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As american forces prepare for a major troop draw down. >> something we have been working for a long time with the iraqi security forces and for the last 20 months we have been slowly and deliberately turning over more and more responsibility to them. and, they have stepped up, continue to do broad-scoped operations, across all of iraq, and, we continue to help them, and, as they do these and that will continue, after september, our assistance but we believe they are ready to assume full operations in iraq. >> this comes as violence across iraq kills dozens of people, over this weekend, more t...

Less than a week before a crucial election. violence is on the rise in iraq even as the u.s. moves toward a troop draw-down. should the obama administration rethink the exit strategy? we'll talk about that and the elections with tom ricks, a senior fellow at the center for new american security and the author of "fiasco" and "the gamble." thanks for coming in, tom. you have been a critic of the war in iraq, yet you wrote a piece in the new york times the other day which i jumped back and said, whoa, tom ricks is saying don't just keep the schedule for withdrawal but keep the troops there longe...

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Drawing down is fine if we keep several capabilities in there. special operations capabilities, that we can hit targets that are important to us that maybe that capacity isn't there for the afghans. and more importantly the advisers, the trainers and the equipment that are necessary for that afghan army to sustain itself. >> general, we have a lot to talk about with you in addition to afghanistan. i want to get your take on iraq and of course isis, as well as that cia report. but first, let's take a look at the reality of a troop draw down and what do our past actions tell us about the future?...

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