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Overdo it. watch. >> they have overplayed and made overly partisan a very serious matter that should be taken seriously. benghazi, four americans dead. the irs grossly responsible for abuse of power. they can stay on the facts. not get beyond the facts and they can probably do very well. but they can't resist. >> advice from a democrat. republicans aren't backing away from aggressive investigations. but they are aware that too much talk of impeachment and the like can can back fire. remember in '98 the republicans impeached bill clinton and democrats ended up picking seats in the house almost ...

>> right but this gets better. kill innocent people. kill americans. we're trying to kill our own people so we'll have an excuse to stay in afghanistan. we do not want to stay in afghanistan. we want to get out. we hope to get out without shooting our way out and what we hope we leave behind is stable afghanistan. that is looking increasingly unlikely. bill: you say once the united states leaves in 2014, leave we reduce forces. >> combat forces. bill: 10,000 in country. he is looking for someone to blame when things fall apart again? >> things will fall apart. i think that is concluded. he is ...

Iffing to say that 34,000 of the 66,000 troops would be coming back by this time next year. this is on track presumably to withdraw all combat forces by the end of 2014. is that basically the timetable? >> that's going to allow the president and i think i can -- as you know, we've confirmed that he will announce the 34 thousands number tonight, but beyond that, i'll leave it to him to address. >> okay. jennifer, thanks for joining us on state of the union preview day. good to see you. >> coming up next, we're live in rome as new details are emerging about the pope's retirement plan and who wil...

John, it depresses me enormously. this week, the new york times ran a piece that said that the president was getting a recommendation that we should have six to 20,000 troops left in afghanistan after the withdrawal of combat forces in 2014. that piece didn't make the front page. >> are americans losing interest because of the lack of media coverage or are the media not covering afghanistan because there's no interest. >> all i can say it reminds me of vietnam. and remember that in the early '70s and the public and policy makers lost enthusiasm and interest in the war long before the killing s...

His nickname with the public was the bear. he was affable, but you could tell that the iron fist in a velvet glove guy who explained what was going on to the american people. he used precision weapons, videotapes, and a mission to convey that to the people. he was not only leading combat forces, but he was also explaining to the american people what his troops were doing and how they were doing it. it was a revelation for the american people to actually see this. there were some lessons learned from now. quite frankly, i think the american people may have gotten a little too much that the the ...