, too bad you did not learn anything. [laughter] caller: go ahead and left. you think is funny we murdered 1 million people over there? we have to remain there you say to be sure it is never a threat to the u.s. again. i would chal

the sheer branch of -- the shia branch of islam is very strong in iraq. it is the dominant branch in iran. pilgrimage sites are in iraq, which is important to iranians with a strong know of people and goods. given the history, which you mentioned, have included the support given by iran for some extremists and minor violence in the first few years after the invasion of iraq, the government in baghdad is very sensitive to iranian policy. it could be that they are hoping that the policy of iran is going to stay moderate towards iraq, and that a more extremist policy isn't going to be followed. host: jonathan on the behind for republicans out of columbus, ohio. go ahead. caller: my point, mr. ambassador , why can't we just let them run their own problems? they can solve their problems, and how dare you now tell the iranians about democracy? why can't we let them solve their own problems? host: thanks for your call. guest: in those cases we supported democratic movements but you're right, it is for the iranian people to solve this. all my comments over the la

it is one of many factors. iraq, afghanistan is another factor. the new world of electronic media is another factor. there are many factors going into this. i do believe the iran has worked very hard to influence events in iraq over the last few years precisely for the reason you're talking about. they feel they need to control a lot of what is happening on the ground. it isa shiite majority country and the government is led by those clerics. and they believe, they have a huge interest in shaping the outcome in iraq so does not become a threat. host: this caller is from the democrats line caller:. yes, first of all, it is amazing to me how this whole thing is media-driven. where was the concern an outcry over what happens which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. record votes will be postponed and votes will be taken later today. the house will come toured. -- to order. before we proceed, members will take their seats. members will remove their conversations from the flo

but this is not iraq. what i would suggest, and that's a really concrete suggestion i would suggest that all politicians, germans, americans who vote for war should be sent at least one month to the frontlines so that they know what they do, so they look into the eyes of the soldiers who die and of the civilians they kill. and have you ever heard that rumsfeld or bush or cheney or someone else from the new administration went to the front line, sat together with them, asking the family or the iraq he family. that is something that never happened. >> i'm going to hasten now to make clear to the audience, here in the audience watching this broadcast, that you may think this man is anti-american or he is anti-semitic or something like that. it's very important to understand the scope of his career as someone who is really opposed adventures like these, regardless of who bounce them. 29 years ago he was in afghanistan helping the freedom fighters there against the soviet occupiers. >> financed by the americans

afghanistan is different the rain from iraq. you have to get off the roads there much more than before. there's an effort by the department of defense a very right and helpful effort to come up with an afghanistan version of an m rap. we're not rating for that. we have a vehicle simply called a sebato -- a seven-ton, it's the most popular vehicle in afghanistan with troops that are there. it gets off road prorkvidse good protection, has an elevated system that helps defuse the blast. we're putting the suspension system off that onto our disturb off the ltbr onto our cat one mraps. it's tested well in initial tests even as we sit here today, it's being further tested before we send it to theater. but we're very optimistic it's going to work, give our marines the offroad mobility and the protection they need in a 38,000 pound vehicle. we're going to get it there faster than waiting for the go the mrap series designated for afghan use and at a fraction of the cost. we're charging ahead on that program with great expectations that o

the agreement is to pull back from all major cities within iraq. is that how -- are there exceptions to that as far as you know? >> as far as i know, the agreement is very clear. june 30, the u.s. forces pullout of urban areas. we are very committed to fulfilling the terms of that agreement. regarding this specific instance, i am not aware, but we want to do what is right by iraq. i will have to look into this specific instance. it may be a question for the pentagon and not for us. thank you. one more? >> the report on a sound -- the report on -- >> i have seen press reports but i do not have any confirmation. thanks. >> convicted swindler bernard madoff was a sentenced to 150 years in prison today for engineering and multi-billion dollars fraud scheme. it was called "unprecedented and staggering." the message must be sent that mr. madoff's crimes were extraordinarily evil. the 71-year-old former nasdaq chairman has been in jail since march when he pleaded guilty to securities fraud and other charges in the $65 billion fraud scheme. coming out this

