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>> todd: allen, texas reels following the shooting. >> a long word tonight, the word i long for is lets be a people, that comforts those who mourn. that prays for those who grieve. that brings the oil of joy in the spaces of sadness. >> todd: eight victims were killed and others injured. three of the injured are in critical condition fighting for their lives. the suspected gunman, mauricio garcia, did not have a serious mental illness history and worked as a security guard. he received...

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced the rollback on the Senate's decision about two hours after the chamber approved her.

  >> Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Eric Schmitt, The New York Times  Published: 14 Apr 2021 08:43 AM BdST Updated: 14 Apr 2021 08:43 AM BdST Members of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry shield a wounded soldier from the wash of a helicopter that will evacuate him, in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Sept 17, 2010. The New York Times Members of a Taliban Red Unit in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, March 13, 2020. The New York Times President Joe Biden will withdraw US combat troops from Afgha...

Governance that avoids re-establishment of fields that are fertile for the planting of the seeds of extremism and the rise of isis 3.0. >> leon panetta says iraq is still not ready to go it alone. are we going to continue to play whack-a-mole in iraq in. >> the thing i worry about the most is we will again repeat the same mistakes weve made in the past by virtue of saying somehow, you know, weve now cleared mosul. its up to the iraqis to try to deal with their own problems and try to provide sec...

Left. the vacuum was created, and we will figure something out. our main thrust is we have to get rid of isis. >> panetta who tried but failed to stop obama from withdrawing combat troop argues today the u.s. must stay indefinitely. >> i know people say why should we have that responsibility. the reason we have that responsibility is because we spilled a hell of a lot of blood in iraq and afghanistan, and it is our responsibility to make sure that ultimately those countries are stable and can go...

Will figure something out. our main thrust is we have to get rid of isis. >> panetta who tried but failed to stop obama mr. withdrawing combat troop argues today the u.s. must stay indefinitely. >> i know people say why should we have that responsibility. the reason we have that responsibility is because we spilled a hell of a lot of blood in iraq and afghanistan, and it is our responsibility to make sure that ultimately those countries are stable and can govern themselves. >> unlike his predece...

End. well, kind of. the plan announced today would reduce u.s. presence to 9800 noncombat troops. bear in mind at its peak there were 100,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan there are currently 32,000 u.s. troops there now. and the president wants to draw that down further to 9800 by the beginning of 2015. the plan is to reduce that by another half by the end of 2015. this negotiated plan, the bilateral security agreement, must be approved by the afghanistan government. president obama and afghanista...

Kind of. the plan announced would reduce u.s. presence to 9800 noncombat troops by 2015, from august 2010 to 2011, there were 100,000 troops in afghanistan. there are currently 32,000 troops there now. the president wants to draw it down to 9800 by 2015. the plan is to reduce that by half by the end of 2015. this negotiated plan, the bilateral security agreement must be approved by the afghanistan government. president obama and afghanistans current president karzai notably didnt meet during thi...

Today he went to the rose garden, outlined a game plan for what will be this wars end, kind of. the plan announced would reduce u.s. presence to 9800 noncombat troops by 2015, from august 2010 to 2011, there were 100,000 troops in afghanistan. there are currently 32,000 troops there now. the president wants to draw it down to 9800 by 2015. the plan is to reduce that by half by the end of 2015. this negotiated plan, the bilateral security agreement must be approved by the afghanistan government. ...

World war ii memorial and the veterans memorial in washington. there were parades in d.c. and towns across the country and president obama place add wreath at the tomb of the unknown at the arlington national cemetery. >> the president said we should never forget the nation is still at war in afghanistan. even though he pointed out that war does not directly touch most americans. wendell is live at the white house. president obama found an up side to having to remind americans about the sacrific...