invasion of afghanistan. the people of afghanistan on the mouse laws against that invasion that's why there were nearly eight million refugees in iran and pakistan and the resistance against the soviet union was bridgette to meet in the eyes of the afghan people that's why every afghan was there and fought our come back to this part again the american i live in afghanistan the refugees came back to afghanistan and millions of refugees came back to afghanistan all the jihadi leaders came back to afghanistan all the afghans who are just for. around the world came back to afghanistan the economic development of ghana's than was was much better during the spirit of the presence of the in need to in the united states was illegitimate and accepted by the international community and russia was part of that decision in the security council to send the forces don't forget so this is an entirely different question but when you speak of capacity building the american presence has brought us capacity building in economic

>>shepard: new pictures of president obama meeting with the afghanistan president karzai in afghanistan. he are the two leaders just before we are told they signed a strategic partnership agreement on the way year marking of the death of osama bin« laden. in neighboring pakistan. this week the defense department reported that pakistan remains "a safe haven," for militants. bin laden was living with his family near pakistan's version of west point we are told before forces killed him there, some american lawmakers accused pakistani army of playing both sides. both with al qaeda. and the united states. which all of the evidence indicates is exactly what they were doing. and, now we are learning that pakistanis have not answered one tough question: did their security forces protect the world's most wanted terrorist? keep in mind the united states has given to pakistan, listen now, we have given to pakistan $22 billion in united states taxpayer money over the past decade. $22 billion. to pakistan. and now, like from the site of the former home in pakistan. dominic? >>reporter: some element

and afghanistan? >> well, wolf, president obama is moving very quickly across afghanistan during this visit for a very simple reason. as he tries to move ahead with this strategic partnership keeping the details of this trip secret is key to keeping the president safe. it doesn't get much riskier than sending the president of the united states into a war zone. president obama arrived into bagram air base, afghanistan, under cover of darkness with extraordinary security measures. reporters traveling with the president were sworn to secrecy. the secret service is prepared for anything that could happen. it starts with getting in. u.s. planes landing in afghanistan perform a corkscrew type landing making sharp banks and terms to avoid heat seeking missiles. the colonel knows first hand how dangerous it can be. now retired he told wolf blitzer about secretly taking george w. bush to baghdad in 2003 while combat raged. >> the challenge wasn't so much to get him in there because we easily fooled everybody a

invasion of afghanistan. the people of afghanistan on the mouse laws against that invasion that's why there were nearly eight million refugees in iran and pakistan and the resistance against the soviet union was bridgette to meet in the eyes of the afghan people that's why every afghan was there and fought our come back to this part again the american i live in afghanistan the refugees came back to afghanistan. millions of refugees came back to afghanistan all the jihadi leaders came back to afghanistan all the afghans who were just for. around the world came back to afghanistan the economic development of galveston was was much better during the spirit of the presence of the need to in the united states was illegitimate and accepted by the international community and russia was part of that decision in the security council to send the forces so this is a entirely different question but when you speak of capacity building the american presence has brought us capacity building can economic and educational and

invasion of afghanistan. the people of afghanistan on the mouse laws against that invasion that's why there were nearly eight million refugees in iran and pakistan and the resistance against the soviet union was legitimate in the eyes of the afghan people that's why every afghan was there and fought our come back to this part again the american i live in afghanistan the refugees came back to afghanistan. millions of refugees came back to afghanistan all the jihadi leaders came back to afghanistan all the afghans who were just for. around the world came back to afghanistan the economic development of ghana's than was was much better during the spirit of the presence of the need to in the united states was illegitimate and accepted by the international community russia was part of that decision in the security council to send the forces so this is a entirely different question but when you speak of capacity building the american presence has brought us capacity building in economic and educational and social se

military personnel in afghanistan. all this happening on the first anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. nick payton walsh is in kabul for us. set the scene for us. we know the rumors had been wild throughout the day in the afghan capital. we assume he's very secure inside that presidential balance has. but all of this was stop secret given the security precautions that are necessary to protect the president of the united states. first of all, tell our viewers what time it is in afghanistan and what's going on. >> we're just past midnight. about six hours ago, one of the leading tv stations broke the news. many immediately denied that. i heard from one afghan pishl that in fact presidential palace staff were asked to go home around about midday sparking rumors that there may be some sort of vip visit. as you say, he's been to bagram. and of course now on to the presidential palace in kabul where they should sign the partnership agreement. >> nick, stand by. gloria borger is with me. as we look at the video com

