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After instances that we saw take place over the last 24 hours that left dozens of iraqis dead. >> the role they are supposed to be in now, the support role. if things do ramp up, is it possible the 50,000 supposed to be there in an advisory role could be brought back into the fighting if need be? >> reporter: well when we talk about the u.s. military being in an advisory role, what that means is they are taking a backseat in the sense that they will be partaking in military operations if the ira...

Money to iraqi tribes, iraqi politicians, iraqi villages saying try to fix your problem. those are small band-aids. the money seems like a lot when we step back and look at it but these were handed out in small batches of money that were meant to solve immediate crises in one village, in one town and essentially put a bandage over a problem. >> because of corruption as well. >> a lot of that money disappeared into peoples pockets, didnt get used for purposes they were meant. the big solutions ha...

Around. in all honesty, could we turn things around in afghanistan by june of 2011. >> not countrywide. if the president has a goal of transitioning to afghan control in certain areas of afghanistan by next summer, theres probably some areas that you could actually do that where wed be in a support role and the afghan security forces would be in a lead role. generally speaking this time next summer were still going to be engaged in one hell of a fight. were going to need every troop we have toda...

To be maybe, well, thats the time that we should have things turned around. in all honesty, could we turn things around in afghanistan by june of 2011? >> not countrywide. if the president has a goal of transitioning to afghan control in certain areas of afghanistan by next summer, theres probably some areas you could actually do that where wed be in a support role. the afghan security forces would be in a lead role. generally speaking, this time next summer, were still going to be engaged in on...

If the president has a goal of transitioning to afghan control in certain areas of afghanistan by next summer, theres probably some areas you could actually do that where wed be in a support role and the afghan security forces would be in a lead role. generally speaking this time next summer were still going to be engaged in one hell of a fight. were going to need every troop we have today still in afghanistan next year. but if the goal is to transition in certain areas based on conditions, i sh...

Thank you so much for joining us here on "state of the union." let me talk about afghanistan, and we heard about this june 2011 date, which now seems to be, well, maybe thats the time that we should have things turned around. in all honesty, could we turn things around in afghanistan by june of 2011? >> not country wide. if the president has a goal of transitioning to afghan control in certain areas of afghanistan by next summer, there is probably areas that you could actually do that. us being ...

That could be complete, shannon, in the next few weeks. >> shannon: thank you very much for the update. the department of homeland security announced the deployment of national guard troops to the border. when fox asked the national guard bureau in virginia about that date they called the reports "overinterpretted" bottom line, how would they impact the border patrol? we are joined by tj bonner, the president of the national border patrol council. thanks for your time today, sir. >> thank you....

Thank you for joining us. there is talk about sending the national guard. are the national guard people actually going to be in a position to do anything that is helpful? [ no response ] t.j.? >> they are. in the past theyve been helpful in a support role. that will be the role this time around. wed prefer to see the national guard troops be empowered to defend themselves and to defend other law enforcement between delay. >> brian: there is a long delay and ill give you a question and you can ru...

Political maneuver, sort of an effort bit administration to show theyre trying to do something. youll remember im sure that president bush deployed 6,000 national guard troops to the border a few years ago in a support role. it did have some impact, but not nearly enough to stem the tide of illegal immigrants and drugs across the border. kyra? >> casey wian, thanks. well have live coverage of president obamas speech from american university. it is scheduled to begin just minutes from now, 10:45 ...

Question... craig fugate is the current director of fema. >> correct. >> hes one of the most out standing and qualified people in emergency management in this country. he was in florida, jeb bush is director of emergency management. the hand-picked person for barack obama to head this agency. >> correct. >> why isnt fema involved in clean up and management of the disaster of the gulf coast? >> well, theyve been side lined in a support role to the coast guard, which is fine. the coast guards resp...