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3,000 fighters that are still left there. they havent necessarily seen them go to africa. they havent necessarily seen them go to afghan stan but they are aware that resources will shift and fighters stay in the same place. thats their challenge. hallie? >> hans, as always, thank you. i want to bring in josh letterman and nancy cook, white house reporter for politico. josh and nancy, explain the significance of this acknowledgment now from the pentagon. >> well, this means that the u.s. is muc...

People overseas. >> you know, radical islamists are one thing, britain first, theyre accosting muslims on the streets of england, obviously many people in the united states who try to do similar things on the internet, trolls who do this thing, accosting muslims, not radical islamists but just living their lives. as somebody focused on national security and intelligence for your entire career, does the idea of painting all muslims with a broad brush, does it hurt u.s. diplomatic but more importa...

Are in afghanistan. and unfortunately i think that the proposition that the united states should be, for its own benefit, participating in extracting minerals from afghan stan feeds right into those conspiracy theories. >> depending on how you count, theres between 8500 and 12,000 american service members serving in afghanistan. the president appears to be increasing that number by several thousand. he also talked about changing essentially the rules of engagement for lack of a better terms in t...

Are in afghanistan. and unfortunately i think that the proposition that the united states should be, for its own benefit, participating in extracting minerals from afghan stan feeds right into those conspiracy theories. >> depending on how you count, theres between 8500 and 12,000 american service members serving in afghanistan. the president appears to be increasing that number by several thousand. he also talked about changing essentially the rules of engagement for lack of a better terms in t...

Rally, now this. we have a president that goes back and forth between these things. this speech today, the important part is he sort of puts a button on the question of charlottesville, the unrest. he talks about healing and unit and that part. the thing im a little surprised at he didnt use this opportunity to urgently sell his plan for the troop surge in afghan stan. this would be the audience and the place this. is where past presidents have gone, here and the veterans of foreign wars, to tal...

Constitutionally inconceivable power to wage war forever on his own say-so without checking with anybody, despite all that, on this one issue on an offshore issue in communist cuba, on this one thing the congress has decided to get up on its hynde legs and tell the president, no, mr. president, you are dont get to decide, we do. >> ive asked to review everything weve done in guantanamo, and im going to reengage with congress to try to make the case that this is not something in the best interest...

Own say-so without checking with anybody, despite all that, on this one issue on an offshore issue in communist cuba, on this one thing the congress has decided to get up on its hynde legs and tell the president, no, mr. president, you are dont get to decide, we do. >> ive asked to review everything weve done in guantanamo, and im going to reengage with congress to try to make the case that this is not something in the best interest of the american people and its not sustainable. the notion were...

The notion were going to continue to keep over a hundred individuals in no mans land in perpetuity, even at a time when weve wound down the war in iraq, were winding down the war in afghan stan, were having success defeating al qaeda core, weve kept the pressure up on the transnational terrorist network, when weve transferred detention authority in afghanistan, the idea that we would still maintain forever a group of individuals who have not been tried, that is contrary to who we are, it is cont...

Who do you believe? >> i do not think that you can just run on platitudes the democrats and republicans are under pressure to deliver something. >> and they are going to in march, paul ryan has been tweaking his medicare plan, to make it more palatable, theres fuzzy math if we are holding everyones feet to the fire, the $1 trillion to the august deal is counted toward this budget and 850 billion from the wars in iraq and afghan stan, which some say should not be included. >> your panelists are t...

But i would saimply say here th key here is this, i dont have a problem with the troop level, i have a concern with the timeline. but as long as the president maintains some flexibility here. he has done this since he took office and he maintained flexibility in afghanistan and maintained responsibility in iraq. if thinks spike up, i think he will adjust the timeline. hes shown a pattern of doing this. >> you know, dan, i know you support the presidents decisions in afghan stan, but we have hear...