of new democracy. we are building an enduring partnership with them. together wee matter tremendous progress. and through all of this, the world from the field has always been positive. you hear and see it over and over again, where we re, quote, making problem. today we re face-to-face with a report that all these gung ho assessments were wrong, that we have failed to built a counter-force, that the afghan army is not up to defending itself or the country. stable areas don t outlost the on the ground presence of american allied troops. reports, offer reasons, that afghan lacks a history of a central government, our military commanders could never steve articulate a mission over there. nbc news has not verified the
not necessarily trust that a lot of people around the world they want power and unfortunately they are drastic. generally terrible people. you have some counterforce to that. give an afghan government that is not exactly awesome at what it does but nonetheless it will be a counterforce in of course the threshold issue could not be that it is sort of trustworthy or good people is whether we have achieved our fundamental objectives and whether these forces would be better used elsewhere. do you think we can achieve those objectives of preventing afghanistan from being a terrorist base if we withdraw? the first objectives weren t as sweeping as those. it was to get the person that brought us september 11 as far as well there be jihadist
united states he couldn t have conflicts of interest so he didn t have to divest himself of financial or business holdings. who knew health care was hard. who knew. who knew article 2 made you all powerful? he s going to interpret everything he learns on the go as empowering him to do whatever he wants to do. that s not going to be a new phenomenon. the problem we re seeing in this is there s no counterforce. there s no one in the gop specifically who is saying no, you re demeaning the office. no, you re redefining the office in the wrong direction, and we as a party and as a country should hold this institution in a different regard. mike, you get the final 30 seconds. can the house compel don mcgahn to come in? this is going to be a real fight. what democrats are hoping tomorrow is mueller helps them make the case legally for why it s critical to bring him in. mcgahn is perhaps the most critical witness. the contradiction is not courts,
powerful? he s going to interpret everything he learns on the go as empowering him to do whatever he wants to do. that s not going to be a new phenomenon. the problem we re seeing in this is there s no counterforce. there s no one in the gop specifically who is saying no, you re demeaning the office. no, you re redefining the office in the wrong direction, and we as a party and as a country should hold this institution in a different regard. mike, you get the final 30 seconds. can the house compel don mcgahn to come in? this is going to be a real fight. what democrats are hoping tomorrow is mueller helps them make the case legally for why it s critical to bring him in. mcgahn is perhaps the most critical witness. the contradiction is not courts, you may need an impeachment process already underway to pierce that executive privilege which the white house says bars mcgahn from testifying and
he s going to interpret everything he learns on the go as empowering him to do whatever he wants to do. that s not going to be a new phenomenon. the problem we re seeing in this is there s no counterforce. there s no one in the gop specifically who is saying no, you re demeaning the office. no, you re redefining the office in the wrong direction, and we as a party and as a country should hold this institution in a different regard. mike, you get the final 30 seconds. can the house compel don mcgahn to come in? this is going to be a real fight. what democrats are hoping tomorrow is mueller helps them make the case legally for why it s critical to bring him in. mcgahn is perhaps the most critical witness. the contradiction is not courts, you may need an impeachment process already underway to pierce that executive privilege which the white house says bars mcgahn from testifying and democrats think they need mcgahn to make the impeachment case. democrats believe the courts are