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Former vice chief of staff for the army and also a fox news military analyst and good morning, to you, sir. >> good morning, bill. bill: when you analyze the war on terror 11 years down the road now it is stunning how unrecognizeable al qaeda is today. yes they want to do harm but 11 years later, this group, the fight was truly taken to them, and now you wonder, the future for this organization, how capable or incapable they might be, how do you reflect on that today, general? >> well, first of all i was in the pentagon that day and i lost 85 of my teammates and attended over 40 something fune...

Domination. so there are still people who are drawn to that ideology but our people, our military, has lost twice as many people as we lost on 9/11 these last 11 years and our intelligence service and our police services have done such a remarkable job in keeping america safe since 9/11. it is truly remarkable what our people and what our law enforcement and intelligence and military people have done. bill: the president is arriving now and we'll await the wreath-laying ceremony there. a few speeches to be made as well. so we will bring that to our viewers. general, you started to talk about t...

Challenge in the history of our country where we were attacked on our own soil. thousands of innocent people died. thousands of people who took an oath to answer a call to duty died and others had to take the call to duty to get into action to protect us and keep us safe and thankfully, president obama recognizes the responsibilities of that oath as well and he has done a lot to protect us. bill: andy, for the families here, they approach this day every year with a sense of dread and for good reason. even if people who live in new york city and in washington, who are not directly impacted by t...

Generation volunteering for the u.s. military knowing they would be sent off to war. a 9/11 generation within the cia whose sole purpose to defeat the enemy that brought the war to our shores 11 years ago. martha: extraordinary men and women. if there is anything good that has come from that it is the tremendous spirit we've seen at home and abroad in that generation. bill: we're awaiting on the pentagon now. in a matter of moments, 9:37 a.m., that is the time of observeance for american airlines flight 77 that struck the pentagon. there were 184 lives taken that day, intertwined for eternity ...

Sir, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: then again, september 11th. there was significant news that crossed yesterday with regard to first-responders and health of those at ground zero. for the first time the government by way of cdc has recognized numerous types of cancers that could have been caused or related to the coverage down there when folks like yourself was there. what do you make of that conclusion 11 years, later, tim? >> certainly that is the right conclusion. in general, it is harder for the medical professionals to identify this. it takes years and years to identi...