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I hope so. the second problem is we are going to withdraw u.s. troops so they won't be in combat roles. we will have a responsible end. we need to keep flexible if they are not able to take on everything we have combat presence. i talked to people who are involved they are deeply concerned we are withdrawing too many people too quickly. the security gains in the southwest are going to be jeopardized and we are not going to be able to do the same kind of efforts in the east against the tal began and al qaeda. they announced taliban are brutal allies of the al qaeda. frankly the president takes ...

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Laden. >> when this president took office, there were 180,000 u.s. troops in iraq and afghanistan. give the end -- by the end of this year, that number will be cut in half. wise his advisors know jobs will be the number one issue next year, they say he will try to make the case he wound down both of those wars and still stayed on offense to get bin laden and other terrorists. >> no doubt job also stay on top because all those people coming back will need jobs. at least some of them. i mentioned before there are serious questions and concerned about this. >> that's right. republican senator joh...

Focused on examples of that progress, security gains in the center of the country. >> you can see again the fair amount of construction that's going on down here. >> reporter: we accompanied him to kabul, to fly over the sprawling capital city, a much safer city than baghdad was when he assumed command there. >> it's a tough environment. 50 or 60 attacks per day during that time in addition to these car bombs. there are periodic attacks in kabul. some of them are sensational, horrific attacks, but the frequency is vastly less. typically a six- to eight-week cycle. >> reporter: the general spea...