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Recommendation? >> sir, i was present when that discussion was heard, and im confident that the president heard all the recommendations and listened to them very thoughtfully. >> one of the recommendations made by the three of you would be the recommendation that virtually was made by general millers -- to weeks ago. during the august 18th interview on abc, george stephanopoulos asked president biden whether u.s. troops would stay beyond august 31st if there are still americans to evacuate. pres...

>> sir, i was present when that discussion occurred. >> mm-hmm. >> and im confident that the president heard all of the recommendations and listened to them very thoughtfully. >> so one of the recommendations that was made by the three of you would be the recommendation that was originally made my general millers two weeks ago. >> during the august 18th interview on abc, george stepnopoulos asked president biden whether u.s. troops would stay beyond august 31st if there were still americans to e...

0 theres no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan which was our core original mission. and everyone who served in that war should be proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when the ambassador signed the doha agreement...

0 theres no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan, which was our core original mission. and everyone who has served in that war has been proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when ambassador calisade signed the agree...

Seeing policies being implemented formally. at least sometimes theres a gap between whats being said and whats happening on the ground. but there are areas where women are still able to work. and theres instability. i mean, theres a lot of kinetic activity still in a lot of places. so, we need to continue to press the taliban on this issue. the international community should absolutely make aid -- women the focus of aid and girls, education, the focus of the programs that we have. and, you know,...

Essentially has become this glorified dictator going after other tribes in iraq. >> and after all of our sacrifice, within 24 hours of our troops leaving, maliki in effect, a shiite undercuts the sunni vice president, tries to arrest him, hes on the run, the attacks start. >> yeah. right away. >> these people. >> and we havent even talked about what might happen between iran and iraq, and the possibility of them getting together and becoming closer. >> well talk to my father about this next hour...

unimaginable cruelty ive heard. it struck a chord as a father and a journalist and struck a chord with millions around the world. masked men came to his home, covered him with kerosene, and set this little boy on fire. its hard to imagine that anyone could do that to a child. you know, youssifs story isnt so much about cruelty. its about strength, its about healing and courage. heres our story. >> reporter: now 9, its hard to believe that this is the same youssif we met in baghdad four...

unless there is strong action to fix the debt crisis there. well, right now on wall street, what are we watching here? traders closely watching how european heeders are taking on this challenge. the dow is currently up by 38 points. going to take a hard look at what this means for your finances as well as your retirement. what are we watching here? suicide bombers struck two cities in afghanistan today killing at least 58 people. the deadliest attack happened in kabul as worshippers ma...