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I want to introduce you to someone that i met as the last combat troop was pulling out. >> oh, really? where are you going? >> i have too many friends in new york. >> have you ever lived there before in your accent is perfect? >> i was coming to apologize. im not that good. >> no, youre really good. ive talked to a lot of different people and you are really good. >> i am still working. >> it sounds like youre from new jersey. >> yeah. its good. do you know where youre moving to or anything? >> w...

>> oh, really? where are you going? >> i have too many friends in new york. >> have you ever lived there before in your accent is perfect? >> i was coming to apologize. im not that good. >> no, youre really good. ive talked to a lot of different people and you are really good. >> i am still working. >> it sounds like youre from new jersey. >> yeah. its good. do you know where youre moving to or anything? >> well, ive got friends in north carolina. >> okay. >> washington, seattle. new york. it de...

Men have never driven a vehicle. so, day one of our five week driving course is here is how you open the door of the vehicle. they do not understand, that basic. that is how low of a level we have to start. >>reporter: general petraeus said he does support president karzais efforts to crack down on private security contractors here. he said after the u.s. and others spent all the money to train afghanistan forces, they do not want private security forces, firms, taking them away with big salarie...

For so long now that we really believe were beyond that point. >> so he is predicting end of combat operations by the end of the month, as president obama wanted to see. obviously, a big question you heard a little bit from my colleague major garrett is what about formation of a government. its been five-and-a-half months since election day. there are concerns, the longer this drags on, the more risk there may be to security in iraq. eric? >> eric: mike, afghan president karzai talked about reco...

The pentagon is denying any direct contact with the people behind the website wikileaks who say they will soon post more classified documents about the afghanistan war. the founder of that site says pentagon lawyers are willing to help him review the files, to help him delete information that could hurt civilians. pentagon said thats misrepresentation. they said the general counsel set up conference call with an attorney claiming to represent wikileaks. the lawyer did not call in. the clock is...

Reconstruction and development assistance efforts. but now afghan president hamid karzai says the security contractors, american and those from other countries have four months and then they need to get out. >> we dont want to see a decision like this, you know, shut down our operations. when you look at the volume of security contractors in afghanistan, and there are a lot of them, they more or less equal the other side of the military surge. if we have to pull back military personnel to do sec...

Experts say security contractors have not been well regulated. >> we probably depended too much on certain private firms to carry guns and use force, on behalf of the united states or other governments in recent wars. and perhaps karzai is pushing back against that. >> nato officials say the international coalition fully supports karzais object of reducing private security with afghan eventually taking over. but the military emphasizes the scale and scope of the reduction will require time to fu...

Won that level of prestige of an award, i dont see any problem with criminalizing that as a misdemeanor. rick: saying it doesnt hurt anybody, i think there are a lot of u.s. service members who legitimately won this honor who would disagree. >> well, thats the thing, theres a lot of visceral emotion with military awards. rick: always good to talk to you, doug. >> my pleasure. jenna: returning, now, to a big development in afghanistan. president karzai now demanding that all private security cont...

The pentagon is denying any direct contact with the people behind the website wikileaks who say they will soon post more classified documents about the afghanistan war. the founder of that site says pentagon lawyers are willing to help him review the files, to help him delete information that could hurt civilians. pentagon said thats misrepresentation. they said the general counsel set up conference call with an attorney claiming to represent wikileaks. the lawyer did not call in. the clock is...

Jenna: a good reminder about texting and driving. courtney friel for us. rick: president karzais demand that all private security contractors leave his country, leave afghanistan and leave soon, but his challenge may not even be possible. well tell you why when we come right back. , the original sporting sail in our grandfathers attic. all right. let her rip! we knew we were onto something. just throw that thing over your back and you could just shoot down any hill. and you get the sky, and you ...