but iraq's future is now in the hands of its own people and politicians and we must pay tribute to the endurance of the iraqi people and pledge to them our continuing support. but it will be support very different from the kind we provided for the last six years. as the house knows, our military mission ended with the last combat patrol on basra on april 30. as of today there are fewer than 500 british troops in iraq with more returning each week. mr. speaker, the day of the last combat patrol in april, i welcome the prime minister al- maliki and most of his cabinet to london. we signed a declaration of partnership, french, and cooperation, defining a new relationship of our countries. at the request of the iraqi government and small number of british naval personnel, no more than 100, will remain for long term training of the iraqi army. will naval ships will continue to protect the oil platform. and we will continue to offer training to the iraqi army as part of a wider nato mission. we will also offer training operations elsewhere in the u.k. of iraqi officers of high potential. but

augustine said the purpose of a war is to build a better peace, and that is what we return to do in iraq. the plan was admittedly a imperforate and there were many mistakes made. there were too few troops involved. there were not enough troops to secure iraq after war. there was terrific looting. it has taken a long time to rebuild the military in iraq which we disbanded, one of our most critical mistakes. we almost immediately began to rebuild it again. to the second cholera ,bill, iraq absolutely did not invite american invasion in march 2003, unless you believe it it did by its unwillingness to live up to the terms of u.n. resolutions and disclose its weapons of mass destruction program. that said, they are no increasingly developing a government and security system that can stand on its own. . . host: if you go online you will be able to download this report that we have a hard copy of -- shaping the future of u.s. relationship with iraq. our guest is john nagl. our last call is from philip, hartford, conn. caller: good morning. i'm glad i got through. just quickly, i know you are go

one thing to understand is israel can't take on iran on its own. it can't threaten iraq. so if nuclear prospects in iran are israel's greatest threat, there needs to be cooperation with the united states. that is why today he will try to get with both the officials. heeds telling -- he's telling people at home we can't do everything we want because of the global position. and telling americans, i can't do everything you want me to do because these are the people that voted for me his presidency we have florida on the line. go ahead, please. caller: one of the keys is to create a two-state solution. it seems two problems are inherent with that. one is this the palestinians are extremely divided. you have hamas and gaza. and in the west bank, you have a division between the plo and fascia who are rivalling one anothers. one of the significant challenges is how do the palestinians come together as a unity. the second issue is whenever the palestinians have been offered an opportunity for a two-state solution at camp david and most recently with negotiations with omar where r

we're focused on a stable and secure iraq that is governed by iraqis. we are concerned about getting the brave men and women who have served to or after two were -- tour after tour back on their families. and in accordance with the status of forces agreement that was negotiated and signed with the sovereign nation of iraq. >> when president bush took his nation to war, many people realize their be sacrificed. years later, the sacrifice is great. one reason was president was elected is because he said that he wanted to pull troops out of iraq. will there be something saying that we want to victory at some point? >> i am not going to get into that except to say that i think the president, on any number of occasions, was asked if the sacrifice of men and women in uniform, some of whom have paid the ultimate price, tens of thousands of whom have been injured, whether it was worth it. it of course it was. >> continuing on iraq, what degree does the president believe the surge played in creating an atmosphere where the emphasis tends to be more on the politic

people in iraq who have the least appetite for fighting is last. the iraqi is are still ready to fight each other if need be. iraq to me today looks like lebanon after the courts. we have a fragile ethnic balance of power and a government that is barely able to police the balance of power and keep things in hand. if you remember it was external interference from another power so we need to worry about the role of external power interfering in iraq. the final thing i want to talk about briefly is a coup. the best that i ever worked with who i went out with many times on the ground said to me some hussein was a bad man but he understood iraq. you guys are good. [laughter] and i was like okay. i get it. and i said, you know, what does iraq need and he said we need a good saddam hussein. and this is a very common attitude because people said the politicians are not space and they don't represent the people, they represent the parties and because of the system they have no constituency other than their own party. they sit there in the green zone and tra

in the election, israel is not an issue in iraq. it is not an issue in iran. the revolutionary guards are in much more powerful positions then we think. if that is the case, we are moving towards a dictatorship. we are moving into not a military dictatorship, but they dictatorship of thugs. the military is completely out. the past 72 hours, there have been military maneuvers. the army, the navy, the air force -- i have no idea what that means. the military is having maneuvers. if we're going to go towards a dictatorship of the thugs, that is very frightening for us and for israel. i do not know what israel is going to do. i think discipline is waiting. we do not know which direction we are going. >> we are both at a crossroads and out of time. let me underline the fact that one of the themes of the presentations is how much we do not nel. being -- we do not know. being in that situation, we are best device to collect as much information as we can and not take any action right away. please join me in thanking our speakers and thank you all for attending. [appla

