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Given the evolving security environment in the region, including the enduring north korean nuclear missile threat, we can reconsider the 2015 timeline for transferring operational control for our alliance. together, well ensure that our alliance remains fully prepared for our mission. with regard to north korea, the united states and south korea stand shoulder to shoulder, both in the face of pyongyangs provocations and in our refusal to accept a nuclear north korea. threats will get north korea...

Iranian fingerprints on this whole thing. joel rosenberg joins us. nice to see you, joel. >> nice to see you, greta. >> israelis think that plane is still out there. not in the bottom of the indian ocean. >> we are watching a spell binding thriller. this is playing out novellest post netanyahu life moment by moment in a mystery that everyone wants to know what the answer is. the israelis have a specific concern. they are watching a security environment deteriorate all around them. syria is implo...

Iranian fingerprints on this whole thing. joel rosenberg joins us. nice to see you, joel. >> nice to see you, greta. >> israelis think that plane is still out there. not in the bottom of the indian ocean. >> we are watching a spell binding thriller. this is playing out novellest post netanyahu life moment by moment in a mystery that everyone wants to know what the answer is. the israelis have a specific concern. they are watching a security environment deteriorate all around them. syria is implo...

That to be the case. this is still an uncertain, dangerous world. the security environment is more complex than ive ever seen it in my 27 years in the military. and we want to make sure that were postured to handle as many of the contingencies as possible. >> briefly, sir, one of the facts we hear most frequently is the u.s. spends so much more than any other countries that are anywhere in the ballpark, do you think thats very relevant here, or not necessarily the right way to think about our pr...

Taking away military benefits in this election year. hagel hopes to save millions of dollars and eliminate entire class of air force tax jets in the process. a-10 was designed to take out soviet tanks but they were there in todays security environment. the new trimmed down military would not be able to fight two major wars at the same time. instead it would be able to fight only one major conflict while trying to obtain a second one until enough forces could be mobilized. military pulled back fr...

Hes expected to recommend stiff budget cuts for the army specifically. im jenna lee. jon: and im jon scott. the pentagon expected to slash the number of troops in the army to less than half a million. thats a drop of at least 120,000 from the post 9/11 peak. chief congressional correspondent is life in washington with more on all of that. >> even those who say its time to cut says theres risk in a dynamic and increasingly dangerous security environment. lets take a look at the manpower proposal ...

Obsolete in todays security environment. the triple trimmed down military would no longer be able to fight two major wars at the same time. it would night one while trying to maintain a second until it was necessary to fight it. some fear it could harm national security. they are planning to fight back. we will come back to you. >> steve sent any live for us, thanks. dale ernhardt why are is ta -- dale ernhardt, jr. is taking a victory lap. >> he snapped a 55 race losing streep to capture his ...

Weve seen all sorts of threats against the games, a lot of them have been in the form of e-mails or videos and of course you have the video of the two suicide bombers behind the attacks in volgograd. the pressure on the russians to deliver a security environment for the games, everyone knows quite high. at the same time were hearing now are events unfolding. one of the big challenges for any national security establishment, can you integrate the different strands. the russian will their hands fu...

And youre talking about multiple venues. youre talking about this famous ring of steel that everyone is probably familiar with at this point about talking about it. its a 60 miles long, 25 miles wide, encompasses coastline, mountains, forests, and again multiple venues, and the biggest problem, i think, from our perspective, is that were dealing with the russian authorities. and this is a matter of national pride for them. so, you know, were not getting the sharing of intel. were talking about i...

Phone calls in a single 30-day period. a spanish government spokesperson is quoted at saying today thats not what friends do to friends. and to germany, lock at the papers here. headlines screaming about u.s. surveillance of their chancellor there, angela merkel. today, washington is denying one german report that the president actually knew merkels phone was tapped. and white house spokesman jay carney said the u.s. is just keeping up with new technologies helping keep americans safe. >> if wer...