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Longer than many americans expected. but make no mistake, thanks to the skill and sacrifice of our troops, diplomats and intelligence professionals, we have struck significant blows against al qaeda's leadership. we have eliminated osama bin laden. and we've prevented afghanistan from being used to launch attacks against our homeland. we've also supported the afghan people as they build a democracy. we've extended more opportunities to their people. including women and girls. and we've helped train and equip their own security forces. now we're finishing the job we started. over the last sever...

Many have attended the fbi national academy. and so they are very used to working together. >> so this is fbi eequivalent? >> yeah. they have the -- they don't have the total range of capabilities that the bureau has but they have a very significant capability. and they work with the fbi all the time. and the fbi forensics and technical capabilities can be brought to support them. but if it is a military person they will have the entire responsibility including the base commander who will be doing administrative review to determine how it happened and was there a break down in their security r...

Welcome back. the u.s. planning to hold talks now with the taliban. confirmation coming just today. this is after afghan forces took over security responsibilities for their own country. >> it's just the most recent war. these talks with the taliban something many americans might find a bit surprising. what does this say about the u.s. position and the taliban. >> reporter: the taliban's position is they're winning this

Our security responsibilities for every flight. in other words they are saying this won't affect security. they have a matrix in place that should protect pilots. what is your response? >> we know the matrix and we know what happens. there are people that get through certain parts of security. that's why there are so many levels of security. the secondary barrier is the last line of defense before you can get to the cockpit. so there's no reason to take any one of the components and not include them. and we have to have a mandate on that. >>alisyn: this week you sent a letter to president obam...

They are either have something, that we don't know about or they are looking for something to justify what they have done. if it is the latter they have problems. >>guest: look, i think there are a lot of questions that are going to be put to the bureau and the bureau will have to answer. from my understanding from my reporting the bureau's bureau is this: we kept finding things that remain alarming not because they would be alarming for any individual but they were alarming for these specific individuals with these specific security responsibilities. >>shepard: we will know more soon every ne...