Page 15 - Combat Forces News Today

Heat of battle. >> i guess that is the issue we have to work out in court. >> the counter argument is in the heat of battle thats when evolutionary things kick in in the fight or flight. and thats when you would be most likely to protect women. >> it just goes to show, this is highly speculative. we dont have a clue what we are talking about or what the impact on our combat forces would be. in any event it is not something that should be decided in court. if we are going to change it it, congres...

That they trained. what are your thoughts that we have to be reminded of whats happening here? >> well, its an unusual situation. were probably running $8 billion a month burn rate losing a company or so killed and wounded. we got 85,000 troops in combat and we have minimal attention by either political campaign toward this war. by the way, tamron, were involved in a retro grade operation. were coming out of afghanistan and we should between now and 2014. were trying to withdraw out through paki...

Increasing some of their operations in an attempt to regain some of the territory that was lost. at the same time, you know, american forces are under a little bit of pressure because after all, defense secretary leon panetta has said he expects all combat forces to be out of afghanistan by sometime next year, as early as the middle of 2013, so theyve got some ground to gain and some actual advances to be cemented. they have to make sure that whatever territory is gained in the meantime can be h...

Gregg: right now, new information in some crime stories were keeping an eye on. hes avoiding police but not his facebook friends, a washington state man updating his status while on the run. travis nikalasin was convicted of five felonies, including domestic violence and burglary, and he is wanted for parole violations, but he updated his relationship status to single, and told a friend that he, quote, got away from cops. a new york judge ordered everyone to stay -- a woman to stay away from a...

Our best, were going down to 68 in the fall, and withdrawing them down to zero in two years. i think thats the thing everybody can buy. >> i think sticking with the plan is going to be crucial because i think the big thing is people dont understand quite why were there right now. i think weve had success, obviouslile some big success. we got rid of the taliban, a lot to combat al qaeda. thats different than nation building, than peace keeping. sticking to the plan and drawing down is crucial. >>...

Nice, joe. defense secretary leon panetta announces american combat forces will step back in afghanistan some time next year, a year ahead of the previous timetable. well ask richard haass to help us through that news. and fans go on the attack in egypt, more than 70 people have died. the latest when we come back. hey, arent you supposed to be following

Interestingly here however no mention was made of the withdrawal of combat forces. evan coleman is a news terrorism analyst and senior partner at flash point global partners. evan, good to see you to give insight. who is this group? >> it is basically al qaeda in iraq. al qaeda was having serious publicity problems because they were killing a lot of innocent sunni muslims and they decided to rename their group. this is about as thin of a mirror as you can find. this is al qaeda in iraq. >> theyr...

Deal, to end this war in iraq. >> when asked how he would respond if they ask for troops to stay behind. >> no, i dont think that would have ever, i dont think we would respond to that. had they said leave troops to help us train, that we would consider. but the idea of keeping 20,000 troops there, no. leon panetta made an unannounced stop yesterday. he told u.s. forces the coming year will mark a turning point for the american wars in the region. 10,000 u.s. forces will be withdrawn from afgh...

Chur of those combat forces that we are asking so much of at this time and finally the direct feedback from the survey, my recommendation is that we should not implement repeal at this time. >> now in an interview with the associated press just 69 days after dont ask dont tell officially ended, general amos says im very pleased with how it has gone. he told the ap at the annual ball in washington earlier this month, celebrating the birth of the marine corps a female marine approached his wife bo...

♪ thats logistics. ♪ ♪ saving time, cutting stress, when you use ups ♪ ♪ thats logistics. ♪ marine commandant amos has rewritten his position on dont ask dont tell. he opposed the repeal of dont ask, dont tell. a military survey found only 40% of marines opposed the repeal, but a majority of marines assigned to combat duty, 56%, opposed the repeal before it was repealed. gener general amos chose to speak for the 56% of marines who opposed repeal when he testified to the senate arme...