i m glad it s not going to be zero. for an awfully long time, the house intelligence committee on which i serve and many conservatives in the house have understood that the threat remains in afghanistan, the threat to the united states remains, and so i m very glad the president will turn over to the next president an opportunity to continue our efforts in afghanistan. are these forces trainable in syria, the rebel forces where obviously we found it has not been very successful, in iraq, a similar problem and now in afghanistan once again, we are having to leave troops there. is this strategy of trying to train these folks that we believe are on our side of those countries, one that can succeed? the president s strategy has been iraq since the beginning but the idea you can train folks, i have traveled to afghanistan, i have watched some of the training we have conducted with the police force and the afghani national security forces. they are trainable. it takes an awfully long tim
i think that kind of service is what a lot of the american public don t understand or realize which is why for us, the biggest take-away today was not only supporting them now. you mentioned 14 years of war. over the next 40, 50, 60 years, when these men and women come home, we will continually need to support them when they are out of uniform, when they are leaders in their local communities and cities and towns across the country. we will continue to need to fully fund the v.a. we need mental health support for these men and women who have experienced trauma. it s not just about the context of what s happening right now or next year. it s over the rest of this generation. bill roush, political director for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america and also veteran himself, nice to see you. thanks for your service. thank you. anxious israel. security forces shut down crossings in the palestinian areas. is this enough to prevent further violence? the israeli ambassador to the