i millions of refugees came back to afghanistan all the jihadi leaders came back to afghanistan all the afghans who were doused for. around the world came back to afghanistan the economic development of galveston was was much better doing despaired at the presence of the need to in the united states was illegitimate and accepted by the international community and russia was part of that decision in the security council to send the forces to afghan so this is an entirely different question but when you speak of capacity building the american presence has brought us capacity building in economic and educational and social sectors to serve its presence in afghanistan at the time brought us capacity in military build up. they did very well with us when the soviet union lift afghanistan afghanistan had more than four hundred fifty planes of all types helicopters fighter jets and a great capacity and thousands of times in armored vehicles so induct spoke the soviet union was a formidably strong strong ally and it also trained towels and thousands of afghan in different walks of life there ame

president obama has arrived in afghanistan. he is meeting with afghanistan president hamid karzai. of course, this all comes on the one-year anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. certainly this timing is not coincidental but president obama there to discuss the strategic partnership with the president of afghanistan, including the plan for withdrawal. >> and do you know anything or any detail yet about how this was carried out? because we knew absolutely nothing about it. the president clearly leaving the white house. i mean, i'm assuming that somebody must have known. what do we know about the detail of that? >> well, we know that of course, senior administration officials were aware of this plan. but the white house certainly keeping this a secret throughout the day for security reasons. we're all just learning it at this point in time, that the president has in fact landed. this is something we've seen in the past. remember when president bush visited, traveled overseas to a war zone back in 2003, it was also a secret. it wasn't announced until until he in fact cleared

well be in afghanistan until 2020. and again, three years ago, i was saying we didn't need to triple the number of troops. people said we would be out by 2012, 2014. i said 2014 means 2020. i suspect 2020 now may mean 2025. and it is very troubling. i think it is a big mistake. but chris, bottom line is, a lot of republicans aren't happy regardless of what the president does, just like democrats aren't happy regardless of what the republican commandeer chief does. the world keeps turning, as my grand mom used to say. >> i don't want it think about what neocons happy because that means moving the united states military the middle east and be at war with any of the countries at any given moment. >> that's why they are happy. they freeze republicans from speaking out, the way i'm speaking out tonight. the way george will has been speaking out. there are republicans that say to me privately they agree with me, that we didn't need to triple the number of troops. but they followed john mccain who followed by lindsay graham w

afghanistan, indeed, mr. president, they're looking forward to an end and the transformation of the decade. there is the founding of the governments in the country. they have taken steps for self- reliance. afghanistan would be collecting the old revenues. in the meantime that the world community, and the allies in nato, to make sure that we are backed by the steps of 2024. this will be largely defending itself. mr. president, they have turned a new page, and the new page is working together. there is the security, i am bring you and the people of the united states, with with the taxpayers' money has provided. with the business of the afghan government. and the government of afghanistan and the task ahead. what they need to do, we'll have this off the table. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. i will have a press conference. >> president obama spoke in chicago, about the agenda of the two-day meeting. speaking first is anders rasmussen. this is about 10 minutes. >> leadies and gentlemen. the 25th nato summit.

obviously, an important meeting because a central focus of the summit will be on afghanistan and afghanistan's future. so the first meeting of the day appropriately is going to be with president karzai of afghanistan. the president will then move into various, a series of nato immediatings. initial meeting with just the nato allies at 28. that evening, on sunday evening, the nato allies will meet at soldier field for a working dinner and that will be leaders plus one adviser. on monday morning, the summit will continue at mccormick place with discussions on afghanistan and this will be a broader meeting. this will be the nato countries plus the 22 non-nato afghan troop, or non-nato troop contributing countries in afghanistan. and the second formal meeting on monday will be a -- ap session with key partners we had in various projects around the world with nato. i want to talk about nato alliances for a second and then talk about afghanistan and then i'll take your questions. the united states and nato -- nato is a cornerstone alliance for the united states in terms of its ability to advance its

