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Political desire to tell the american people that it's going to be over soon? does that create an inherent tension that in some cases may lead to the sort of thing that we've seen out of general mcchrystal? >> no, i don't think so, and i think what you're expressing is a general misunderstanding. the president very carefully said that we would begin withdrawal in july 2011. there are parts of afghanistan where the situation is not so dire, that we would be able to send home at least some troops. the purpose, of course, was to put the heat on the afghans to be able to ramp up so that they could...

U.s. security role, so this was taken quite seriously. iraqi officials detaining two people. it's not clear how far along they were in the plot or even if they could carry it out, but the airport was closed for several days, the baghdad airport was closed for a period of hours just to be safe because, obviously, that kind of attack would have a devastating impact on the future of the iraqi government at a time when they are establishing a new government and, obviously, the u.s. mission in iraq. two guys are being detained and interrogated trying to figure out exactly how long along they are an...

Ground there, he says the situation is calm within port-au-prince. and so that is what we're expecting. think it is important to understand that the united nations mission was there primarily on security role. they have forces throughout the country. they have done a significant job in sustaining maintaining stability and security within the country. that, i don't think has changed to a significant amount. i don't know the answer to it directly. so, we will work with minutah and figure out what the security situation is and decide what to do from there. so i'm still trying to understand what t...

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