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Admitting of syrian refugees. his heart isn't in this. when he was asked about the fiasco with the millions of dollars spent syrian rebels ending up with a total of nine, his defense was, well, you know, i didn't really want to do it in the first place. but i suppose what he was saying is my aides insisted i do it. i did it and it didn't work out. announced the doubling of our troop level in afghanistan and in the same sentence he says we are leaving on a date certain. you know his heart isn't in it. >> i know. >> and to me the problem -- people hear it whenever he says the same way he talked ...

Most clearly after he's gone. on the second point, we are losing ground over there, our mission, our cause, our hoped-for results is fading with about 10,000 troops present. so what he proposes to do is continue that troop level which isn't enough, but maybe enough to stave off an utter collapse. if he wanted to fix this or change the fortunes, he would have to do more. he doesn't want to do that. >> you talked about the fact he doesn't want to see a disaster. in a sense want it two competing legacies? he really wanted to be the president that brought everyone home but h want to be the preside...

The second point we are losing ground over there that our mission, our cause, you are hoped for result is fading with 10,000 troops present. he proposed to continue that what he proposed so do is that troop level. and collapse. if he wanted to fix this or change the fortunes, he doesn't want to do erthat. >> you talk aboutwo the fact th he doesn't want to see a disaster. wasn't it two competing ug legacies? and afghanistan has repeatedly been categorized by democrats as a good war. that was the one where john kerry said we took our eyes off the ball in order to go fight in iraq. so there's a c...

On the second point, we are losing ground over there, our mission, our cause, our hoped-for results is fading with about 10,000 troops present. so what he proposes to do is continue that troop level which isn't enough, but maybe enough to stave off an utter collapse. if he wanted to fix this or change the fortunes, he would have to do more. he doesn't want to do that. >> you talked about the fact he doesn't want to see a disaster. in a sense want it two competing legacies? he really wanted to be the president that brought everyone home but he didn't want to be the president who saw another ira...

Cemetery to remember the fallen. it was an important message. today we deliver our own message to the afghan people. we're with you. we support you. and we're not going to give up the gains we fought so hard to achieve. thank you and now i'll take some questions. >> mr. secretary, what do you say to critic who is suggest that the 5,500 level isn't enough to do both the counterterrorism mission and the training and advise mission. do you see that number as an enduring long-term troop level for some years to come after that? >> we do look at enough. we do a lot of homework on this and it's the r...