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Provinces, in the south and in the east, because the troops were sprinkled around, and the taliban moved to kabul. you were talking about the winter. yes, it's hard to fight in the winter, particularly in the mountains and in the east. but if you're talking about putting bombs in urban areas in kabul, it doesn't make that much -- >> that's an interesting so far interpretation, jack, to suggest that the surge effort created -- if i interpreted you correctly, it created an unanticipated or unplanned liability in kabul by virtue of the outreach to the outer province. >> if you need 100,000 or 200...

Ii, and every single one of them made it home safely today. and in phoenix, arizona, a happy homecoming for an army national guardsman, he got to hold his infant son for the very first time. another soldier took a good luck charm with him to remind him of his precious loved ones. >> my daughter's cabbage patch doll. it's gone everywhere with me, you know? when we moved out of here. >> love that. well, we're going to get to hear from many of our soldiers serving overseas. we look forward to celebrating and honoring them. and as troops draw down in iraq, they are quickly ramping up in afghanista...

Last night that he heard about a significant shipment of weapons from iran to the taliban strong hold of kandahar. u.s. forces are gearing up for what they're calling a major offensive there in just the next few months. and admirable mullen says that battle will be crucial. >> half of president obama's 30,000 troop commitment has made it to theater with more coming almost every month. they are coming to kandahar. the corner stone of our surge effort and the key to shifting the momentum from the enemy to the afghan people. >> shepard: that's about all he said. admiral mullen wouldn't give any m...