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Policemen, and that of the afghan government. >> but mr. president, last year, 2014 was the year of the worst casualties for the afghan army and the national police force in the 13-year war. you have almost three dozen, 700 civilians that died. in these circumstances does it make sense for american troops to withdraw on the same schedule? wouldn't you like to see perhaps even more american troops for the time being while the fighting seems to be in full force? >> what we need to realize is that 2014 was a year that we faced three transitions simultaneously, a political transition where authori...

Faced three transitions simultaneously a political transition where authority for the first time was transferred from one elected president to another, a security transition where the combat of the international commune, particularly that of the united states ended. and third, an economic transition. our enemies were banking on collapse of authority. because of that they challenged us. but what i'm gratified to share is that during the last six months the afghan national security forces have really shown their metal. now we are not in a defensive position, we have taken offensive. >> the you k...

>> i'm harris falkner, time for the top of the news, three executives at jp morgan chase expect today leave their jobs this week according to a report with the wall street journal, the latest fallout in a trading blunder, that the ceo and jamie dimon called a terrible mistake, and president obama's counterterrorism advisor visiting yemen today meeting with the leader of that country and currently battling with al-qaeda insurgents, coming after washington says it foiled an airliner bomb plot through the yemen based affiliate the. and in afghanistan, a former taliban leader turned peace negotiat...

jumped another 1 cent overnight, pushing the national average to a gallon to $3.82. get ready for blunt abide.location? toledo, ohio. this is the vice president's first campaign foreoret in front of a key core group, autoworkers in toledo. we're never sure what he'll say, but you can pretty much guarantee he'll defend the auto industry's bailout and go after mitt room niece' opposition to it. well, it's the burning of the koran by u.s. soldiers and the shooting rampage allegedly carried out by one of our own hasn't carried enough shock in afghanistan, president what please karzai...

Hearing from general petraeus and from secretary gates is condition-based. and if we're not ready to withdraw at that point, they'll have to take a different tack. >> yeah. and i think, you know, in light of the horrific attacks, what we saw in iraq today and the terrible tragedy of it, and it's obviously disappointing to see, you know, what exactly happened six months ago when we had very peaceful and participatory elections in iraq, the fact that we still to this point do not have a sustainable power-sharing agreement amongst all the different parties in iraq, obviously, it's disappointing a...