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A congratulations car a few weeks ago. we learned after the fact that a representative of the trump organization made a business trip to taiwan in october. talked about a real estate development project there. this is one of the most complex relationships that the united states has. i think the more we learn about donald trump wanting to further his business interests in the region the more it runs counter to the tough talk that was a core pillar of the campaign portraying china as a country tha...

The middle east region. secretary carter met with israel defense minister earlier today and discussing in particular the israel security and support of defense. israels strong disagreement with the iran nuclear deal was brought up. but they agreed that israels relationship with the u.s. is a core pillar of the defense and both men said that will not change. >> there is no disagreement about the ultimate objective. we cant let iran have a nuclear weapon. iran sends destabilizing activities. >> bo...

My origin distinct was to pull out. and historically i like following my indistinct. but all my life i have heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. in other words, when youre president of the united states. >> the white house billed of an address to the nation. he entered without you a applause while hail to chief played in the background. in the speech he offered no troop numbers no definition of success but promised a win. he invoked and involve...

>> a core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a time-based approach to one based on conditions. ive said it many times how counterproductive it is for the united states to announce in advance the dates we intend to begin or end military options. we will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans for further military activities. >> we will not talk about numbers of troops. that is new for the american presidency. at no point tonight did the president clarify anything about what would ac...

>> the white house billed of an address to the nation. he entered without you a applause while hail to chief played in the background. in the speech he offered no troop numbers no definition of success but promised a win. he invoked and involved india and was critical of pakistan in the part of the speech that will cause the most alarm in diplomatic circles. >> a core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a time-based approach to one based on conditions. i said it many times. how counterpro...

Hey, do you miss george w. bush yet? tonight he got the chance to remember what that was like at least when it comes to this war. >> a core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a time-based approach to one based on conditions. >> our strategy can can be summed up this way, as the iraqis stand up, we will stand down. >> conditions on the ground, not arbitrary time tables, will guide our strategy from now on. >> setting an artificial timetable would send the wrong message to the iraquis who ...

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Principled, realism. anwe will go into some of the details. the president himself started at the beginning as well talking about how when i was a candidate, i wanted to pull out. i thought this was a disaster. and, yet, i have got some big plans. listen to this. heres the president. >> my original instinct was to pull out and historically i like following my instincts. but all my life ive heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. in other words, whe...

>> the president signaled the u.s. would increase troop levels in afghanistan but did not offer numbers. mr. trump also put no end date on americas longest war by design. so how is the presidents path to victory different from his predecessors? athena jones with more on the presidents speech from arlington, virginia. >> reporter: good morning. president trump laid out a new plan for u.s. efforts in afghanistan and south asia, emphasizing the importance of a regional approach to preventing terror...

>> a core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a time based approach to one based on conditions. i have said it many times how counter productive it is for the united states to announce in advance the dates we intend to begin or end military options. >> general, just very quickly, your thoughts on this? what are the conditions that would allow the u.s. to finally leave afghanistan? >> i think thats an open question, a more difficult issue is how to get to those conditions. they are looking...