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>> reporter: troop level has dropped below 50,000 this week before the august 31 deadline set by the president milestone highlighted in the weekly internet address. >> the bottom line is this. the war is ending. like any sovereign independent nation, iraq is free to chart its own course. >> reporter: six months after national elections, iraqi lawmakers failed to form a government. wide-spread concern is continued political instability will result in deteriorating security. >> i'm not sure how much longer the situation can go on. look at the opportunity it presents for the terrorist. it would b...

The welfare and rights and physical safety of women. we have to double our troop level and even that may not be enough. that's simply not in the cards. i don't like saying that. it's a fact of life we can't control every facet of every society around the world. >> these questions we'll have coming up for the chief of staff of the national security council. so thanks very much, richard, for teeing this all up. >> any time. >> national security council's chief of staff mr. mcdonough. coming up next, mitch governor jennifer granholm, jobs, auto industry and the race for her successor. this is "an...

There is lot of reporting indicates these guys kind of left the fold so to speak. they're no longer under direct control of isi, pakistani intelligence service. they are now becoming a threat to that country as well. these groups killed benazir bhutto. they're considered in many circles a an internal threat. look at it realistically. i'm not for the present troop level in afghanistan. we have to be avoid being seen as occupier. we have to avoid that all together. we have to do is necessary. what that means in this case bringing level of stability. looking for example, in irish peace process. i...

40,000 troop level, and the need that he felt for an exit strategy led him to proclaim according to this book to lindsay fwra ham "i can't lose the whole democratic party" and that's one of the criticisms they're getting at the white house, there was too much politics involved in the decision-making process. >> exactly and to that point, thank you so much, mike viqueira. the book grapples with how the president was trying to walk the tight rope between the military's demands for more troops and growing opposition from the democratic base to the war in afghanistan and setting a withdrawal timet...

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