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Forces. or afghan given permission to work on u.s. bases. one in four troops killed in afghanistan since january have been killed by afghans who were supposed to be vetted allies. an issue that president obama addressed from the white house today. after calling his top military advisor in afghanistan. we are deeply concerned about that from top to bottom. hopefully in several weeks we i ll see progress on the front. the situation topped the chairman of the joint chief agenda as he met with general john allen and the top team of commanderrers. sir, when we arrived here there was report of another insider retack. afghan policeman who killed an american. did this come up in your discussions? what, if anything, did you decide to do about it? the individual then came up as most recent. but the largeer issue is the topic of part of the conversation. i ll tell you what is different this time than the other visits i have. in particular, what is ....
They detect it early enough. two things here is what needs to happen. the land base system already have more advanced capability than the sea based system. they need to be upgraded with the minimal amount of technology upgrade. this is what we have to do first to make it much more capable. bret: steve? iran has been actively harboring senior al-qaeda leaders for a decade. supporting financing, training and equipping terrorists killing american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. are those acts of war? i believe they are acts of war. how would a president cain respond to the acts of war? first of all, i don t agree with president obama s approach in iraq and afghanistan. first, i would talk to the commanders on the ground. i ve got the sense based on reports his plan to reduce the troop level in afghanistan commanderrers acting surprised. the same thing in iraq. it will leave a huge power vacuum. i would have listened to the commanderrers on the ground first. secondly, i would ....
They detect it early enough. two things here is what needs to happen. the land base system already have more advanced capability than the sea based system. they need to be upgraded with the minimal amount of technology upgrade. this is what we have to do first to make it much more capable. bret: steve? iran has been actively harboring senior al-qaeda leaders for a decade. supporting financing, training and equipping terrorists killing american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. are those acts of war? i believe they are acts of war. how would a president cain respond to the acts of war? first of all, i don t agree with president obama s approach in iraq and afghanistan. first, i would talk to the commanders on the ground. i ve got the sense based on reports his plan to reduce the troop level in afghanistan commanderrers acting surprised. the same thing in iraq. it will leave a huge power vacuum. i would have listened to the commanderrers on the ground first. secondly, i would ....
Security and expanding the weak afghan government. u.s. commanders insist the strategy is showing positive results. conditions on the ground are changing for the better. we made a commitment to put the strategy in place with the right people to turn it around and ensure it works. as a result of the new strategy here in afghanistan, the afghan security forces have grown to more than 300,000 police officers and soldiers. u.s. commanderrers insist afghans will take the lead and security here by the end of 2014, rick. conor powell streaming live from kabul. thanks. back at home, folks in pennsylvania and new york are also dealing with the aftermath of the tropical storm lee. you remember that story. tens of thousands of evacuees along pennsylvania river. now being allowed to return home. that is good news. forecasters say the river water levels are nearly back to normal. the state unconfirmed death ....
Iran. has many people in this part of the world concerned. meantime, there could be extented stay in iraq for american troops. national security correspondent venner if griffin connects those dots. improvised rocket controlled munitions made in tehran. trained by militia in iraq and placed on the back of flatbed truck. the target, u.s. military personnel and the bases as the remaining forces prepare to leave iraq by the end of december. 15 americans were killed in june. the deadliest month for u.s. personnel serving in iraq in more than two years. our military commanders in isle rack are worried about irarian influence growing in iraq. in baghdad, iran prime minister welcomed iran vice president and 170 iranian companies who came to lobby for lucrative business contracts. just a day earlier, u.s. ambassador jim jeffrey on a trip to open the new u.s. consulate in basra warned u.s. commanderrers are seeing more lethal and accurate weapons flowing into iraq from ....