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they can seize. it's about preventing the taliban from getting access to the population. the new u.s. commander recently told jim sciutto the insurgency is a challenge to afghanistan's sovereignty. >> clearly the insurgency is serious right now. it has spread geographically, it has spread inintensity in certain areas and its ability to coerce or control parts of the population has increased. >> reporter: general mcchrystal 's strategy review doubles the number of afghan soldiers and police, improving local governance and concentrating u.s. troops in population center where they shou...

prosecution but is leaving that decision to attorney general eric holder. >> you are the commender in chief. so if you don't want it done, it doesn't happen. >> reporter: but some democrats argue a full accounting and revision of bush era policies is necessary. >> a lot of people in this country like tom ridge, the whole united states military being like the fbi think that these policies don't make us safer. >> reporter: republicans accuse the president of having a hand in the attorney general's accounting of the former administration's detainee policy, a charge the white house denie...