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0 communications relative to the security situation in benghazi. surely the death of four public servants warrant that action. john mccain blames the pentagon for not being ready to help the americans in peril. he calls it a lack of leadership. >> they were not prepared. there was no alert of any kind that would have enabled them to reach a state of readiness this that they could have intervened. >> leon panetta has said that military leaders didn't have enough information what was going on the ground and could not, therefore, quote, put forces at risk in that situation. gregg? >> gregg: molly...

Administration is not learning from their mistakes, and, what they're mistakes, and girls, guns and u.s. military and we'll break down a new report that says women should be allowed to serve in combat, the general who is joining us has two daughters. who served in combat divisions. all that and more, the top of the hour, now back to bill and martha. bill: thank you, a bit more information down at miami, watching the american airlines plane that originated sao paolo, brazil, apparently there was a box upon landing that was inside the cargo hold that was marked "detonators or fuses" and that wou...

governors on both sides of the aisle, now agreeing that something has to be done, and that is where the rubber hits the road. they are going nuts in this town, by the way for the jets, jets, jets! martha: yes! very excited. bill: if you are in boston, our sympathies to you and if you are in pittsburgh, you are waiting for the jets, sunday. welcome to "america's newsroom," nice to see you. martha: good morning, we're glad to have you with us, i'm martha maccallum, while the new congress takes up spending and the deficit, a lot of states are tackling unbelievable budget shortfalls. bil...

Intelligence have captured the taliban's top military commander, and a pakistani officer says baradar is now talking to investigators. one u.s. official saying this arrest is a very personal blow to taliban leader omar. it could be a severe setback for the militant group in the near term. what effect could can it have on the afghan war overall and the search for osama bin laden? joining us now, former cia operations officer mike ackerman. mike, what was your first reaction when you heard this guy had been captured? >> it was a very positive development. i was very happy to hear that. i think t...

Capture. mike ackerman formerly with the cia. >> thank you very much. jon: thank you. a one-time gitmo inmate might soon be released from a rehab center in saudi arabia. he claims he is innocent of terrorism charges that landed him in began tan mow bay, but he says the rehabilitation center has taught him to be a better muslim. the saudi program was widely praised by american counterterrorism officials until two of its graduates went on to form an al-qaeda splinter group in yemen. you can read the full article and see more exclusive pictures of the rehabilitation center on foxnews.com. harris:...