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Training and advising that might have prevented this current situation. so for the last several years, we've had a very, very small team on the ground. and i believe most of those have been connected with logistics of the equipment that the iraqis are buying from us, the f-16s and helicopters, so forth. >> admiral, is the president boxing himself into a corner when he is adamant about the fact that he is not going to send u.s. troops back into combat, but he is also saying these terrorists could pose a threat to american interests. are those two things going to come into direct conflict? >> no...

>> i think the timing is pretty good. the u.s. is the leaving afghanistan. they're pulling out combat forces. that's what the taliban wants. you know, the united states can sort of say well the war is winding down. at the end of every war we do a prisoner exchange. the politics around this is better. >> reporter: bowe bergdahl's picture sits in the u.s. military central command's offices. a reminder the fight to bring him home isn't over. >> have faith. do good works. continue to tell the truth. but above all, have the patience that can be only come from god. we are being tested and god tests ...

Possibility of putting u.s. boots back on the ground there in iraq. it's important to remember, though, given the protests of senators mccain and graham that, you know, when the u.s. was bargaining or negotiating with iraq to keep some trainers and advisors there in iraq after the vast majority of troops withdrew, it was clear that president obama, his administration had no intention of keeping anybody in iraq, any combat forces. right now, there are only 200 u.s. american military, but they're all confined to the embassy there in iraq. now, what can the u.s. do now? according to state departm...

Know they still need at least some limited amount of help. a lot less than they've had before but still some. i think president hamid karzai knows that but he's withholding the signature. he thinks we want the basis so desperately that we will, therefore, be less difficult to deal with if he has leverage over us. i don't agree with his analysis but that's the way he views it. i think it does make some americans, some policy makers, some in congress worry that perhaps it's not worth sustaining the earth but for president obama, if i was going to venture a prediction, not knowing the man and not...

Longer. you'll regret this and sooner than you think. >> could the jumbo jet stuck at an airport on a short runway finally make liftoff? >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. and before foreign relations committee on the hill today. he took a moment to talk about thee issues, imprisonment of a u.s. citizen, iran calling israel a rabid dog, afghanistan announcement committed to long-term troops there after combat forces leave next year. >> u.s. there potentially for years and years, american