of the military encroaching on civilian agencies. what is the plus/minus? i talked to transition officials about this and they do kn note, yes, we would like to have civilians in charge of our government. egypt is the strongest institution and it s led to a lot of trouble. the transition team is aware of the risk, but they say this is a good mix. so, you ve got general kelly, when general mattis was in charge of the first marine device, kelly was his assistant division commander. these guys are tight, they re cohesive. the transition team told me they believe these guys are really personable and really responsible and they believe in accountability and they get things done and they re just really smart go getter guys and they just really think that this particular cabinet and this national security team is going to be really tight and cohesive. anything particularly controversial? well, i agree with jennifer there. i don t think that we should just count these folks just because
dmz as in various capacities, assistant division commander, battalion commander and war planner. i understand as most people what the north korean mostives are and what the real nature the threat from north korea. we think the greatest threat of missiles that launch nuclear weapons. in fact the great threat as you may know, jenna, is the 5,000 artillery pieces they have aimed at seoul right now and 1.2 million man army that has something like 5000 tanks. so the north koreans have a very serious military, forth largest in the world in addition to nuclear weapons. so they are a serious nuclear and a very serious conventional threat. jenna: so how are you understanding the recent threats coming from that country, not just on south korea but on the united states as well? yeah, this is, a little background, quick background. it s now march, almost april. and this is called the starving season in
involvement in iraq. we want to take you now live to baghdad, where you are looking at live pictures of the casing of the colors ceremony in the iraqi capital. it has been almost nine years since the u.s. invaded that country. and in that time, at least 128,000 iraqis have been killed in conflict situations. more than 4400 u.s. troops have also died. and now at this very moment,ed american military command in the country is closing a chapter in the history of both iraq and the u.s. armed forces with this somber ceremony. it is such a big contrast to the explosions that marked the beginning of the war in iraq, back in march of 2003. now, this moment does, in a very real sense, mark the end of a difficult period, not only for the u.s. military, but for the people of iraq. damon has covered the key moments of the iraq war and joins us from baghdad. you know, arwa, you ve seen it all. i was there with you for some of it. and looking on, you realize the tremendous suffering that
these items. the payroll tax cut before the holidays. party leaders in the senate now say they re trying to come up with terms come to terms with something and that may be more likely now that democrats have given up trying to pass a new tax on millionaires. but wait, there is more. in less than 36 hours, much of the federal government will run out of money. the latest as seven budgetary stop gaps runs ot out at midnight tomorrow night. while lawmakers scramble to come up with a plan, nobody s voted on anything. we ll certainly keep you posted. in baghdad today, the end became real. u.s. forces lowered the flag of command, closing the book on a controversial war that claimed almost 4,500 american lives and cost more than $800 billion. defense secretary leon panetta was there. to all of the men and women in uniform today, your nation is deeply indebted to you. you have done everything your nation asked you to do and more. your dedication, your commitment to this missio
they re trying to nullify the influence of the senior military officials in north korea by having these demonstrations and trying to convince the rest of the world that it s time to pay attention to them. so, what are they looking for? they re looking to keep the people molified and they re looking to and in essence, jamie, extort the west for resources. the best thing to do is not to overreact because all that would do would be to play into the hands of the north koreans. general it wasn t long ago that you led these exercises and you say history repeats itself. it s interesting, jamie, in 1992 to 94 i was assistant division commander of the 2nd division, the division there now and kim soon to kim jong-il. the same play book, jamie, they unveil their nuclear capabilities and an incident