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Kids born today have some kind of tour of duty in afghanistan in their future is basically in the hands of president hamid karzai right now. and the only person outside the u.s. government who has talked to him at length on this subject any time recently is now our guest. joining us is atiyah abaoui. atiyah had an exclusive and sitdown interview with president karzai in kabul last month. great to have you i dont here. >> great to be on. thank you, rachel. >> in terms of a potential agreement bet...

The question of whether american kids born today have some kind of tour of duty in afghanistan in their future is basically in the hands of president hamid karzai right now. and the only person outside the u.s. government who has talked to him at length on this subject any time recently is now our guest. joining us is atia abawi. atia had an exclusive and sitdown interview with president karzai in kabul last month. great to have you i dont here. >> great to be on. thank you, rachel. >> in terms ...

>> reporter: yeah, you can add to that senior u.s. official, you can also add to that chinese state media. now remember, andrew, that this has befr benever been reported. ever since chen guangcheng fled last week after 18 months on house arrest, that has never been reported in state media. that has all changed in the last few minutes. xinhua, state-run media, is now confirming this. chen has left the embassy of his own volition, and theyre demanding the u.s. apologize to china for one ...

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...

Most dangerous places." signs are positive? >>guest: well, we are moving out of a combat role and moving into a training role so the taxpayers are putting up $43 billion to create 400,000 cops and soldiers to keep afghanistan going after we leave. when you look at number of soldiers we are training and the number of fatalities it is minor dent but this is a hot button item. so the image we get here every single protester and shooting we are not seeing the full spectrum of training and support we...

across the sky? im trying to hum that song. thats a pathetic effort. anyway, some people very concerned about the ufo possibilities here. we have the answer to what that fireball in the sky was. >> what are you trying to do? >> i was thinking about that 80s show, that 90s show. whatever. a woman wins gas money after she sues honda. she spoke to us when she first filed this lawsuit. she said the cars manual promised her 50 miles per gallon. it didnt deliver. can others cash in on her ...

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