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>> tucker: it was a very dangerous cocktail, though. mark steyn put it better i know.one thank you. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: syria isn't the only military commitment america has abroad right now. or our largest. 14,000 troops remain in afghanistan. there arefg reports the president is considering withdrawing some or all of is that wise? what should our policy toward afghanistan be? how does it effect our contest with china? our biggest rival? robert caplin has been more places than anyone i'm aware of. he's a senior fellow at the center for new american security and he u joins us tonig...

Very dangerous cocktail though. mark steyn put it better than anyone i know. thank you. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: syria isn't the only military commitment america has abroad right now. our largest 14,000 troops remain in afghanistan. there are reports the president is considering withdrawing some or all of them is that wise? what should a policy toward afghanistan be? how does it effect our contest with china? our biggest rival? robert caplin has been more places than anyone i'm aware of. is he a senior fellow at the center for new american security and he joins us tonight. mr. caplin, ...

Recreates the pathways of the ton and wan dynasties, of the medieval era when marco polo made his journey. if you look at the map, you'll see exactly where china is building roads, railways and pipelines all the way from east asia by land to iran because china plus iran is an unbeatable alliance that freezes out russia where marco polo did not go and the indian ocean route where marco polo returned. >> robert has a he looks at what maps tell us, what geography tells us. curious, as you look at th world, whether you see an irversible decline n for the united states as china, as other

>> host: the senior commissioner, commissioner mcdowell, i want to start with the topic of spectrum. robert caplin of the national association of broadcasters was quoted yesterday saying he thinks the current spectrum auction schedule is doomed to failure because there's too many issues to work out and because of the res, there's not enough interest by parties to participate in the auction. >> guest: first of all, thank you for having me back. it's great to be here, and what you're talking about the is incentive auction. so congress passed a law last year giving tv broadcasters a fin...