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>> got it. all right. mission accomplished. >> that is greg kelly, covering iraqi freedom with the 30th infantry division. >> we could report on anything we see. that is terrific in combat. >> show photographs of dead enemy soldiers or friendly casualties up close. >> its an m-1 tank. >> shortly after we crossed the river, a tank was taken out, disabled by rocked propelled grenades. it was live television. an officer started pointing at our camera. it was not the time or the place for an argumen...

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Strings for the egyptian military, this is the point that the u.s. can really exert some control and some restraint on the part of this military? >> well, lester, im not too sure or purse strings are all that strong. this is a $5.8 billion defense budget. we essentially have been given about $1 billion plus a year, mostly to buy our military equipment. f-16s, m-1 tanks, naval vessels, et cetera. our influence on them will be more through the training we provided their officers over the last 30-s...

Are doing. nor do i assume that that military supreme council has thought through what are they going to do next. this is a pretty staggering problem. 80 million people impoverished, 350,000-person secret police and police force that is despised. what do you do next? >> and, you know, at the beginning of this a lot of us were saying how important the militarys role would be in all of this. have they really kept a lid on? >> well, i mean so far. to be honest, it is astonishing to me. i repeat, 18...

And surrounded. and there is the live pictures. again, these are coming in. there are tent cities down there in liberation square. general, as were watching this, just asking you, the united states may not have the same level of relationship with some of these military council members. >> i think we have extremely close relationships with them. there is a variety of educational opportunity we had to touch these folks during their development over time. we have a significant on the ground militar...

Military have a different reaction to that crowd, and i sure hope thats not the case, i think some will see them as emissaries of the united states. where, as youve been noting, chris, right now, you dont see punching american flags. you dont see hateful speech being directed towards the u.s. which comes as a relief. >> all right. michael, general, thanks to both of you. i should ask you guys, because, you know, im going to have to say good-bye, do you want to see who youre rooting for on sunday...

Important role in that regard. mubarak was very supportive. gave us political cover and support. when it comes to afghanistan, the way that we can use egypt as a transit route and through the canal is very important. there are many strategic interests which are served rela mubarak. >> he has also been very well served by $2 billion a year, though, since the camp david accords. i mean, the egyptian military is the tenth largest in the world because its full of f-16s and m-1 tanks and chinook heli...