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Aircraft, along with things like the a-10, the b-52, these are old airframes and yet they've never designed or built anything better for the task. >> you know, this aircraft, last time there was a crash of this aircraft was very nearly 40 years ago. you mentioned the b-52. the pilots who are currently flying the b-52, their grandfathers, literally their grandfathers also flew the b-52. we have some very good pieces of equipment. we have some fantastic people, not enough of either, in my view, to protect this country. >> jack, does anyone worry about how this looks? the piling up of these incid...

Industry goes into the taliban's bank accounts. this fuels a really pays for the insurgency. >> he showed reporters at the pentagon several videos from b-52 and f22 raptor air strikes in 24 hours said he targeted poppy-producing labs in afghanistan's northern province. what's baffling is why the u.s. military hasn't made it a priority in the past 16 years of fighting? today he said afghanistan is responsible for 85% of the world's opium market. a $60 billion industry. 4% of the heroin is from afghanistan and most of the processing facilities for afghan poppy have always been inside pakistan. i...

Robert mugabe. he ignored the parties deadline to resign or face removal. the leader was placed under house arrest last week after firing a deputy and moving his wife closer to becoming his successor. argentina's navy says a brief satellite call that had raised the hope of finding a missing submarine did not come from the vessel. the boat with 44 people on board is not unheard of since wednesday when it reported an unspecified breakdown. search efforts have been hampered by stormy seas. american warplanes. the top general in afghanistan says it's part of a strategy to cut off funding for the t...

Distinct and so forth and there's a review process that goes through chain of command, nothing new here frankly. heather: his role is to guide the president, the president would speak to him and say what he wants to do and he would say whether or not that's legal and they come up with a plan if that, in fact, would not work, the first plan. >> that's correct, again, the united states has a nuclear weapon's decision process, i won't go into much of the details about that, but, again, constant assessment, constant review, constant consultation with the civilian oversight with our military includ...

Experience were among the first to reach out. i think the john mccain story is particularly interesting because here's a guy who had an atrocious experience here in prison and yet he has been among the most vocal supporters of normalizing relations. >> tao: it took several trips to vietnam. and so he could see vietnam in a different light. it's no longer a war. it's a country with people. >> anthony: have you been out with returning veterans from -- >> tao: oh, yes. all the time. >> anthony: did they often want to go to the area that they served? >> tao: oh, yes. >> anthony: did they often eve...