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Now, let me close by saying that this continues to be a very difficult mission. our forces continue to serve and make tremendous sacrifices every day. the afghan people make significant sacrifices every day. afghan forces still need to grow stronger. we remain vigilant against insider attacks. lasting peace and security will require governance and development that delivers for the afghan people and an end to safe havens for al qaeda and its ilk. all this will continue to be our work. make no mis...

This is something that has been long and coming. if you look at the history in polling at least of when that happens, public opinion almost never sort of sways back up to all of a sudden be supportive and think this was a battle worth fighting and those sorts of things. its dangerous ground for any politician because of that. >> we are seeing a change with chuck hagel. this is an obama, hagel foreign policy going forward as well as john kerry, who you have three men there who really are not as c...

Presence. though the most recent afghan progress report prepared by the pentagon for congress suggested otherwise. only one out of 23 afghan military battalions had the ability to fly its own air support. the rest still relied completely on the u.s. and nato. >> insider attacks against u.s. troops by afghan security forces, 47 last year alone, is another factor. president karzai and obama will meet at the white house to discuss troop levels and the wish list of military equipment karzai is bring...

Advocate. >> it started with the 9/11 attack, and this is our response to it. can the media afford to lose interest. >> absolutely not. and the disconnect is the fact that so many are introduced to john allen via sex scandal and not the more distressing information coming out such as continuing insider attacks and what not j rick? >> yeah, youve got issues like iraq starting to implode and moving towards iran, relations with iran and syria 60,000 people dead. we have a media, again, thats all po...

>> reporter: the significance isnt in any one, attack, dpreg, just how many weve seen especially when comes to insider attacks. being members of the afghan security services turning weapons on members of nato forces. so far weve seen 60 this year. that is more than three times, just about three times what we saw last year in 2011. keep in mind there are 66,000 plus american troops inside of afghanistan plus all the civilian contractors and that is what joseph griffin was. he was a civilian contr...

Now facing a major post-holiday headache. 900 flights plus already canceled as of midday tonight. most of those cancellations at airports either hit by the store or its path. travelers are advised to check with their carriers later today. heather: the taliban now claiming responsibility for a homicide pomming at a u.s. military -- bombing at a u.s. military base in afghanistan near the pakistani border. police say the bombers vehicle exploded while he was being questioned by a security guard. th...

And a number of other insider attacks are still under investigation. heather: no retreat by either side in the growing debate over gun control in the aftermath of the sandy hook elementary school tragedy. the head of the nra, standing by his comments about preventing similar mass curse. >> if its crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy. i will tell you what the american people, i think the american people think it is crazy not...

>> shannon: another case of insider violence in afghanistan. gunman wearing an afghan army uniform is shot and killed nato soldier in southern afghanistan. according to the nato-led coalition, 60 service members have been killed this year in insider attacks. nato is preparing to withdrawal most combat troops by the end of 2014. the election is finally over. a lot of you out there too exhausted to think about what is next. for others, they simply cant wait. the race to 2016 has already begun. all...

Technically, they are not counting this as one of the 53 coalition deaths so far this year in 38 separate insider attacks. they are still investigating and they could put knit that column but step not counting it so far but a very large number of insider deaths this year from afghans, of u.s. troops at the hand afghans. >>shepard: there is word today a new push for peace in syria. activists say a civil war has led to the deaths of 33,000 men and women and children. the special envoy for syria ca...

Police or military uniforms have turned their guns on u.n. and nato advisers. fox news is with oliver north streaming live from afghanistan to report how our troops of doing. colonel. >> jamie, the nato commanders are saying the green on blue or the so-called insider attacks have failed to drive a wedge between the u.s. and the allies and the afghan military police. so before coming here, we went to the special police training center to see for ourselves. >> these are afghan special police at th...