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Threat. mitt romney and jon huntsman disagreed on when troops should come home from afghanistan. >> our effort there is to keep afghanistan from becoming a launching point. we dont want to pull up stakes and run after -- >> we dont need 100,000 troops. >> many of whom cant cross the wire. we need a presence on the ground more akin to 10,000, 15,000, that will serve our interests. in terms of intelligence gathering and special forces response capability. >> newt gingrich who has been gained in th...

Afghanistan when this nation needs to be built when on the ground, we need intelligence gathering, no doubt about that. we need a strong special forces presence, a drone presence and some ongoing training of the afghan army, but we havent done a good job of defining the end point in afghanistan. >> carol, can this gain some traction amongst the gop which has usually been hawkish, but on the economics of afghanistan dont like the debt? >> certainly the idea of nation building. thats very appealin...

That is more akin to 10,000 to 15,000. that will serve our interests in terms of intelligence gathering -- >> i stand with the commanders in this regard and have no information that suggests pulling our troops out faster than that would do anything but put at great peril the extraordinary sacrifices. this is not time for america to cut and run. >> but at the end of the day, the president of the united states is commander in chief. commander in chief. of course youre going to listen to the genera...

Agree with governor romney that the u.s. has to stay in afghanistan at these levels? >> no, i totally disagree. i think we need to square with the american people about what weve achieved. we need an honest conversation in this country about the sacrifices that have been made over nearly ten years. we havent done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. and i think the american people are getting very tired about where we find ourselves today. >> are you su...

We havent done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are getting very tired about where we find ourselves today. >> are you suggesting, governor, that we take all our troops out next week? whats your proposal? >> did you hear what i said? i think we should drawç down fm 100,000. we dont need 100,000. we need a presence on the ground that is more akin to 10,000 to 15,000. that will serve our interests in terms of intelligence...

now, thats what wed do if we were a serious country. >> gop candidates trying to show they have the foreign policy chops to be commander in chief. well have all of the highlights just ahead. american students arrested in egypt facing more interrogation today. theyre families now speaking as cairo erupts for a fifth day. and tailspin. incredible video of the chopper crash and the more amazing pictures of the pilot walking away from it on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac...

clouds of tear gas in the streets of cairo again as police battle protesters, well take you right into the middle of the clashes, im wolf blitzer, youre in the "situation room." a day after the republican candidates sparred and cnns national security debate. mitt romney is back out there on the campaign trail. he picked up a new endorsement today in iowa. key conservatives have already held secret talks there. end of fining alternative candidate for the support. cnn joe johns is tracki...

Could backfire, or could be reversed. given that president obama tried to keep residual force there for counterterrorism purposes what would you -- he was not guaranteed immunity for the troops. what would you have done to keep troops there? >> the opening was there with al-awlaki. you have come at it that mischief making that reports to hezbollah is real. we need to maintain some dam and buffer. intelligence gathering, special forces, ongoing training for iraqi army. that is a prudent thing to ...

We are now, the taliban takes over. how do you protect the forces? >> the intelligence gathering is critical. go after bad people. but when you have so many there today that cant go outside the wire so to speak, involved in nation bidding than anything else, i dont think we lose the punch, or our ability to collect intelligence and go after the bad guy. that has to be maintained. >> you have garrison in kabul? >> wed have a garrison wherever its needed to maintain the 10,000 to 15,000. >> to cla...

We are now, the taliban takes over. how do you protect the forces? >> the intelligence gathering is critical. go after bad people. but when you have so many there today that cant go outside the wire so to speak, involved in nation bidding than anything else, i dont think we lose the punch, or our ability to collect intelligence and go after the bad guy. that has to be maintained. >> you have garrison in kabul? >> wed have a garrison wherever its needed to maintain the 10,000 to 15,000. >> to cla...