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Tomorrow morning. >> any indication that president hollande will ask for military specifics in terms of specific technical support or a troop commitment? >> the troop commitment is going to be really difficult because the french, like the americans, do not want ground troops at this moment in syria. what we expect the maybe better cooperation between the intelligence agencies all over europe and maybe also something involving money. isis is well financed and francois hollande today in france with his minister of finance tried to do a plan to track financially isis what the money comes from, wh...

Their graves hadal already been prepared. not only did our support help provide another mass killing, we enabled those partners of ours to deliver isil a clear defeat and prevented them from broadcasting a horrific massacre to the world. this is someone who saw the team that he was advising and assisting coming under attack. and he rushed to their -- to help them and made it possible for them to be effective. and in doing that lost his own life. that's why i'm proud of him. >> master sergeant joshua wheeler from roland, oklahoma, was 39 years old. he leaves his wife, four sons, his grandfather...

With, but at least in syria, you can work with the kurds in the north. >> is that a troop commitment? >> no it's not. >> you embed with kurdish forces to call in air strikes. >> how many special forces do you need for that? >> i'm not a military expert, but i wouldn't say it's over 1,000. >> david corn, there doesn't -- i don't think the american public is going to have any confidence in any plan announced here since there's nothing in the american record in these kinds of interventions to build confidence. >> i think you're right. i think to the public it seem answer intractable problem. they...

Center of this conflict. >> what did they adopt. what policy did the islamic state adopt. >> the local tribal protection forces, bringing them on side with money. kwuns the islamic state is cleared out, you have to empower the local sunni tribes. there's not any forces to work with, but at least in syria, you can work with the kurds in the north. >> is that a troop commitment? >> no it's not. >> you embed with kurdish forces to call in air strikes.

Did you know that a bilateral security agreement between mr. obama and afghan president hamid karzai could bind us to a troop commitment beyond 2014? the semiofficial date is 2024. great news for pandering generals, one of the many who have commanded coalition forces in afghanistan. dunford told "the wall street journal" that he's optimistic about the signing of the agreement because the trust building measures asked by the president are logical and good for both sides and not as difficult as portrayed. hardly a full throated endorseme endorsement. yet one of the many the white house is demand...