go to cialis.com. as the gulf coast lewent in a catastrophe, 112 coalition troops died. with military officials warning it will get worse over the summer. there are 94,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan, and will be about 100,000 by fall, an increase spelled out last december. these additional american and international troops will allow us to accelerate us handing over responsibility to afghan forces and allow us to transfer our forces out of afghanistan in
memories, both big and small. including something as simple as a text message conversation with his son. it was 2:00 in the morning. what do you think i ll play? awesome. we had a bond. general mcchrystal says troops are planning to pull out of afghanistan in july of 2011. the speed of the withdraw will be determined by conditions at that time. the top of the hour now. hello to you all. welcome to cnn sunday morning for this june 13th. i m t.j. holmes. i m suzanne malveaux. it s 7:00 a.m. in atlanta. thanks for starting your day with us. take a look at what washed ashore in panama beach city, florida. this is a large stainless-steel container. the 7-foot tall box has bp markings on it. it s still not clear if it s
afghanistan back in december at west point, he announced the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan would be dramatically increased but he said that increase would precede us getting out of afghanistan starting on a specific date. additional american and international troops will allow us to accelerate handing over responsibility to afghan forces and allow us to begin the transfer of our forces out of afghanistan in july of 2011. july of 2011. after the president gave that speech saying we would start to leave afghanistan in july of 2011 there was some of what seemed to be waffling on the leaving date from the members of his administration. this week waffling no more. in afghanistan yesterday defense secretary bob gates for the first time said you can put that start date for withdrawal in your date book in pen. as conditions on the ground permit, between now and july 2011, we might be able to begin
one year moratorium, not forever, just one year. one election year. which could be pretty good strategy especially if nobody remembers what happened before today. finally, when president obama gave his speech about afghanistan back in december at west point, he announced the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan would be dramatically increased but he said that increase would precede us getting out of afghanistan starting on a specific date. additional american and international troops will allow us to accelerate handing over responsibility to afghan forces and begin the transfer of our forces out of afghanistan in july of 2011. july of 2011. after the president gave that speech saying we would start to leave afghanistan in july of 2011, there seemed to be waffling on the leaving date by member of his administration.
conservatives and squeamish liberals this is exactly the time for the government to push for major domestic job creating investments. let s start with general petraeus testimony today. claire mccaskill is a member of the arms committee. i guess the hardest question in the world is the ones you re asking. everyone is asking as you review the case for general petraeus to lead the forces over there. if we re going to leave afghanistan in july, why not just leave now? well, first of all we re going to begin the process of leaving next july. but it s going to be conditions based. and general petraeus has said it over and over again in two senate hearings over the last few weeks that this will be a conditions-based decision. we ll have 50,000 troops still in iraq in the coming months. so this is a process.