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And what that signals is that our war in afghanistan has entered the final chapter. more of our troops are coming home. well be down to 34,000 this winter. by the end of next year, in just 17 months, the transition will be complete. afghans will take full responsibility for their security, and our war in afghanistan will be over. none of this progress would have been possible had it not been for you. we thank all who have served there, especially our camp pendleton marines. after our nation was ...

Cant continue to deliberate. this trial has had it all, andrea. >> indeed. including a witness that was clearly murdered. his body dumped, thats the cast of characters that youve got there. ron mott covering it all in boston. thank you. before heading home to washington today, president obama will make a stop at camp pendleton to talk to the marines. this at a critical time during a military winddown from afghanistan and a military faci facing discussions. colonel jack, thanks for joining us...

Folks here who were at the white house who are now here at camp pendleton. see? i figured as much. and then, of course, every time i need to kind of hop, skip, and jump somewhere, every time i get on marine one, i rely on some of the best aviators in the world. ive seen your honor. ive seen your courage. ive seen your commitment, whether in protecting our diplomatic posts around the world or preparing to deploy to iraq or afghanistan or recovering from wounds received in battle. you know, a few ...

What do you expect were going to hear? >> reporter: we expect to hear from him a short time from now. were outside hangar six. theres a lot of anticipation for these young men and women to see president obama for the first time, for most of them in person. this is his first trip to this base, the first presidential trip to this marine base since 2004. that was, of course, was president bush. the sacrifice has been significant. 326 marines from camp pendleton have given their lives in either iraq...

Nationals bryce harper some human milt. needless to say the -- these deals bench-clearing brawls dont end, they just move to twitter. good afternoon, everyone. im jake tapper. we begin with the world lead. right now president obama is speaking to troops and their families in californias camp pendleton, hess last stop on his trip out west. this as the world remains under a vaguely defined terror threat which led the state department to close 19 embassies around the world this week. the president ...

Believe the plot is linked to the overall threat the u.s. is dealing with. president obama telling troops at camp pendleton. >> al qaeda affiliates and like-minded extremists are threatening the homeland. still threaten the businesses abroad. and weve got to take the threats seriously. and do all we can to confront them. >> 19 u.s. embassies and consulates in 16 countries are still closed through saturday. including the embassy in yemen. >> were keeping did closed to keep our people safe and bec...

Congress couldnt agree on a plan to reduce the deficit in what i consider a sensible way, so instead, what weve got is these big across-the-board cuts called the sequester. sequester kicked in. it includes defense. and were already starting to effects. here at pendleton, youre feeling it. hard working folks are getting furloughed. families getting by on less. fewer ships available for your exercises. the commissary your families rely on closed a day a week. we can do better than that. thats not ...

If he were in the united states. something else interesting president obama said in that answer to jay leno was he talked about all the african countries that hes visited where there is horrific discrimination against gays and lesbians and how this is something that needs to change on an international basis. i dont think -- i do think there will be something of a showdown when it comes to the olympics, not just with the u.s. but with other countries as well. i dont think theres going to be any m...

For a body in motion. you are looking at live pictures as we wait for president obama to address troops at camp pendleton marine corps base in california, the final stop on his two-day swing through the west coast, including a meeting with marines and their family members to thank them for their service. nbcs peter alexander is traveling with the president. he joins us from camp pendleton.

Show" about terror threats and embassy closures. he went today and spoke to troops and expanded a little bit on the status of al qaeda. >> even as we decimated the al qaeda leadership that attacked us on 9/11, al qaeda affiliates and like minded extremists still threaten our homeland, still threaten our diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad. we have to take these threats seriously and do all we can to confront them. as for these extremists, here is what those that would cow...