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Down or fill gaps in afghan capacity, and this is a reflection of that x. it's a dangerous area. so part of what we're constantly trying to balance is making sure that afghans are out there, they're doing what they need to do, but that we are giving them a chance to succeed and that we're making sure that our force posture in the area for conducting those narrow missions that we need to conduct, we can do so relatively safely. there are still risks involved, but force protection, the ability of our embassies to operate effectively, those things all factor in. so we've got to constantly review ...

That. it's a dangerous area. so, part of what we're constantly trying to balance is making sure that afghans are out there. they're doing what they need to do. but that we are giving them a chance to succeed and that we're making sure our force posture in the area for conducting those narrow missions we need to conduct, we can do so relatively safely. there's still risks involved but force protection, the ability of our embassies to operate effectively, those things all factor in. so, we've got to constantly review these approaches. the importance thing i want to emphasize, though, is the natu...

Is on a better path, but more work lies ahead and america's national security remains very much at stake in that part of the world. so today, after considering input from me, from our top military leaders, the rest of his national security team, our nato allies and the government of afghanistan, the president announced his decision to maintain our current force posture of 9,800 troops through most of next year. by january 2017, u.s. forces will draw down to 5,500 troops and they will be deployed at several locations around afghanistan, including kabul, bagr bagram, kandahar and jalalabad. our ...

And this is a reflection of that. and it's a dangerous area. so part of what we're constantly trying to balance is making sure that afghans are out there, they're doing what they need to do, but that we are giving them a chance to succeed and that we're making sure that our force posture in the area for conducting those narrow missions that we need to conduct, we can do so relatively safely. there's still risks involved, but force protection, the ability of our embassies to operate effectively, those things all factor in. and so we've got to constantly review these approaches. the important th...

There are confidential agreements by all accounts about the possibility military dimensions of iran's nuclear program and the congress wants to see all of that language. they want to know exactly what's been agreed to between the iaea and iran on the military dimensions of its nuclear program. of course the members of the cabinet cannot guarantee it because it's between two other entities iran and this international agency. so there's a lot on that. but you have defense secretary ash carter and the chairman of the joint chiefs at the table today really talking about the military dimensions for...