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That. its a dangerous area. so, part of what were constantly trying to balance is making sure that afghans are out there. theyre doing what they need to do. but that we are giving them a chance to succeed and that were making sure our force posture in the area for conducting those narrow missions we need to conduct, we can do so relatively safely. theres still risks involved but force protection, the ability of our embassies to operate effectively, those things all factor in. so, weve got to con...

Control. u.s. forces helped them take it back. its not clear why the president, until now, kept promising to remove all u.s. troops by the end of next year. >> its important to keep in perspective, first of all, that weve gone down from 100,000 down to under 10,000. that they are not on the front lines because theyre not in a combat role. the date for us to have completed our draw down low pressure not change. >> that was in march. we know the president knew this would not be the case. >> what e...

While minimizing the strain and exposure on our men and became in uniform -- and women in uniform and make sure we are constantly emphasizing to the afghan people this is their country, and theyve got to defend it. but were going to be a steady parter partner for them. thank you, everybody. jenna: the president taking a bit of a surprise question, answering a journalist who asked are you disappointed? the president as early as 2009 was really talking about ending the war in afghanistan and had r...

Mind, and 25 deaths are 25 too many. particularly for the families of the fallen. i understand relative to what was involved when we were in an active combat role and actively engaged in war in afghanistan was a very different scenario. so here you have a situation where we have clarity about what our mission is, weve got a partner who wants to work with us. were going to continually make adjustments to insure that we give the best possibilities for success, and i suspect that we will continue t...

Minimizing the strain and exposure on our men and women in uniform and make sure that we are constantly encouraging and sending a message to the afghan people, this is their country, and theyve got to defend it. but were going to be a steady partner for them. okay? thank you, everybody. >> and that concludes the presidents remarks. as we were saying the nations longest war is getting longer still. the president who campaigned on ending the nations dual wars was able to do so, by and large, in ir...

How is the president going to explain what the mission is in afghanistan for these fighters? >> well have to hear from the president to try to explain this reversal and how things change because remember the president was emphatic back in march about keeping this promise is to end both wars before the end of his term. >> we have gone from 100,000 down to 10,000. they are not on the front lines because they are not in a combat role. the date for to us have completed our drawdown will not change. ...

And this is a reflection of that. and its a dangerous area. so part of what were constantly trying to balance is making sure that afghans are out there, theyre doing what they need to do, but that we are giving them a chance to succeed and that were making sure that our force posture in the area for conducting those narrow missions that we need to conduct, we can do so relatively safely. theres still risks involved, but force protection, the ability of our embassies to operate effectively, those...

Kandahar, an area half the size of washington, d.c. >> this is a significant security development. these were two huge terrorist camps, within taliban territory. material to make ieds was found, anti-aircraft weapons, machine guns. this confirms recent report that there was a larger al qaeda presence in afghanistan and theyre more spread out across the country than at any time since 2001. >> a press release from u.s. military headquarters in afghanistan spoke glowingly of the operation quote one...

Ground, based on the transitions ive talked about. i do believe we have do provide our senior leadership options different than the current plan were going with. >> a senior pentagon official says theyve recommended that the 3,000 to 5,000 troops remain after 2016. troops can quickly strike and assist the afghan military which general campbell admitted cannot stop the taliban, isis or al qaeda on their own. despite years of training and nearly $700 billion spent since the start of the war. >> th...

Very imperfect if the russians indeed cooperate with us at all. and were going to have to be circumspect about how much were willing to share with them. >> is russia conducting military ground operations in syria right now? in other words, do they have boots on the ground? >> the russians do have boots on the ground. i dont know whether they have boots on the ground in a combat role yet. whether theyre planning to obviously there have been public statements from moscow that they plan on sending ...