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U.s. troops to stay in afghanistan another ten years to help afghan forces and target suspected terrorists. >> the negotiation is done, but now the question is whether the president is prepared to sign. >> reporter: national security advisor susan rice issued that ultimatum to karzai face to face. u.s. officials insist this deal get done by the end of december. >> failure to conclude by that point would make it impossible for the united states and our allies to plan for a presence post-2014. >> reporter: but some say that's just a mix of posturing and pressure. >> we can wait if we need to. th...

Losing the gains that have already been made and to make sure that we're in a position to support afghan units when they're in theater and to make sure that our folks are also protected even as we're drawing down, so, i can't give you a precise number at this point. i'll probably make a separate announcement once i've gotten recommendations from troops -- from the generals and our commanders in terms of what that drawdown might look like. with respect to post-2014, we've got two goals and our main conversation today was establishing a meeting of the minds in terms of what those goals would be ...

Dropping in the last year in 2012 but we have seen afghan forces, their casualties and deaths rising drastically. >> david, the president says he's still getting recommendations of the pentagon and military commanders on the ground regarding the troop levels after 2014. he says that would come at a separate announcement. much is written and said about the selection or nomination of chuck hagel and john kerry as part of the president's circle in determining what to do with afghanistan or with the troop levels in afghanistan moving ahead. >> that's right, tamron. and i think that the pressure on...

Levels. post-2014 needs to be done with afghan permission we're told. panetta will have a teleconference with general allen tomorrow and they will talk about troop levels in afghanistan. he is not aware of any formal set of recommendations from general allen as of yet we're told from his aides. "the new york times" is floating the idea of 10,000 troops post-2014 with a thousand special operators keeping a lid on things. this is how defense secretary leon panetta explained his vision for the next year. >> as a result we are on track for two key milestones. one is that the afghans will be in the...

huge deal. set the scene. >> reporter: this is a big deal, wolf. a trip by the president of the united states to a war zone like afghanistan is extraordinary and this is only the third time that president obama has made this trip. it's been over a year. the last time he was there was in december 2010 and furthermore, at the presidential palace which is where he is right now for brief remarks with president hamid karzai and to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghanistan to talk about the u.s. relationship with afghanistan beyond 2014. that's extraordinary. the last time ...