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I've seen it when i've visited the field, in bagram, in baghdad, far from your families, risking your lives so that we can live ours safely and in freedom. and so you've inspired me. and i've been humbled by you consistently. and i want every american to know what i know, through years after year after year of continuous military operations, you have earned your place among the greatest generations. the list of accomplishments that joe and ash so generously mentioned, they're because of you. it's what i tell my staff. i'm the front man. but you're the ones doing the work.

Just like any problem that you ignore, it becomes more costly as time goes on. so, 5,500 troops now. i mean, there's no guarantee that that will be the maximum number needed. i mean, if we short-change the force now, doesn't that suggest we're going to need to send many more in the future? >> well, he had to do something, because he did not want the iraq outcome to happen in afghanistan. he now sees what happened, the precipitous withdrawal, what the troops still call the obama bug-out in december 2011, when they pulled out of iraq in 30 days. he can't afford to do that if he's going to have a...

Just like any problem that you ignore, it becomes more costly as time goes on. so, 5,500 troops now. i mean, there's no guarantee that that will be the maximum number needed. i mean, if we short-change the force now, doesn't that suggest we're going to need to send many more in the future? >> well, he had to do something, because he did not want the iraq outcome to happen in afghanistan. he now sees what happened, the precipitous withdrawal, what the troops still call the obama bug-out in december 2011, when they pulled out of iraq in 30 days. he can't afford to do that if he's going to have a...

Going to move forward if we don't fix the sequestration and that is something that i would really like to see, the president, the congress come to an agreement ongoing forward. >> congressman mckeon, thank you so much for your time coming from santa clarita, california. again, you're being looking at photos there of the president in bagram, afghanistan. lots of pictures being taken. he was briefed on a very serious and tragic matter taking place in california over the last couple of days with the stabbing and shooting rampage. in all, six men and women were killed during the shooting and stabb...

Government ranked second most corrupt in the world. while some may hold elected or appointed positions, that's incidental to their power which depends on the number of armed men at their disposal or because of the wealth they were able to accumulate. karzai holds his office not as the choice of the afghan people, but as the result of massively fraudulent election as he himself now concedes. this guy has to somehow put this country together or we can't leave. am i right? >> the strategy -- the strategy is to make sure that not only our troops have everything in resources they need to execute an...