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Hundred. were off pratsing in countries all over africa. i dont know the exact troop level. >> the fact that theyre frustrated, though, says what? are you frustrated as well? >> when i was -- i want answers. most importantly for the families. its very difficult, if not impossible, to have closure without nothing exactly how your loved one was killed. in the -- i was on active duty still in the army reserves while i was on active duty i was in the ar-15-6 investigations. every time we have a serv...

This moment ahead of an address looking forward to an escalation of troop level. its what mattis was authorized to do in june, but now he said, immediately he wants the broader strategy. he wants buy in from the commander in chief. >> he definitely does, the president has gone out of his way to say, this is yours, general, you take care of it, you take the lead on it. and now they have the president having to own it tonight with his speech. and, you know, afghanistan is just very difficult, 16 y...

Mission. as i said, we havent gotten a final figure from the u.s., but i expect the u.s., of course, to continue, to continue to be a part of the mission, because the u.s. is by far the biggest force contributor, and the whole reason why nato is in afghanistan is in response to a response on the united states. this is the only time nato has invoked article 5 of the defense clause, an attack on the united states, 9/11/2001 and the reason why we are in afghanistan is to prevent afghanistan from be...

Round to smithereens. president trump has given defense secretary james mattis authority to decide how many troops, the troop level in afghanistan, opening the door it seems to potentially sending thousands more troops, u.s. troops back into afghanistan. lets take a look. >> do you agree we are not winning in afghanistan? >> i understand the urgency and i understand is my responsibility. we are not winning in afghanistan right now, and we will correct this as soon as possible. >> chris: a lot of...

That assassinate journalists, that murder political rivals, that shut down popular dissent and shows contempt to our longstanding allies that actually come from democratic traditions which, at least seems to me, every day that goes by, it seems he has more and more contempt for. >> i think a lot of this early on obviously is rhetoric. what we havent seen is how hes going to deal with these countries and nato and such in a real crisis. were four months in. on the international sphere, theres been...

Admitting of syrian refugees. his heart isnt in this. when he was asked about the fiasco with the millions of dollars spent syrian rebels ending up with a total of nine, his defense was, well, you know, i didnt really want to do it in the first place. but i suppose what he was saying is my aides insisted i do it. i did it and it didnt work out. announced the doubling of our troop level in afghanistan and in the same sentence he says we are leaving on a date certain. you know his heart isnt in it...

Most clearly after hes gone. on the second point, we are losing ground over there, our mission, our cause, our hoped-for results is fading with about 10,000 troops present. so what he proposes to do is continue that troop level which isnt enough, but maybe enough to stave off an utter collapse. if he wanted to fix this or change the fortunes, he would have to do more. he doesnt want to do that. >> you talked about the fact he doesnt want to see a disaster. in a sense want it two competing legaci...

The second point we are losing ground over there that our mission, our cause, you are hoped for result is fading with 10,000 troops present. he proposed to continue that what he proposed so do is that troop level. and collapse. if he wanted to fix this or change the fortunes, he doesnt want to do erthat. >> you talk aboutwo the fact th he doesnt want to see a disaster. wasnt it two competing ug legacies? and afghanistan has repeatedly been categorized by democrats as a good war. that was the one...

On the second point, we are losing ground over there, our mission, our cause, our hoped-for results is fading with about 10,000 troops present. so what he proposes to do is continue that troop level which isnt enough, but maybe enough to stave off an utter collapse. if he wanted to fix this or change the fortunes, he would have to do more. he doesnt want to do that. >> you talked about the fact he doesnt want to see a disaster. in a sense want it two competing legacies? he really wanted to be th...

Cemetery to remember the fallen. it was an important message. today we deliver our own message to the afghan people. were with you. we support you. and were not going to give up the gains we fought so hard to achieve. thank you and now ill take some questions. >> mr. secretary, what do you say to critic who is suggest that the 5,500 level isnt enough to do both the counterterrorism mission and the training and advise mission. do you see that number as an enduring long-term troop level for some y...