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And wounded 52 when he targeted crowds celebrating the start of the persian new year. many victims were young and had been dancing, singing, and celebrating. everything that terrorists hate. >> translator: people were heading home full of joy, having celebrated the new year. the bomb decimated many of our people and they have been martyred. >> the attack comes at a critical time for time for stability in the war-torn country. there are numerous groups to battle. in the last week, both general mattis and general general dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, have visited capital ahead ...

economy overall. don't even get us started on europe or the tax cuts set to expire and spending cuts due to kick in a few short months from now watching it all is fed chairman ben bernanke who is trying to explain to congress -- live pictures right now -- what if anything he plans to do about it without saying too much. felicia taylor is watching from the new york city. felicia, what have we heard and learned so far? >> reporter: it's a careful dance because obviously the federal reserve chairman can't come out right and say anything ahead of the federal reserve meeting which takes p...

Because we're getting word of this taliban spring offensive, and "the new york times" editorial asks a good question, how are our trainings going for those troops and how they'll make a difference in our ability to fight off the taliban and leave fighters behind who can. your thoughts on that. >> we've made good progress in the training. that was the thing i was -- i wish the president would talk more to people, to tell them the progress we've made. i know when i was there last year, general caldwell had taken over the training and the 70,000 recruits that they had done that year for the army,...

On your couch. you wanted to within other veterans and you could talk about the experience. >> the debate has begun on what do in afghanistan. okay. we got this guy. we got the guy we were after. let's high tail it out of there what is your thought now on what the mission or how this might change the mission in afghanistan and should this speed up with the drawl of u.s. forces from afghanistan? >> we should always be debating. it's good to have the american public involved in that. we are coming home. the president made that clear. we just want to know what expectation is. we want a clear miss...

Something that commanders tout in the helmand province. i talked to general david petraeus about this. the role of pakistan and role of attacks that are constant, even almost ten years after the war started. >> the sources halted the tell ban momentum in most of the country and reversed it in very important areas. but recognize that that is not true of the whole country and indeed there will be a taliban spring offensive. there will be afghan spring offensive. >> in the south, help monday and kandahar, that is the biggest -- in helmand and kandahar, that is the biggest success so far? >> it's ...