and deborah mullen. they said, "honey, you ought to check this out." general petraeus said there are three important points in "three cups of tea." number one, we need to have respect, meaning humility. we're there to serve the people. number two, we need to listen more. number three, we have to build relationships. the book now is required reading for senior military commanders and many divisions of the military. >> schieffer: why do you think you've succeeded? what is it that you were able to do, because not only are you able to get these schools built in schools that are controlled by people who are friendly to our side, you're getting them built in taliban areas. you actually deal with the taliban. how do you do that? >> well, there's two key ingredients. the first is it's not about helping people, but empowering people. that means involving them in the process. i grew up in tanzania. my father started a hospital. he insisted that africans be in charge. he actually got, later on, fired for having the

we'll ask admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and get some perspective from richard haas from the council on foreign relations. but first, the fight over immigration on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now, from washington, substituting for bob schieffer, anchor of "the early show," harry smith. >> smith: good morning. republican senator jon kyl is a supporter of the arizona immigration law. he is in phoenix this morning. we thank you for joining us. >> thank you, harry. >> reporter: your governor in arizona has vowed to fight this court decision all the way to the supreme court. is it realistic to think that the arizona immigration law will prevail in the end? >> i think it should. i think the court's decision was wrong. the governor and legislative leaders have talked about possibly "tweaking," to use their phrase, the law to see if they can obviate the concerns the judge expressed. i don't think they can because her decision was very sweeping. i think it more likely tha

just as the chief of staff mullen said. this going to cost some lives. >> what is your take, mike? >> the government tends to cry wolf over this thing, but this time they are right the response was slow, that this was old news, but as the week went on, they realize the danger to afghan informants whose names are now out there. the mainstream media was very responsible. "the new york times" went to the west wing before they printed it t, just as colby's paper, "the washington post," which will probably win a pulitzer for the "top secret america series." >> jeanne? >> there could be more to come, but the initial review of fighting the names of the afghan sources may cause wikileaks to mps to scrutinize the last batch, 15,000 more but -- to at least scrutinize the last batch, 50,000 more records. it is pretty bad when you have both the u.s. and afghanistan's military operations all decrying what has happened, because there is no way they can get to these informants because they are scattered about the country in remote areas and we don't have manpower to go to them. >> charles? >> the

. >> reporter: and they won't have to persuade john mullen, he frequently takes public transportation into the city. and on the spare the air days, it's automatic. and, you know, the air and trying not to put extra pollutants in the air. >> reporter: the bay area would like to see commuters make b.a.r.t. and the bus priority number one over their cars. >> we encourage people to do the right thing. we want to see less traffic on the road. >> reporter: that's exactly what we saw during the evening commute. this is 5:00 on the bay bridge. despite no more free rides on spare the air days, commuters like mullen will still take public transportation. >> there's a lot of ecologically-minded people in this area. they're all trying to do what's best. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. reports 4500 more passengers rode the trains, and that's how chris got to emeryville. >> i think we all have a responsibility to reduce our environmental foot print and to, you know, reduce smog in the bay area. >> reporter: george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >>> overnight, cal fire and contra costa fire won a battle against

interview the head of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen was asked what was worse iran with a nuclear bomb or the consequences of a u.s. military strike on the state moment declined to answer directly but did say u.s. attack would have a serious impact on the middle east their military options are a bit on the table and remain on the table and certainly very guarded it's one of the options that the president you know i hope we don't get to that but it's an important option and it's one that's well understood well out of tehran news conference iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad said he was ready for a face to face dialogue with barack obama but only in front of the world's media the provocative proposal comes as iran faces new international sanctions driven by washington over the islamic republic's nuclear program well he also criticized israel's occupation of gaza and said military confrontation was not something iran was considering has crossed live now to tehran where we're joined by sayed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran thank you for joining us what's the reaction

