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This because you have been covering the war on terror for so long and been a remarkable investigative reporter for the new york times. it was on a one the other day. they acquired a bunch of documents about the reviews that went into airstrikes. this precipitated the monstrous lee awful airstrike that happened in the summer in afghanistan, in which it was essentially a case of mistaken identity. civilians were killed by us. and hes hidden pentagon records show that this was not that much of an a...

Annexed crimea. seven years later, post-2014, russia still controls this part of the country, calls it part of russia, even though the u.s. and the rest of the worlds view, this is part of a sovereign nation of ukraine. russia is occupying a whole portion of the eastern part of ukraine. the sanctions applied for seven years since then has not changed the calculus on the ground at all. so the question is, what can the u.s. do to raise the economic price, the targets appear to be putins financial ...

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...

Failure to sign onto plans that would protect u.s. personnel that would stay in the country post-2014. nbcs jim miklaszewski has just travelled to afghanistan, and he has more from the head of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey. >> it is a statement that we have reached a point where we have to plan for other options, to include a complete withdrawal by the end of 2014. but its not an indication that were not continued to be committed to a mission beyond 14, because we very much believe th...

There isnt any military operation i was part of and sir, when you were the secretary, had to get approval with the cde, collateral damage estimates, on a particular operation, and it had to be approved at the very highest levels. they had to be within accepted norms. >> you dont want to diminish, obviously the loss of civilian life is tragic and especially in cases such as this where a drone attack was supposed to target a militant or terrorist and it didnt work out that way. but hamid karzai ha...

U.s. troops to stay in afghanistan another ten years to help afghan forces and target suspected terrorists. >> the negotiation is done, but now the question is whether the president is prepared to sign. >> reporter: national security advisor susan rice issued that ultimatum to karzai face to face. u.s. officials insist this deal get done by the end of december. >> failure to conclude by that point would make it impossible for the united states and our allies to plan for a presence post-2014. >> ...

Losing the gains that have already been made and to make sure that were in a position to support afghan units when theyre in theater and to make sure that our folks are also protected even as were drawing down, so, i cant give you a precise number at this point. ill probably make a separate announcement once ive gotten recommendations from troops -- from the generals and our commanders in terms of what that drawdown might look like. with respect to post-2014, weve got two goals and our main conv...

Dropping in the last year in 2012 but we have seen afghan forces, their casualties and deaths rising drastically. >> david, the president says hes still getting recommendations of the pentagon and military commanders on the ground regarding the troop levels after 2014. he says that would come at a separate announcement. much is written and said about the selection or nomination of chuck hagel and john kerry as part of the presidents circle in determining what to do with afghanistan or with the t...

Levels. post-2014 needs to be done with afghan permission were told. panetta will have a teleconference with general allen tomorrow and they will talk about troop levels in afghanistan. he is not aware of any formal set of recommendations from general allen as of yet were told from his aides. "the new york times" is floating the idea of 10,000 troops post-2014 with a thousand special operators keeping a lid on things. this is how defense secretary leon panetta explained his vision for the next y...

huge deal. set the scene. >> reporter: this is a big deal, wolf. a trip by the president of the united states to a war zone like afghanistan is extraordinary and this is only the third time that president obama has made this trip. its been over a year. the last time he was there was in december 2010 and furthermore, at the presidential palace which is where he is right now for brief remarks with president hamid karzai and to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghanistan to ...