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Some way. there are people who have said that's not only a violation of international law, it may even be a war crime. what's your reaction? >> well, there has always been a certain affinity the president has had for oil resources. you'll recall previously he said we should have kept the oil in iraq and so forth. frankly, i think that those who were contributing to the policy decision here were probably just happy to have any argument that would enable keeping forces in northeastern syria, supporting our syrian kurd partners and others on the ground, being able to see to the needs of what now ...

Some way. there are people who have said that's not only a violation of international law, it may even be a war crime. what's your reaction? >> well, there has always been a certain affinity the president has had for oil resources. you'll recall previously he said we should have kept the oil in iraq and so forth. frankly, i think that those who were contributing to the policy decision here were probably just happy to have any argument that would enable keeping forces in northeastern syria, supporting our syrian kurd partners and others on the ground, being able to see to the needs of what now ...

Afghanistan starting in 2015. but those plans have been put on hold. take a look, outgoing secretary of defense hagel has mentioned, 10,800 troops will remain in afghanistan instead of 9800. that 1,000 troop contingent will get pulled out. he made the announcement during a press conference with the afghan president in kabul. secretary hagel says there's been delays -- this is the reason for keeping troops there. there's been delays with u.s. allies signing security pacts, keeping forces on the ground, training afghan security forces. this has been developing over the last couple of months. eve...