if he sees what is going on in iraq and afghanistan as progress, he is sadly mistaken. i would love to see the iranian people get what they want. host: "the denver post" has the situation on the front page. also from the arizona "republic," police in iran, clashing in the streets. caller: happy souls this. host: happy father's day. caller: this is an important day for the iranian people. we elected a ourselves a new president. if we could do something as remarkable as what we did, they have the courage to try themselves. i hope they can do something in an orderly fashion. i do not hear a particular set of demands. i do not think that they just want to tell things apart. talk to you later. thanks. host: "keep dick cheney away from this before he starts another war." that is another twitter message. "this is a stark contrast from ray and's starring challenge," by oliver north. "clearly articulated course of action that began in the opening days of his administration. despite near unanimous opposition from the so-called mainstream media, he was always clear about what he t

become aware of what is going on in iraq because the project mirrored what is taking place in iraq and i was very pleased with the outcome. >> i am just returning from iraq myself from an outreach mission project. i am most impressed by, towards the end of the book. i note you know your book but i just want to read this mall x'er. before the paint all project i have largely recovered from a posttraumatic stress syndromes and sleeping problems caused by men experienced during the war and refugee camps that during that month of tension they came up with a vengeance in to this day i still cannot get a natural light sleep without bolting awake feeling anxiety or fear, my mind running. how do you beazley today? really bad. to be honest, the most look at these days is four hours, but there are days when i would not sleep for three days straight, and i would do anything to just go to sleep. i would go take medication, tea, run, overmedicate, whatever and what it seems like is it starts working the opposite. from getting tired to becoming exactly-- just more and more energy until i crashed. bu

there will be victory in the sense that iraq becomes a stable country, victory is afghanistan becomes a stable country, asking that people don't understand, will take more time and are harder to describe. >> towards the close of the book, you talk about the future, you write my view has been that since 9/11 we have not developed a national strategy adequate for dealing with global insurgency. we view operations toxic amanda knox place them in the larger strategic context. >> we would meet often, the national security council, on afghanistan war iraq. less frequently, many times less frequently, about the broader issue of extremism and how we deal with it. >> theaters in a larger work? >> yes. i would argue, part of a larger issue which is violent extremism. you see it in pakistan and india and china and indonesia and thailand, north africa, many places around world, where there is insurgent activity, trying to delegitimize legitimate government and do it through violence. that is why violent extremism is taught -- what i am on instead of the war on terror. >> why is it a more strategi

that i think is an iraq that more and more americans need to be introduced to. wafaa uses interactive technology to connect the fewer with the art piece. he does performance art in a fundamental way that i think is true about the best far to. the kind of art that challenges us, the challenges our comfort zone and breaks down barriers that is unsettling and provocative that begins to force us to consider different perspectives and if there is anything needed i think at this time, the time we live today i think it's having more americans to be challenged in that fundamental way but i think he also speaks to something else. that we live in a world of conflict, we live in a world of crisis now with a growing economic crisis we can consider what's happening in the region, the continuing suffering in iraq, the conflict is not over. mass displacement, millions have been forced from their homes and the ongoing challenges just as in his inaugural speech now president barack obama spoke to, he challenged us that we have to start considering national service. surface to mo

and this terrorism is everywhere. in afghanistan. in iraq. in western europe. >> you actually make the point here afterwards. the majority of terrorist movements are worldwide. >> 35 of 48 terrorist organizations have nothing to do with islam. a long time in a trial against terrorists. it was the red army faction. nothing to do. >> well, i just feel compelled to say this partly because i have been edified by last month's author. this great new book out called selling piece which is basically a history of the cold crisis -- of confusing this with somebody else. thank you. he should know. the crisis. the history of the cold war in the middle east. when he was here speaking he noted that, you know, it was american foreign policy, official policy and israeli policy for a very long time to build up the most fanatical islamic movements as a way to weaken and destroy the arab nationalist and marxist movements in those parts of the world. so taliban, hamas, al-qaeda. they didn't just pop out of nowhere. our own view of how the world works is complete

