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Of course, he was reading off the teleprompter and whoever writes those words has a lot of sway. that said, though, i could feel bannon's absence in this speech. it remains to be seen how that plays out over the coming months. that's an important shift that has come through. >> betsy, that's an important point about radical islamist. and this approach to afghanistan is something, if it is a troop increase, which it probably is, it's something that steve bannon opposed. >> yeah. look, tonight i think this speech was written for him by kelly and mcmaster and mattis. tomorrow he's going to arizon...

Different subject but has a lot of eyeballs on him. >> jon: and he will have to i guess answer some of the skeptics about a guy who as i mentioned was elected saying he wanted to get out of afghanistan and focus on america first, if there is in fact going to be a plan for a troop increase, that is something that his critics are going to jump on, right? >> i'm sure that they will, but there are also some polls showing that supporters are president trump also support a troop increase. i expect that the polls have made their way around the west wing, but this is a decision he has delegated largel...

There will be a tight time line. he wants this done quickly to correct things so this will not happen again. >> bill neely, thanks very much. bill neely from seoul, south korea. tonight president trump is going to unveil his afghanistan strategy first prime time address to the nation in the speech to congress after the inauguration. when asked about any troop increase over the weekend, secretary of defense mattis had this to say. >> i was not willing to make significant troop lifts until we knew what was the strategy, what was the commitment going in. once he announces what the strategy is, we...

In afghanistan. repeatedly advocating for full withdrawal on twitter, before running for president. officials say he remains deeply skeptical, but his doubts have come up against hawkish generals in his inner circle. any troop increase sure to meet at least some resistance from democrats. >> i don't believe putting more american soldiers in afghanistan is the answer. >> reporter: this crucial national security decision comes amid questions about the president's leadership capability and mounting backlash to trump's defense of white supremacists in charlottesville last week. >> you had some ver...

I want to with him med hi hassan. he's a host there. and retired army four star general barry mccaffrey. gentlemen, hang on. i want to get to you both in a moment, but first i want to just lay the groundwork here for what we're talking about. tonight will be president trump's first address to the nation since he became president, really, since the inauguration. when asked about any troop increase over the weekend, here is what defense secretary mattis had to say. >> i was not willing to make significant troop lifts until we certainly knew what was the strategy, what was the commitment going in...