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President? the president and his campaign are hoping so. he addressed troop withdrawal in that press conference. >> we're now unified behind a plan to wind down the war in afganistan. a plan that trains afghanistan security forces, transitions, and builds a partnership that can endure after our combat mission in afghanistan ends. we have transitioned, and that enabled our troops to start coming home. indeed we're in the process of drawing down 33,000 troops by the end of this summer. we agreed that afghan forces will take the lead next year in mid-2013. at that time, isap forces will have shif...

To believe that missile defense can be an area in cooperation with russia. second, we're not unified behind a plan to responsibly wind down the war in afghanistan, a plan that trains afghan security forces, transitions to the afghans and builds a partnership that can endure after our combat mission in afghanistan ends. since last year, we've been transitioning parts of afghanistan to the afghan national security forces, and that has enabled our troops to start coming home. indeed, we are in the process of drawing down 30,000 u.s. troops by the end of this summer. here in chicago we reached agr...

Getting out of afghanistan a political winner for the president? the president and his campaign are hoping so. he addressed troop withdrawal in that press conference. >> we're now unified behind a plan to wind down the war in afganistan. a plan that trains afghanistan security forces, transitions, and builds a partnership that can endure after our combat mission in afghanistan ends. we have transitioned, and that enabled our troops to start coming home. indeed we're in the process of drawing down 33,000 troops by the end of this summer. we agreed that afghan forces will take the lead next year...

it's only about three feet high. witnesses say she overcompensated and made a sharp right, crossing over three lanes of traffic going in the very same direction, hit a curb that went over a fence, only again about two to three feet high, and went sailing about 50 to 60 feet. control of the suv. it could have been, authorities say, any number of things. maybe something physically went wrong with her. perhaps there was a mechanical failure, a distraction of some kind. these are all the things that they'll be looking at as some of the possibilities, don. >> all right. susan candiotti in...

Know, it's about the speed of withdrawal. but not the, they're in agreement about drawing down, about a political settlement. so these are, these are, these are all negotiable issues. there's no big stumbling block. i mean this is a pretty harmonious visit from that point of view. >> so there are no deal-breakers here, just some hiccups? >> right. >> thank you so much. katherine mayer from "time" magazine. thank you. we'll bring you president obama's speech to both houses of parliament live at 3:30 p.m. london time. join us for cnn's special coverage of the event starting today at 3:00 p.m. ...