Withdrawal Timetable News Today

>> thank you! >> and of course the travel pool, the reporters with him trying to get him to answer questions but none answered. richard, pick it up where that leaves off. meeting with morrison from australia with whom they did the deal. $60 billion or something. the french are furious and the brits and french and others not happy with the withdrawal timetable. we know that. tony blinken called to say to the president we have to stretch this out. we think it. the president was not willing to do t...

Would look long and hard befoat syria. >> who withdraw sould you say t president about this withdrawal timetable? >> its fair to say isis exists and theyre going to exist for a while. liberating the caliphate is important and weve done that in big way. but the group doesnt go away because youve taken their territory. its a mindset that has to be defeated both militarily, by finding people who exist and killing them and capturing them. but it also has to be won in the mosques of the muslim faith ...

This is a significant development. on one hand, the obama administration is trying to say dont read too much into this. this is not in response to the terrorist attacks. theyre trying to say that the additional troops are being added because were having trouble getting commitments from some other coalition nations which in and of itself is a problem. but when i look at this, im wondering is this the beginning of significant rethinking of obama policy on afghanistan and the withdrawal timetable? ...

And all the hot spots that pop up around the world, how do you think governor romney can make that case? >> i think he can make a reasonable argument there. ive read the excerpts of the speech made available and they seem to be effective language to criticize the administration on a number of points and create a contrast, not only on things like the response in benghazi, and the attitude toward the larger middle east, but also toward the relationship with israel and so forth. as i was looking at...

These young men have been at war for 30 years in some cases or at least their country has. so its all of those things which makes it complex. >> general dempsey told me that even with this rise in insider attacks there is no plan to change the withdrawal timetable which will have u.s. troops down to 68,000 at the end of september and out of afghanistan for the most part at the end of 2014. shepard? >> shepard: jennifer griffin live at bag gram air base in afghanistan. denied claims from wikileak...

And it is part of the euro zone, love, they have to go cap in hand to the germans who control the purse strings. >>shepard: the new french president wants to hire tens of thousands of teaches and put 75 percent minimum tax on anyone making more than $1 million euros, but france has a different agenda, not just the economy. >>jonathan: no and there will be likely be a different approach on military issues, as well. mr. holland has said he wants to pull all remaining 350,000 troops out of afghanis...

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...

>> well, before i take a stand on a particular course of action, i want to get the input from the people who are there. >> so thats leadership. thats what that guy calls leadership. pay attention to that one. well, this week, jonathan carl tried to lockdown rick santorum on what he would do in afghanistan. listen to this. >> so what does president santorum do? do you commit to winning, and what does that take? or do you say its time to get out? >> well, i think if you commit to winning and you c...

Pushed him over the top, but nobody knows for sure. but we can tell you that in the interest of justice and transparency, the u.s. military is considering seriously court-martialing this staff sergeant right there in afghanistan. >> all right, mick, if you can stick around. well sneak in a quick break here. i want to talk about more of what we expect the two leaders to be talking about when it comes to withdrawal timetable. what you know about what leon panetta is telling karzai, so lets sneak i...

geen, everyone. out front tonight, we have breaking news. new details are coming out about the army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians, including nine children. now, this is that house to house rampage that happened yesterday. and here is the very latest about the suspect. we have learned that the staff sergeant is in his 30s and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury after a vehicle rollover accident in 2010 in iraq. now, he was treated for that and then found ...