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Indicated. without collapse as was predicted. >> faced with al qaedas stubborn resurgence in afghanistan, the president has been forced to slow the pace of his troop draw-down. still holding to plans that only a skeletal u.s. force of 1,000 would remain to guard the embassy when his presidency was over. but today even that hope faded. "the new york times" reporting the president is considering a force of up to 5,000 even after 2016. >> the presidents concession to facts on the ground in afghanis...

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And since february the fighting has been nearly continuous. casualties on both sides has risen and the violence has moved beyond traditional insurgent trong holds. the emergence of diesh or the islamic state state corzine province has potentially expanded the conflict. most recently the taliban increased tempo of operations followed the announced death of their spiritual leader. were also now seeing how a redeployment and transition from combat operations to advisory role have changed battlefiel...

The screen. a lot of people look saying $700 billion. 14 years and the united states of america cannot hold these gains? the taliban can come in 14 years later and take over a major city. the president said this is really hard to make the decision in this country. >> it is hard. not just the cultural issues in afghanistan. and the fact you have this, we will call it a civil war, because you have this determined enemy and you have a government that is not strong. you are holding this together. we...

Groups that the russians have been hitting, according to the u.s. so they are moving on the ground to engage in heavy combat operations against these anti-regime forces in support of bashar al assad. they do not believe that the russians are are going on a full combat operation on their own, but they are putting it in place to support the syrian troop ss the syrian troops are trying to move into the areas yet again. this is very disconcert ing ing the u.s., because to them, and the state departm...

>> we should very much concern ourselves. at a minimum, its going to prolong this conflict. its going to put more chaos into a very confused battle space, and worst of all its going to put russian military conducting combat operations, i have no doubt of that -- in the same battle space in which the united states is flying combat missions against the islamic state. that is a very dangerous prescription. we taught be -- ought to be very concerned use, how does it change the equation for us about ...

The fastest internet and the best tv experience is already here with x1. only from xfinity. in th ine the did you know that segment tonight. how does a lady fighter pilot go from that fascinating job to a national reporting position at fox news? first the facts. leah gabriel graduated as a naval officer, spent 12 years flying fa 18 hornets, supporting combat operations in iraq as well as gathering intelligence. she left the service and there she is a national correspondent. lets take it step...

Syrian army against the rebels. this was footage taken from the coastal province where the assad family had come from. it showed a btr-82. that is an infantry fighting vehicle sent by russia. you could hear russian operators driving the vehicle. so was this a training kperds or were they engaged in active combat operations. it has been contested that they are indeed pushing into the coastal region. other bits of evidence have included a report in an israeli newspaper which cited russian diplomat...

Called for the withdrawal of all troops was negotiated by president bush and critics would argue that the rise of al-qaeda and other terrorists started after the invasion of rake that started after the bush and cheney invasion. >> when the combat operations were over had would be agreement to allow the fors to stay hype. that is what the obama administration refused to do. it ended up with agreeing to a small number of united states forces that it would not have been effective in temp of provide...

In th ine the did you know that segment tonight. how does a lady fighter pilot go from that fascinating job to a national reporting position at fox news? first the facts. leah gabriel graduated as a naval officer, spent 12 years flying fa 18 hornets, supporting combat operations in iraq as well as gathering intelligence. she left the service and there she is a national correspondent. lets take it step by step. annapolis is no easy thing, right? >> i wouldnt say its an easy play to go. >> do th...