joint chiefs of staff michael mullen said that the option to strike iran a plan to strike iran is still on the table and it's an option that's ultimately up to u.s. president barack obama that subject did come up at the. united nations when i ambassador vitaly churkin the russian representative to the united nations held a press conference as russia assumes the presidency of the security council now why the issue of potential strike didn't come up with discussing iran in the mountains sanctions that have been placed on iran by the international community ambassador churkin also noted that all of the un resolutions that include sanctions against iran do not include any text that allow the use of force to be used against iran under any circumstances let's take a listen when we discuss iranian nuclear issue and we will not resume. on this matter as you remember we have very clear language and it is aleutian in the last resolution even clearer than in three previous resolutions. it has nothing to do with any possibility. use of force against the brazilian president lula da silva was among t

nations in september he really later also rejected comments from america's top military man admiral mike mullen who warned military action against iran is an option if diplomacy fails to stop its nuclear ambitions dismissed the threat is not worthy of attention and the turks recent tougher u.n. sanctions against his country over its atomic program calling them a scandal. or monday he spoke to me he's founder of the iranian american political action committee he told me admiral mullen statement is american saber rattling. and the reason for the timing of that is because the u.s. is concerned and the obama administration. is concerned that as they pursue this sanctions policy that they are perceived to be pursuing an appeasement policy in a way that is going to fail and they feel that the whole sanctions track will be ineffective if they don't do wield a credible military threat there's been some there was some internal deliberations within the administration and there was some concern that the iranians were not taking the threat of the u.s. military response seriously enough and so these comment

military chief rival mike mullen raged around by saying an attack on the country still possible if diplomacy fails to stop its nuclear ambitions president mahmoud ahmadinejad responded of a conference in turan on monday saying that military confrontation was not. something that iran was considering this all comes of course is the islamic nation faces new international sanctions driven by washington more on this tonight so let's cross to new york's a sound get a man these days founder of the iranian american political action committee thanks for being with us admiral mike mullen stated that the u.s. has an attack plan ready against iran if needed why do you think he made that statement now what sort of effect is that going to have. well i think that the reason behind that statement and the reason for the timing of that is because the u.s. is concerned and the obama administration is concerned that as they pursue this sanctions policy that they are perceived to be pursuing an appeasement policy in a way that is going to fail and they feel that the whole sanctions track will be ineffective if t

. >> rose: admiral mullen has been over to see him about 15 times. >> admiral mullen and i have gone together to see him. >> rose: so give us a measure of him, the chief of staff in of the army in pakistan. >> general kaini. >> he is first of all a very powerful person and a very important fact never this equation. >> rose: and once led the i-s-i. >> he also went to forth leaven worth command and control college and is proud to say he is a member of the fort leaven hall hall of fame. >> rose: that would be in kansas. >> i believe so, yes. and he is among general officers i've known he's a remarkable strategic thinker. he's very smart. and he ask, he was involved from the war on bangladesh when he was a junior officer in 1971. he is an enormously powerful political factor in the country. and we have extensive discussions with him. as you mentioned earlier mike mullsen his primary. >> rose: you had all these conversations, is he worried and does he reflect this in questions to you and admiral mullen, the americans have left afghanistan before. if they leave now we need some allies over

chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen. >>> then america's painfully slow economic recovery. why does it feel so much like recession. perspective on the outlook for growth, unemployment, the government's role and your taxes from former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, mayor of new york city, michael jt pennsylvania, ed rendell. finally, an assessment of the many political and leadership tests for the president from jobs to ethics charges against congressman rangel laid out this week. with us, author and historian, doris kearns goodwin, and "time" magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin. >> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >> good morning. july is now the deadliest month for u.s. troops in the nine-year war in afghanistan. with us, the president's principle military adviser, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen. welcome back to "meet the press." >> good morning, david. >> we just played for our viewers strong comments by you about these leaks. you indicated those who are responsible f

chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen. then the economy. if this is recovery summer, why does it still feel like recession? three key voices weigh in. federal chair allen greenspan, mike bloomberg and pennsylvania governor ed rendell. >>> plus, high unemployment and ethics scandals. our round table on the president's tough political challenges. all this morning on "meet the press." >>> thanks for making us a part of your morning. our next newscast is tonight at 5:00. "meet the press" with david gregory is next. have a great sunday.

