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President obama has said we would go from 10,000 troops in afghanistan to 5,000 troops by the end of this year. instead, were going to keep 10,000 troops there all year long. "the new york times" reporting that part of the reason the u.s. has been happy to agree to that is so we can continue to operate our military base in eastern afghanistan, which is another one of those missions that we know u.s. personnel carry out, but we do not much talk about in this country. the drone base in eastern lau...

So the iran-backed rebels just overthrew the government in yemen. that was the government letting u.s. troops secretly fight a very effective war against isis in that country. that permission, that drone base. even the u.s. embassy are all over now. so that war that the u.s. was quietly waging in yemen without ever talking about it in this country, thats over now. and if you are concerned about the threat, particularly the international threat of al qaeda and isis working from a place like yemen...

One of those missions that we know u.s. personnel carry out. but we do not much talk about in this country. the drone base in eastern afghanistan from which we launched drones, not only in afghanistan, but in pakistan. congress will also be forced to talk about afghanistan, at least in partisan and inflammatory ways this week, with the news today from the u.s. army that the army is bringing charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy against army sergeant bowe bergdahl. kidnapped and h...

Who knows. that provocative enough for you guys? congress was also host today to the new president of afghanistan who has just asked for and received an extension of the u.s. military presence in afghanistan. president obama has said we would go from 10,000 troops in afghanistan to 5,000 troops by the end of this year. instead, were going to keep 10,000 troops there all year long. "new york times" reporting that part of the reason the u.s. has been happy to agree to that is so we can continue to...

Neither of those factions. that is where al qaeda is. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. which is now either joining up with isis or starting to call itself isis depending on who you believe. so the iran-backed rebels just overtlou the government in yemen. that was the government letting u.s. troops secretly fight a very effective war against isis in that country. that permission, that drone base. even the u.s. embassy are all over now. so that war that the u.s. was quietly waging in yemen witho...

Drone base there. well, the pakistani government was apparently watching and officials there strongly dispute that assertion. they wrote us saying, quote, no drones are being launched from pakistani territory and no cia drone base is being constructed in pakistan and of course we thank them for watching. the sports lead. eight presidents, 45 nobel prize winners and one cinderella. brackets were busting across the country last night after harvard university pulled off their first ncaa tournament ...

Good move? >> the only way itll be a good move is if theyre not under the command of special operations command. in other words, that they are completely subject to transparency. speaking with respect to pakistan, it could be a good move because right now pakistan is a free rider. it allows us to do the drone strikes from their territory, even building a new drone base in pakistan but yet it is able to disassociate itself from the attack. if we were to go forward with complete transparency it wo...

Dramatically. 1/3 of the u.s. air force fleet is un3457bd. we are training more drone pilots and there are reports that we are building a drone base in north africa. american drones have reportedly killed an estimate of 4 j. 700 people in the last decade. these numbers look like theyll keep rising. theres no doubt that drone strikes have helped us get rid of a number of influential terrorists without the cost of ground assault, but this is an incredibly gray area of counter terrorism. for one, w...

Enemy, american or nonamerican, and then summarily execute that person? right now, none of these questions is getting serious attention, while the cias drone activities have expanded dramatically. by some accounts more than a third of the u.s. air force fleet is now unmand. were training more pilots than regular pilots in the defense department and there are reports we are building a drone base in north america. american drones have reportedly killed an upward estimate of 4,700 people in the las...

Spokesman says allegations of misconduct are taken seriously. these will be investigated with afghanistan officials. and that news comes amid another controversial development for the u.s. military. president obama announced that 100 troops have been deployed to niger in north africa where they will establish a drone base to aid in the fight against islamic mill tans in the region. joining me now, p.j. crowley, former assistant secretary of state and a fellow at the george wa university instit...