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About putting pressure on al qaeda on both sides of the border, about not letting afghanistan become a safe haven for al qaeda again n. the last 16 months we have damaged al qaeda in a way that hasnt occurred since the beginning. half of their top 20 leadership has been killed or captured because weve got cooperation on the pakistan side of the border from pakistan and because of our operations in afghanistan. ultimately this is about our security and thats why were there. as to this issue, unde...

Qaeda on both sides of the border, about not letting afghanistan become a safe haven for al qaeda again n. the last 16 months we have damaged al qaeda in a way that hasnt occurred since the beginning. half of their top 20 leadership has been killed or captured because weve got cooperation on the pakistan side of the border from pakistan and because of our operations in afghanistan. ultimately this is about our security and thats why were there. as to this issue, understand that mr. sahlet was fi...

And they worry about iran quickly stepping in to fill the vacuum. christopher hill is the u.s. ambassador to iraq who joins us live from baghdad. mr. ambassador, welcome to msnbc. and im wondering what you think about concerns exprezzed by the iraqis. are they legitimate? is the u.s. turning its full attention to of gan stan? . >> i was meeting with the education counselor over lunch. i was with the president of iraq and last night i was with the prime minister. certainly i didnt hear those expr...