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Will figure something out. our main thrust is we have to get rid of isis. >> panetta who tried but failed to stop obama mr. withdrawing combat troop argues today the u.s. must stay indefinitely. >> i know people say why should we have that responsibility. the reason we have that responsibility is because we spilled a hell of a lot of blood in iraq and afghanistan, and it is our responsibility to make sure that ultimately those countries are stable and can govern themselves. >> unlike his predecessors, president trump is delegating most military decisions to his generals, including future deplo...

End. well, kind of. the plan announced today would reduce u.s. presence to 9800 noncombat troops. bear in mind at its peak there were 100,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan there are currently 32,000 u.s. troops there now. and the president wants to draw that down further to 9800 by the beginning of 2015. the plan is to reduce that by another half by the end of 2015. this negotiated plan, the bilateral security agreement, must be approved by the afghanistan government. president obama and afghanistan's current president hamid karzai notably did not even meet during this weekend's visit. but both c...

Kind of. the plan announced would reduce u.s. presence to 9800 noncombat troops by 2015, from august 2010 to 2011, there were 100,000 troops in afghanistan. there are currently 32,000 troops there now. the president wants to draw it down to 9800 by 2015. the plan is to reduce that by half by the end of 2015. this negotiated plan, the bilateral security agreement must be approved by the afghanistan government. president obama and afghanistan's current president karzai notably didn't meet during this weekend's visit. but both candidates now vying for karzai's job indicated they would probably si...

Today he went to the rose garden, outlined a game plan for what will be this war's end, kind of. the plan announced would reduce u.s. presence to 9800 noncombat troops by 2015, from august 2010 to 2011, there were 100,000 troops in afghanistan. there are currently 32,000 troops there now. the president wants to draw it down to 9800 by 2015. the plan is to reduce that by half by the end of 2015. this negotiated plan, the bilateral security agreement must be approved by the afghanistan government. president obama and afghanistan's current president karzai notably didn't meet during this weekend'...

World war ii memorial and the veterans memorial in washington. there were parades in d.c. and towns across the country and president obama place add wreath at the tomb of the unknown at the arlington national cemetery. >> the president said we should never forget the nation is still at war in afghanistan. even though he pointed out that war does not directly touch most americans. wendell is live at the white house. president obama found an up side to having to remind americans about the sacrifices being made in their name in afghanistan. >> well, you are right, john. for one, u.s. casualties a...