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And while he has overseen a draw-down in iraq and syria, the tensions in the middle east keep drawing him back in. since may, 14,000 u.s. troops have been deployed to the gulf region, but the president is always mindful of re-election, and he knows that any increase , esonflicts, especially in the middle east, could cost him votes. >> brennan: paula reid in west palm beach, thank you. well, former housing secretary eulian castro dropped out of the democratic presidential primary today. his depar...

>> the president has promised to end the war, leaving behind an embassy force of just 1,000 u.s. troops. >> the date for us to have completed our draw-down, will not change. >> the u.s. air strike on a hospital in kunduz over the weekend may complicate u.s. efforts to get nato allies to stay. doctors without borders called attack a war crime, demanding an independent investigation. general campbell admitted to u.s. commanders authorized the strike. >> to be clear. the decision to provide air fir...

Increasing chaos and the question is whether this is a strategy thats going to be sustainable going forward. you already see it challenging the president in iraq and his -- in afghanistan, as you saw this week, where he slowed the draw-down for troops there. >> george, you and i talked earlier this week on "special report" and you said you thought it was a good development that the arabs, in this case is sunni arabs, saudi arabia and the coalition, are standing up and fighting their own fight in...

Increasing chaos and the question is whether this is a strategy thats going to be sustainable going forward. you already see it challenging the president in iraq and his -- in afghanistan, as you saw this week, where he slowed the draw-down for troops there. >> george, you and i talked earlier this week on "special report" and you said you thought it was a good development that the arabs, in this case is sunni arabs, saudi arabia and the coalition, are standing up and fighting their own fight in...

Declining to address that at all, saying part of their security precaution is not to talk about the presidents use of e-mail whether it would be a personal address when he is communicating, presumably with friends and family or government business saying any interactions with hillary clinton or anyone else in the course of his professional work is in fact kept secure by the presidential records act. so they are trying to look at the disclosure coming more than the reasons behind how did this hap...

President answered very specifically saying that is something very clearly that would be an improvement in this deal. and so within a few minutes, we should be able to roll that tape for you, thomas and get the presidents reaction. but i can tell you, that following this speech by benjamin netanyahu this white house is not letting that stand unanswered. >> and people are questioning what is the plan of benjamin netanyahu and now we have the tape of the reaction of the president. >> tell me what ...

>> why not. it is particularly fraught day, i think, to be having this press conference, given what is going on in iraq and given the fact that bowe bergdahl in many ways represents one face of the draw-down in afghanistan, the return of taliban insurgents to the area at least, underscores the sort of tenuous nature and

President obama today told the american people the 11-year long afghanistan war is winding down. >> in the coming months, ill announce the next phase of the draw-down and by the end of next year, americas war in afghanistan will be over. >> so this statement comes the day after the president met with afghan president, the hamid karzca karzai in d.c. we are going to speak to our correspondent. she will be leaving us shortly, its great to have you here face to face so we can talk more about this. ...

And i think going to afghanistan right now, at the invitation of president karzai, is a way to mend some fences. you can to at a about what you do after the draw-down of the troops so that the civil fabric of the society wont immediately collapse. >> professor dyson, you seem to be suggesting then that the president is reacting to a republican attempt to neutralize his achievements. his foreign policy achievements. youre not saying that he is going out there and waving this. youre saying in some...

extensive and exclusive interview with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at his home, and were going to bring that to you in full in just a few moments. but first, voters tonight went to the poll in five states. it was a very big night for mitt romney. new york, connecticut, pennsylvania, delaware and rhode island, ballots were cast and there was a victor, and the general election has begun. it was a very big night for mitt romney. just moments ago he talked to supporters a...