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An investigation into itself. the issue, how a cia top agent in afghanistan was exposed during the presidents surprise trip to the country. now the agents top secret and dangerous mission could be in jeopardy. cnns my zell kosinski is at the white house more. how can the white house investigate itself and what does it think it can find? >> hi, chris. at first the white house didnt have comment about this incident but now its announced the chief of staff has asked white house council to thoroughl...

Youre going to continue to hear. i think to pauls point, also, i think many of the wes from folks up on capitol hill not only on the national security side but the intelligence side, is that enough of an infrastructure to support intelligence operations related to our national security objectives there with al qaeda and other terrorist organizations around the globe. so again, this is -- it is -- i think it is a welcome step, i think, paul would -- as paul would argue, by a very war weary nation...

Republican. if here going to pass a bill to a path to citizenship or legal status theyre going to need mr. cantor on board. not given much of a chance and net eric cantor is putting this in the mail essentially saying im going to block president obama from granting amnesty. doesnt that tell you all you need to know about the prospects before the election? >> i think so. something marginal is done in the lame duck but i agree. i dont think theres much hope when you say malers like that from one o...

Time when they honestly were able to say that they had learned about it in the the press from the press because nobody in the government actually saw it. look, i think the comparison with the plame case in the bush administration is important because that was another case where it was inadvertent it was richard armitage who was actually a critic of the iraq war. he was unintentional. he was not trying to out or hurt anybody. the prosecutor knew about that. and, yet, he pursued this with millions...

>> the out are the spy valerie plame and they are trying to draw a connection there. brit hume suggested its a much -- its apples and oranges. >> well, its an honest mistake. no one would want to do this because you are endangering the life of that person and their family. and its a serious blunder. that said, it is a serious blow to the confidence of this administration coming off the v.a. scandal which is is actually still ongoing and several other scandals involving how they run the governmen...

But through decisive blows to our adversaries, surt forces who are trained to take the lead. president obama announcing that there will be 9,800 u.s. troops after 2014 in afghanistan. theres reaction to that announcement and the strategy behind it. buck mckeon the put out this statement, im please the the white house met the militarys request for forces in afghanistan, however holding this mission to an arbitrary egg timer doesnt make a lick of sense strategically. the presidents decision to s...

Outside of kabul. if you look at the next two years, it doesnt suggest theres a commitment to success in afghanistan, which the president laid out in december of 2009. i think this is an incredibly short sighted move for a president who made the argue that this was the good war. this was the crucial war. we had to win it. its far from clear that were winning it. weve had some success i think its fair to say, sense the surge, despite the fact that the president announced the surgery and withdrawa...

To prevent a revival of the taliban and the kind of collapse of central authority that were seeing in iraq. theyd rather see a 20,000-person force. buck mckeon says the troops should stay until the job is done. in a written statement he said, quote, holding the mission to an arbitrary egg timer doesnt make sense strategically. the presidents plans depend upon afghanistans new president agreeing to the deal, which outgoing president hamid karzai backed away from. both of the candidates in a june ...

Afghanistan now because his identity is well-known? >> well, youll understand that i cant comment on the details but you can rest assured that the security of this person is foremost in our minds, will be taken care of. >> can you tell us who made the mistake? where the blunder occurred? >> the chief of staff, dennis mcdonough asked our white house counsel, neil to look into this, to figure out what happened, and to make sure it doesnt happen again. >> tony blinken at the white house. interviewe...