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Some quick monday morning headlines. australia has closed its main military base in afghanistan, sending its last combat troops home. out of the 1500 troops returning, 400 will stay behind to serve in training roles. most international troops are due to leave afghanistan, as you know, by the end of next year. and chile, the country, elects a socialist, easily winning the runoff presidential election. her second time elected president. shewy$xñ left office in 2010 tod the u.n. organization for women in new york. her first order of business? to raise corporate taxes. brilliant. brian, over to...

Trust between the u.s. military, who's training and arming them, and those afghans that are now killing them in increased numbers, turning guns against their own mentors and trainers, then that strategy is doomed to failure, according to some military officials. you just can't make that work if the u.s. military cannot trust the very afghans that they're training and arming, particularly if some u.s. military are expected to remain behind in training roles and advisory roles and the combat forces all leave by the middle of next year, if they're getting killed by the afghans, again, that underm...

A political general, michele bauchmann said it the other night, lindsey graham suggested as much that the obama administration is making decisions involving iraq and afghanistan and the well being of our troops and the safety of our nation based on political considerations. >> well, i think that's nonsuccess. and i think the president's proved -- more than proven himself as commander in chief. we've been on a track for -- since the beginning of the administration to withdraw troops in a responsible way. that's what we've done. so that's -- it certainly doesn't have anything to do with me. >> t...

Back grownds that would not lead security to stop them at the airport for any reason other than what they might have been carrying. i was told on their person they were not carrying any prohibitive items. >> shepard: very early in the investigation. go back to catherine as news develops. catherine, thank you. vice president biden making a an unannounced trip to iraq today ahead of a ceremony scheduled for wednesday to mark the official end of u.s. combat operations. fewer than 50,000 u.s. troops remain in iraq. the military reports those forces are transitioning to support and training roles. ...