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Sergeant robert bales abused of murdering 16 afghan civilians. a local newspaper is reporting he was arrested in 2002 for a drunken assault on a casino security guard. the charge was dismissed after he did anger management training and bales civilian lawyer is speaking out again. john henry browne says the military will have trouble making its case because they have not been back to the scene to gather evidence. and witnesses would have to come to the u.s. to testify. browne says he will go to afghanistan himself. meantime, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan told lawmakers that there are no plans to speed up the timetable for troop withdrawal in the wake of those murders and the recent koran burning. general john allen said the u.s. military will be completely out by december 2014, just as planned. in other news this morning, ....
Underscored debate of stress on u.s. forces. because of multiple deployments. he had been deployed four times before he allegedly walked into that village and executed 16. i think general allen ought to be prepared to answer questions what he thinks of the status of the forces and behavior and mental health of forces in afghanistan because of numerous deployments. is it possible this could happen again and what can we do to prevent that from happening. reporter: so to recap a lot will unfold at that hearing this morning. it is allen s first testimony since the koran burning and also the massacre at that village. so a lot of headlines to look for this morning. bill: certainly are. thank you, katherine. catherine herridge in washington. martha has more on this. martha? martha: we turn this question of an israeli attack on iran which has been so discussed in recent weeks. a new war game essentially those shows that it could have devastating consequences for united states. that is ac ....
Of course, you have the koran burning, a u.s. soldier allegedly going on this deadly shooting rampage, so the timing is important. chief intelligence correspondent catherine her eurpblg is live with more on what the temperature commander in afghanistan had to say today. some interesting changes on the hill. reporter: that s right. so far the hearing has not been dominated by testimony by staff sergeant bale, confirming there are 16 shootings of afghan civilian, one is criminal and the second, administrative, which means it looks at the command structure that allowed bales to go off base. allen is also testifying under repeated questioning that the mission remains on track in afghanistan des might the despite the massacre of afghans and burning of korans and there s no testimony about the acceleration of drawdown of u.s. forces. allen suggested the afghans are stepping up. it went from 55 batallion formation toss 108, so the ....
It confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it s just another way you ll be traveling at the speed of hertz. live from america s news headquarters, i m ainsley earhardt. a top general telling congress, the u.s. will stay the course in afghanistan. general john allen set to testify before lawmakers starting tuesday. he s expected to tell them, the u.s. will stick to the plan, to the planned withdrawal calendar, despite recent setbacks, including the koran burning and last week s alleged shooting spree by an american soldier. president obama has set the end for 2014 for withdrawal from afghanistan. in southern france, the terrorism alert is at its highest level after a shooting in a jewish school that left 3 children and a rabbid dead. one of the weapons used was used to kill three paratroopers in a ....
toss the head set fell. zimmerman says he was acting in self-defense and has never been arrested or charged, but martin s family and their many supporters claim that racial bias in the shooting and the investigation. so now the fbi has stepped in and the justice department has opened a civil rights investigation. cnn legal analyst sunny hostin joining me now with more on all of this. why don t we go ahead and start with trayvon s cell phone friend. i understand you actually have a copy of her sworn affidavit. give us the details, sunny. we ll kind of unfold the conversation from there. good morning, kyra. i do not have a copy though of the sworn affidavit but i did speak to one of the martin family attorneys this morning for at least half an hour, and she and i discussed this phone call. apparently trayvon martin on that night had been trading phone calls with a 16-year-old friend, a girl, and as they traded phone calls, one of the last phone calls, w was at abou 7: ....