Nukes Will Provide Iran With Expanded Tactical Arsenal, Says Ex-State Official

Stephen Rademaker, former assistant secretary of State, explains that if Iran had nuclear weapons during its proxy war with Israel in 2006, they would have been more liberal in their tactics against Israel. (0:53)

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Iraqi-American Blogger: DoD Will Leave, State Dept. Will Remain In Iraq

Iraqi-American blogger, Raed Jarrar, in an interview Monday, argued that America’s presence in Iraq is not over because while the U.S Department of Defense will be leaving Iraq, the U.S Department of State will be doubling its personnel. (0:28)

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Sen. Sessions: Myths Surround Military Spending

At the Values Voter Summit, Sen Jeff Sessions (R-AL) says its a myth that America spends too much on defense. (0:23)

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War Prevention Key Issue In Sudan, Says Advocate

US Holocaust Museum Director Michael Abramowitz discusses the importance of international policy that would prevent warfare in Sudan. (0:13)

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All American Forces Out Of Iraq By End Of 2011, Says Commander-In-Chief

President Barack Obama says that all American forces will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of 2011 but will continue to support and train Iraqi security forces. (0:25)

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Dalai Lama Says American Principles Are Stronger Than U.S. Weapons

The 14th Dalai Lama says U.S. weapons are powerful but not as powerful as American principles. (0:26)
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West Va. Resident Says American Troops Need To Get Out of Afghanistan

Debbie B. of West Virginia says she believes American troops should get out of Afghanistan because the U.S. is "not solving any problems." (0:17)
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Pelosi: "There won’t be any more war supplementals"

By Kayleigh Harvey and Celia Canon

At her weekly press conference today Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said: "There won’t be any more war supplementals. We have no expectation of that. My message to the members’ is the President has re-focused our efforts in Afghanistan, he has a path to ending the war in Iraq that will happen. So we have a plan for both places and this is the President’s request to fund that. I hope you can vote for it."
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"That was not a war"

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

At a public hearing on current U.S. Military Aid to the Middle East, retired Ambassador Edward Peck said that the fighting in Gaza is not a war. He said, "That wasn't a war. There are not two armies fighting there. There was a huge powerful army, armed, financed and equipped by us, kicking the crappe, that's a French word, c-r-a-p-p-e, kicking the crappe out of a helpless, defenseless people, who had nothing to fight back with."
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Secretary Gate's personal view that a "modest" amount of troops will remain in Iraq after 2011

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, backed up President Obama's statement today, in a conference cal,l that all U.S. combat troops will be out of Iraq by August 31, 2010 and that all U.S. troops would leave Iraq by 2011. Gates said that if Iraqi forces asked for U.S. troops to remain, he believed people "should be prepared to have a very modest size presence" remaining in Iraq.
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Secretary Gates: Non-combat troops left in Iraq after 2010 will have combat capability

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates hosted a conference call where he discussed Obama's strategy to end the war in Iraq. Following the President's lead, Gates said, that all combat troops will be out of Iraq by August 31, 2010, but the non-combat troops left in Iraq "will have combat capability."
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Stuart W. Bowen speaks at commission hearing on contracting in Iraq

Stuart W. Bowen is put in the hot seat at the wartime contracting hearing. He says that we need to have better quality assurance to keep track of how money is being spent and that a good quality assurance program (the government) is key to assure good contracting programs.
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Bush denounces the "politics of personal destruction"

When asked what he would not miss about being President, Bush replied that he would not miss "the politics of personal destruction", and stated that while he intended to change the tone of Washington, he was unsuccessful (0:45).
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The new Bosnian criminal elite

Author Peter Andreas sees the root of new Bosnian corruption in the little known role of a criminal economy in the Siege of Sarajevo. (0:45)
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China identifies space as a military weakness for the US

Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says that China's military strategy identifies US dependence on space for intelligence as a potential weakness that the People's Republic could exploit for its own gains on the battlefield should a conflict arise. (1:00)
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Obama to "seize this moment's promise"

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama discusses the many consequences of war in Iraq during foreign policy and national security speech. Obama mentions how he wants "America once again to lead." (1:36)
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Rationale for war: “Saddam had a long history of supporting various terrorist groups”

Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith says that nobody in the administration believed that Iraq was responsible for the attacks of Sept. 11, and that the controversy of Iraq’s ties to al-Qaida was not an enormous influence on going to war. He says that the rationale of the war relating to terrorism had to do with Saddam’s long history of training terrorist groups in Iraq and promoting terrorism. (1:11)
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United States should not lecture other countries on human trafficking

U.S Ambassador Mark Lagon said today that the United States should not lecture other countries on human trafficking and how things should be done to end it. Lagon discusses human trafficking reports that the United States has done annually as well as the annual international trafficking and persons report, which give numbers and an estimate on how each country is doing to combat human trafficking. (0:47)
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Afghanistan's most successful troop trainer describes working with American forces

Colonel Mohammad Asef, Battalion Commander, Training Khandak, 203rd Corps, Afghan National Army, describes his experiences working with American forces. Speaking through a translator, Asef praises the American military and its help in training Afghan troops. (0:38)
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Congressman Dana Rohrabacher discusses what to do with Iraqi refugees at House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher discusses what to do with Iraqi refugees at House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "No Direction Home: An NGO Perspective on Iraqi Refuges and IDP's (internally displaced persons)." (1:06)
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