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For almost 19 years now, and frankly it's ridiculous. with that being said, it's a dangerous place, and we always have to keep an eye on it. -- >> if you could -- >> one of the alternatives is going on right now. we're talking about a plan, i don't know whether or not the plan is going to be acceptable to me. maybe it's not going to be acceptable to them, but we are talking, we have good talks going, and we'll see what happens. this is more than other presidents have done. we are bringing some of our troops back, we have to have a presence, yes. >> could you clarify your position on background...

Politics, perhaps? >> well, ate little bit of both. president trump campaigned in 2015 and 2016 on withdrawing u.s. troops from some of these foreign entanglements and at the top of the list is the nerve ending war in afghanistan. this has been a priority of his and as he looks towards re-election now three years into office he's trying to make good on that promise. he wants to pull these troops back, but as you know it's a much more complicated picture than that. the meeting here in bedminster, new jersey yesterday was with the president, vice president pence, secretary of state, secretary of...

Chief has to read the briefing book, has to consult with foreign policy experts and ambassadors and generals and allies, and do it in a way that is smart. do it in a way that understands that right now in afghanistan, for example, right when i was there before the announcement went out, there was a whole process of reconciliation happening, where one of the bargaining chips was exactly that point. and so we need to have leadership in our country who makes the right decisions, which includes bringing our troops back, but do it in a way that is smart and strategic and not on a whim and not by a ...

Now the conversation, again, separate from the joy of getting our troops back, every family that's had a troop go to war, of course, understands the joys of having them come home. thousands will never return, of course, because they've been killed. what we need to do is have a policy about the enemy that really is about defeating them and not leaving anyone on the field and making sure our enemy is defeated. this nation is going to have to be dealing with that now because we're going to have to reverse that policy and perhaps at some point in the future show the enemies of this nation and the ...

Cnn's christiane amanpour, the russian troops along ukraine's eastern border are poised to move and could do so in as little as 12 hours. phil black is live in moscow. phil, just a few days ago, it seemed that vladimir putin was trying to pull or planning to pull those troops back, but still high alert this morning that an invasion could be imminent. what has changed? >> reporter: christine, i guess that's the point, nothing has changed. it has been a significant week diplomatically with russia pushing a possible diplomatic solution, russia suggesting a partial withdraw of forces from that are...