i heard him mention the word ramadan. i would just say this, as i mentioned, the people of afghanistan are deeply religious. of course, is predominantly a country of muslims practicing the islamic faith. ramadan is one of the most prominent ones this time of year. we have a common bond with the afghan people in trying to improve security. the common afghan once a secure home and education. it is a fairly literate society, but they want to improve themselves. they want to read a livelihood, it means to produce for their family. safe streets to walk to and a grocery store to go to end of the ability to care and feed for their family and that sort of thing. we are partnering with them to do some things across the board that will not only improve their security, but their living conditions. and that is based on some initial impressions here for my first four weeks over here. >> there's -- host: there is a near story announcing the pay increases for the security forces there. what is that going to mean for those forces? guest:

i heard him mention the word ramadan. i would just say this, as i mentioned, the people of afghanistan are deeply religious. of course, is predominantly a country of muslims practicing the islamic faith. ramadan is one of the most prominent ones this time of year. we have a common bond with the afghan people in trying to improve security. the common afghan once a secure home and education. it is a fairly literate society, but they want to improve themselves. they want to read a livelihood, it means to produce for their family. safe streets to walk to and a grocery store to go to end of the ability to care and feed for their family and that sort of thing. we are partnering with them to do some things across the board that will not only improve their security, but their living conditions. and that is based on some initial impressions here for my first four weeks over here. >> there's -- host: there is a near story announcing the pay increases for the security forces there. what is that going to mean for those forces? guest:

was gradually getting worse and we expected there to be a huge wave of incidents during the month of ramadan which that year was most of october, i think september into the end of october. that did not happen except in one or two areas. there were two things around november that you may be referring to one was a decision by ambassador bremer that he would not delegate responsibility to the military and civilian governor- administrators nor would he give them the amount of money they were asking for to try and deal with their local situation more effectively. general petraeus had done this in mosul in the early stages. there is quite a story to this. the cpa had occasional meetings of the regional coordinators and the regional military commanders in baghdad to look at the whole situation in iraq. ambassador bremer ran and those meetings very top down and there was some dissatisfaction from the regional commanders and the regional administrators that they were not being allowed to do the things they thought would be most effective in their areas. they did not get the authority of the administr

and loving god, this is the time and the place to celebrate the sacred season of christmas, hanukkah, ramadan, pkwanzaa, and other religious activities. it is a time to come to celebrate the gift of life and love and families. lord god, this is not the time and place to have a trial here. this is a time of understanding why an act of war was taken against america. we're here to ask the authorities to make this a military trial. that is the time and place for it. not here. give us the peace and strength to continue forward on the road to salvation. amen. god bless you and god bless america. >> i have interviewed a lot of people over the years. i cannot think of anyone i admire and respect within our first speaker today. deborah berlingame is the sister of chic berlingame. she has been working since that date to bring justice in every possible way. she is the co-founder of 9/11 families, the museum and memorial foundation at the world trade center, and a founding director of keep america safe. you can read her articles in the wall street journal and everywhere else. you see her on television an