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They could revise it and make it difficult for him to sign. at the hands of u.s. military and other drones who caught an apology from president obama. the u.s. agreed to write a letter, but officials say it wont include an apology and wont come from the president. he went as far as to admit mistakes, but that was the extent. now we turn to iraq, a country that saw the last of combat forces leave nearly two years ago. iraq is grappling with the worst sectarian violence since the height of the ira...

>> i am concerned about the resolution that the administration did sent to the house of representatives. im more in line with the resolution that passed in the senate, specifically no boots on the ground. and no deployment of combat forces. a swift and certain process that is contained and confined at one strategic objective. and that is the -- deterrence and degradation of syrias chemical weapons capability. not just to keep them from being used by the regime but to keep them from other element...

Punishment. they will continue to misbehave. it was bashar al-assad who set the terms, and where we are now. i hope we can use diplomacy on the use of force, but if it fails we cant live in a world where the chemical weapons are used in an ordinary world as weapons of war. >> and others such as john mccain want to see much more action. >> i am concerned about the resolution that the administration did sent to the house of representatives. im more in line with the resolution that passed in the se...

Mccain want to see much more action. >> i am concerned about the resolution that the administration did sent to the house of representatives. im more in line with the resolution that passed in the senate, specifically no boots on the ground. and no deployment of combat forces. a swift and certain process that is contained and confined at one strategic objective. and that is the -- deterrence and degradation of syrias chemical weapons capability. not just to keep them from being used by the regim...

This, we need you on board? >> you know, i think on questions like this, steve, where youre talking about a resolution authorizing a military strike, without combat -- without boots on the ground, without combat forces, rises to a level above, what does this mean for the president? what does this mean for me? im more interested in what does this mean for iran? what does this mean for north korea? what does this mean for our long-term security interests? i think most of my colleagues stay focused...

Overdo it. watch. >> they have overplayed and made overly partisan a very serious matter that should be taken seriously. benghazi, four americans dead. the irs grossly responsible for abuse of power. they can stay on the facts. not get beyond the facts and they can probably do very well. but they cant resist. >> advice from a democrat. republicans arent backing away from aggressive investigations. but they are aware that too much talk of impeachment and the like can can back fire. remember in 98...

>> right but this gets better. kill innocent people. kill americans. were trying to kill our own people so well have an excuse to stay in afghanistan. we do not want to stay in afghanistan. we want to get out. we hope to get out without shooting our way out and what we hope we leave behind is stable afghanistan. that is looking increasingly unlikely. bill: you say once the united states leaves in 2014, leave we reduce forces. >> combat forces. bill: 10,000 in country. he is looking for someone t...

Iffing to say that 34,000 of the 66,000 troops would be coming back by this time next year. this is on track presumably to withdraw all combat forces by the end of 2014. is that basically the timetable? >> thats going to allow the president and i think i can -- as you know, weve confirmed that he will announce the 34 thousands number tonight, but beyond that, ill leave it to him to address. >> okay. jennifer, thanks for joining us on state of the union preview day. good to see you. >> coming up ...

John, it depresses me enormously. this week, the new york times ran a piece that said that the president was getting a recommendation that we should have six to 20,000 troops left in afghanistan after the withdrawal of combat forces in 2014. that piece didnt make the front page. >> are americans losing interest because of the lack of media coverage or are the media not covering afghanistan because theres no interest. >> all i can say it reminds me of vietnam. and remember that in the early 70s a...

His nickname with the public was the bear. he was affable, but you could tell that the iron fist in a velvet glove guy who explained what was going on to the american people. he used precision weapons, videotapes, and a mission to convey that to the people. he was not only leading combat forces, but he was also explaining to the american people what his troops were doing and how they were doing it. it was a revelation for the american people to actually see this. there were some lessons learned ...