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Afghanistan, do you let incidents like this drive the overall policy? >> well, first of all, public opinion has to support to be able to sustain these kinds of operations. we have been at war ten years. in truth we've been at war 20 years going back to the first gulf war in 1991. i think the public is right to be skeptical. you know, for example, we'll see more libyas before we see another iraq or afghanistan. limited objective, specific limited troop commitment or limited military commitment. >> what you're describing to me sounds interesting. it sounds like we're going back to i would call i...

"outfront" tonight, the market slid nearly 200 points today. the reason, fear and uncertainty. fear of europe and fear of the super committee. we are counting down to a huge moment for america on a day our commander in chief was warned china's military is building up with one main goal, taking on america. i'll get to that in a moment. first, the super committee is exactly one week away from its deadline to cut a minimum of $1.2 trillion from america's deficit. today was a day called critical by some lawmakers. the meetings have ended. there is no word on a possible deal. now, nearly ...

Last night that he heard about a significant shipment of weapons from iran to the taliban strong hold of kandahar. u.s. forces are gearing up for what they're calling a major offensive there in just the next few months. and admirable mullen says that battle will be crucial. >> half of president obama's 30,000 troop commitment has made it to theater with more coming almost every month. they are coming to kandahar. the corner stone of our surge effort and the key to shifting the momentum from the enemy to the afghan people. >> shepard: that's about all he said. admiral mullen wouldn't give any m...

Rescued hostages. they expected to be executed that day. after morning prayers. 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 ro...

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