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And this, clearly, if they get this agreement signed in the afghanistan case, they hope it will solve that problem and that they can keep some troops. perhaps the bigger picture to look at, at the same type, as youve pointed out, wolf, what difference will it make? in iraq, u.s. troops left and the country has fallen into a good deal of violence in iraq. if afghanistan, if you have 10,000 u.s. troops stay for maybe the next two years, what happens after that? are the taliban just going to wait f...

U.s. strotroops, backed up by a thousand nato forces, there will still be a very dangerous environment there. the combat mission may be other, but these u.s. troops will be in a combat zone, presumably very endangered at the same time, barbara. >> absolutely, wolf. nobody thinks peace is coming to afghanistan any time soon. when you have 10,000 troops there. plus, as you just pointed out, a few thousand additional nato troops. one of the big jobs is how to keep them safe. so some number of those...

Clintons memoir. were going to hear some of her thoughts on president obama, on marriage and on the times in her life where shes, quote, followed her heart. hello, im whoolf blitzer reporting from washington. we start with president obama ready to set troop levels for afghanistan. the president was in the country over the weekend, talking with american troops. today, in just over 90 minutes or so, hell announce a major step. joining us from the pentagon is our correspondent barbara starr, from...

Themselves. 11500. 11740. you see the pattern. this, as you went through time, was all getting greater, until you have this final tiny little burst at the end, which is much bigger. that is what convinced them that this plane was steadily moving away from the satellite. so the satellites somewhere over in here. and with every one of those bursts, they knew that it was moving further along these rings out here. now, how did they know that it was headed this way, which is what they believe in, ins...

Their job will be to train, assist, advise afghan forces. youll recall, in the final months of iraq, u.s. forces went out less and less. they stayed in their bases. stayed inside the wire, so to speak, in an increasing amount. and at the end simply packed up and went. this proposal may begin to follow some of those lines. some of that precedent. here at the pentagon, no one is really surprised by whats been laid out. this is the option that u.s. military commanders tell us they wanted. wolf. >> ...

Has been thrown into the spotlight, even though theyve been terrorizing that part of the country for years, weve seen them launch even more brazen, even more numerous attacks with that sense of insecurity growing, despite the fact the government says it has put all this military into place to try to hunt down the girls. people at this stage really wanting to see the government do more, really wanting to see the military do more, and also looking towards the international community for that criti...

The oath of office in 2017. president obamas plan ends the war in afghanistan at the end of 2016. and, i mean, if you want to talk about dollar figures, we do know from independent studies, congressional budget office, its about $200 billion in the last couple of years in afghanistan, albeit at larger force levels. youre right, this is not going to come cheap. there are about 30,000 now. you can sort of, you know, divide by three and get to a dollar figure perhaps. but certainly this is going to...

Caring for a sick child or an aging parent. figuring out how to pay for college. finding a good job. and what to do if you lose it. whether to get married or stay married. how to give our kids the opportunities they dream about and deserve. life is about making such choices. our choices and how we handle them shape the people we become. >> you know, everybodys going to focus on the words whether to get married or stay married. >> thats hillary clintons bow to the lewinsky mess. republicans have ...

Will the president go into specifics in terms of funding, keeping 10,000 u.s. troops next year, 5,000 the year after, thats not cheap. its going to cost several billion dollars. is the president going to explain to the american public when he goes out there and makes this announcement how much taxpayers will have to shell out to keep those troops in afghanistan? do we have any clue on that? >> i dont think were going to hear dollar figures from the president at 2:45 this afternoon. i think he wa...