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Here. we will be talking more about him throughout the morning here. turn now to capitol hill. lawmakers there are deciding whether to grant president obama's request for military action against isis. the president is asking congress to authorize a three-year military assault including limited ground combat operations. >> this resolution reflects our core objective to destroy isil. it supports the comprehensive strategy we have been pursuing with our allies and partners. >> as you can imagine, there's a lot of skepticism from both parties on capitol hill. the vote is not expected until sprin...

Many coalition partners and the afghan people have endured extraordinary hardship. in this war more than 2000 of america's sons and daughters have given their lives. these are patriots that we honor today, tomorrow, and forever. and as we announced today, the next month i will present our nation's highest military decoration, the medal of honor to staff sergeant clint morashea for his role in afghanistan. today because of the courage of our citizens, president karzai and i have been able to review our strategy. with the devastating blows struck against al-qaeda, our core objective, the reason ...

Many coalition partners, and the afghan people who have endured extraordinary hardships. in this war, more than 2,000 of mesh's sons and daughters have given their lives. these are patriot that is we honor today, tomorrow, and forever. as we announced today, the next month i will present our nation's highest military decoration, the medal of honor to staff sergeant clinton romashay for his heroic service in afghanistan. today because of the courage of our citizens, president karzai and i have been able to review our shared strategy. with the devastating blows we've struck against al qaeda, our...

Lisbon, completing the transition if security in afghanistan by the end of 2013 and afghans can take responsibility for their own country and our troops can come home. this will not mark the end of afghanistan's challenges. or our partner with that important country. but we are making substantial progress against our core objective of getting al qaeda and denying it safe haven and helping the afghans to stand on their own leave chicago with a clear road map our coalition is committed to the plan to bring our war in afghanistan to a responsible end. we also agreed on what nato's relationship wi...

Toward the goal we agreed to in lisbon, completing the transition to afghan lead for security by the end of 2014 so that afghans can take responsibility for their own country and so our troops can come home. this will not mark the end of afghanistan's challenges, obviously, or our partnership with that important country. but we are making substantial progress against our core objective of defeating al qaeda and denying its safe haven while helping the afghans to stand on their own. we leave afghanistan with a clear road map. we are committed to bringing this war in afghanistan to a responsible...