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Will stay in afghanistan. yes, some knew who he was but you don t want to pass the name on to the enemy. we remember the cia agents lost on the ground after their location was revealed. thank you very much. going to the president now. going to west point here. up the hudson river from new york city. and the general is about to be released and he was the 59th super intendant last year. served in iraq and many other places. this is his message today as we await the president. it looks like the weather is holding off and let s hope it holds off for another few ....
Parents when he wrote me a letter about the sacrifices he made. deep inside he wrote, he want to explode with pride at what they are committing to in the service of our country. several graduates like several graduates, james is a combat veteran. and i would ask all of us to stand and pray tribute to the veterans and the 2.5 americans who have served in iraq and afghanistan as well as their families. [ applause ] ....
To the president are signaling what he wants to do is point out this graduating class at west point is the first one for a long time not facing deporting to iraq or afghanistan. yesterday he talked about ending the war in afghanistan and drawing done to 9800 troops. aids say he saw real security gains on the ground over the weekend. but critics are saying you need in the range of 20-25,000 to lock in the security gains. together with our allies and afghan government we have agreed this is the year we will conclude our combat mission in afghanistan. the force isn t sufficient to continue training advising and assisting the afghans and ....
He talked about hitting a home run occasionally. he is trying to answer that into the speech. now bangladesh now back to martha. so much to talk about after the president announced his exit plan and getting to zero troops on the ground in afghanistan, iraq and libya. jack keane is formal chief of staff for the army and chief correspo correspo correspondent. talk about the goal with zero boots on the ground. does that get us anywhere? i think it is a huge mistake. i thought he learned that when we walked away from iraq much like we ended the forces. ....
this particular useful time for america to reflect on those who sacrificed so much for our freedom. a few days after memorial day. you are the first class to graduate since 9/11 who may not be sent into combat in iraq or afghanistan. [ applause ] when i first spoke at west point in 2009, we had more than a 100,000 troops in iraq and we were preparing to surge in afghanistan. our counter terrorism efforts were focused on al qaeda s poor leadership. those who carried out the 9/11 ....