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>> it's the member of the 4,000 number and the fact president trump said time and time again he wanted us out of afghanistan. are you surprised by the move? >> i'm not surprised because he has to convince the american people this is clearly in u.s. vital interest. that's the driving force behind this. his predecessors frankly never committed themselves politically and morally to have a successful strategy. that's the second big thing we need to get from the president tonight. not just why but what does a regional strategy look like. what does a strategy in afghanistan look like that has some m...

On the region. i am absolutely convinced -- i can't say it enough. isis will establish itself, it's already trying, in afghanistan if we walk away. i'm thrilled to hear the president has moved away from that option. >> bret: i want to put this up. afghanistan by the numbers. you spent a lot of time on the ground there. 8400 u.s. troops currently in afghanistan. 714 billion spent. 2,258 total deaths, 20,257 wounded. more than 11% of afghanistan still today controlled by insurgents or the taliban. for people who say this effort has been so long. there is that feeling. >> sure. believe me, i am f...

Pullout of afghan troops by the americans or will there maybe be a gradual reduction in the u.s. service personnel roles in afghanistan. or maybe a gradual reduction followed by -- we just don't know. those are just. so scenarios the president is considering after huddling with his senior cadre of his national security advisors and you can tell how important this meeting was at camp david today, bret, by looking at some of the big names that were talking about the vice president mike pence, the secretaries of defense and state as well as his attorney general. we are talking about the u.n. amba...

America's longest running war has continued to cost the country lives and quite a lot of money. as the pentagon prepares to send dozens more marines into afghanistan days after the remains of most recent casualties in the conflict were returned home, 2,263 americans have died there since 2001. over 20,000 wounded. so many americans still asking what are we doing there? the pentagon has spent more than $714 billion to date on just military costs fighting in afghanistan. >> let's talk about solutions to this here. former navy s.e.a.l. and blackwater ceo, eric prince will join us in just a mome...

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