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Forces that can still be depl deployed into these valleys, if they're not there all the time. the bad news is they've done there. >> fran, is part of the bad news also that it is somewhat obvious proof that as the united states pulls back and asks the karzai government to do more, to prevent them from coming back, and maybe to cut a deal with the taliban of some sort so the taliban is not friendly to al qaeda, that those pieces, critical pieces of the equation, are failing? >> well, john, i think some of this, as peter suggests, was predictable. i think both our military leaders and those in t...

Supporting this war? >> certainly. i think that 2014 is the date or the win doe -- window, approximately date. but in july of next year they'll have a pretend moment to take a few people out and begin what they like to call a draw-down. it's a political date. it is going to come at an interesting time when the republican nominating process for president is heating up. president obama would like, they're escalating into pakistan and waziristan and they're trying to make gains so they can show some gains by next july. you're going to have pressure from the republican presidential contest on one ...

>> it really is not misleading. it's about a change of mission. obviously we'll be here to train, advise and assist the iraqi security forces. they will have the primary responsibility for security in this country. >> reporter: as of september 1st, u.s. forces will need permission from the iraqi government for any operation they conduct except for action they take in self-defense. if you find out osama bin laden is coming across the syrian border into iraq you can't go get him without prime minister ma la giving the okay? > it is the responsibility of the iraq security forces. they have the le...

Ultimately will build it there or will they build it somewhere else in lower manhattan? e-mail us right now. friends at foxnews.com. >> vice president joe biden will be in indianapolis today to talk about the war in iraq. this comes days after the last u.s. combat troops begin to leave the country. will the v.p. address the fact that iraq still does not have a government and, perhaps, have not put enough pressure on that government or helped that government work towards a compromise? kelly wright is live in washington with the preview. hey, kelly. >> good morning to you. fox news has learned f...

Afghanistan, there will be catastrophic consequences, president obama has no choice but to follow general petraeus. >> bottom line is you're right. the president, as we say, got jammed yesterday and i think this makes it 99% likely that when the position is announced, we will technically begin a draw-down as the president promised but any withdrawals will be token. where literally the vice president said at most a couple of thousand people. here we are in the summer of 2010. this suggests this will probably go on two more years essentially at a hundred thousand, plus or minus. general petraeus...