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>> a big day for the administration. weve cnns ryan brown at the ben ta gone. athena jones at the white house. ryan first, to you what the house is calling a new afghan strategies. >> reporter: the details are still a little bit sparse. some of the broader outlines were made clear. one, no time time. its bunch a big departure from the obama administration. it was a very strict timetable. some critics said that encouraged the taliban to wait it out. president trump making it clear that there will...

The oval office. however, our commitment is not unlimited and our support is not a blank check. >> reporter: president trump vowing to build up americas military presence in the region. but refusing to offer specifics. >> we will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans for further military activities. conditions on the ground not arbitrary timetables will guide our strategy from now on. >> reporter: the commander in chief criticizing his predecessor while pledging to roll back obama era re...

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Arbitrary timetables, will guide our strategy from now on. americas enemies must never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. i will not say when we are going to attack, but attack we will. >> reporter: notably, the president did explain the evolution in his thinking from favoring a full withdrawal as a candidate and before that to supporting a continued presence in afghanistan, arguing that a hasty withdrawal from the country would create a vacuum that terrorist groups like isis or al ...

Once you went in, to take the troops out like president obama did, that created means for isis to take territory. i think he was saying in the campaign you have to play the cards youre dealt in addition to having his initial -- >> lisa: i think he was arguing we could not be in the worlds policeman anymore. >> jessica: if you read twitter today, you would see a number of people re-tweeting old trump tweets where he said clearly president obama, youre doing the wrong thing by putting more people ...

Line with our own. we are confident they will. since taking office i have made clear our allies and partners much contribute much more money to our collective defense. and they have done so. >> and as commander-in-chief hes refusing to telegraph our military plans to americas enemies. this is refreshing. take a look. >> conditions on the ground not arbitrary timetables will guide our strategy from now on. americas enemies just never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. i cannot say wh...

And looks at what iran is possibly hoping to do. national security correspondent jennifer griffin with the pentagon perspective. >> good evening. defense secretary james mattis made a surprise visit to iraq today to shore up allies but also to help promote the presidents new policy on afghanistan. >> i prefer not to go into those numbers right now. i have directed the chairman to put the blame together. >> this is the top u.s. commander for the middle east says the first new u.s. forces will arr...

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Berman here the presss speech? afghanistan was either a clear display of the leadership, a complete flip-flop, a bold new strategy, the same old strategy or even not even a strategy. it has been alled all of those things buy friends and boths, sometimes both. what everyone can agree on is the script the speech might be a preview for what can be an inscripted on tro verbal rally in arizona tonight. with the nations still raw over the charlottesville. what can possibly go wrong. more on that in a ...

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