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Senior afghan peace negotiator. we told you over the weekend, he was shot and killed in his car while waiting in traffic. group that killed him has ties to al-qaida, not the taliban government. remember, he was a former member of the taliban. he switched sides to help the u.s. despite the fact there could be another group out there attacking american interests. defense secretary leon panetta releasing this statement today. thanks to their efforts, the transition to afghan security lead is on tra...

After 28 hours on the ground there in which he fended off a demand by karzai for u.s. and nato forces to withdraw from villages and rural areas and stay on their bases. u.s. officials both in the region and in washington down played the demand and made clear that panettas private talks with karzai contemplated no change in the american timetable. >> we really did focus on strategy for the future and what needs to be accomplished as we move towards the end of 2014 and then beyond 2014. >> we will...

Needs to be accomplished as we move towards the end of 2014 and then beyond 2014. >> we will finish the transfer to afghan security lead in 2014 and thats the mission and we are sticking to it. >> independent analysts saw different meanings in karzais demand. >> think about it from his perspective. he knows once the united states leaves, there is probably going to be civil war in his country. hes trying to make peace with the new guys. >> clearly suits what karzai wants to do politically and pro...

Lockdown. the key to getting the transfer to afghan and troops out is this connection. >> these are not people we are working with side-by-side for shooting our soldiers in the back of the head. not just an attack of armed men rushing in a compound. this raises questions about whether the u.s. goal to turn over the security lead to the afghan forces by 2014 is going to happen. clearly the afghan forces not enough of them, are able to do this now. if they are going to turn on their partners. >> b...

Which does not mean theyre not terrible and are being investigated by both the afghan government and isaf. but the overall importance of defeating al qaeda remains and thats why we need to see -- to continue to focus on that, to continue the process of in the implementation of the presidents objectives, transferring security lead over to the afghans so that american troops can come home. >> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich weighed in on the issue during a stop in tennessee yesterd...

Are making a transition along an agreed timetable, grethat by th end of 2014 the transition to full afghan security lead for the country will be accomplished. we think that remains very much relistic and we are moving that way. >> a 90% favorable vote for the constitutional change, how surprising is this vote in syria? what are we learning from syria as the level of violence continues and as we have little hope of a united in view of what russia and china has done? >> the referendum was clearly ...

Abroad, it looks like hes making progress on national security at home. its all teed up for you and your debut on the show, tommy vetour. lets talk about security in afghanistan. something we dont talk about enough in american media in terms of confidence and building confidence that when we pull out of the country, when forces are drawn down, its going to be any, its going to be in any way stable. let alone better off. i think the activities and the action and the violence weve seen in the last...