principle military adviser, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen. welcome back to "meet the press." >> good morning, david. >> we just played for our viewers strong comments by you about these leaks. you indicated those who are responsible for making these secret documents public may already have blood on their hands. a strong statement. what specifically do you mean? >> the scope and volume of these leaks are unprecedented and the specifics of them and i've been through some of them but we've still got a lot of work to do to really put the details together. i think the leaks themselves don't look clearly at the war that we're in, there is an ability to put this kind of information together in the world that we're living in and potential for costing us lives is significant. i said when it first occurred i was appalled. i remain appalled. and the potential for the loss of lives of american soldiers, coalition soldiers, or afghan citizens is clearly there. >> how can that happen based on this? >> i would speak to actually the taliban spokesman has com

admiral mike mullen tells "meet the press" the rink iran developing a nuclear weapon is unacceptable. however, he warns a military strike would have unpredictab a effects across the middle east. it has repeatedly threatened to target tel aviv if it were ever attacked. >>> president obama graded his first 18 months in office today. his candid answer in a new tv interview reflects the uncertain state of the u.s. economy. brian mooar reports from washington. >> reporter: it's the kind of question presidents hate. how would you grade your time in office? >> it's incomplete because until the economy has rebounded, fully, and people are feeling better, we've got a long way to go. >> reporter: the question from cbs news is the same one voters will answer in this fall's congressional elections. and in recent weeks, the president has been making stops around the country explaining what he's done so far and why. >> the reason i did that was because i had confidence in you. i had faith in you. >> reporter: in detroit, he defended the bailout of gm and chrysler which are now adding workers to kee

i joined them on the european team is italian at wada mullen ari after he won the johnnie walker trying to get gleneagles three god is on the last three holes gave him a one shot when there's a breath run for the most right. formula one now in two thousand and eight champion lewis hamilton house returned to the top of this season standings following a super win at the belgian grand prix red bulls mog whether started from paul but was slow out of the blocks and cleared the first corner of the spa track down a six place made full use of the australians clipped to lead the race from then on was eventually the first to cross the finish line whether call his wife back to second spot in the accident that race was not enough to keep him on top of the standings he now trails camels and by three points webb is red bull teammates of aston better can side the point remains the third overall head of defending champion jenson button and fernando lamas i suppose punched out ferraris philippe massa came in fourth to stay sixth in the driver's championship. it was a great weekend. very very tough race

commuters like mullen will still take public transportation. >> there's a lot of ecologically-minded people in this area. they're all trying to do what's best. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. reports 4500 more passengers rode the train than a typical monday morning. he'll do it again on tuesday. >> i think we all have a responsibility to reduce our environmental foot print and to, you know, reduce smog in the bay area. >> reporter: and we're going to have another spare the air day tomorrow. as we heard from one commuter, he is going to ride b.a.r.t. even if it's not free. we're live on the bay bridge tonight, george kitiyama, nbc bay area news. >>> a grass fire in contra costa county. tonight they're winning that battle. so far they have contained 95%. it started at 5:35 this afternoon. now, some of the fire is still burning between san marco, but they do have that fire under control. now, one lane of eastbound 4 remains closed tonight so crews can handle the hot spots. >>> well, the tax lady in a taxing situation, sued by the state. the self-dubbed tax lady and media maven who promises to sol

then i think admiral mullen was probably pretty clear with you the other day that there is a timetable -- a date in july of 2011 to begin bringing out some of the surge forces, but the number and -- you know, is condition-based. so we'll continue to work that. >> but when you say it's a double-edged sword, what you mean is on the one hand it creates an incentive for the afghan government to step up by that time, on the other hand, it creates an incentive for the taliban to hold on. and it's sort of a race for who can perform better between now and 2011. >> right. and -- but the other thing that it also does is it demonstrates to the afghan people that we're not occupiers, we're not going to stay there for the long haul. we're there to help them get back on their feet and then we're moving on. so -- but again, it's balance. >> now in iraq, you are going to be down 50,000 troops you believe by the end of august, just months from now. those people who advocated the surge would say that had it not been for the surge, we never would have gotten down to that 50,000. when you think back to th

