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>> there you go the in the meantime president obama speeding up the transition in afghanistan. he made the announcement after meeting with afghan president harmid karzai at the white house. >> let me say it as plainly as i can. starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission. training, advising, assisting, afghan forces. >> well, initially u.s. forces were to transition to a support role this summer. also left unanswered how many troops will stay behind after the war ends in 20146789 it's know when a war is ending. white house said it would consider leaving zero troops behind. a...

>> absolutely. the state department has just started negotiating a status of forces agreement with president harmid karzai. remember it was the status of forces agreement that held up a decision about whether to keep u.s. troops in iraq. now, they are negotiating that with the afghan leader when they didn't get an agreement in to give u.s. forces immunity in iraq. they couldn't keep any troops there after the deadline to pull out. one reason the u.s. wants to keep 10,000 troops in afghanistan has to do with the fact that the afghans don't have a functioning air force as you mentioned. even tho...

Looming problems include quote lack of sufficient numbers and quality of personnel as well as undeveloped budgeting, procurement beings and lo guess particular -- logistic funding. afghan national security forces facilities, particularly police facilities are at risk of being wasted. we're talking about at least 11.7 billion u.s. taxpayer dollars there to build military police and other facilities. the pentagon says it will make, quote: all necessary adjustments to help the afghan government sustain the facilities after coalition troops leave. but a spokesman also says, quote: the u.s. and its...

Joined the fight against the attackers. secretary of state clinton made clear the enemy is not the libyan government. >> this was an attack by a small and savage group. not the people or government of libya. everywhere chris and his team went in libya, in a country scared by war and tyranny, they were hailed as friends and partners. glmg ambassador chris stevens went to benghazi regularly. he had strong ties in eastern libya, which is where the revolt against muammar qaddafi began. shepard? >> shepard: wendell, what's the level of concern? could you quantify it, the level of concern that this ...

President harmid karzai to discuss the attacks and he reaffirmed that the united states is playing a key role in the transition towards afghan led security. >> we are in much closer contact, our troops are in much closer contact with afghan troops on and ongoing basis. and part of what we have got to do is make sure this model works but doesn't make our guys more vulnerable. >> numbers are striking. 32 insider attacks so far this year. which have killed 40 coalition troops. compared to 16 attacks during the same period last year. the taliban claims these incidents are part of its plan to, quot...