led by the prime minister maliki, iraq is emerging from the shadow of 30 years of brutal dictatorship and in conflict. today prime minister netanyahu and the government can work for a prosperous future and that they can do so is the old image to be two all who served and iraq to the skills, commitment and sheer professionalism to their great entering courage in conflict and there is a measurable contribution to reconstruction and peace and i commend this statement to the house. >> thank you mr. speaker. can enjoy in the prime minister and paying tribute to speak -- lt. paul mervis and pte. robert mclaren were killed in afghanistan. in the course of the iraq conflict 179 servicemen and women lost their lives, they came from all three services, the army to my navy and air force and also included one civilian. and, of course, it iraq, could cause great division in our politics, parliament and country the things we can all united over and their professionalism and bravery of our armed forces, the service that they gave to our country and the debt we owe it to all of those who lost their l

we are prepared to say, you're not going to fly over our airspace, which is iraq, and you cannot drefuel, which would require safe circumstances for the undertaking. the turks would not agree to it. the saudis might be tempted to link, a quick attack not lasting long would probably be even less effective, and i doubt they could prevent repetitive attacks involving retribution. there is no question that israel can do this on its own, if we are serious about it. beyond that, i think we certainly need to do more than just that. we certainly could and should offer nuclear guarantees to every country in the region, israel included. that is to say, any force involving nuclear weapons, involving iran as a nuclear power, would be considered a threat against the united states. i think we have sufficient capability to make that stick. we can certainly consider the possibility, also, of perhaps suggesting a nuclear-free zone in the middle east. that would require israeli cooperation. if the israeli government says iran, if it even has one, opposes an existential threat to israel, israel is saying t

cordy to report the commission is only taken two trips to iraq and afghanistan. i'm concerned the current one-year mandate might above responsible government officials and contractors to wait it out. this charge is too important to suffer defeat and i don't want to see a lack of subpoena power to deter the commission from going after recalcitrant parties that that is a problem susceptively stands ready to assist the commission in regard to whatever is appropriate. the dynamic in iraq and afghanistan is changing significantly, specifically as we move to drawdown activities in iraq while the same time increasing resources and afghanistan. within this framework we must look of the mistakes of our her decision-making with respect to contracts in iraq and avoid a repeat of those mistakes in afghanistan. as we have said before lessons learned must be lessons bolles. we will need every bit of experience, judgement and resolved at our disposal to get this right. as such it is imperative the commission has every opportunity to perform its work without hindrance. so i want

who is crushing iraq under its soldiers' boots and has brought humility to that country? and palestine, who supported the tyrannical zionist regime and gave them so much funds and political support? inside america, you get surprised during the time of the democrats when they were in power in the u.s.. by the time when the husband of this lady in america, in reference to ms. clinton, 80 plus people related to the davidian group were burned alive. these were democrats who did that. they call ed and ethnic group or religious sect. for some reason, they were not like by the u.s. administration. they staged a sit-in in a house. they could not push them out of the house. they put the house on fire. 80 people, men, women, and children got burned alive in that house. do you realize what human rights is? i believe the officials of america and some european countries should feel a little embarrassed, and they should not open their mouths and say anything they want to say. the islamic republic is defending humanity. we support the oppressed people of palestine, iraq, afghanistan,

not fly over our aerospace which is irai air space, which is iraq, and they need it to refuel, and refueling requires safe circumstances for the undertaking and the is your recollection will not agree to -- the turks will not agree to it and the saudis could be tempted to wink if it was very quick but a very quick attack probably not lasting for a long time would be less effective and i doubt they could permit repetitive acts, involving an attack and they might very well interfere in particular with air refueling and so there is no question that israel can't do this on its own if we are clear about i but, beyond that, i think we certainly need to do more than just that. if there is no agreement. we certainly could offer and should offer a nuclear guarantee to every country in the region, israel included, that is to say, and threat of force involving nuclear weapons involving iran as a nuclear power would be a threat viewed as a threat against the united states. and i think we have sufficient credibility to make that stick. we can certainly consider the possibility, also, of perhaps suggestin

and the question is will iraq tolerate this session there. and second, once the united states is gone will the bitterness that's prevailed for generations continue to subside? or will be a resurgence of it? i don't know. host: cape coral, this is bill, democratic line. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. mr. will, i understand you have a vast amount of knowledge of this world. personally i consider you one of the vanguards of the party of no. you have a lot of proposals for the administration all the time. but i have never heard you seek a solution. now just like the house yesterday and the senate came up with a health bill. four pages long. and they were shaking it in front the tv's. they came up with nothing they told us. they said only that this is a proposal. but they didn't tell us anything. and that's what i consider you, you telling us a lot of things but there is no solutions to what you are saying. thank you for taking me. guest: first of all, i would like to say something in defense of the solid english word "no." it

