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Enemies, foreign and domestic. i and will never turn my back on that oath. i firmly believe the civilian control of the military is a bedrock principle essential to the health of this public and i m committed to ensuring that the military stays clear of military politics. thank you, general. general mckenzie, i understand you do not have a statement. that correct? i ll waive my statement in order to get us back on schedule. thank you very much, general. secretary larson, the doha agreement represents direct negotiations with terrorists, and not just negotiations, but an agreement with them that excluted the afghan government and the allies that have been fighting with us now since 9/11. it set a fixed departure date ....
0 there s no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan, which was our core original mission. and everyone who has served in that war has been proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when ambassador calisade signed the agreement on 29, february, 2020, the united states had 12,600 u.s. troops with 8,000 nato and 10,500 contractors. this has been a ten-year multi-administration drawdown. not a 19-month or 19-day ne-yo. under the doha agreement, the u.s. would begin to withdraw its forces, contingent upon the taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions applicable to the taliban and eight conditions app ....
Man of the Year: Gen. Raheel Sharif Gen. Raheel Sharif is changing Pakistan forever. From under-trial Pervez Musharraf’s hospitalization at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology on Jan. 2 to the attempt on news anchor Hamid Mir’s life on April 19 to the launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb in mid-June to the attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School on Dec. 16, the year past has been a period of extraordinary adjustments within Pakistan’s much disturbed civil-military equation. The year began badly enough with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif putting off his handpicked new Army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, by pursuing the high-treason trial against former Army chief and president Musharraf. The prime minister also showed “excessive enthusiasm” for closer relations with India, attending the investiture of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister even as the Indian Army was killing civilians with mortar fire across the Line of Control in Kashmir. ....
That means that somebody like an amy klobocher of minnesota, colorado, mike bloomberg, they aren t going to match president trump. usht because of their last names. [laughing] that s a tough one. dpg i m sure trump will come up with a nickname. remember, the black panthers with the batons outside the polling station. i think it was eric holder let those guys skate. part a military politics that we re seeing on this video. i don t know, juan, it plays into president trump s messaging, that venezuela is the left, and make america great again is america, a perfect contrast. if you look at the democrats intimidation tactics it burns into the psyche of the voters. not a theoretical argument about budget deficits. when you see this, it has an emotional impact on people. the greatness of america is because of the checks and ....
President and entourage will get off and then head to the white house on marine one. the president now back in the washington, d.c. area let s talk about the new national security adviser. barbara starr, give us insight into this new national security adviser. wolf, he is very well known in senior military circles, has been for years, very well-respected by many accounts, was involved in the counterinsurgency operations in iraq, really operated near the top circles for the last several years. so very well-respected. but he comes to a very different position, a very different political environment at the white house than military politics, if you will. he is expected to try to bring some calm to the process at the nsc, but his biggest challenge may be, according to officials ....