troops out of iraq in order to fight the real war in afghanistan and he's stayed in afghanistan he's now being forced to withdraw from afghanistan afghanistan has cost a lot and he's a big defeat for nato but on the back of nine eleven and where ever was the logic of invading afghanistan. because of the horrors of nine eleven there's been this massive increase in u.s. arms expenditure huge increase and expansion of nato and from the lisbon treaty a huge requirement on all nato member states to spend a great deal on nato supplied arms yet at the same time the majority of nato countries there are involved in afghanistan have small numbers and always drawing it's going to be britain and the usa that's left there till the end i'm sorry during buys not through the military expenditure in europe is one hundred or nine it went down dramatically after twenty five percent your british. got about eight percent you know this is not unlike reserve expenditure. i'm sure we have the right story at john before we go to the regular guy to the united states accounts for about seventy five percent of

troops be out of afghanistan. but then he outlined a ten-year framework, details to be negotiated during which the u.s. will have some sort of military and economic role in afghanistan. so it's a lot a work even though 20,000 or 25,000 more troops will be out this year. the u.s. will still have well over 60,000 troops on the ground in afghanistan in a very hostile, warlike environment. and there will be a lot of casualties, unfortunately, in the process. >> senior member of the senate armed services committee has said today clearly this trip is campaign related. we've seen recently president obama has visited college campuses to win back the support of that age group. similarly this trip to afghanistan is an attempt to shore up his national security credentials because he spent the past three years gutting our military. doug brinkley, do you think that is fair? this is just cheap politics? >> it's cheap politics. we have to pull together more as a country than looking at everything our commander in chief does and

and the president has left afghanistan. john, you know what it's like to travel with the president like this. you went to baghdad with president bush. from being on air force one, what is that like? >> it's a dicey ride in. perhaps they're overstaying the -- overstating the risk, but they want to be extra cautious with the president. you showed the pictures of this president's visit. it's a 747. has the united states stamped on the side. that big flag on the back. they advised president bush when i took that trip six years ago next month to baghdad, they advised the same thing to president obama. they rather have them take a plane that doesn't look any different. he wanted to take this to send a signal. president bush wanted to do that. i was recruited and just left the white house beat six years ago. they white house said would you do this on a secret basis. tell as few people as possible within the news organization. when you get on the plane, they tell you turn off all electronic devices, shut off the televisions, shut o

and the president has left afghanistan. john, you know what it's like to travel with the president on a trip like this. you went to baghdad with president bush. from being on air force one, what is that like? >> it's a dicey ride in. perhaps they're overstaying the risk, but they want to be extra cautious with the president. you showed the pictures of this president's visit. you see air force one. it's a 747. has the united states stamped on the side. the big flag on the back. they advised president bush when i took that trip to baghdad, they advised president obama the same thing. they'd rather he take a nondescript military plane, the type that flies in at these military bases that doesn't look any different. he wanted to take this to send a signal. i was recruited and just left the white house beat six years ago. they white house said would you do this on a secret basis. tell as few people as possible within the news organization. they tell you turn off all electronic devices, shut off the televisions, shut off the l.e.d

well be in afghanistan until 2020. and again, three years ago, i was saying we didn't need to triple the number of troops. people say # said we would be out by 2012, 2014. i said 2014 means 2020. i suspect 2020 now may mean 22025. and it is very troubling. i think it is a big mistake. but chris, bottom line is, a lot of republicans aren't happy regardless of what the president does, just like democrats aren't happy regardless of what the republican commandener chief does. the world keeps turning, as my grand mom used to say. >> i don't want it think about what neocons happy because that means moving the united states military the middle east and be at war with any of the countries at any given moment. >> that's why they are happy. they freeze republicanes from speaking out, the way i'm speaking out tonight. the way george will has been speaking out. there are republicans that say to me privately they agree with me, that we didn't need to triple the number of troops. but they followed john mccain who followed by lindsay

