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Pull all u.s. troops out by the end of 2016. campbell said that is most likely not realistic but the president hasn't main a final decision on the numbers. the recently retired chief presented options to the president in august in consultation with campbell dempsey recommends 3-5,000 troops reramain in afghanistan. the u.s. doesn't want to let the same thing happen in afghanistan that did in iraq. president obama weighed in. >> it is still hard as we saw this week in afghanistan. it is not by lack of commitment or virtue. we have ten thousand folks in afghanistan, spending tens of milli millio...

Democrat from west virginia. he was upset by the idea that we still have troops in afghanistan. so is the president getting pushback now from his own party? >> i suspect that you'll see some liberal members of the democratic caucus, as well as people like joe manchin who feel it's been a rich man's war and a poor man's fight, really push back, that a res iddual force of 5,000 troops would be needed in afghanistan after the original withdrawal date, which is the end of 2016. campbell, the general today, in his testimony said that withdrawal needs to be reexamined. why? we had the fall of the to...