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To tell people what is coming up on fox news sunday. >> i feel so excited about the show. >> shannon: it is going to be a great show, we will see you on sunday. >> leland: that there is a mysterious illness making american diplomats of sick in cuba, we have an update on just how many were affected into the big question, what is causing a question mark >> shannon: plus u.s. officials trying to confirm if isis did indeed use an american child in their latest video. at first, here is white house pr...

Priority was in this process, and thats making americans safe and protecting the american people. and moving forward with this strategy and making sure that afghanistan is never able to be used as a haven to attack the united states. i think those are certainly clear goals and part of that process. >> does that mean, therefore, that u.s. military personnel will be there as long as there is any type of terrorist activity or cell in afghanistan or pakistan. >> look, i think when it comes to the st...

Priority was in this process and thats making americans safe and protecting the american people and moving forward with this strategy and making sure that afghanistan is never able to be used as a haven to attack the united states. i think those are certainly clear goals and part of that process. >> does that mean, therefore, that u.s. military personnel will be there as long as there is any type of terrorist activity or cell in afghanistan or pakistan? >> look, i think when it comes to the stra...

And break. wait, heres sarah huckabee sanders. perfect. chris, thank you. lets go to the white house. good to be back. you guys dont seem nearly as excited. i thought for sure there would be balloons or something. well save that for next time, i guess. earlier this week, the president delivered his first primetime address to the nation on our path forward in afghanistan and south asia. the presidents strategy is based on conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables. and it will ensure te...

>> harris: the white house press briefing has begin with sarah huckabee sanders. lets watch. >> earlier this week, the. delivered his first prime time address to the nation on our path forward in afghanistan and south asia. his strategy is based on conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables. it will ensure that terrorists never use afghanistan as a haven to attack the united states. the brave men and women of our nations military have given extraordinary sacrifices to this longest war in...

Meaning defeating the taliban. thats not happening on the battlefield. at our peak we had 100,000 troops in afghanistan. this takes us from 8,000 to maybe 1,02,000, 13,000. ultimately we have to have some kind of political accommodation. its awful hard to get to when the taliban has the momentum but thats the way out. that requires diplomacy as well as force. and unfortunately the president has gutted the state department at the very time we need to see that kind of diplomacy. >> for some contex...

Cabinets, it was described as dlab rahhive and comprehensive and they convinced without u.s. soldiers it would become more of a haven for terrorists. do you know the answer to what success looks like? >> theres a couple of things, alisyn, that i would say that i had hoped the president would have said last night. number one, i think the military commanders on the ground, as well as the state department people there, are telling him a couple of things. number one, there is more than one fight in ...

Reaction was mixed conservative senator rand paul firmly opposing any troop increases saying the mission in afghanistan lost its purpose, paul ryan told the town hall last night he supports the presidents strategy because it would stop another haven for terrorists being created. ambassador to the united states told hannity this is what is needed. we dont have that but he basically said for the first time this is needed for a long time and it comes as secretary of defense james matus arriving in ...

Correct, is the premise right that if the u.s. ends this war and leaves, that it would instantly become a haven for terrorists? >> lets be clear. the u.s. has a lot of bad option here. you are damned if you do and you a damned if if you dont. there say legitimate argument to be made that a complete and abrupt withdrawal from afghanistan could have tremendous implications for the security of the u.s. going forward. at the same time, there has to be a clear and coherent pathway to something better...

Divert from everything that happened last week in charlottesville, et cetera? >> i mean, look, that could be one of the reasons and im sure at the white house theyd like to have a reset and get past what happened in charlottesville, but the president has made a decision, they have been debating this for months trying to figure out what to do about afghanistan. i think the important thing here is that it appears as though the president is not just making a knee jerk decision based on a campaign p...