i believe that the time will be down very close to about what it is in iraq. if confirmed, one of the things i will look at closely is to make sure we maintain the ability to get our casualty's -- and that is all of our casualties to the right level of care. >> thank you. admiral, a major focus of european command is building partnerships with in the region. there are several security cooperation programs dedicated to building relationships. these programs include peacekeeping and they help minimize conditions that lead to conflict. what is your assessment of the capacity of building efforts of european command? >> let me begin by saying i am and complete agreement that this kind of effort but because -- we call this phase 0 and that is working early on in the problem. it is crucial to the security of our nation and global security. i have used those programs very effectively. we alluded to them a few moments ago. if confirmed, i would like to take that same approach with me to u.s. european command. from what i can see at a distance, general pratique is doing

iraq and you cannot refuel if we are denied and then the right to fly over because refueling is a complicated operation that requires safe circumstances for the undertaking. the turks will not agree. the saudis consider to wink if it was a quick attack probably not last a long time would be less effective and i doubt they could permit the repetitive acts involving an attack and they might very well interfere in particular with refueling so there is no question israel can do this on its own if we are very clear about it. but beyond that i think we certainly need to do more than just that if there is no agreement. we could certainly offer and should offer nuclear guarantees to every country in the region, israel included that is to say any threat of force involving nuclear weapons involving iran as a nuclear power would be a threat to viewed as a threat against the united states and i think we have sufficient credibility to make that stick. we can certainly consider the possibility of also perhaps suggesting nuclear-free zone in the middle east that would require israeli cooperation. but if the

on iraq, obviously any time there is a bombing in iraq, we are concerned. anytime there is loss of innocent life or the loss of military personnel, we grieve for their families. it makes us pay attention. i will tell you that if you look at the overall trend, despite some of these high-profile bombings, iraq pose a security situation has continued to dramatically improve. when i speak to general cody are now or our ambassador in a rock, -- when i speak to the general or our ambassador in iraq, i think there is still some work to do. the government is not only going to have to continue to strengthen its security forces, it is also of have to engage in the kind of political give-and- take leading up to the national elections that we have been talking about for quite some time. i have not seen as much political progress as i would like to see. there are always going to be -- let me not say always. there are going to continue to be incidents inside iraq for some time. they are at a much lower level than they were in the past. i think the biggest challenge right

two say 2009-2010 is really the year for politics in iraq. to what degree was the surge playing in creating an atmosphere -- >> let me give you the answer i think he would probably have given to this question as it was asked probably more than a year ago. he, i think, would say, obviously, increasing the number of troops in that country improved the security situation. but understanding part of this was the answer i gave to april, the surge was to lessen, to improve the security situation so that the political reconciliation could take place. so while the security situation has improved, we still have a lot of work to do on the political side of this equation. i don't know whether 2009 and 2010 were the original years in which that was contemplated. i do believe that as the president said, as i said to april security and military alone was never going to put us in a position of being able to leave the country and to make progress. >> and yesterday you said that you'd try to get back to us on vice president's rule in iraq policy. can you fill

who is bringing fighting to afghanistan? who is crushing iraq under its soldiers' boots? in palestine, who supported the to radical zionist regime and gave them so much fun and political support? -- so much funds and political support? the democrats, when they were in power in the u.s., at the time when the husband of this lady in america, mrs. clinton, 80 + people related to david were burned alive at that time. there were -- these were democrats that did this. they called it david -- a religious sect. for some reason, they were not liked by the u.s. administration. they could not push them out of the house. they put the house on fire. 80 women, men, women, and fire were burned. -- and children were burned. america and some european countries should feel a little embarrassed, and they should not open their malls and say anything they want to say. the islamic republic is defending humanity. we support the oppressed, pot palestine, iraq, afghanistan, and where people are being oppressed, we support them. this is a sign that we are raising the flag of human rights, believin

the irony is we get out of iraq and we may have more contractors and we have military. and we have what we call white property, that's property in the hands of the contractors but owned by the u.s. government and then we have items on the basis that no one knows who is responsible for. but i would love to just reiterate and review the list that commissioner brandt talked about. we can do need that to the iraqi government, returning to the united states, use it elsewhere in iraq or move it to afghanistan, transfer to other government agencies, sell it and it has no commercial value, scrap it. we are asking people to make those decisions and they may not know what is needed in another base. so they might decide we should give it away when we are still going to purchase it somewhere else and bring it from the united states to afghanistan when it was in iraq and we could have gotten it from there. >> so it speaks to the need for more coordination. >> and is it worth it to ship it home? it's simple to say we ought to give it to the iraqi is. well maybe that is the right deci

