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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 ...

Briefing that suggested there have been security gains on the ground in afghanistan. he thinks there's quote unquote momentum. whether he is right or wrong, we'll find out. but now is the time to finally end it. and if you don't end it, it will just go on and on. >> i only have about a minute left. but why the timing, kt? i know you think it has something to do with the elections in afghanistan. >> yes. they are both going to be pro american. they won't be karzai. they will want to have a deal with america. so if the president wants out, you need to do it now. you wait three weeks, you have a ...

Decision has not been made. it's still under consideration. i have made my recommendation? >> which is? >> that recommendation is for 13,600 u.s. forces. >> reporter: i asked jay carney about that specific number and he would not commit whether the president is going to back general mattis' recommendation in moving after these unfortunate comments. will the u.s. commit to that kind of force or pull out together as we saw in iraq. there are critics of the administration if we don't leave some forces behind, any security gains that have been made will be completely lost. >> shep: you wonder how ...

Responsible drawdown to protect the gains our troops have made. president karzai and i also discussioned the nature of our security operation after 2014. our teams continue to work toward a security agreement and as they do, they will be guided by our respect for afghan sovereignty and by our two long-term tasks which will be very specific and very narrow. first, training and assisting afghan forces, and second, targeting counterterrorism missions, targeted counterterrorism missions against al-qaeda and its affiliates. our discussions will focus how best to achieve these two tasks after 2014 a...

Phase of our drawdown. a responsible drawdown that protects the gains our troops have made. president karzai and i also discussed the nature of our security cooperation after 2014. they will be guided by our respect for afghan sovereignty, and our long-term tasks that will be very specific and very narrow rsh first, training and assisting afghan forces, and, second, targeting counterterrorism missions -- targeted terrorism missions against ae al qaeda and its affiliates. our discussions will focus on how best to achieve these two tasks after 2014 and it's our hope that we can reach an agreemen...