security to hamid karzai and the specific road map for troops to come home from the more than decade long war. last year, we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of summer. after that, reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more of our troops coming home. as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. the trip fell on the one-year anniversary of the day that the president ordered navy s.e.a.l.s to take out osama bin laden. over the last three years, the tide has turned. we broke the taliban s momentum. we built strong afghan security forces. we devastated al qaeda s leadership, taking out over 20 of the top 30 leaders. one year ago, from the base here in afghanistan, our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. so does all of
as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. the trip fell on the one-year anniversary of the day that the president ordered navy s.e.a.l.s to take out osama bin laden. over the last three years, the tide has turned. we broke the taliban s momentum. we built strong afghan security forces. we devastated al qaeda s leadership, taking out over 20 of the top 30 leaders. one year ago, from the base here in afghanistan, our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. so does all of this add up? does the president s optimism about the future square with what s happening on the ground? sean parnell is the author of outlawed platoon. all right, good to see you. let me just ask you this question, colonel lleyton first. we just heard the president there saying by the end of 2014 afghans will be full
physics. so he had an engineering background that helped him transform cell phones into bomb detonators. he was in a rock band. he played drums for a rock band called silk road, but he was american, a u.s. citizen. he wanted to carry out the attack which also included ak-47s and six other attackers. here s what a former roommate said about him. i don t know if i want to talk about him and vilify an old friend. he lived here for a couple years, we had our times, and he went on his merry way. reporter: a bail hearing is set for monday, jon. jon: obviously, some are wondering whether he was entrapped. can you comment on that? is the fbi talking about that? reporter: well, no, i think the fbi would push back on that notion. my understanding is that there was an informant involved, there was an individual that the man had reached out to, and that s when the fbi got involved and began an undercover operation to
see what the intent was, and they gave him many attempts, they gave him many chances to recant to and don t forget, he had provided some cell phones according to the fbi, he had provided some cell phones that he had transformed into bomb detonators. and when he was told by those fbi agents that they had, that those bomb detonators had killed three u.s. soldiers in if iraq, farduz in this audiotape gloated saying, that was my intent. jon: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. jenna: a fox business alert for you now, the obama administration is calling on the supreme court to consider a key part of the president s health care program. in the meantime, a small business group and 26 states are asking the court to strike down the entire law. peter barnes is senior washington correspondent for the fox business network, and he joins us with the latest. hi, peter. reporter: hey, jenna. the administration hopes that the supreme court will rule on
according to the affidavit. this f-86 remote-controlled toy plane can be bought online for less than $200, but some experts say they most likely would have exploded on takeoff, and authorities don t think the plan had much chance of succeeding. but, they say, they have enough taped material to show a vicious intent. ferdaus was 26 years old, he graduated from massachusetts northeastern university where he studied physics, so he had an engineering background that helped him transform cell phones into bomb detonators. he lived with his parents for 14 years, he was in a rock band, he played drums for a rock band called silk road. this picture is from his myspace be page. he was american, he was a u.s. citizen and wanted to carry out the attack which included ak-47s and six other attackers. here s what a former roommate had to say. he lived here for a couple years, we had our times, and he went on his merry way. reporter: when he bought