to more protests and more concern from businesses nearby. james ingham, bbc news, weymouth. more on that story a little later in the programme. let s take a look at today s papers. the sunday times leads on its interview with ben wallace. he s announced he is standing down as defence secretary at the next reshuffle, and as an mp at the next election. the sunday telegraph reports that former soldiers will be called on to join a surge force in future crises, as the size of the army reduces. the mail on sunday leads on a story about prince george, saying he will not be expected to serve in the military before becoming king , and that s something which would break with centuries of tradition. it quotes a long time friend of george s father, prince william . rat that is an interesting debate around whether a future monarch would need to have. and the observer shows marketa vondrousova who yesterday became
what the president said at argue ton is what any commander in chief would say. i think for all presidents the use of force is a last resort. my concern with president obama is much more, if you look at, for example, what has happened in afghanistan, he did commit the force. he committed the surge force then proceeded to deny every recommendation, every request by the commanders on the ground once he committed the force in terms of the size of the number of troops they needed, in terms of the amount of time they needed to be in afghanistan. we are now in a situation we are pulling those troops out on a purely political time frame which i think at the end ever the day can t be a positive for u.s. national security. congressman, i m going play for you something. my father , by the way, served four years in the navy in world war ii. something i liked about you, sean. i get that from him. my motor is the other good part and the bad part is me. but i i have a hard time
what the president said at argue ton is what any commander in chief would say. i think for all presidents the use of force is a last resort. my concern with president obama is much more, if you look at, for example, what has happened in afghanistan, he did commit the force. he committed the surge force then proceeded to deny every recommendation, every request by the commanders on the ground once he committed the force in terms of the size of the number of troops they needed, in terms of the amount of time they needed to be in afghanistan. we are now in a situation we are pulling those troops out on a purely political time frame which i think at the end ever the day can t be a positive for u.s. national security. congressman, i m going play for you something. my father , by the way, served four years in the navy in world war ii. something i liked about you, sean. i get that from him. my motor is the other good part and the bad part is me. but i i have a hard time
an important story just into cnn. the still unidentified u.s. soldier blamed for this week s deadly massacre in afghanistan now has a high powered lawyer. the prominent seattle attorney john henry brown who once representeded serial killer ted bundy. he spoke to tracy wyann. it s a tragedy all the way around. no question about that. i think it s of interest that we have a soldier who has an exemplariry record, decorated soldier, who was injured in iraq to his brain and to his body, and then despite that was sent back. i think that s an issue. i think it s a concern. i think the message for the public in general is that he s one of our boys. we need to treat him fairly. casey wian from pierce county, washington. casey, listening to the attorney there he didn t say my client didn t do it. he seemed to say his defense would be this soldier never, because of his injuries in iraq in 2010, should have been sent back to the battlefield. reporter: well, he did not say that defi