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>> its the member of the 4,000 number and the fact president trump said time and time again he wanted us out of afghanistan. are you surprised by the move? >> im not surprised because he has to convince the american people this is clearly in u.s. vital interest. thats the driving force behind this. his predecessors frankly never committed themselves politically and morally to have a successful strategy. thats the second big thing we need to get from the president tonight. not just why but what d...

On the region. i am absolutely convinced -- i cant say it enough. isis will establish itself, its already trying, in afghanistan if we walk away. im thrilled to hear the president has moved away from that option. >> bret: i want to put this up. afghanistan by the numbers. you spent a lot of time on the ground there. 8400 u.s. troops currently in afghanistan. 714 billion spent. 2,258 total deaths, 20,257 wounded. more than 11% of afghanistan still today controlled by insurgents or the taliban. fo...

Pullout of afghan troops by the americans or will there maybe be a gradual reduction in the u.s. service personnel roles in afghanistan. or maybe a gradual reduction followed by -- we just dont know. those are just. so scenarios the president is considering after huddling with his senior cadre of his national security advisors and you can tell how important this meeting was at camp david today, bret, by looking at some of the big names that were talking about the vice president mike pence, the s...

Americas longest running war has continued to cost the country lives and quite a lot of money. as the pentagon prepares to send dozens more marines into afghanistan days after the remains of most recent casualties in the conflict were returned home, 2,263 americans have died there since 2001. over 20,000 wounded. so many americans still asking what are we doing there? the pentagon has spent more than $714 billion to date on just military costs fighting in afghanistan. >> lets talk about soluti...

No. >> $714 billion taken out of medicare to fund obama care. theres no question what we have seen is weve made medicare more fragile. number two, what we did in 2011, was pass hr-1, i believes it was, developed pools providing a state-by-state competition. which would have allowed folks to find coverage. >> wait, wait, wait. >> let me finish. >> theres a -- >> i know you guys are courteous to newblies, but one of the challenges that you see here is that if you allow for free market solutions to...

Attacks anyway but now it is elevated because of ryans presence on the ticket. >> kim, the obama campaign is now, in effect, on the air with a medicare ad in which they show a picture of paul ryan and mitt romney and talking about the ryan budget. lets leave the congress debate for another time. will that work at the presidential level? >> no, i dont think it will. he then has to defend obama care and defend the now versus medicare solvency over time. hes saying, $714 billion? you laugh at the w...

Massive air campaign to target taliban and al qaeda trading bases less than a month after 9/11. 1300 u.s. commanders mostly marines were sent in. the iraq war diverted attention away from the war that went into a stalemate. when president obama was elected, 25,000 u.s. troops there. that surge to 100,000 in 2010 after bin laden was killed the next year, the obama administration plan to draw down. he hoped to do so before leaving office, was convinced to leave some troops behind as isis emerged. ...