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>> fire! >> 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. >> 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

Lose limbs and some don't come back. >> told you it was up here. >> obama also wanted to apply that logic in afghanistan. >> hey, i'm not finding this, i'm going to kill him. >> fire! >> his generals wanted a large, new surge of troops. >> but he insisted on something smaller. >> cover, cover! >> 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 would come home. >> our troop commi...

New surge of troops. but he insisted on something smaller. >> cover. cover. >> he took on this idea tt 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 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

>> fire. >> fire. >> his generals wanted a large new surge of troops. but he insisted on something smaller. >> cover. cover. >> 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 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 1...

And that's the interesting question, because never at the french ambassador here in washington telling us what to expect. but there's no doubt that the french president is -- president obama to re-enforce an international coalition. it's a little bit like francois hollande who is becoming the commander in chief of the fight against isis. he wants a strong coalition. so he will be in washington tomorrow. then he's going to go to germany to meet angela merkel. then he's going to moscow on thursday to meet vladimir putin. and then he's going to finish the diplomatic trip by meeting the chinese pr...