america's highest ranking military officer admiral mike mullen has played down the weekly league six possess a saying much of the information is old and its release will not affect current strategy but brian becker from the answer anti war coalition says the revelations are new and will rouse antiwar sentiment among the public. there's something very strange and hypocritical about the pronouncements that this is nothing new if you went back in one nine hundred seventy and looked at the new york times coverage of the pentagon papers which also use classified documents to tell the story of vietnam the pentagon in the media so the same thing or this is old news this is old news nothing relevant here they said the same thing during the pentagon papers but what was new was that the american people were learning about it for the first time and that's what's new that's what makes it a catalyst for the war opposition. and you can see the full interview with antiwar activist brian becker later in the program. the chinese authorities say around six hundred barrels with highly toxic chemicals r

think that we never do anything such as taking iran by itself well less than a week ago admiral mike mullen chairman of course of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff said and the u.s. is not ruling out military action against iran you would think that if that happened israel would stay out of it. i didn't know what the plans are he's talking for a minute for america he doesn't look for is like he's the doing about the gun he wants to see stability and so the obvious he wants to see stability in iraq and afghanistan and iran as you know is undermining the stability in all of these countries so if the united states of america. decides to take actions against iran it's from american reasons not because of is a the reasons is that might be a passage or something he has to make take a small part in this but it's a huge country with like almost eighty million people with very many targets dug into the mountains of iran israel has absolutely no power to deal with this a. regime change in iran is something which has to be done by the international community we're not talking about resume tant what i'm a

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that one and moreover i mean it's so difficult for me to sit there and listen to gates or admiral mike mullen who was initially accused of having blood in this hands you know make these criticisms at a journalistic organization when the military is the one that's sending our young boys and girls to war the military is the institution that essentially you know unfortunately in some instances allows mistakes to happen where civilians get hit get killed i mean it's not wiki leaks that's driving war policy here don't shoot the messenger fair point that brings me to today do you think that what we're seeing this enormous file on their website it's encrypted it's a very large document it secret no one knows what it is no one can open it is this a response to the backlash is this a publicity stunt what do you make of it right i mean we can of course only speculate you know of course when you put up a giant file that nobody can access and call it insurance it's going to make some headlines and we can only assume that perhaps julian and wiki leaks feel like they're under threat and so perhaps this has

military chief during a talk show mike mullen said a strike on iran is an option if diplomacy fails to stop the rands nuclear ambitions the iranian president also said military confrontation was not something his country was considering now this all comes around faces new international sanctions driven by washington over the islamic republic's nuclear program son go to monday's founder of the iranian american political action committee he told me the admiral statements intended to show the military might of the us and the reason for the timing of that is because the u.s. is concerned and the obama administration is concerned that as they pursue this sanctions policy that they are perceived to be pursuing an appeasement policy in a way that is going to fail and they feel that the whole sanctions track will be ineffective if they don't do wield a credible military threat there's been some there was some internal deliberations within the administration and there was some concern that the iranians were not taking the threat of the u.s. military response seriously enough and so these commen

i mean admiral mullen said that this leak basically has blood on its hands. >> well, i mean given the taliban's statement, i think it basically proves the point, and my attitude on this is that there are two, two areas of culpability. one is legal culpability, and that's up to the justice department and others. that's not my arena. but there's also a moral culpability, and that's where i think the verdict is guilty on wikileaks. they have put this out without any regard whatsoever for the consequences. >> a guilty verdict on moral culpability. very strong words, christiane. >> strong words because they know that winning in afghanistan depends on whether they feel safe enough to help the americans and confront the taliban. we've seen in iraq where those who tried to help u.s. forces were assassinated by insurgents and they're very concerned about the taliban doing that in afghanistan, as well. >> all right. christiane, thanks very much and she will have much more with the defense second and she sits down with nancy pelosi asking about that promise of the most ethical congress. that's t

