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Gulf in quick order to push back any possible threat. >> mick, as you take a look at the context that you have been serving, how does it fit in? we have been at troop level and force level in recent years. >> absolutely. the force level will go down considerably. they are about 38 to 39,000 american forces in iraq. take those out and put another 3,000 to 5,000 in and we can do the math and find that the troop levels are actually lower. it's just that symbolic combat presence that may be in kuwait that is intended to sort of keep a run back. >> thank you so much. at the pentagon for us. the hea...

Clinton's visit was really short. should we read anything into that? >> reporter: well, it didn't take a long visit here, carol, to deliver the message she wanted to deliver, quite frankly. this was a very frank and candid meeting. for that, you can read it. her message was very simple as you heard there. a lot of money is pumped into pakistan by the united states. they are expecting more in return. now, what she effectively says here is to right this relationship, she wants to cpac stan commit more in the fight against the insurgency, particularly clamping down on the border area between afgh...

benchmark that many analysts had predicted for this memorial day weekend. the so-called butcher of bosnia may face a haig tribunal. they said he was suffering psychological problems and should not be extradited. this morning, a serbian judge seems to have rejected that. >> if you paid taxes to uncle sam, you have also helped send billions of dollars to pakistan. ever since the navy's secret raid killed osama bin laden, the relationship between the two countries have been fiercely strained. today, secretary of state, hillary clinton, arrived in pakistan's capital to deliver a stern me...

In the daily operational operation, but in fact, he was and i think that's very interesting, and should the strategy change, i think the administration is going to see discrepancy and they're going to use this as an excuse. yesterday secretary of defense said it was a game changer, killing him. going to announce soon that they-- (inaudible) troop level, they put to the surge into afghanistan probably and i don't know many facts on this probably not-- (inaudible) i think by december they'll be down, and what they really means they're going to-- the strategy which focus on (inaudible) >> all rig...

Clips, arguing in favor of a surge in afghanistan, that they argued in the bush administration three years ago again in the tease of democratic opposition about iraq. same idea. i think people talking about whether obama will be gracious enough to acknowledge the success of the surge in iraq are missing the point. i think obama by his actions has acknowledged the success of the surge. he has the same commander, the same secretary of state, same strategy, reorientation of the counterinsurgency strategy of protecting the population. the same mechanism increasing troop level as the previous effor...