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Mcchrystal well in the future. >> was this an important leadership moment for the commander in chief? >> yes. yes, i think that the president realized that this was an important moment and he made the right decision. your question, what were they thinking? >> that's right. not only what was he thinking, was this foolishness? was it naivety about the press or something real here, senator, about frustration with the policy, frustration with the civilian side of the policy, frustration with how much progress he thought was being made versus what was expected of him? >> first of all, there's no ex...

And that's why we were able to succeed in iraq. >> i have a question that keeps nagging me about the enemy, about the taliban. the united states is engaged in working with the afghan central government to recruit afghan soldiers. why do we have to recruit afghan soldiers? who is training the taliban? no one has to recruit them. they are fighting for what they see as a future, which is a dark, nihilist future, but they don't have to be recruited but we're in this position where we are trying to recruit afghan soldiers. >> that's a very good question. it's clear that the taliban is a very extrem...

A prime recruiting tool -- as a prime recruiting tool for al qaeda. when you look at what our primary mission is there, of course, that's our national security, we have to ask the question, does remaining in afghanistan as occupiers in a muslim country, does that create more terrorists? does that create more danger for our country or less danger? and remember again, our primary mission and goal is our own national security. i question this policy. i think more members of congress are beginning and this is not just liberal and progressive members. these are many members who you would never have...

Initiatives he laid out in the state of the union case. >> the question i posed to kong dress yesterday is whether folks in washington are going to help or they're going to hinder the progress we've been making. whether they're going to waste time creating new crises that slows down our economy or they're going to spend time creating new jobs and new opportunities and i don't know what their plans are but i choose a year of action. >> joining me now denis mcdonough, are welcome back to "meet the press." here's my question. he's got more than 1,000 days left. to a lot of people, it seems like a...

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