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>> so this is an historic moment. a war is ending, a new day is upon us, and let us never forget those who gave us this chance. >> certainly a shift in relationship, from wartime enemies in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, reigning hell fire from the sky, even if the weapons weren't really there, to a u.s.-backed government in a foreign war, to now a full-blown democracy. after the final troop withdrawal, some 16,000 americans will still be in the country that borders on iran in varying capacities. what will also remain is a growing power vacuum in iraq, and the continued thre...

>> joining us now, bill gurts, a china expert. also with us hue tent colonel anthony schaefer, senior fellow with the senior for advanced studies. it's a pleasure to have you both with us. tony, how are you? bill, how do you assess the threat? >> i think it's the most significant military threat facing the country over the long term. obviously islamic terror is the long-term threat. china's is large scale and across the board. you didn't mention they're also building up their nuclear force ts and developed an antisatellite missile which can knock out our satellites and if you do that, you're b...

coincide coincidental. there's the so-called carrier killer. it's a missile designed to take out american aircraft carriers, that missile a fulfillment of a threat made back in 1986 when a chinese military officer told the u.s. embassy official said, quote, we're going to sink your carriers with ballistic missiles. there's the missile. we can't forget how much their're interest in cyber fare has been growing. to what end, surely only the chinese know. so where do we stand today? is the u.s. on the brink of a new arms race in a cold war? china's president today saying no. >> translato...

numbers for september. it's the last set of jobs numbers before the midterm elections and economists are predicting that unemployment rate will rise a 10th of a point to 9.7%. they also estimate that while the private sector likely created around 75,000 jobs in september, they -- those jobs will be offset by the layoffs by the federal government of temporary census workers. so the net numbers today may show no new jobs created last month. that puts the democrats and lawmakers in a tough position with unemployment hovering around 10% and voters very concerned about the economy. gretch...

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