ground in afghanistan until 2024, ten more years. we'll hear him talk about that when he speaks to the country about afghanistan to address the next decade and interrelations with that country. we start with atia on the ground with the president. how was he not only received, but how long is he expected to be in country and what else is on his agenda? >> reporter: hi there, dylan. well, we don't expect him to stay too long. we did expect him to meet with the afghan president and also meet with u.s. soldiers which we expect will happen after his trip here in kabul, possibly to another u.s. base where he will meet with the soldiers. what he did here in kabul which was important to both countries is he signed a strategic partnership agreement with his counterpart, president karzai of afghanistan, that so lit flidife u.s. relationship from 2012 to 2024. it means helping the afghan government build itself and build this country. what the u.s. wants to prove to the afghan people is they're not abandoning afghanistan, and they want to make

and afghanistan at the time. and the other thing, of course, is the afghans are now saying absolutely publicly there will be no drones allowed to take off from afghanistan to target terrorists wherever, in pakistan or else where. this is also a big issue. >> huge issue. >> when the u.s. takes its forces out, it will rely increasingly as it has already on the drone strikes so that's an issue, if they can't take off. >> the number of drone strikes by the obama administration has skyrocketed compared to under the bush administration and peter bergen recounts in his new book the impact it's had on al qaeda, the fear that drone strikes has caused al qaeda, osama bin laden wrote about it himself. >> absolutely right but still the militants in pakistan we saw two weeks ago with the audacious attack some say came across from pakistan and penetrated the very heart of the government, didn't get to the palace in kabul but it did get to the parliament and the other, of course, issue is remember, we all remember when the unit

invasion of afghanistan. the people of afghanistan on the mouse laws against that invasion that's why there were nearly eight million refugees in iran and pakistan and the resistance against the soviet union was legitimate in the eyes of the afghan people that's why every afghan was there and fought our come back to this part again the american arrival in afghanistan the refugees came back to afghanistan millions of refugees came back to afghanistan all the jihadi leaders came back to afghanistan all the afghans who are just for. around the world came back to afghanistan the economic development of ghana's than was was much better during despaired at the presence of the in need to in the united states was illegitimate and accepted by the international community and russia was part of that decision in the security council to send the forces don't forget so this is an entirely different question but when you speak of capacity building the american presence has brought us capacity building get economic and educa

invasion of afghanistan. the people of afghanistan on the mouse laws against that invasion that's why they or nearly eight million refugees in iran and pakistan and the resistance against the soviet union was bridgette to meet in the eyes of the afghan people that's why every afghan was there and fought our come back to this part again the american i live in an afghanistan that if you just came back to afghanistan. millions of refugees came back to afghanistan all the jihadi leaders came back to afghanistan all the afghans who are just for. around the world came back to afghanistan the economic development of galveston was was much better during the spirit of the presence of the need to in the united states was illegitimate and accepted by the international community and russia was part of that decision in the security council to send the forces to afghan so this is an entirely different question but when you speak of capacity building the american presence has brought us capacity begin economic and education

and nato forces in afghanistan from pakistan into afghanistan. it looks like the president just had a brief little three-way photo opportunity with these leaders and no real substantive break through which is what the u.s. wanted with president zardari of pakistan. what are you hearing? >> what happened during the summit is president zardari of pakistan came hoping for a president with president obama. he didn't get that meeting, what he got instead was a quick opportunity to exchange words for the president and then a quick photo with president obama and with president karzai later today. he did not get that big meeting for precisely the reason you point out. he and his country did not come to terms with the u.s. on an agreement to open the supply routs back up for the u.s. to bring both troops and supplies in and out of the pakistani country, in and out of pakistan, because pakistan simply as my sources are saying, asking too much money for this. and so this is not going to be negotiated, u.s. sources are saying at a presidential level, it's go

into afghanistan. and anybody who believes that all the troops are going to -- combat troops will be out in 2014 are naive. we have just recommitted through 2024. and it's what we worried about around this table. when the president was talking about tripling the number of troops three years ago, this is what we warned about. >> in fact, the president outlined a plan that was first outlined by now vice president joe biden. he outlined it last night. and vice president biden when he was running for the presidency three or four years ago, this was his plan for afghanistan. to scale down frontline troops who were there on a daily basis. go to special ops over an extended period of time. the danger in the president's speech last night, there was an understanding vagueness to it because you were dealing with a really unreliable ally in president karzai. and as richard pointed out, the corruption, the unease of the relationship between the united states and karzai's afghanistan, and the fact that what is the

