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Different opportunities to move equipment back to the united states and other places directed by the pentagon, we are very thrilled that we're able to look at those two bigelowcations, border crossings, which is the torkum border crossing here in the north and the shaman in the south we can move equipment down to karachi and ship it back down to the united states. >> reporter: we've had the concession from pakistan. it will mean a much quicker drawdown for the united states. it will be a lot cheaper t was costing us $104 million extra a month. that we think will be about 60 to 90 days before w...

Taliban government which had given bin laden and al qaeda safe haven and support. and around the globe, we worked with our friends and allies to capture or kill scores of al qaeda terrorists including several who were a part of the 9/11 plot. yet, osama bin laden avoided capture. and escaped across the afghan border into pakistan. meanwhile, al qaeda continued to operate from along that border and operate through its affiliates across the world. and so shortly after taking office, i directed leon panetta, the director of the cia, to make the killing or capture of bin laden the top priority of ...

Over the last 10 years thanks to the tire less and heroic work of our military and counter terrorism professionals, we have made great strides in that effort. we disrupted terrorist attacks and strengthened our homeland defense. in afghanistan we removed the taliban government which had given bin laden and al-qaeda safe haven and support. and around the globe we worked with our friends and allies and capture scores of terrorists including several who were a part of the 9/11 plot. yet, osama bin laden avoided capture. escaped across the afghan border into pakistan. meanwhile, al-qaeda continued...

Attacks were carried out by al qaeda, an organization headed by osama bin laden, which had openly declared war on the united states and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe. and so we went to war against al qaeda to protect our citizens, our friends and our allies. over the last ten years, thanks to the tireless and heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals, we've made great strides in that effort. we've disrupted terrorist attacks and strengthened our homeland defense. in afghanistan, we removed the taliban government which had given ...