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Projected that just 1,000 will remain to protect our embassy. that changed with the president's announcement on thursday. >> i've decided to maintain our current posture of 9800 troops in afghanistan through most of next year. maintaining our current posture through most of next year rather than a more rapid drawdown will allow us to sustain our efforts to train and assist afghan forces as they grow stronger. >> in january, the president promised that america's longest war would be over in just two months from now. now what? j.d. gordon, former pentagon spokesman joins us. we had a high of 100...

As the commander in chief promised that all of those troops will likely have to stay. >> i've decided to maintain our posture of 9800 troops through most of next year, 2016. but maintaining our current posture through most of next year rather than a more rapid drawdown will allow us to sustain our efforts. colonel, good to see you tonight. this is an admission by president obama, admission of what? >> admission that he's planning to abandon afghanistan. let's be clear here. the basic reality, what she faces, is one where the taliban, as much as he does not like them in the current circumstan...

As the commander in chief promised that all of those troops will likely have to stay. >> i've decided to maintain our posture of 9800 troops through most of next year, 2016. but maintaining our current posture through most of next year rather than a more rapid drawdown will allow us to sustain our efforts. colonel, good to see you tonight. this is an admission by president obama, admission of what? >> admission that he's planning to abandon afghanistan. let's be clear here. the basic reality, what she faces, is one where the taliban, as much as he does not like them in the current circumstan...

Year rather than a more rapid drawdown will allow us to sustain our efforts to train and assist afghan forces as they go stronger. >> 9,800 troops will stay for most of 2016. the reason for this reversal of a planned pull out, afghan forces are not as strong as they need to be. those words coming from president obama earlier today. just a little more than a year after he made the announcement from the rose garden that the u.s. would be largely pulling out of afghanistan. and it is clear that today's decision did not come easily. >> afghanistan remains dangerous. 25 brave americans have given t...

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