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Ground, based on the transitions i've talked about. i do believe we have do provide our senior leadership options different than the current plan we're going with. >> a senior pentagon official says they've recommended that the 3,000 to 5,000 troops remain after 2016. troops can quickly strike and assist the afghan military which general campbell admitted cannot stop the taliban, isis or al qaeda on their own. despite years of training and nearly $700 billion spent since the start of the war. >> they cannot handle the fight alone in this stage of their development. >> a stark contrast to what ...

They hand in. the u.s. military has been slowly trying to integrate women into what was once a male-only combat role over the past couple of years. last month, two women completed the grueling army ranger course for the first time. some women in the military say they want these combat roles because they're often -- they often pay better and can help them get promoted faster. back in january of 2013, the then-secretary of defense, leon panetta, signed an order that got rid of the limits placed on women fighting for the country. they gave u.s. military leaders until this january to argue whether...

The fact that those threats still exist out there. and here at ft. meade we do some of the most important work in helping to coordinate our efforts to make sure that we are bringing to bear all elements of american power against those who would try to do us harm here in the homeland or overseas or would threaten our allies. despite the progress we have made in afghanistan, it's still critically important that we have thousands of trainers and advisers who are supporting the afghan military efforts there. our combat role is complete but we still have to make sure that they are getting the kind ...

Recruited to become isis wives, they're being recruited to become fighters. >> only to a point. mainly isis see these women as wives for their fighters and mothers for a new generation for the caliphate. there's really not that much evidence they're being used as a combat role. sure, they're going out on patrols and holding isis virtue. and that's different. they were running out of men at that time. but at the moment they got plenty of men. the main role in syria and iraq for these females coming from the west and elsewhere is as wives and as mothers. i think the concern now is that women in ...

They don't really want to call it a no-fly zone but it has elements of that. i don't think it will drive us into a combat role yet. we had the president of syria this week talking about his inability to project power all across the country. very interesting speech where he acknowledges the military is not doing that well. now we have the turks and americans say in this northern strip, we will take care of isis for you, so until and unless the syrians decide to confront the turks and americans, i think we'll be okay for a moment. josh you speaking the language. we are wondering, they have a l...