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Our embassy was an outrage, and the attack on our forward operating base that injured 77 of our soldiers was a similar outrage, and it was in both instances terrible, but the fact is we avoided having dozens and dozens of wounded, or killed. >> reporter: what seems to have got even the pakistanis attention is the amazing of u.s. troops in eastern afghanistan to go after the hakani network. that operation last week has rounded up we understand and even killed 200 members of the hakani network. secretary clinton just told lawmakers on capitol hill that the pakistanis asked her to sit down with m...

Map says, if it comes down to it,time going to work with the guy running the yellow country right next to me over pretty much anybody else, if both of us are threatened. is that -- am acrazy? >> well, dylan, let me say right up front, we continue to misunderstand the nature of these countries. each country is out for its own self-interest, and we continue, and frankly, secretary clinton's testimony today was a continuation of this policy of wishful thinking. pakistan will continue to do what it thinks is best for it to do. the hakani network is part of their effort. hamid karzai is doing what ...

Case. >> in afghanistan, the position is to leave. if we leave, how do we without the basis we have in afghanistan, how do we put the pressure on the hakani network and the other jihaddist of the frontier? which we are able to do today? what would you do if karzai were overrun by taliban? >> you have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. i want to recognize the threat that exists. we need something but not 100,000 troops. we need intelligence and special forces and trading capabilities. 10 or 15,000. >> where do you put them and how do you protect them? if you pull out of the areas

>> i don't think they made the case. >> in afghanistan, the position is to leave. if we leave, how do we without the basis we have in afghanistan, how do we put the pressure on the hakani network and the other jihaddist of the frontier? which we are able to do today? what would you do if karzai were overrun by taliban? >> you have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. i want to recognize the threat that exists. we need something but not 100,000 troops. we need intelligence and special forces and trading capabilities. 10 or 15,000. >> where do you put them and how do you protect them? if you pull out ...

To his other new neighbors, eupd yeah and pakistan. it's an act of, perhaps desperation on his part to try to keep his government together as we begin to withdrawal. jenna: what about our policy against -- i don't know if i should say against. pakistan sometimes we talk about as an ally, sometimes an enemy. as we are moving from afghanistan, how do we shift that focus to develop stronger policy against the enemies that are within pakistan? >> reporter: that's a great question. in fact this operation that you just alluded to was fairly successful in the sense that many of the hakani network wer...