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About putting pressure on al qaeda on both sides of the border, about not letting afghanistan become a safe haven for al qaeda again n. the last 16 months we have damaged al qaeda in a way that hasn't occurred since the beginning. half of their top 20 leadership has been killed or captured because we've got cooperation on the pakistan side of the border from pakistan and because of our operations in afghanistan. ultimately this is about our security and that's why we're there. as to this issue, understand that mr. sahlet was fired by president karzai. that may help color some of his interpreta...

Qaeda on both sides of the border, about not letting afghanistan become a safe haven for al qaeda again n. the last 16 months we have damaged al qaeda in a way that hasn't occurred since the beginning. half of their top 20 leadership has been killed or captured because we've got cooperation on the pakistan side of the border from pakistan and because of our operations in afghanistan. ultimately this is about our security and that's why we're there. as to this issue, understand that mr. sahlet was fired by president karzai. that may help color some of his interpretations. and mr. karzai rejeblt...

And they worry about iran quickly stepping in to fill the vacuum. christopher hill is the u.s. ambassador to iraq who joins us live from baghdad. mr. ambassador, welcome to msnbc. and i'm wondering what you think about concerns exprezzed by the iraqis. are they legitimate? is the u.s. turning its full attention to of gan stan? . >> i was meeting with the education counselor over lunch. i was with the president of iraq and last night i was with the prime minister. certainly i didn't hear those expressed. certainly it has to do with taking a successful election and trying to form a government ou...