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Way out we see a resurgence and we see isis going there. what were doing isnt working. weve tried to train the afghan army. they cant defend their territory and yet we incesist were not going back in a combat role. you have to decide what you want to do and make it happen. >> afghanistans defense budget has many years been larger than the gdp. we are providing so much military aid to afghanistan it is larger than the actual economy. >> you go to kabul and a lot have these mansions belong to the ...

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Ours to see if any government was tampering with underground cables. the naval forces in europe said the patrols have risen by 50% since last year and pose a direct threat to nato. the pentagon took note last month when a russian spy ship the yantir crewsed around on its way to cable to tell us about this? >> what about that hostage rescue in iraq? >> it was released by the kurdish government, and it clearly shows u.s. delta force operators in a combat role, hostages are pulled from cells, the b...

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>> well, thats the whole thing is we dont really know. the commanders on the ground have what they call a troop to task and what we heard today is a president who said that the combat operations are still ended and only way end come pats out two ways winning or losing. you dont just withdraw. the troops be there not just in a combat role, combat mission. why are we leaving 98 there now and 1500 later. earlier this week one of the largest joint special operations raids with the the afghans agains...

Into this messy civil war, this awful civil war in syria is then you take ownership as colin powell used to say, the pottery barn rule, you break it you bought it. its already badly broken. i dont know we want to take ownership of this. >> of course, president obama has been insistent he is not going to put u.s. boots on the ground in a combat role. you could see some discussion and debate around that point in the coming days. meanwhile, alex, this is all happening as the broader fight against i...

Additional u.s. troops coalition troops and resources into afghanistan to shift momentum at a time when the taliban and the enemies of peace and stability inside of afghanistan, i think, we moving and had momentum. we broke that momentum. elections took place. and the afghan national security forces began to build up and get trained and become more and more effective. and because of a successful election, and a national unity government and the leadership of president ghani and dr. abdullah, we ...

I have bracelets on my wrist of gold star families given to me at funerals of their sons and im not eager to do another one of those funerals in the future, but by the same token i dont want men or women like them to have died in vain. when we say there is radical islamic terrorism like a virus, we want to make sure it doesnt spread. >> you say you wouldnt take anything off the table. you are president today and talking about leadership would you commit ground forces, whether it is a full-scale ...

It members of the american military. in fact as he wrapped up his remarks he said the best present the country got on this christmas is the best military the world has ever known. >> thats for sure, peter. what is your plan for afghanistan after our combat role end at the first of the year? >> reporter: still will be 10,000 american troops stationed there but not in a combat role. the residual force will work to get afghan security forces up to y can defend their own country. incoming chairman o...