Former CIA Officer Jack Rice Analyzes White House Response To Leaked Afghanistan Documents

Talk Radio News Service International Correspondent Jack Rice analyzes the thousands of secret Afghanistan documents leaked to the press by the organization, WikiLeaks. (:53)

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TRNS Investigates: Human Terrain Teams

TRNS Reporter Monique Cala investigates the increasing presence of social scientists in areas around the globe impacted by unstable conditions. Cala engages military and diplomatic experts as a means of enlighting listeners about the newest ways in which the U.S. Department of Defense is attempting to bridge cultural gaps around the world. (5:31)
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Balanced Distribution Of Pentagon Budget Is Critical, Says Mullen

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen says that balancing the distribution of the requested $549 billion DOD budget is crucial, especially to men and women in uniform. (0:18)
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$9 Billion To Support Soldiers' Families, Says Mullen

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen says that $9 billion of the requested $549 billion DOD budget will be distributed to soldiers' families. (0:44)
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EU, Airbus Are Benefitted At Expense Of U.S. Workers Says Democrat Murray

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) says Wednesday that "Now that WTO has ruled that what the EU and Airbus are doing is illegal, we don't think they should be allowed to continue benefitting at the expense of our workers." (0:46)
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Analyst: Gates's budget cut endangers national security

Jonathan Bronstein talks to Mackenzie Eaglen, an analyst for the Heritage Foundation, about Robert Gates's announcement to cut the military budget and how what affect it will have on national security. However, Eaglen believes that such a move is dangerous because weapon technology research takes decades to create so any cut in the budget now will undoubtedly affect the future.

Additionally, she questions the critics who complain about the Department of Defense, DOD, overspending as, "the GAO [Government Accountability Office] has been reporting on the top ten DOD weapons systems cost overruns for years," and only recently has it become a large issue. (1:05)
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Nearly half of servicewomen are sexually assaulted

Rep. Jane Harman (D-Cali.) says that women serving in the military are more likely to get raped by a fellow solider than killed by enemy fire in Iraq. Harman also said that 41 percent of female veterans said they were victims sexual assault and 29 percent said they were vicitims of rape. (0:42)


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Pentagon: allegations "flat out wrong"

During a press briefing Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says that any perception that the DoD or Army contractors are as "negligent" or "callous" as to allow the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq due to electrocution is flat-out wrong. Morrell says that the DoD is concerned with the safety of U.S> soldiers. Sixteen U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq due to electrical accidents.
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DoD spokesman: The sky is not falling in Afghanistan

During a press breifing at the Pentagon, Defense Department spokesman Geoff Morrell says that the situation in Afghanistan is "not precarious, not urgent; the sky is not falling in Afghanistan," and says that the strategic combat reserves will not be deployed to supplement troops in Afghanistan. (0:37)
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Gates: troops in Afghanistan sooner rather than later

During a press conference at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that the Defense Department is working hard to find opportunities to send more troops to Afghanistan "sooner rather than later." (0:50)


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Mullen: Afghanistan and Pakistan secruity linked

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says that there can't be discssion on the security of Afghanistan withou talking about Pakistan. He calls for a plan and strategy to deal with Pakistan. (0:33)
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Commander in Iraq: U.S. forces in Iraq doing more with less

Gen. Lloyd Austin, Commander of Multinational Corps Iraq and second in command of U.S. forces there says that the coalition has been trying to fight currently battles while reducing the size of the force there as surge brigades leave. (0:46)

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DOD has "failed the war fighter"

At a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting to discuss the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of Defense, Katherine Schinasi of the Government Accountability Office says that the DOD has “failed the war fighter” by delivering capability late and in fewer quantities than planned. She also said that when equipment is delivered, it is not what is needed for current operations. (0:18)
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Senator explains why DOD programs continue to fail

At a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting to discuss the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of Defense, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) says that DOD cost overruns happen because of “fundamental flaws that are built into our acquisitions system.” He said that DOD acquisition programs fail because of unreasonable cost and schedule estimates, unrealistic performance expectations, immature technologies, and costly changes to program requirements while they are in progress. (0:32)
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Allan Shaffer says there is still much to accomplish with our non-conventional warfare methods

At the House Armed Services Committee Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee hearing on "The FY2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request - Department of Defense Science and Technology: Responding to the 21st Century Irregular Warfare Threat Environment," Allan Shaffer, principle deputy director of Defense Research and Engineering at the Defense Department, says over the last two years we have begun to reshape the investment of the department to work on programs in non-conventional areas, such as biometrics, human social modeling, locating tagging and tracking, surveillance, and cyber protection. While we are currently well positioned to support the force, he says, there is still much to accomplish. (:45)
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Senator Dorgan Outraged by the Denial of KRB and The Pentagon

At the press conference today. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) talks about the KRB and its failure to provide the soldiers with clean water in Iraq. He is outraged, yet remains curious, by the fact that the military and the contractors denied the allegations. He seems to seek for answers as to why the military lied about the allegations, when they already were aware of the facts, at a hearing last year. (0:48)
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Chairman Levin of the Armed Forces Committee asks Secretary Gates about the Budget Proposal

 On today's hearing, Chairman Carl Levin asks about the total amount of money needed by the Department of Defense. (0:32)
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