still not inactivated in iraq. it is each task order under the contract still has only one vendor, kbr, and there has been some concern that the phasing in of a competitive of arrangement is going to slow. >> i know that your jurisdiction covers just wartime and theater, but it seems the problem goes beyond. as i mentioned on and trying for months to get access to some of the j in aid to justify why some of these contracts are not a bid out, and i haven't been able to get them yet. so i fink are some of these problems you see in theater, do you think they go beyond that or is it just because the circumstances inherent in wartime? >> i am not tall surprised you are seeing similar problems back in the united states and domestic context. there is no special exception in the act for wartime sole sourcing, and the same exceptions that have been used in the past, used to date in iraq have been used in the domestic united states. you would run into the same problems. >> is part of your activity asking for these jna's to s

it is dramatically different from what we experienced in iraq. i'm talking now beyond just the marine corps' area of operations. ours for the most part in the south is high dedsert. there are some mountain ranges that start to appear in the northern portions of our sector in the south of afghanistan. the terrain up in r.c. east is incredible. there's nothing in our country you can compare it to. we flew over the rocky mountains from a recent trip to california. it may start to get close, but it does not equate to sheer granite mountains that rise up at 90 degrees to the surface of the earth. and go to 12,000 or 13,000 feet. so it's incredibly rough the rain up there. that's causing us to adapt our tactics and recovery, our medevac capability, those types to have things, as you might anticipate. i think that's probably the first thing. the second thing, i think, is probably just the cultural itself. different language, different tribal affiliations, if you will. the tribes in iraq, i believe, had more centralized kinds of structure, decision makin

and the question is will iraq tolerate this session there. and second, once the united states is gone wield the bitterness that has prevailed there for generations continue to subside or will there be a resurgence of it? i don't know. >> host: florida is our next question on the democrats on. >> caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. mr. will, i understand you do have a vast amount of knowledge of this world, but personally i consider you one of the vanguards of the party of no. you have a lot of proposals for the administration all the time, but i have never heard you seek a solution. now, just like the house yesterday in the senate came up with a health bill, four pages long and they were shaking it in front of them. they came up with nothing, they told us the only thing, this is a proposal. but they did not tell us anything and that is what i consider you -- you are telling us a lot of things but there is no solution for what you are saying. thank you for taking my call. >> host: we will take your answer. >> guest: first of

who is crushing iraq under its soldiers' boots and brought humility into that country? in palestine who supported the tyrannical zionist regime and gave them so much funds and political support? america. you get surprised. during the time of the democrats when they were in power in the u.s., at the time when the husband of this lady in america, mrs. clinton, 80 people related to the son of

she is regarded highly by all those i meet when i go to iraq, particularly for the way she has protected the interests of the kurdish population and who otherwise, under saddam hussein, were facing very difficult times. she is party to binding that group together with the rest of the country to make for a stronger future. obviously, the inquiry will look at events from 2001 onwards. if the inquiry feels necessary to look behind that and before that, they will do so. >> mr. speaker, as someone who supported the war, and i have to say unashamedly continues to believe what was done at the time will, as history will record, turn out to be a cause for good and a stable, democratic iraq will be a force for good in the reason -- in the region. on that basis, i hope the prime minister will consider some slight adjustments to this welcome the inquiry. one is there could be a slightly wider membership to include acts military members and to give it a little more -- to include ex- military members and to give it a little more edge. the committee without that edge would be less credible. and because

the argument is we should leave afghanistan in chaos or leave iraq in chaos, i don't think that is a good argument. our national security is tied to stable countries and particularly stable countries in that region. let's say we didn't go into iraq, saddam hussein was still in power, their neighbor and hated foe iran, developing nuclear weapons, you would think iraq would be developing nuclear weapons. would that provide more stability in the region and the world or less? i don't agree with the premise that we are less secure, i think we are more secure. these countries, there are fifty million people in iraq and afghanistan, they have a constitution, they have governments, they are imperfect, every government has its imperfections, they are imperfect, their fledgling in many ways, the iraqi government has only been doing this for 3 years so they had to get their feet under them. they're doing pretty well by all reports. >> host: these concerns about the role of the military-industrial complex, your biography helps us, the board's use it on, northrop government and united technologie