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Help the troops morale and that's pretty much what i'm here for. >> what's next? where do you think this mission is headed? >> whatever the chain of command and the president says, that's what we're going to do. >> somebody react to that, the absence to that last question in particular. doesn't want to speculate on what was going to happen next, but there's some brevity for what he had to say there. >> he's reaching for words to make sure he doesn't get into trouble and because he's been put in a bad position. what is the mission down there? it's to delay concertina wire and play flag football...

But in the middle of it, when you're pursuing a war at the same time and one that is very controversial with the american people, and has been very difficult on our military, i think it's just a disservice, to be frank with you. >> eric, in both of those sound bites, you don't have former administration officials disputing the accounts in the book, what actually happened. they're just expressing disappointment. did that surprise you at all? >> i'm not sure. i don't think gates is going to lie about any of the accounts. he literally, on the one where he said president obama and hillary clinton ...

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To block, the vice-president cheney, explain that. >> obama was a one man party of no, against everything, troop surges, involvement, engagement. biden was somewhat more nuanced to be fair to the guy. even after the surge was an operational success biden was claiming the summer after the surge it was a failure and that mattered because it's not just politics, it's undercutting our troops, giving our enemies ammunition to believe that we're failing and right now, we've just seen a spectacle in the last month where the iranian-backed elements of the shia government in iraq has opted for vengeanc...

I expect we'll see more of that under this, and he also talked about sort of a new strategy with pakistan in terms of pressuring them more and trying to work a relationship there more. >> jacquelin, he even talked about the number of times we've seen troop surges. what is the affect of a troop surge in afghanistan? remember back in june he didn't give us an exact number as to how many people would be deployed. remember back in june the number between 2,000 and 5,000 troops was floated out there. that is the traditional effect of a troop surge in that area? >> it's important to note that nothin...