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This week they will another coming to address congress. ashraf ghani has been president of afghanistan six months and he has a tough task ahead of him stabilizing a country wrecked by more than 30 years of war. meanwhile the clock continues to tick on american troop drawdowns. we are joined from kabul by ashraf ghani, president of afghanistan. mr. president, thank you for being on. >> it's a pleasure to be with you and the american people. >> you have reportedly told the administration senior administration official says you would like flexibility in the timetable of the withdrawal of american...

To prevent a revival of the taliban and the kind of collapse of central authority that we're seeing in iraq. they'd rather see a 20,000-person force. buck mckeon says the troops should stay until the job is done. in a written statement he said, quote, holding the mission to an arbitrary egg timer doesn't make sense strategically. the president's plans depend upon afghanistan's new president agreeing to the deal, which outgoing president hamid karzai backed away from. both of the candidates in a june 14th run-off election said they will sign it. >> wendell goler live at the white house. we've l...

Certainly this official emphasized to me repeatedly that general allen did not have an affair with jill kelley. jenna: there are so many different nuances in all of these different relationships. the last time you were on the program we were talking about afghanistan, and it's worth noting that we are still at war in afghanistan, and general allen is the commander. what do you think this means for the war effort? what is the implications of general allen being investigated now? >> well, i mean, this between petraeus and allen petraeus was leading the war essentially in pakistan. general allen ...

Republicans? it's monday, september 19th, 2011. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. right to my first reads of the morning. we begin with the debt plan answering critics who say he never presented a specific plan during the summer debt talks, president obama will do just that. he'll roll out a plan to cut the federal deficit by $3.2 trillion over the next decade. largely by raising taxes on the wealthy. a 10:30 a.m. speech in the rose garden the president will promise to veto any legislation which cuts entitlement without raising taxes on the rich. half of the plan's savings comes fro...

Actually do the job at cia? he slid into that job seamlessly and very quickly earned the respect not only of the cia but national security officials throughout the u.s. and around the world, because some of our adversaries around the world realized very quickly leon panetta is a very tough customer. >> no doubt about it, katty. >> ambassador, what do you think the appointment of general petraeus to the cia might tell us about afghanistan and any possible troop drawdowns. we're all looking at july. does this make us refocus on july and think it will be more than we expected? >> i don't think it...