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When i came into office, there was drift in the afghan strategy in part because we had spent a lot of time focussing on iraq instead. over the last three years we have refocused attention on getting afghanistan right. would my preference have been that we started some of that earlier? absolutely. that is not the cards that we are dealt. we are now in a position where given our starting point, we are making progress, and i believe that we will be able to make our -- achieve our objectives in 2014. al? >> thank you, mr. president and mr. prime minister. switching to iran -- >> i can point out th...

I'll say it again. assad will leave power. it's not a question of if, but when. and to prepare for that day, we will continue to support plans for a transition to support the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people. more broadly we recommitted ourselves and our leadership to the goal of global development. along with our international partners we have saved countless lives from the faminen in the horn of africa. you have done a lot to bring life saving aid tot people in africa. we are committing to help preventible deaths of children and maternal health. let me say that it's a tribute to d...

At how do we effect the transition in a way that does not result in a steep cliff at the end of 2014 but rather is a gradual pace that accommodates the developing national security forces in afghanistan. although you asked it to david, i want to make sure that i just comment quick online the economic issues. this is a question that david and i have been getting for the last two years. we always give the same answer, but i figure it's worth repeating. the united states and great britain are two difference economies, in two different positions. you know, their banking sector was larger than ours...

prime minister david cameron. mostly business, anyway. after they caught a game in the ncaa basketball tournament, president obama welcomed the british prime minister and his wife in a ceremony fit for a king. right now they're meeting in private on world issues tough to talk about. iran, syria, the debt crisis. stop me any time. they will be honored tonight at a state dinner as well. in a little over an hour from now, he and the president will be stepping into the rose garden for a news conference, and you'll be seeing it live here on cnn, so stay tuned. also in the news, secretar...

In the crash, died of his injuries. this week's violence follows other high-profile atrocities from earlier this year, including american soldiers urinating on afghan corpses and american troops burning copies of the koran. >> the united nations says 2011 was the deadliest year on record for civilians in the afghan war with 3,021 killed. 3,021 afghan president hamid karzai this week says he is "at the end of the rope", asked the united states to confine its soldiers to their bases rather than letting them operate in the villages and the country side. as the counterinsurgency strategy-to-would ...