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But through decisive blows to our adversaries, surt forces who are trained to take the lead. president obama announcing that there will be 9,800 u.s. troops after 2014 in afghanistan. there's reaction to that announcement and the strategy behind it. buck mckeon the put out this statement, i'm please the the white house met the military's request for forces in afghanistan, however holding this mission to an arbitrary egg timer doesn't make a lick of sense strategically. the president's decision to set an arbitrary zat are for the full withdrawal of u.s. troops in afghanistan is a monument tal...

Outside of kabul. if you look at the next two years, it doesn't suggest there's a commitment to success in afghanistan, which the president laid out in december of 2009. i think this is an incredibly short sighted move for a president who made the argue that this was the good war. this was the crucial war. we had to win it. it's far from clear that we're winning it. we've had some success i think it's fair to say, sense the surge, despite the fact that the president announced the surgery and withdrawal in the same speech. we've had some limited success in the south and elsewhere and not as muc...

To prevent a revival of the taliban and the kind of collapse of central authority that we're seeing in iraq. they'd rather see a 20,000-person force. buck mckeon says the troops should stay until the job is done. in a written statement he said, quote, holding the mission to an arbitrary egg timer doesn't make sense strategically. the president's plans depend upon afghanistan's new president agreeing to the deal, which outgoing president hamid karzai backed away from. both of the candidates in a june 14th run-off election said they will sign it. >> wendell goler live at the white house. we've l...

Afghanistan now because his identity is well-known? >> well, you'll understand that i can't comment on the details but you can rest assured that the security of this person is foremost in our minds, will be taken care of. >> can you tell us who made the mistake? where the blunder occurred? >> the chief of staff, dennis mcdonough asked our white house counsel, neil to look into this, to figure out what happened, and to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> tony blinken at the white house. interviewed a short time ago on cnn about this outing of the cia's station chief. essentially the top man i...