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We want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. within a minute or so president obama and the visiting afghan president, ashraf ghani, they're set to take the stage. they'll be holding a joint news conference after a series of meetings at the white house. meetings for this newly elected afghan president. he took office in january. the timetable of the planned u.s. and nato troop withdrawal from afghanistan, critical issue on the agenda for both of these leaders. cnn has just confirmed that at ashraf ghani's request, the u.s. will maintain its current troop level of ne...

Follows a warning that militants may be targeting western oil workers in that country. u.s. president obama may decide not to reduce the american troop level to 5500 by the end of the year. a senior u.s. official says the new afghan president made the request when he and mr. obama spoke last week. the u.s. defense secretary says he may advise obama to slow the draw down partly because of improved relations with the afghan government. there are now about 10,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. in a few hours, thousands of brazilians are expected to rally and call for impeachment of the country's...

The latest revision of this drawdown? they're going to leave an additional 1,000 soldiers, more in that country than originally planned. you were highlighting the fact this past year has been one of the deadliest in afghanistan. are we leaving the country in good shape or is it worse than when we went in? >> well, it depends on how you look at it. are the taliban, are your afghan girls going to school? yes. is the taliban still in control? no. is it a safe haven for al qaeda and extremist groups to launch attacks against america and other countries from there? no. is it daily violence? probabl...

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Defense secretary chuck hagel was on the road today visiting two military bases where he made his case for steep cuts to the armed forces. under the proposed budget he unveiled yesterday, the army would shrink to its lowest troop level in nearly 75 years. the a 10 wart hog plane would be retired. he says the country needs a smaller military. his plans spark add predictable war of words. former vice president dick cheney fired these shots. >> i've obviously not been a strong supporter of barack obama, but this really is over the top. it does enormous long term damage to our military. they act a...