this is sound to you condo the iranian american political action committee so as admiral mullen statement was intended to displayed move the tree might. these comments are really directed to three different audiences one is towards iran obviously to try to use the carrot and stick approach and continue to use a carrot and stick approach and emphasize that that stick is real to the extent that the iranians may not be taking it seriously under the obama administration as under the bush administration by the second is to the domestic u.s. audience and in the u.s. there is some concern by many people that this this whole track the whole sanctions track is doomed to fail and so for the administration is important especially with the elections coming up and so on not to be perceived as being weak on security to hold this threat out seriously and finally the third target of course is the israelis and israelis of course are concerned that this this whole new sanctions process is just something that will by the iranians more time and so they they want reassurance from the u.s. . let's check some o

is military chief during a talk show admiral mike mullen said a strike on iran is an option if diplomacy fails to stop iran's nuclear ambitions and said that military confrontation was not something around was considering this all comes as a round faces new international sanctions driven by washington over the islamic republic's nuclear program said mohammad marandi spoke to says from the university of tehran he says president some of the speech highlights around willingness for dialogue. but i think it's more symbolic what he's basically saying is that we are willing to compare our ration rationality in our reasoning with american reasoning in american magick in front of a global audience in what he's basically saying is that americans are behaving unreasonably irrationally and dangerously whereas the iranians are looking for a way for solutions for example with the with regards to the iranian nuclear program that iran declaration was a major step forward that the united states forced a resolution in the u.n. security council basically to destroy any opportunity for resolving the issue

admiral mike mullen said he was concerned about the risk to afghans who have helped the united states. >> i think we do have a more all obligation given their exposure and given what they have done to do all we can to ensure their safety. >> mitchell: and the growing concern over the course of the afghan war is reflected in recent dramatic covers for both time and "newsweek". earlier today i spoke with the author of the "newsweek" article, he is richard haas, president of the council on foreign relations and u.s. government's coordinator for the future of afghanistan under president george w. bush. richard, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. you said in "newsweek" magazine recently that it's time to dramatically scale back in afghanistan, why? >> well, first of all i'm not sure it's really worth it in the sense that afghanistan is no longer the unique center of global terrorism like it was at the time of 9/11. secondly, i certainly don't think this level of effort is going to succeed. you have a sanctuary in pakistan, you have got a weak central government in afghanistan. i woul

wouldn't and that's where barack obama whispered to nixon yahoo please don't do that that's what admiral mullen goes over to his opposite numbers in total of even says this would be bad bad bad please don't do it. but they think they think that their rhetoric has persuaded mr yarrow and his cohorts not to do it that's never been the case the u.s. is really relations there have always been surprises and to head off what they consider to be a less than favorable situation right now the congressional support to the hilt it's an election year they want to head off the issue was of this estimate they don't want iran to actually conclude negotiation we're bar here for their. really quickly though you congress may support israel but there are several examples where congress has really differed with what the obama administration and the stance that obama has taken on israel for example when abbas visited and obama pledged money and talk with them and many members of congress voice outrage over that and the when the obama administration spoke up about the west bank settlements and members of congress th

then i think admiral mullen was probably pretty clear with you the other day that there is a timetable -- a date in july of 2011 to begin bringing out some of the surge forces, but the number and -- you know, is condition-based. so we'll continue to work that. >> but when you say it's a double-edged sword, what you mean is on the one hand it creates an incentive for the afghan government to step up by that time, on the other hand, it creates an incentive for the taliban to hold on. and it's sort of a race for who can perform better between now and 2011. >> right. and -- but the other thing that it also does is it demonstrates to the afghan people that we're not occupiers, we're not going to stay there for the long haul. we're there to help them get back on their feet and then we're moving on. so -- but again, it's balance. >> now in iraq, you are going to be down 50,000 troops you believe by the end of august, just months from now. those people who advocated the surge would say that had it not been for the surge, we never would have gotten down to that 50,000. when you think back to th