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In the book mr. Gates, who served as secretary of defense under president george w. Bush and president obama, talks about his management of the wars in afghanistan and iraq, and he shares stories about his relationship with the white house and congress. [applause] secretary gates, i also want to thank you for being here, especially in light of the fact that youve recently had an injury. I know youre making a robust recovery, but having to wear a neck brace is surely has surely complicated your being here and getting here, and we thank you for making that effort. Until i became secretary of def...

Do under the circumstances, which was to take the hit. One question. Let me just say to build on your observations, i mean there was a lot of goodwill toward general mcchrystal in the white house because during the fall of 2009 and we have are debating options for afghanistan, including whether to go with what he had recommended, this 40,000 additional troops or other options with smaller numbers that have been advocated by the Vice President and others, there were a number of leaks in public statements by the military including by general mcchrystal that made it appear to the white house that...

For making that effort. When i, until i became secretary of defense, i had never broken a bone or had a u surgery [laughter] february of 2008 i fell on the ice and broke this shoulder in three places. Ould ten months later putting a snowplow blade on a tractor, ir pulled a bicep tendon off this arm. My security guards quickly came to the conclusion that alqaeda was no risk to me atcae all compared to myself. [laughter] to me at all comparedo myself. [laughter] and before we start i would like to say that it is good to be back here at the senate and also to apologize to the audience on my right...

Creating jobs in the small town, were pleased to have the mayor join us with his story in minutes. Melissa very cool. Lori time for a market check. Lets head down to the floor the New York Stock Exchange, giving back earlier gains. Nicole that is true. We have been pushed around a little bit, even moved into negative territory but the move to the upside and getting some of the moves to the upside with the gains we are seeing, Dow Jones Industrials up 34 points, the bank stocks are looking little better and that is one of the reasons we have had the turnaround. Drug stocks doing good. The dolla...

Is boeings new during my are turning into a nightmare . More problems for the plane just as an inaugural flight is scheduled today at a san jose mineta. Were waking up to cold temperatures were talking freezing temperatures are around the bay. Will begin with our Team Coverage of the weather freeze warnings are and the fact. Will tran is out there shivering you saw me an hour ago it was 32 degrees on the board and at and is now 31 degrees. It has gotten colder which means if it rains right now it is not coming down as rain. It will be snow because we are below the freezing mark. I have to tell...