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Hey, do you miss george w. bush yet? tonight he got the chance to remember what that was like at least when it comes to this war. >> a core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a time-based approach to one based on conditions. >> our strategy can can be summed up this way, as the iraqis stand up, we will stand down. >> conditions on the ground, not arbitrary time tables, will guide our strategy from now on. >> setting an artificial timetable would send the wrong message to the iraquis who need to know that america will not leave before the job is done. >> america's enemies must never kno...

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Principled, realism. anwe will go into some of the details. the president himself started at the beginning as well talking about how when i was a candidate, i wanted to pull out. i thought this was a disaster. and, yet, i have got some big plans. listen to this. here's the president. >> my original instinct was to pull out and historically i like following my instincts. but all my life i've heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. in other words, when you're president of the united states. a core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a time-...

>> the president signaled the u.s. would increase troop levels in afghanistan but did not offer numbers. mr. trump also put no end date on america's longest war by design. so how is the president's path to victory different from his predecessors'? athena jones with more on the president's speech from arlington, virginia. >> reporter: good morning. president trump laid out a new plan for u.s. efforts in afghanistan and south asia, emphasizing the importance of a regional approach to preventing terrorists from gaining a safe haven from which they could threaten america. the president called on p...

>> a core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a time based approach to one based on conditions. i have said it many times how counter productive it is for the united states to announce in advance the dates we intend to begin or end military options. >> general, just very quickly, your thoughts on this? what are the conditions that would allow the u.s. to finally leave afghanistan? >> i think that's an open question, a more difficult issue is how to get to those conditions. they are looking for a more stable afghan government and military that can fight largely on its own. that's a long ...