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New reaction tonight to the sun s vanishing act. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. breaking tonight, the president who railed against the war in afghanistan as a private citizen is about to outline his strategy for america s longest military conflict. he ll deliver a prime time address to the nation about three hours from now. mr. trump s national security team has given him a range of options from full withdrawal to the deployment of up to 4,000 additional u.s. troops. the commander in chief trying to move forward, but still embattled on multiple fronts. a just released poll show americans, 56%, disapprove of his response to the white supremacists rally and violence in charlottesville. we are also following the ....
President s address to the nation tonight, senator. in tweets over the years, as you well know, president trump said that the war in afghanistan was, in his words, a complete waste complete waste, a direct quote, and the u.s. should withdraw, spend whatever money the u.s. spends, billions, hundreds of billions of dollars over there in that part of the world. the u.s. should spend that money at home. how do you think his announcement tonight, whatever that is, his new plan for afghanistan, will line up with his many previous statements? what concerns me most, to be very blunt, is his decision about the strategy that we re going to use going forward. there s no more sacred or solemn duty as dmacommander in chief t the president has than ordering men and women into harms way. and i say that as a dad as well as a publicity sen and public official. one of our sons was deployed years ago to afghanistan as a ....
Issues. but for 16 years, the u.s. has had that strategy, a military strategy as well as a diplomatic and economic strategy. the u.s. has spent hundreds of billions of dollars building up afghanistan s infrastructure trying to develop that country so it could protect itself, live by itself. that strategy clearly, at least the first 16 years, has failed. we ll see what the president announces later tonight. but let me get on to some other issues and you re a member of the judiciary committee. sources close to steve bannon, the former strategic advisor of the president, have told vanity fair magazine that bannon wants reince priebus the former chief of staff at the white house, to tell the special counsel robert mueller about jared kushner s role in the firing of fbi director james comey. how do you think bannon s firing will impact the ongoing investigation into possible collusion obstruction of justice? my hope is that it will lead ....
Judiciary committees. our specialists are standing by. first let s go to white house correspondent athena jones at the virginia military base where the president will deliver his address to the nation later tonight. athena, what s the latest? reporter: hi, wolf. well, in just a few hours we expect the president to layout a plan to increase u.s.troopsin afghanistan and also to address how the u.s. can better work with other countries in the region like pakistan. the president s speech comes against a backdrop of weeks of west wing chaos and the controversy over his response to the charlottesville violence. the president has a chance now to turn the page, focus on national security. the question is how effective will this new strategy in afghanistan be in making gains there? and how effectively can the president sell this new strategy to the american people? president trump back at the white house after his working vacation is set to layout his administration s plans for the fight i ....
Marine. and we all rely on the president for his judgment going forward. so, it may be more complicated and challenging than he appreciated as a private citizen. he is getting some of the best advice from some of the best military commanders in the world. and what s needed is a coherent strategy. more important than the numbers of troops, it should be guided, in fact, by a coherent strategy. and the president has an obligation to make clear and decisive judgment, and to adhere to those strategies. so, tomorrow when he goes to arizona, it has to be an adherence to that strategy that is clear and cohesive and comprehensive to the men and women under his command. but, senator, the u.s. has had a strategy in afghanistan for 16 years now. this war has been going on for 16 years. the longest war in u.s. history. ....