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Passage in afghanistan. his generals wanted a large new surge of troops. but he insisted on something smaller. >> he took on this idea that the commander in chief is not the commander in chief. that somehow the commander on the ground should be the person who gets everything he needs, as determined by him. >> and he demanded a deadline for when the troops would come home. >> our troop commitment in afghanistan cannot be open-ended. >> consider this. in january, 2009, there were 175,000 troops in afghanistan and iraq. as of december 2016, there were around 15,000. but barack obama was no

New surge of troops. but he insisted on something smaller. >> he took on this idea that the commander in chief is not the commander in chief. that somehow the commander on the ground should be the person who gets everything he needs as determined by him. >> and he demanded a deadline. >> a time frame. >> for when the troops would come home. >> our troop commitment in afghanistan cannot be open-ended. >> consider this. in january 2009, there were 175,000 troops in afghanistan and iraq. as of december 2016, there were

>> and he demanded a deadline. >> a time frame. >> for when the troops would come home. >> our troop commitment in afghanistan cannot be open-ended. >> consider this. in january 2009, there were 175,000 troops in afghanistan and iraq. as of december 2016, there were around 15,000. but barack obama was no peacenik. he had a dramatically different approach to war compared with his predecessor.

New surge of troops, but he insisted on something smaller. >> he took on this idea that the commander in chief is not the commander in chief. that somehow the commander on the ground should be the person who gets everything he needs as determined by him. >> do it, do it, do it. >> and he demanded a deadline. >> a time frame. >> for when the troops would come home. >> our troop commitment in afghanistan cannot be open-ended. >> consider this. in january 2009, there were 175,000 troops in afghanistan and iraq. as of december 2016, there were around 15,000. but barack obama was no peacenik. he ha...

But he insisted on something smaller. >> he took on this idea that the commander-in-chief is not the commander-in-chief. that somehow the commander on the ground should be the person who gets everything he needs as determined by him. >> do it, do it, do it. >> and he demanded a deadline for when the troops wld come home. >> our troop commitment in afghanistan cannot be open end ed. >> consider this -- in january, 2009, there were 175,000 troops in afghanistan and iraq. as of december, 2016, there were around 15,000. but barack obama was no peacenick. he had a dramatically different approach to...