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That. it's a dangerous area. so, part of what we're constantly trying to balance is making sure that afghans are out there. they're doing what they need to do. but that we are giving them a chance to succeed and that we're making sure our force posture in the area for conducting those narrow missions we need to conduct, we can do so relatively safely. there's still risks involved but force protection, the ability of our embassies to operate effectively, those things all factor in. so, we've got to constantly review these approaches. the importance thing i want to emphasize, though, is the natu...

Control. u.s. forces helped them take it back. it's not clear why the president, until now, kept promising to remove all u.s. troops by the end of next year. >> it's important to keep in perspective, first of all, that we've gone down from 100,000 down to under 10,000. that they are not on the front lines because they're not in a combat role. the date for us to have completed our draw down low pressure not change. >> that was in march. we know the president knew this would not be the case. >> what else can you tell us? there's breaking news with regards to special ops knowing about a location....

While minimizing the strain and exposure on our men and became in uniform -- and women in uniform and make sure we are constantly emphasizing to the afghan people this is their country, and they've got to defend it. but we're going to be a steady parter partner for them. thank you, everybody. jenna: the president taking a bit of a surprise question, answering a journalist who asked are you disappointed? the president as early as 2009 was really talking about ending the war in afghanistan and had repeatedly laid out his plan to do so ministration. so this is a change. 9,800 troops with two narr...

Mind, and 25 deaths are 25 too many. particularly for the families of the fallen. i understand relative to what was involved when we were in an active combat role and actively engaged in war in afghanistan was a very different scenario. so here you have a situation where we have clarity about what our mission is, we've got a partner who wants to work with us. we're going to continually make adjustments to insure that we give the best possibilities for success, and i suspect that we will continue to evaluate this going forward as will the next president. and as conditions improve, we'll be in a...

Minimizing the strain and exposure on our men and women in uniform and make sure that we are constantly encouraging and sending a message to the afghan people, this is their country, and they've got to defend it. but we're going to be a steady partner for them. okay? thank you, everybody. >> and that concludes the president's remarks. as we were saying the nation's longest war is getting longer still. the president who campaigned on ending the nation's dual wars was able to do so, by and large, in iraq, afghanistan. though our combat role is changing and has changed already is proving a bit tr...