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Reconciliation discussions that we hope will begin taking place. >> but there are all kinds of conditions that still have to be met for any of the peace talks to move forward such as the fact that taliban have to renounce al qaeda and one thing the taliban has expressed an interest in is getting five prisoners released from the u.s. military prison at guantanamo. that is a very controversial decision by the funds they moved forward on that. >>shepard: thank you, ed. the war in afghanistan was still in the infancy jessica lynch was among the first u.s. troops to enter iraq not long after a pris...

And right now at the white house, this breaking news. jay carney taking questions about that marine incident and how it might jeopardize talks with the taliban. let's listen. >> the administration's position has been that for a long time, that we would support and participate in afghan-led reconciliation initiatives, as one key part of our overall strategy. as you say, you have to have these -- you have to have a political solution, at some point. and a political settlement is essential here and, but it is -- it coexists with our military campaign. it is, in fact, our military campaign that ha...

The taliban extremists who we have essentially been at war with for more than a decade. they say they white house they are helping to broker this between the afghan government and the taliban. while you have got to work with some unsavory characters, that's how you have to do it to try to end this long war. take a listen to jay carney. >> political settlement is essential here. and but it is coexists with our military campaign. it is our in fact our military campaign that has set the conditions for initial reconciliation discussions that we hope will begin taking place. >> now, to try and jump...