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Isis. >> the president said, beyond a small force, quote, to secure the oil, he didn't think it was necessary to leave troops behind in syria. he said there were 28 troops on the border anyway. but they're staying in the middle east. nick paton walsh will look at some of the president's claims. >> reporter: in that rambling statement from president trump, there were many things that didn't strike true with reality here. but many thought it would end in the more managed fashion. there were 28 troops pulled back from the border area. but quite frankly, they were not about to be obliterated by ad...

In 11 hours' time from now. what happens next? turkey said they're ready to come to an end with the deadline. now, when it comes to the agreement, it's vague. there were so many questions that were left unanswered. you had turkey saying they are talking about the entire safe zone area. that's 270 miles long and 20 miles deep into syria. the area where the turkish incursion took place. and since the pause in fightling, we did see a major leaving take place. you have a smaller chunk that the syrian kurds were talking about, and u.n. officials, that

Have they withdrawn from the designated safe area? the big question is what is the safe area? we have a vague agreement between the united states and turkey. they want everybody to withdrawal from the area, 120 miles long, and 20 miles deep in syria. what they were discussing is a much smaller area. an area where the turkish incursion took place. we're talking 17 miles. we heard erdogan on his way to sochi to meet with vladimir putin. he said, while he is threatening to resume this operation if there's no full withdrawal by the end of the deadline, he did seem to be leaving room for diplomacy ...

Them. certainly in the meeting at sochi, that we will see today, between russia and turkey, maybe a peace can be arranged by moscow, who backs the regime, the new ally of the kurds here. there may be troops inside to left to side syria. to protect the oil fields and continue the isis fight. but make no mistake, oil is not strategically important to the u.s. here. more broadly, the mission will continue in iraq, with a similar number of troops in a much worse position. the neighboring country with a slow number on the ground. the syrian regime is stronger and they are tactically worse off for a...

the tourist attractions here in the nation's capitol. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> you certainly could say the general election campaign began this week when republican candidate rick santorum declared "the race is over for me." now that mitt romney's toughest challenger is out of the picture, romney and president obama are taking direct jabs at one another. let's bring in our senior correspondent, joe johns. romney, it's his race, he's the challenger. he moved to the right during this c...