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National interest in afghanistan? why did we have troops there for 20 years if there's -- >> we had a significant interest in being in afghanistan to our national security 20 years ago. you heard the president talk about this. the goal was to defeat, decimate al-quaida and also to prevent al-quaida from launching attacks from the homeland on afghanistan. we did that and we did a heck of a lot more over 20 years to include helping with social, political and economic and just progress in afghanistan. the president decided that it was time to end this conflict, that there was two choices because ...

0 . the pullout has been a whole different story. >> a special thank you to all o our guests that have joined us in our amazing reporters with their first-hand stories covering afghanistan over that decades. >> the best in the business. >> continuing coverage on the fox news channel. the story with martha mac callum start right now. >> what annout standing middle east team we have and the coverage over the years brings something to this story that i don't think you'll find anywhere else. good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum in new york. we continue our coverage right now on "the sto...

Insurgency. they consistently occupied territory in afghanistan. that consistently was launching attacks. every year there was an offensive launched by the taliban that put americans in harm's way and that our strategy -- and again, i'll own it myself as part of this 20-year enterprise. the strategy for exiting afghanistan was always that we are going to build and train up this very significant and large afghan national security force so that they're able to deal with that threat of an insurgency and we can then deal with afghanistan as we do other countries where there are counterterrorism ch...

Savor your summer with lincoln. may come as a surprise, but you and i, all of us, likely use space technology 20 to 30 times between the time we get up and have breakfast. it's digital maps, its bank transactions, stock trade, cell phone calls, we're all depending on it. but russia, china, other countries are launching attacks in space designed to damage or destroy u.s. satellites and interfere with the technology they rely on. so, space force, the newest branch of the u.s. military, is now fighting every day to defend those technologies. my team and i got exclusive access to see how it all ...

As a frame allied commander of nato, that wasn't an american mission it was a nato mission, i had 150,000 troops under my command. we maintain the ability to prevent al-qaeda from launching attacks from what previously had been an ungoverned space. the president has made the assessment that the afghans have the capability to defend themselves at this point. whether that's true or not is an open question. in this point. whether that's true or not is an open question.- not is an open question. in your view, that _ not is an open question. in your view, that simply _ not is an open question. in y...