support for afghanistan until 2024. ten years after nato forces wrap up their combat role in the country. senior administration official said both presidents wanted to sign the strategic partnership agreement ahead of the nato summit later this month in chicago. tonight's speech comes on the first anniversary of the u.s. raid in pakistan that killed osama bin laden. the president left washington d.c. monday night at midnight, and air force one landed in afghanistan under the cover of darkness. he spoke earlier today to u.s. troops in bagram. there have been about 1800 americans killed in afghanistan. he expects... he's expected to speak about that as well as the anniversary of this osama bin laden killing one year ago today. here is the president of the united states. >> good evening. from bagram air base. this outpost is more than 7,000 miles from home. but for over a deca it's been close to our hearts. because here in afghanistan, more than half a million of our sons and daughters have sacrificed to protect our countr

troops out of iraq in order to fight the real war in afghanistan and he's stayed in afghanistan he's now being forced to withdraw from afghanistan afghanistan has cost a lot and he's a big defeat for nato but on the back of nine eleven and where ever was the logic of invading afghanistan. because of the horrors of nine eleven there's been this massive increase in u.s. arms expenditure huge increase and expansion of nato and from the lisbon treaty a huge requirement in all nato member states to spend a great deal on nato supplied arms yet at the same time the majority of nato countries there are involved in afghanistan have small numbers and always drawing it's going to be britain and the usa that's left there till the end i'm sorry during buys not through the military expenditure in europe is one hundred or nine it went down dramatically after twenty five percent your british. got about eight percent you know this is not unlike reserve expenditure. go ahead i'm sure we have a great story at john before we go to the regular united the united states accounts for about seventy five perc

forces in afghanistan even in some if in a supportive capacity in afghanistan until 2024? >> i think what is fair to say is that we are on a very clear path to end the war and to end it responsibly, to transition to afghan control over the next year and a half first giving the control throughout the country next year and then full responsibility in 2014. after 2014 we are going to have an enduring partnership with the afghan people and the afghan government. what the substance is and the details and the nature of any security relationship is remains to be seen. there is no commitment to have troops in afghanistan beyond 2014. that chapter remains to be written. >> part of the entire white house national security team thanks for coming on this morning. >>> up next will the president's plan win over war weary americans. democratic senator joins me. still to come someone else is getting a vp audition today. could there be a new woman a romney's short list. first a look ahead on the president's schedule. going to land a little earlier than thought. should land just afternoon.

troops out of iraq in order to fight the real war in afghanistan and he's stayed in afghanistan he's now being forced to withdraw from afghanistan afghanistan has cost a lot and he's a big defeat for nato but on the back of nine eleven and where ever was the logic of invading afghanistan. because of the horrors of nine eleven there's been this massive increase in u.s. arms expenditure huge increase and expansion of nato and from the lisbon treaty a huge requirement on all nato member states to spend a great deal on nato supplied arms yet at the same time the majority of nato countries there are involved in afghanistan have small numbers and always drawing it's going to be britain and the usa that's left there till the end i'm sorry during buys not through the military expenditure in europe is one hundred or nine it went down dramatically after twenty five percent your british. got about eight percent you know this is not unlikely her expenditure. when i'm sure we have the right story john before we go to the regular had it the united states accounts for about seventy five percent of

we must give afghanistan the opportunity to stabilize. otherwise, our gains could be lost and al qaeda could establish itself once more. as commander in chief, i refuse to let that happen. i recognize that many americans are tired of war. as president, nothing is more wrenching tho ining than signin to a family of the fallen or looking into the eyes of a child that will grow out without a mother or father. i will not keep americans in harm's way a single day longer than is absolutely required for our national security. but we must finish the job we started in afghanistan and end this war responsibly. >> president also spoke directly to the u.s. troops, calling them the new greatest generation, with the war raging, the president warned there will be more violence to come. >> i could not be prouder of you. and i want you to understand i know it's still tough, i know the battle's not yet over. some of your buddies are going to get injured. and some of your buddies may get killed. and there's going to be hea heartbreak and pain and difficulty

