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To rebill his forces. rebuild his forces. arthel: absolutely. that's what i'm saying about mare e pole. of course that whole renal, but that connects that land bridge that he so much is wanting since he invaded crimea in 2014. general keane, i always love talking to you. i do have to go for now. thank you very much, good to see you, and we'll see you next time. thanks, general keane. and we are going to have much more -- >> great talking to you, arthel. >> -- likewise. i'm going to speak with the ambassador, american ambassador to poland coming up, and then eric will talk with a ukrainian moth...

Critical liberty and justice dinner here in iowa. eric? eric: matt, thank you very much. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. isis names a new leader following the death of abu al baghdadi, during a u.s. raid in northern syria last sunday. for more on this and the terror group threat of revenge ton united states, let's bring in the author hunting the caliphate america's war on isis and the dawn of the strike cell. retired army major general david picard also the initial u.s. commander on the ground fighting isis in iraq in 2014. general, thank you for being here with us. >> good afternoon, arthel....

Were killed this year. there were 35 last year. eastern afghanistan a retired northbounding ypd sergeant working as a contractor was also killed. the surge is taking a tole on the partnerships between coalition and afghan forces. joint patrols recently resumed after being restricted due to these kinds of attacks. the joint controls are considered a key part of u.s. strategy to train security forces before all combat troops lead by the end of 2014. general allen fears there's no end to the fight after the attacks. >> this is a vulnerability. the iraq signature weapon system we hadn't seen befor...

Downplayed the pronouncement. >> i think it was overanalysis not a startling statement if you read what he said. if i could, this is exactly in line with the policy that we started back in the summer of 2011, transitioning leadership to afghan forces and progressively completed by the end of 2014. >> general petraeus is trying to say that they are going to do in afghanistan what they did in iraq, a lot of, we have heard a lot of that in the pentagon but the problem is the situation in iraq isn't going that well right now and critics are saying that, again, this is, really, it is risky project ...