our allies, when he says allies, does he mean pakistan? because people launching cross border attacks between afghanistan and pakistan, i think that is something that a u.s. president isn t going to stop in 13 more years, let alone three more years. does the president care that the public is uniformly in favor of getting u.s. troops out and fast. those numbers are much higher than they once were, but he s not changing his plan. does he care about public opinion on this? and if he doesn t, why doesn t he? joining us now is a professor of international politics at tufts university, a former state department senior adviser for afghanistan and pakistan. he served with the late richard holbrook. professor nasur is also a columnist for bloomberg view. thank you for being here, we re happy to have you. thank you. let me ask you if you heard tonight something that i frankly believe i did not hear, which is a new strategy for the afghanistan war. no. the president did not outline a
connecttivity with our colleagues in britain. so, one of the things i think that should be very clear to the american people is that those of us in homeland security who need to know. we do. one more note, officials have admitted clapper was not reached on the headline making arrests before that interview. and the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, praising one of the crucial partners in the war on terror. saying that pakistan should be commended for taking on the taliban. there are critics of pakistan and claim they have not done enough especially when it comes to militants and the tribal regions along the afghanistan pakistan border and those regularly stage cross border attacks on u.s. and n.a.t.o. troops. earlier on america s news headquarters, i spoke to major general bob scales, and i asked him whether the u.s. can trust pakistan to challenge the taliban. what the united states
u.s. missile strikes. intelligence officials say in recent months the u.s. military has loaned predator and reaper drones to the cia to give the agency more firepower to target incurrent jen along the border. the strike in september are part after overall escalation in drone attack over the last few years. the cia doesn t acknowledge the program which was started under president bush. pakistan quietly cooperates. but it is unpopular within pakistan. u.s. officials say the targeting of militants is precise and there have been a limited number of civilians killed. tension between the u.s. and pakistan is extremely high this weekend following a series of cross border attacks by nato helicopter gunships. in response, friday the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on nato fuel trucks. pakistan responded to that, by shutting down a keyboarder crossing used to sly u.s. and nato nato troops stationed
have been a limited number of civilians killed. but tension between the u.s. and pakistan is extremely high this weekend following a series of cross border attacks by nato helicopter gun ships. in response friday, the pakinstani taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on nato fuel trucks. pakistan responded by shutting down a key border crossing used to supply u.s. and nato troops stationed in afghanistan. arthel: thank you very much. coming up in the next half hour, we re going to take a closer look at how pakistan is playing both sides of the conflict. we will talk to former c.i.a. officer and columnist bob bare. julie: one month left before the midterm elections as we are inside america s election news headquarters. and today president obama and the republicans are using their weekly addresses to hit the other party s apparent weak spots. president obama focusing on what else, jobs, and energy. the pledge they recently released, the republican
strikes. intelligence officials say in recent months, the u.s. military has loaned predator drones to the c.i.a. to give the agency more fire power. ramped up strikes in september are part of an overall escalation in drone attacks over the last few years. u.s. officials say the targeting of militants is precise and there have been a limited number of civilians killed. but tension between the u.s. and pakistan is extremely high this weekend following a series of cross border attacks by nato helicopter gun ships and in response friday, the pakinstani taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on nato fuel trucks. pakistan responded by shutting down a key border crossing used to supply u.s. and nato troops stationed in afghanistan. rick. rick: julyly in washington, thanks juliet: thousands of people are wrapping up a rally in d.c