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evacuation. as you know, david, we were still in the process, before there was a need to do a non-combatant evacuation, we were still in the process of a drawdown at the airport, the previous plan, by the end of the month. some of the troops that flew home yesterday were in that tranche. they were very much a part of the original drawdown plan. admiral vasely saw fit that there was some others that he believed that he didn t need there at the airport anymore even though they had flown in with the plus-up for the neo. these are headquarter staff personnel, maintainers and other enabling forces who either had completed their mission and were already scheduled to go, as i said, even before there was a non-combatant evacuation and others who admiral vasely determined their mission was complete, he didn t need them
those things, which afghanistan needs at a force level of 9,800 than it would be if we wound down faster. so that s one of the reasons. i do need to go. see the defense minister on the republic of korea if anybody wants to join us. on the drawdown plan, we re hearing it s not a calendar-based plan. but it sounds like it s a plan. i m wondering if the commander at the time at the end of 2016 says we don t want to go down to 5,500, how big of a lift would it be to reassess that and let the 9,800 stay?
level of 9,800, then it would be if we wound down faster. that s one of the reasons. gordon, one for gordon just for old-time s sake since we were on an airplane last week. i do need to go see the defense minister of the republic of south korea if anybody wants to join us. on the drawdown plan, we re hearing it s not a calendar-bised plan on the 5,500 at the end of 2016. but it sounds like it is a counter-based plan. so i m wondering, if the commander at the time at the end of 2016 says, we don t want to go down to 5,500, how big of a lift would it be to reassess that and let the 9,800 stay? i can t say that. it s a long time from now, a
reporter: when asked about these cuts today, the army said, quote, the army s drawdown plan is a balanced approach that maintains readiness while trying to minimize turbulence within the officer corps. this isn t the end of the cuts. there are more layoff review boards to come, for soldiers overseas and for those here at home. those let go face daunting statistics, an unemployment rate, a full percentage above their peers, and as one observer told me, now is not exactly the time one wants to be counting on the v.a. for anything. in washington, leland vittard, fox news. coming up on this saturday afternoon, have you heard about this? the center for disease control shutting down two of its labs after an anthrax scare. and it turns out there were other problems. coming up, we ll have the details. plus, two federal judges ordering the irs to explain how it possibly could have lost years worth of e-mails connected to the tea party scandaling that targeting scandaling we ve been rep
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