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With pakistan or elements in pakistan. really, we're going to have to wait for the full story to come out. these are verycat things. they have to be held in very tight circles. people have to believe in them and work very hard. it's really a great moment. >> absolutely. i should say that kristen mentioned also the government of qatar, prance they were involved. the fact that this comes when the president made this announcement saying we're going to have 9800 troops, reduce that number by half by the end of next year, and then by the end of 2016, have a modicum of troops basically just there to...

Military intervention by use of drones, and he used the word specifically drones. a couple of years ago, no one in government, no one in the military, was allowed to talk about drones. if i called a military source and asked about drones, they had to pretend like they didn't know what i was talking about, and he talked about drones going forward, how there's going to be sort of a moral justification for their use that they can be used, that they are legitimate, just as long as they don't create more enemies than they take off the battlefield. so i think you're seeing this obama doctrine, if yo...

Emerging. we got to end the big wars, the huge troop commitments, so the forces can be more nimble for these drone operations, which he was talking about to the cadets, presumably these are the people who are going to be one day involved in these multiple kinds of fronts in dangerous places all over the world. >> thank you so much, richard engel and eugene robinson. up next, the talking bird republicans hope will help them win the senate. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, ...

Immigration policy in this country that grows our economy, gets people out of the shadows, makes sure that our businesses are thriving. that's got to be a top priority. we're going to have to keep on working on that. >> hilary rosen and will kaine are cnn political commentator. good to see both of you. >> hey, there. >> good morning. >> will, you first. many second-term presidents tend to focus at this time on foreign affairs but especially with the recent release of afghan prisoners suspected of killing u.s. troop or threatening u.s. troops. will this president be compelled to change his time...

Will keep rising and rising and rising. i'm not going to argue about the need for corporations to pay taxes to pay something, but i will say, we can't continue business as usual. it's been 20 years since the fall of the soviet union and the fall of the berlin wall and we have 60,000 troops stationed in germany. >> mostly republican administrations during that time that indebted us. i do not want to make this the result of one political party, though it is the result of one political party. >> good. >> i would rather make it more universibly misunderstood. we are not a country that can afford t...