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Testimony last november that said continuous combat operations and reduced overall budgets have driven readiness to historically low levels. and i look and i see senator cohen and senator dunn, i spent time with both of them, i admire them so much. but this isnt like it used to be. right now we have one third of the army briga combat teams are ready to fight in all types of warfare. the current air force is the smallest and oldest in the air force history yet only half of its fighter squadrons a...

Argument, closing statement about his time as president. you mentioned that combat operations are officially over in afghanistan, that is on the heat has talked about a lot. lets move forward. what does the next president, president-elect trump encounter with having to inherit what is happening in afghanistan, what decisions will he have to make? >> i think the first decision they have to make is what is going to be -- what are our national interest in afghanistan, how far are we willing to go? ...

Afghan surge, we had over 100,000 soldiers that were there, and we were just really starting to make gains. we have about 9800 soldiers in afghanistan, that is effectively once we ended combat operations, even though we lost a green parade two months ago or so, they are there to train the police. territory is key here, especially the helmand province where they are going back in because that is the heart of the poppy growth and opium trade that fuels and finances the insurgency and makes about $...

Injury is? >> i lost my sight during combat operations in iraq. on may 13, 2008. >> thank you for your service. i have to ask you, whats it like on the -- on the water and not being able to see anything? obvious question. >> its a wild ride. i really -- the best way i can put it as someone with a so-called disability, being out here on the water gives me the ability to have freedom. the world -- i stare in a still world. i could complain about being in the darkness. its important to keep moving ...

Combat operations for the winter, falling back to ne and leaving mostly hired hessian troops at a string of garrisons throughout new jersey. >> colonel von donop... your troops will take the post alongside the river, right next to the enemy. colonel rall, you shall have command at trenton. >> yah. if i can tempt washington over here, then ill capture him! >> the british thought they had won. they had conquered the main american cities, the different towns. and so i think they really wrote off ge...

Combat operations for the winter, falling back to new york and leaving mostly hired hessian troops at a string of garrisons throughout new jersey. >> colonel von donop... your troops will take the post alongside the river, right next to the enemy. colonel rall, you shall have command at trenton. >> yah. if i can tempt washington over here, then ill capture him! >> the british thought they had won. they had conquered the main american cities, the different towns. and so i think they really wrote ...

Combat operations for the winter, falling back to new york and leaving mostly hired hessian troops at a string of garrisons throughout new jersey. >> colonel von donop... your troops will take the post alongside the river, right next to the enemy. colonel rall, you shall have command at trenton. >> yah. if i can tempt washington over here, then ill capture him! >> the british thought they had won. they had conquered the main american cities, the different towns. and so i think they really wrote ...

Washington is no longer a threat makes a fateful decision. instead of continuing to philadelphia, howe will pause combat operations for the winter, falling back to new york and leaving mostly troops at a string of garrisons throughout new jersey. >> your troop, take the post alongside on the river. right next to the enemy. you shall have commander trenton. >> if i can attack washington over here, then ill capture

Combat operations for the winter, falling back to new york and leaving mostly hired hessian troops at a string of garrisons throughout new jersey. >> colonel von donop... your troops will take the post alongside the river, right next to the enemy. colonel rall, you shall have command at trenton. >> yah. if i can tempt washington over here, then ill capture him! >> the british thought they had won. they had conquered the main american cities, the different towns. and so i think they really wrote ...

Not directly involved in combat operations. something thats politically sensitive of the american mission there in syria and in iraq as well. syria is more complicated because of the difficulties of the united states and having and try to build up the local force. the operation of iraq is moving forward and more successfully and that of course, started first. the bottom line in the weeks to come of the inauguration expects the fighting to intensify and expecting the obama administration to try t...