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the united states. we talk about his personal relationship with president obama and even his personal relationship with mitt romney. stand by for that as well. and the man sometimes nicknamed america's supermayor, has made a super gaffe. i'm wolf blitzer in chicago. you're in the situation room. but first, through my exclusive far reaching interview, i just completed only a few minutes ago with the afghan president hamid karzai, it's his only interview while here in the united states. we sat down only moments ago, and he spoke of president obama just minutes before the intervie...

Are here in the first place. and our core objective in afghanistan needless to say is to ensure that the country does not become a sanction ware once again for al-qaeda. >> bret: what about the hunt for osama bin laden? there have been no updates. leaving the question whether the u.s. is even looking for him anymore. >> it's absolutely a priority. but there has been no hard intelligence, and people occasionally ask where is osama bin laden? for all we know he could be in las vegas next to elvis, given the precision of what we have. there is certainly strong suspicions where he is and clear kno...

Are here in the first place. and our core objective in afghanistan needless to say is to ensure that the country does not become a sanction ware once again for al-qaeda. >> bret: what about the hunt for osama bin laden? there have been no updates. leaving the question whether the u.s. is even looking for him anymore. >> it's absolutely a priority. but there has been no hard intelligence, and people occasionally ask where is osama bin laden? for all we know he could be in las vegas next to elvis, given the precision of what we have. there is certainly strong suspicions where he is and clear kno...

Think about it when it comes to our core objective. it was the taliban that allowed al qaeda to establish its bases and sanctuaries in afghanistan when it controlled a good bit of the country. and that gives big pause needless to say and that's why again this insurgency has to be combatted. >> the bottom line question that i've been thinking about asking you is if we win in afghanistan what do we win? if we lose, what do we lose? >> well, the latter is almost easier because if you lose, it has, i think, some significant repercussions not just for this country although they would be enormous an...

Horrifically represented and we think about it when it comes to our core objective. it was the taliban that allowed al qaeda to establish its bases and sanctuaries in afghanistan when it controlled a good bit of the country. and that gives big pause needless to say and that's why again this insurgency has to be combatted. >> the bottom line question that i've been thinking about asking you is if we win in afghanistan what do we win? if we lose, what do we lose? >> well, the latter is almost easier because if you lose, it has, i think, some significant repercussions not just for this country al...