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For americas military families who are in their 12th straight year now of multiple deployments, years of deployments in support of two wars, two of the longest wars in this countrys history that 99% of this country has not fought in? for afghanistan, for americas military, for americas military families, this is a long time coming. this is a long time coming. this is a very long time coming. joining us now is steve clemons from "the washington note" and the new america foundation. steve writes a...

And today thats what the president said is going to happen this spring in afghanistan, that same transition. in a surprise announcement, the president today announced a newly sped-up timetable for how the war is going to wind down in afghanistan. >> today we agreed that as afghan forces take the lead, and as president karzai announces the final phase of the transition, coalition forces will move to a support role this spring. our troops will continue to fight alongside afghans when needed, but l...

Spring in afghanistan. thats same transition. the president announced a newly sped up timetable for how the war will wind down in afghanistan. >> today we agree that as afghan forces take the lead and as president karzai announcing the final phase of the transition, coalition forces will move to a support role this spring. starting this spring our troops will have a different mission. training, advicing and assisting afghans. it will be a historic moment. >> they will move to a support role this...

Military personnel have been killed. the president said all forces in afghanistan will move into a support role starting this spring rather than summer as initially planned he said. the two leaders did not spell out the size of the u.s. force that will stay behind in afghanistan after u.s. troops start leaving next year. >> i cant give you a precise number at this point. i will probably make a separate announcement once i have gotten recommendations from troops, from the generals and our command...

Coalition partners and continue to do so. today we agreed that as afghan forces take the lead and as president karzai announces the final phase of the transition, coalitions forces will move to a support role this spring. our troops will continue to fight alongside afghan forces as needed, but starting this spring our troops will have a different mission, training, advising, assisting, afghan forces. it will be a historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty, something i know t...

Responsible afghan government that is willing to cooperate with to us make sure its not launching pad for future attacks against the united states? we have achieved that goal. in the process of achieving that goal. >> bret: president obama meeting with hamid karzai at the white house. speeding the drawdown of u.s. troops and transfer of the responsibility for afghan troops. changing the mission by the spring to a support role for u.s. troops. asked about the number of troops on the ground after ...

That. that should be part of the legacy of these last ten years. >> indeed. >> okay? >> thank you. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> hi, everyone. im tamron hall. following breaking news. president obama and afghan president hamid karzai wrapping up the joint news conference after a series of meetings at the white house. they focused on the u.s. role in afghanistan beyond next year and one of the key announcements we just heard, afghan forces will take the lead of...

Coalition partners, and we will continue to do so. today we agreed as president karzai announces the transition, troops will move to a support role this spring. our troops will continue to fight look side afghans when needed, but let me say it is plainly as i can. starting this spring our troops will have a different mission. training, advising, assisting afghan forces. it will be an historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty, something i know that president karzai cares dee...

The president saying that its time to accelerate the u.s. role, shifting to a support role as a result of achievements and i guess goals reached in afghanistan. >> thats true. they did announce that today but thats something thats been discussed behind the scenes in afghanistan for sometime now with the nato commanders in kabul. they have said for sometime that by mid-2013, it does seem they brought it back a bit to spring of 2013 wanting all of afghanistan transitioned in to afghan hands, givin...

And president will be in a room trying to find the best package. im not going to prejudge it. >> reporter: king added that we should be taking iron-clad positions in these negotiatings. martha: and all of these people did so in terms of opening the book on tax increases saying only if they get commensurate spending cuts which may not be far from where they were before. bill: we will put all these questions to eric cantor live in new york here in studio to talk about the discussions over the fisc...