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Army staff sarge apt in custody for the massacre of afghan civilians this month. lawmakers hearded heard today fe man in charge about the exit strategy and the problems trying to get in a position to leave. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has that story. >> reporter: the major was laid to rest today in arlington national cemetery, killed by an afghan partner -- shot in the back of the head, an apparent retaliation for the mistaken koran burning that set off a chain reaction of violence. with this backdrop, general john allin in his first testimony to congress since taking comm...

Street journal. a commandener chief's job is to relentlessly explain the war strategy, where it is being pursued and why the sacrifice is worth it. mr. obama... >> this is particularly pertinent because of the phone call that is being talked about from president obama to president karzai in afghanistan. it is hard to get a handle -- there are so many leaks going on -- to get a handle on what has been decided upon. the stated time table by obama, who considered afghanistan the right war in his 2008 campaign, is that by 2013, most of the troops will -- will leave and that we will have already ha...

Investigated has been released. in the case of major nadal hassan, and panetta said prosecutors could pursue the death penalty. >> war is hell. these events and incidents will take place. they have taken place in any war. they are terrible events. this is in the first of those events and it probably won't be the last. >> he added this would not change u.s. war strategy. >>shepard: there are reports the white house is discussing the possibility of withdrawing 20,000 additional troops by the end of the year from afghanistan. >>reporter: publicly the pentagon is denying this saying no work is bei...

Calling for the public trial of the 38-year-old american soldier accused of carrying out that vicious attack. so far, we've learned that he's a married father of two who apparently suffered a traumatic brain injury but was cleared to serve. also overnight, taliban militants opened fire at that same site where the shootings happened and an afghan delegation was visiting at the time. one person killed, two others injured. despite the rising tensions, the white house says its war strategy will not change. a shock for a driver in austin, texas who spotted a 4-year-old driving a car. >> probably 4 ...

>> hundreds of students there now calling for the public trial of the 38-year-old american soldier accused of carrying out that vicious attack. also overnight, taliban militants reportedly opened fire at the same site where the shootings happened and an afghan delegation was visiting at the time. one person was killed and two others were injured. despite the rising tensions, the white house says its war strategy still will not change. while you were sleeping, four days of cross border clashes ending in the middle east and an egyptian security official claims his country helped organize the tro...