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Effort against al qaeda and we got lost. this suddenly became a counter insurgency, it was american hubris and wars in afghanistan and trying to convert a society that is essentially tribal and has always been tribal and defined by the borders of its neighbors. there is no reason a land locked country exists, just harboring a bunch of tribes. so we got lost. we got immersed in societal issues and advance womens rights an take care of the children and try to build roads. and we got lost. >> the e...

under taliban mortar fight. he went from there to kabul where he and hamid karzai signed that strategic partnership agreement. it prom is american suppo supposupport for afghanistan through 2024. the president -- excuse me, 2014. the president made some brief remark, headed back to bagram for a rally with the troops. the vast majority, about 90,000, are american right now. a short time later, just about half an hour ago, mr. obama spoke to the united states laying out his vision for en...

the zone. from there he quickly went by chopper to kabul, another war zone where him and president hamid karsai signed the strategic partnership agreement. it promises american support for afghanistan through 2024. ten years after the last american combat forces are scheduled to leave the country by the end of 2012. excuse me, 2014. the president made some brief remarks, then headed back to bagram for a rally with the troops. more than 130,000 men and women serve in afghanistan. the va...

agreement. it prom is americansupport for afghanistan through 2024. the president -- excuse me, 2014. the president made some brief remark, headed back to bagram for a rally with the troops. the vast majority, about 90,000, are american right now. a short time later, just about half an hour ago, mr. obama spoke to the united states laying out his vision for ending americas longest war. saying afghanistan is where the war began and where it will end. heres a portion of his address. >> t...

it could mark the beginning of the end of the war there. listen. >> neither americans nor the afghan people asked for this war, yet for a decade weve stood together to drive al qaeda from its camps to battle an insurgency and to give the people of afghanistan the possibility to live in peace and in dignity. the wages of war have been great for both our nations but today with the signing of this strategic partnership agreement we look forward to a future of peace. >> our nick payton-wal...

Handed out by the countrys hard line regime which explains all the crying. and caught on camera, election officials reportedly handing ballots to people using the names of dead people to vote in the new hampshire primary. the video produced by a conservative group, the ballots not used but the attorney general is now reviewing voting procedures. lets go to eric. >> thank you, ali. president obama has announced drastic cuts to our nations military. the president plans to roll back about a trillio...

Unusual moment of genuine nation building. people usually use the termination building, its not true. afghanistan is a nation. iraq is a nation. but in libya, there is not much there. and so you might post-gadhafi find yourself in the position of doing nation building and state building and economic building, all at the same time. >> and whose responsibility would that be some people in the united states might hear that and say, oh, no, does that mean more u.s. military involvement, does that me...

>> at the same time public opinion in the united states is dropping on this war. >> oh yes. >> and even one of our commanders said the other day, if she could see it -- not on tv. its hardly part of the collective consciousness. if she could see it, theyd like it less. >> thats tough. everybody was so invested in iraq and the idea we had to win. people are grateful to general petraeus who came and turned it around. now, i dont know what were turning it around for. because unless were engaged in ...

Including nato, which has demonstrated time and again, most recentfully libya, that its a force multiplier. we will stay vigilant, especially in the middle east. as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and the end of long termination building with large military foot prints, well be able to ensure our security with smaller conventional ground forces. well continue to get rid of outdated cold arrest era systems so we can invest in the capabilities that we need for the future, includin...

Were going to continue investing in our critical partnerships and alliances, including nato, which has demonstrated time and again, most recentfully libya, that its a force multiplier. we will stay vigilant, especially in the middle east. as we look beyond the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and the end of long termination building with large military foot prints, well be able to ensure our security with smaller conventional ground forces. well continue to get rid of outdated cold arrest era syste...