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Because of the drawdown, in order to draw down by the end o august in we were nothing, but honest about the speed with which we had to do that because speed is safety. we wanted to make sure we did this quickly ended drawdown means a drawdown it's not just about boots on the ground it's about capabilities in resources in the region as we wrapped up our combat missions in afghanistan which meant we had fewer airplanes, fewer strike capabilities in the region as w continue to draw down. again, we were transparent abou the fact that we would conduct air strikes in support of the afghans where in ...

The interpreters out of afghanistan before this becomes a blood bath. he's been having trouble getting ahold of his family the past few days. mike is joining us to talk about this. thank you so much for being here. i know that your heart is heavy as you're trying to figure out what to do with your family. you served as a translator. you went on hundreds if not thousands of combat missions with u.s. troops. tell us that's something that purts your family in danger. what is their plight right now. >> absolutely. when i talked to my family, they're very much scared. they're in a state of shock. i...

In a combat mission. our correspondent barbara plett usher is following the story at the white house. president biden didn't actually talk about a troop withdrawal. he talked about ending the combat mission. and so it looks as if this is really a redefining of what the americans are doing. they're defining it as a mission to assist and train iraqi troops to fight islamic state militants. and in actual fact, on the ground, that is what they are basically already doing — they don't conduct combat missions unless they themselves are attacked. so, it does seem to be more of a rebranding than a r...

Focus on training, advising, assisting iraqi forces in a counterterrorism capacity to deal with islamic militants us are out there. it is essentially what they been doing. there are really combat soldiers in the country or at least there are not soldiers doing combat missions to a great extent. this may not reduce the troop numbers very much, it is essentially rebranding what the us forces are doing there right now. as what the us forces are doing there riaht now. �* ' ., ,, what the us forces are doing there riahtnow. �* ' ., right now. a different approach to what we saw _ right now. a d...

The ground? >> reporter: well, hard to say that it means a lot, because there wasn't a lot of u.s. ground involvement in combat missions on a routine basis, but what they are saying is that the 2,500 u.s. troops that are there will not be in a combat role by the end of the year but will be more in the role that we've heard so much about, train, advise, and assist. importantly, they didn't say anything about the 900 u.s. troops that are just across the border in eastern syria, also like in iraq, going against isis, but inside iraq, one of the major challenges not addressed is the rise of these ...