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It is 2012. there is two years between now and then. what happens right now, at the end of 2012? what happens in 2013? 2013 starts in two weeks. joining us now for the interview is democratic congresswoman chellie pingree. thank you so much for being here. thank you very much and thank you for bringing up this topic. let me ask in my summation, it is hard for me to talk about troop deaths in terms of their statistical manifestation over time. it is a difficult thing to put in those terms. the basic thesis, the more americans we have in afghanistan, the more americans are dying there, do you think at base level that has to be part of the calculation for how much time we spend there and how many americans are there over the next two years? absolutely. we have had a suspicion that the surge didn t work and now it has made things worse. i have opposed the war since 2002. you have been talking about it ....
For what happens after now. how big are you going to let the number get? we need to talk about what s going to happen after combat is over in 2014. it is 2012. there is two years between now and then. what happens right now, at the end of 2012? what happens in 2013? 2013 starts in two weeks. joining us now for the inview is democratic congresswoman shelly pingree. thank you so much for being here. thank you very much and thank you for bringing up this topic. let me ask in my summation, it is hard for me to talk about troop deaths in terms of their statistical manifestation over time. it is a difficult thing to put in those terms. the basic thesis, the more americans we have in afghanistan, the more americans are dying there, do you think at base level that has to be part of the calculation for how much time we spend there and how many americans are there over the next two years? absolutely. we have had a suspy shun that ....
Military has been very frustrate and has wanted the state department for years now to designated haqqani network a terrorist organization. that is what happened today. the haqqani network is an off chute of the taliban. it s responsible for more u.s. troop deaths in eastern afghanistan than any other group. its carried out high profile attacks as you men sed on the u.s. embassy, nato headquarters, the indian embassy and continental hotel in kabul. its bases are in pakistan and has ties to pakistan s intelligence service or isi. i think the relationship between the haqqani network and the isi certainly exists but it s a lot more troubled than many outsiders understand. the haqqanis and the isi definitely don t get along all the time there is a tremendous amount of animosity and the haqqanis have made a veiled threats, thinly veiled threats that once the americans pull ....
Last year, it was up to laesk, and this year, which is not over, there have already been 34 coalition troop deaths in green on blue, or insider attacks in afghanistan. nbc news has learned today that in response to the attacks by afghan security forces on americans, all u.s. military personnel in afghanistan have been ordered to have a fully loaded magazine in their weapons at all times. no matter what else they re doing. the army has also ordered that at any gathering of u.s. military and armed afghan security forces, at least one u.s. soldier will be designated as a guardian angel to stand in a protected space with a loaded weapon ready to respond immediately if there is an attack. the taliban leader, mullah omar, is back enough to take credit for these attacks. that s what the taliban does, whether or not they deserve the ....
Trend in afghanistan right now. a bad trend. by the associated press s count, there were five coalition troops killed in 2009, five in 2010, last year, it was up to laesk, and this year, which is not over, there have already been 34 coalition troop deaths in green on blue, or insider attacks in afghanistan. nbc news has learned today that in response to the attacks by afghan security forces on americans, all u.s. military personnel in afghanistan have been ordered to have a fully loaded magazine in their weapons at all times. no matter what else they re doing. the army has also ordered that at any gathering of u.s. military and armed afghan security forces, at least one u.s. soldier will be designated as a guardian ange to tand in a protected space with a loaded weapon ready to respond immediately if there is an attack. the taliban leader, remember him? he s apparently back, at least back enough to try to take some degree of credit for these ....