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Taliban will not be retaking afghanistan. >> bill: you can say that with surey? >> the president: i cant say anything with 100% certainty. i have confidence that our troops have done an incredible amount of work. they are on the offensive rather than the defensive. we are starting to transition so that afghanistan security forces can start taking over. the taliban are still going to be an element in afghanistan. but, what weve said to them and what well say to i think everybody in the region, as...

See it that way? >> the president: no, i dont. if you look at the government formation process. democracy up and running. youve got a lot of squabbling between all the factions in iraq like here in the united states, but they havent resorted to arms. the tourism ministry, they wanted defense all the big fancy stuff. >> bill: im worried that iran, a more powerful nation than iraq stars to foment turmoil -- starts to foment turmoil people are worry. >> the president: iran is a big neighbor those t...

Try to dominate iraq. see it that way? >> the president: no, i dont. if you look at the government formation process. democracy up and running. youve got a lot of squabbling between all the factions in iraq like here in the united states, but they havent resorted to arms. the tourism ministry, they wanted defense all the big fancy stuff. >> bill: im worried that iran, a more powerful nation than iraq stars to foment turmoil -- starts to foment turmoil people are worry. >> the president: iran is ...

Term. >> bill: at the end of the year, well have almost all of our troops out of iraq. >> yeah. >> bill: guess who shows up a couple weeks ago this is ais a sard this thug. try to dominate iraq. do you see it that way. >> no, i dont. if you look at what the government formation process has been, first of all you have a democracy thats up and running. you have got a lot of squabbling between all the factions in iraq just like you have got squabbling here in the united states but they havent resor...

Iraq. this is how our conversation went. mr. secretary, thank you so much for doing this interview. you come here as part of your mission to hold iraq together. yet, barzani says right off the bat theres a new reality, a new iraq. they want independence. what do you say about that? >> that a united iraq is a stronger iraq. and our policy is to respect the territorial integrity of iraq as a whole. and president barzani understands that, particularly right now. at this moment, he is going to parti...

Afghan people over the long term. >> bill: at the end of the year, well have almost all of our troops out of iraq. >> yeah. >> bill: guess who shows up a couple weeks ago this is ais a sard this thug. try to dominate iraq. do you see it that way. >> no, i dont. if you look at what the government formation process has been, first of all you have a democracy thats up and running. you have got a lot of squabbling between all the factions in iraq just like you have got squabbling here in the united ...

Term. >> bill: at the end of the year, well have almost all of our troops out of iraq. >> yeah. >> bill: guess who shows up a couple weeks ago this is ais a sard this thug. try to dominate iraq. do you see it that way. >> no, i dont. if you look at what the government formation process has been, first of all you have a democracy thats up and running. you have got a lot of squabbling between all the factions in iraq just like you have got squabbling here in the united states but they havent resor...