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>> reporter: yeah, you can add to that senior u.s. official, you can also add to that chinese state media. now remember, andrew, that this has befr benever been reported. ever since chen guangcheng fled last week after 18 months on house arrest, that has never been reported in state media. that has all changed in the last few minutes. xinhua, state-run media, is now confirming this. chen has left the embassy of his own volition, and theyre demanding the u.s. apologize to china for one ...

under taliban mortar fight. he went from there to kabul where he and hamid karzai signed that strategic partnership agreement. it prom is american suppo supposupport for afghanistan through 2024. the president -- excuse me, 2014. the president made some brief remark, headed back to bagram for a rally with the troops. the vast majority, about 90,000, are american right now. a short time later, just about half an hour ago, mr. obama spoke to the united states laying out his vision for en...

the zone. from there he quickly went by chopper to kabul, another war zone where him and president hamid karsai signed the strategic partnership agreement. it promises american support for afghanistan through 2024. ten years after the last american combat forces are scheduled to leave the country by the end of 2012. excuse me, 2014. the president made some brief remarks, then headed back to bagram for a rally with the troops. more than 130,000 men and women serve in afghanistan. the va...

agreement. it prom is americansupport for afghanistan through 2024. the president -- excuse me, 2014. the president made some brief remark, headed back to bagram for a rally with the troops. the vast majority, about 90,000, are american right now. a short time later, just about half an hour ago, mr. obama spoke to the united states laying out his vision for ending americas longest war. saying afghanistan is where the war began and where it will end. heres a portion of his address. >> t...

Are pushing, its not just the stock act, its got to be the disclosure and the constitutional amendment if we are going to have real change, and i feel like, theres real momentum putting the pressure on congress, because when those members went home and had nothing to show for their time in washington people are like what have you been doing. we may get these things, maybe watered down but we will get things. >> here is the problem, all the things that you named. stock act, disclose, all that stu...

were standing here with cops and firefighters whose jobs are threatened because states an communities are cutting back. this bill will keep cops on the beat and firefighters on call. so lets pass this bill so that these men and women with continue protecting our neighborhoods like they do every single day. im standing with construction workers. weve got roads that need work all over the country. our highways are backed up with traffic. our airports are clogged. and there are millions o...

Different matters but there is a long list of "old ways," that americans would not top rate and egyptians would rather not. >>guest: you have the thugs and as long as they stay out of reach and the arm maintains them, you will see some change and our president is doing a great job but we need to act. we have to stop, of course, delivering the word. there is an arabic world that means "empty words," they need to get into the action and we can lock at jordan, jordan has changed their policy for th...

>> bill: you dont point to bad behavior to justify other behavior. >> no. but my point is that we are not talking about pulling our troops out of those areas. even though we are. >> bill: its a different situation. >> same sort of endemic problems. same sorts of -- >> bill: its true the corruption problem in afghanistan hampers us but there is a actual security problem there. >> right. >> bill: i dont know. look, doctor, you are a good man and people who give money are good people. but, to me, y...

>> bill: you dont point to bad behavior to justify other behavior. >> no. but my point is that we are not talking about pulling our troops out of those areas. even though we are. >> bill: its a different situation. >> same sort of endemic problems. same sorts of -- >> bill: its true the corruption problem in afghanistan hampers us but there is a actual security problem there. >> right. >> bill: i dont know. look, doctor, you are a good man and people who give money are good people. but, to me, y...

>> bill: you dont point to bad behavior to justify other behavior. >> no. but my point is that we are not talking about pulling our troops out of those areas. even though we are. >> bill: its a different situation. >> same sort of endemic problems. same sorts of -- >> bill: its true the corruption problem in afghanistan hampers us but there is a actual security problem there. >> right. >> bill: i dont know. look, doctor, you are a good man and people who give money are good people. but, to me, y...