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In that respect i don't think so. also we have to to remember that general petraeus doesn't have the skeletons in his closet that general mcchrystal did during the hearings. >> deadliest month in afghanistan. it's on track to be the deadliest year in afghanistan for u.s. troops. marja is a bleeding ulcer. they've delayed the planned operation in canada ha and the karzai government is threatening to kuts a deal with the taliban. none of those are good and encouraging signs. what happens if general petraeus cannot turn that mess around, and what particularly could a man of petraeus' previous sta...

Little bit later on today. this is, of course, a significant shift in policy for president obama. he had said he was going to draw down will all of the troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016 and now as you just said, it was announced last night that he will be leaving a presence there of about 5500 troops. initially it was only going to be agembassy presence. about a thousand troops there really focused on the security capacity. now they're going to be bases in bagram, jalalabad and also canada ha, a significant increase in the u.s. presence there coming against the backdrop of the surge o...