in afghanistan. he made clear to the troops people are going to get hurt in combat. this war is still not over. >> shep: the killing of osama bin laden was political in spontaneous responsible but in the election cycle, people wanted to make the one year later quite political? >> i remember being on the north lawn one year ago reported ought death of bin laden and college students were shouting, u.s.a., you are right. the country was coming together then. right now there is anger that think the president with this trip with the interview he did with nbc and white house situation room and campaign ad from last friday has been politicizing the whole situation. >> have had a great honor of serving in the company of heroes. the thing about heroes they don't brag. >> reporter: but in fairness, john mccain after kriflg the president did put out a press release praising the president for taking this trip to afghanistan. he said it's good for the president to hear directly from troops and commanders on the g

iraq, afghanistan. seven out of ten americans want to get out of afghanistan. most of them want to get out tomorrow. and not wait until 2014. so from the president's point of view, this works. >> we got to take a quick break. more with our panelists. you mentioned mitt romney. we are anticipating a statement from him. we'll bring that to you. a lot more to talk about in our special coverage. let us know what you think. do you think the u.s. should get out sooner? we're on facebook, google plus. tweet me right no now @andersoncooper. up next a more fiery message to the troops that the president gave and new details about how risky conditions on the ground -- just how risky they still are. interviewer: you were there the day the priceline negotiator went down in that fiery bus crash. sister kathleen: we lost a beautiful man that day but we gained the knowledge that priceline has thousands and thousands of hotels on sale everyday so i can choose the perfect one for me without bidding. ooh, my. this one has an infinity pool. i love those. they just...and then drop

troops out of iraq in order to fight the real war in afghanistan and he's stayed in afghanistan he's now being forced to withdraw from afghanistan afghanistan has cost a lot and he's a big defeat for nato but on the back of nine eleven and where ever was the logic of invading afghanistan. because of the horrors of nine eleven there's been this massive increase in u.s. arms expenditure huge increase and expansion of nato and from the lisbon treaty a huge requirement on all nato member states to spend a great deal on nato supplied arms yet at the same time the majority of nato countries there are involved in afghanistan have small numbers and always drawing it's going to be britain and the usa that's left there till the end i'm sorry during buys not through the military expenditure in europe since one thousand nine hundred or nine it went down dramatically up to twenty five percent your british. got about eight percent you know this is not unlikely her expenditure. go ahead i'm sure you know we have a great story ahead john before we go to the regular guy did the united states accounts

relations with afghanistan. we're back here on the "kudlow report" with our distinguished panel, p.j. crowley, barry mccaffrey, michael grimm, and senator coburn. senator coburn, at the end of the talk there was a reference to nation building in afghanistan. i couldn't think -- help think about your book the debt bomb in america. what kind of financial resources do we have here at home to help nation build in afghanistan abroad? >> i think most americans want to nation build here. and there's not going to be a marshal plan for afghanistan. we have to wait and see what's involved in this. the real question is, what's the greatest threat to our national security. is it al qaeda or our debt? and i would say it's our debt. in terms of what will take this country down is not al qaeda. it's spending money we don't have on things we don't need and creating the debt that will totally shackle our children. >> p.j. crowley, is our greatest threat al qaeda or our growing national debt which now exceeds gdp? >> they're both

afghanistan. the president will be telling us about the new strategic partnership agreement he has just signed with afghanistan's president outlining the relationship between the united states and afghanistan after the withdrawal of u.s. forces at the end of 2014. white house officials tell us the timing was driven by the negotiations over that agreement at an upcoming nato summit. critics will say it is about politics. everyone knows today is the anniversary of the raid in pakistan that killed osama bin laden. on the ground, do people there -- are they aware that president obama is on the ground? >> reporter: late in the afternoon the sun went down there was a report on afghan media suggesting that he was already in kabul. since then we have seen absolute silence across the city occasionally by helicopters and that is presumably some part of the president in and out of the capital. the speech we are about to hear in the next half hour i think will be cap suilated. there are two bits of the speech

