Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170822:13:05:00
Geopp america before they e emergency. >> reporter: it matters how those additional troops, whether or not it's north or south of 4,000, are deployed. a bit of a hint from vice president pence in the interview with the "today" show. he said he'll be deployed at the battalion level. that gives you a sense you'll have forward deployed u.s. troops working alongside with afghans and importantly, and this is something they've asked for here at the pentagon, to be able to call in air strikes, have much more close air support. obviously, air strikes have ticked up in afghanistan, they're dramatically...