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By the end of 2016, the president will announce the white house is saying that basically the u.s. force size in afghanistan will be reduced to the level of embassy protection and the forces that exist at the bagram air base. and so this is really putting a full stop to the war in afghanistan by the end of 2016. and that 9,800 force size that the president is going to lay out this afternoon, this is basically what u.s. military commanders have been calling for as a bare minimum, so at least the president is going to give them that. now, you mentioned what the afghans are going to do about this....

Afghan officers earlier, they are very clear that is a very important part of making this -- of making the afghan national army grow. of course, it raises the question of whether or not this force size is sustainable for a government with the gdp this small. >> that is an issue. i think nato, the united states maybe including that particular -- >> in terms of the american public thinking about america's role here and our role as part of the coalition here, this nato training mission, do you think that what is happening now is sustainable in an afghan only environment? after coalition leaves, w...

>> certainly, speaking with afghan officers earlier, they are very clear that is a very important part of making this -- of making the afghan national army grow. of course, it raises the question of whether or not this force size is sustainable for a government with the gdp this small. >> that is an issue. i think nato, the united states maybe including that particular -- >> in terms of the american public thinking about america's role here and our role as part of the coalition here, this nato training mission, do you think that what is happening now is sustainable in an afghan only environmen...