. >> president obama has arrived in afghanistan. >> to afghanistan. >> tonight i would like to tell you how we will complete our mission. >> he is meeting with hamid karzai. >> today i signed an historic agreement. >> on the one-year anniversary. >> the death of osama bin laden. >> the death of osama bin laden. >> it was here where zads established a safe haven for his terrorist organization. >> let's not make the capture or killing of osama bin laden a politically divisive event. >> in new york city with rudy giuliani. >> the man dubbed america's mayor. >> good to be here with rudy giuliani. >> with rudy giuliani at a firehouse. >> this on the anniversary of the day that osama bin laden finally was taken out. >> is there a little bit of hypocrisy. >> trying to politicize this. >> disappointing. >> all i want to do is say thank you. >> he was decisive, he made the right decision. >> a very courageous call that made. >> look what the result was. >> and killed by a drone strike. >> president obama. >> troops out of iraq. >> president succeeded. >> president planning for withdraw from afgh

in afghanistan he's also the co-founder of a ride till the end and a member of iraq veterans against the war jim i want to thank you both for joining me tonight and so jacob i would like to start with you and just have you tell us a little bit more about sunday why you did what you did why you chose to take your medal and throw it in partake. well i like many of the veterans involved this side to do this. one for healing for ourselves to go through that because laura says but at the same time to draw attention. to the many issues that are surrounding this whether it's veterans rights to heal or whether it's the people of afghanistan or the people of the united states we saw this as a way to kind of challenge the narrative of war and then use our voice and actions to do that but you know we see a lot of veterans that go out there in the protests but you make it very personal when you take a service medal that you received for you know the brave deeds that you did out there and then you decided to read your self other to throw it at the nato summit and so in that sense a what is that a

forces and other nato forces from afghanistan is good for afghanistan and good for our allied countries. today we discussed that. we have finalized plans. so 2014 will be a year in which the united states will not be spending as much money in afghanistan as it is spending today. it will save money and we will be providing security ourselves. >> but for another two and a half years until the end of 2014, there will be thousands of american troops in afghanistan. >> yes, yes. >> and that will be expensive. >> it will be expensive, like it was in the past ten years, but this is a commitment that the world community has made to the war on terror, to the security of the united states, to the security of the world and to the security of afghanistan. >> are you satisfied with this withdrawal schedule or is it too fast -- >> no, we are satisfied. >> are you ready to take over all of afghanistan by the end of 2014? >> absolutely. we have already worked out plan to have in six months' time 75% of the country taken over by afghan security forces. >> the new president of france wants all french tro

nato leaders decide how to leave afghanistan. the supply routes through pakistan could make the mission more difficult. >> we did not anticipate the supply line issue was going to be resolved by this summit. we knew that before we arrived in chicago. we are making diligent progress on it. >> carnage and chaos in yemen. a suicide bomber killed more than 90 people at a military parade in the capital. living in a world of fools ♪ >> tributes follow the death of robin givens -- gibbs. the bee gees created a new sound throughout the world. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. leaders of more than 50 nations have promised full support for afghanistan as it prepares to take charge of its own security. nato leaders gathered in chicago and formally endorsed plans to pull out combat troops by the end of 2014. however, a deal between the u.s. and pakistan over nato supply routes crossing the country is perusing -- proving elusive. we have this report from chicago. >> 11 years of war, nearly 3000 allied troops hav

invasion of afghanistan. the people of afghanistan on the mouse laws against that invasion that's why they or nearly eight million refugees in iran and pakistan and the resistance against the soviet union was bridgette to meet in the eyes of the afghan people that's why every afghan was there and fought our come back to this part again the american i live in afghanistan the refugees came back to afghanistan. millions of refugees came back to afghanistan all the jihadi leaders came back to afghanistan all the afghans who are just for. around the world came back to afghanistan the economic development of ghana's than was was much better during the spirit of the presence of the need to in the united states was illegitimate and accepted by the international community russia was part of that decision in the security council to send the forces so this is an entirely different question but when you speak of capacity building the american presence has brought us capacity building in economic and educational and socia