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That the checks and the balances are there and were measuring against what are we trying to do. were trying to protect against another terrorist attack. >> one of the other big issues that youre going to be voting on, the defense appropriations bill and the whole question of sexual assault an whether chain of command should apply. this is senator gillibrands appeal based on what she says the victims are asking for. >> what the victims are telling us is that they dont trust the chain of command, ...

That combat outpost. and even if drinking was not directly, did not directly contribute to that incident, in which 16 civilians were killed, it is sure in this investigation that some of those commanders are probably in deep trouble and could get demoted or even lose their jobs in the military as a result. i will say that there is no evidence, however, that alcohol contributed or that command climate did, but there are serious questions about what was going on at that outpost. as far as staff se...

Correspondent jim miklaszewski. allen talked about an investigation into the chain of command. those who were around sergeant bales leading up to his alleged crime. >> thats right. everybody suspected this would eventually happen. but its the first time today that in his testimony, general john allen revealed there is in fact an investigation underway into the command climate. just what was the level of discipline at that forward operating base where those special operations forces were could no...

Still in the area. theres some speculation that one of marines may be out of service but none of that is clear yet. so far they have not identified a single one of these marines and the investigation continues. not only into these marines, but into their commanders to see if there was a command climate that could have fostered this kind of offensive activity. >> how worried are our military leaders about what this video could do to the long term operation in afghanistan? >> fltheres always that ...

is responding. well take you live to afghanistan. also, no holds bard in south carolina. the candidates unleashing brutal attacks trying to stop mitt romney from steam rolling straight to the nomination. will it work? newt gingrich who said, im not going to go negative. heres what he said. >> this is going to be armageddon. they will come in here with everything theyve got, every surrogate, every ad, every negative attack. >> wait, wait, what happened to the im not going to go negati...

victims family stunned and afraid. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the republican candidates are scrambling to cover as much ground as they can. the south carolina primary only nine days away and early voting in florida starting at the same time. its now make or break for the stragglers in the gop pack. some are trying to cut into mitt romneys lead by slamming his record as a financier. romney is mounting a counter-offensive in florida today. jim acosta is joining us ...

Out. after dismissing the video on friday and with the uproar building the navy released a new statement saying in part, the videos, quote, were not acceptable then and are still not acceptable in todays navy and the navy does not endorse or condone these actions. captains honors command is in doubt. he was both a highly regarded f-14 pilot and reportedly a well-liked xo. a lot of former ship mates have been praising him as a great guy. some of those same people add, even great guys show bad jud...

After dismissing the video on friday and with the uproar building the navy released a new statement saying in part, the videos, quote, were not acceptable then and are still not acceptable in todays navy and the navy does not endorse or condone these actions. captains honors command is in doubt. he was both a highly regarded f-14 pilot and reportedly a well-liked xo. a lot of former ship mates have been praising him as a great guy. some of those same people add, even great guys show bad judgment...

>> i cannot excuse his lack of judgment with respect to the rolling stone article or a command climate, he evidently permitted at best what was disrespectful of civilian authority and we dont have the luxury, those of us in uniform. >> the statements and at tuesday reported in the news media are unacceptable under our form of government. and our are -- are inconsistent with high standards expected of military leaders. >> jamie: still there are those who say mcchrystal developed the strategy befo...

Much of that last decade at war. he led men in places the rest of us could not follow. and he fought men in ways the rest of us could not fathom. i was proud one year ago to support him for the afghanistan command. and i think its worth noting his strong leadership and the foundation he has laid for future success there. but i cannot excuse his lack of judgment with respect to the "rolling stone" article. or a command climate he evidently permitted that was at best disrespectful of civilian auth...