lived through 9/11 and they were alarmed by what they saw. they believe if it happened in paris, it can happen in new york city. why is new york 9/11 generally alarmed because they blow if it can happen in paris, it can happen in new york city. all we represent in terms of what happened in paris, if you think some of the attacks at the sports stadium, against the president of the country, at entertainment venues, at restaurant venues, all the things that the jihadists hate. here we have the entertainment capital of the world, the news capital of the world, we are all that they hate. we have poured enormous resources into this effort. i m adding another 500 personnel to this direct counterterrorism effort. we re working hard to make sure
is on a better path, but more work lies ahead and america s national security remains very much at stake in that part of the world. so today, after considering input from me, from our top military leaders, the rest of his national security team, our nato allies and the government of afghanistan, the president announced his decision to maintain our current force posture of 9,800 troops through most of next year. by january 2017, u.s. forces will draw down to 5,500 troops and they will be deployed at several locations around afghanistan, including kabul, bagr bagram, kandahar and jalalabad. our counterterrorism effort and our train, advise and assist
effort and support to the afghan security forces. we re adjusting our presence based on conditions on the ground to give the united states and our allies the capability to sustain a robust counterterrorism platform, denying a safe haven for terrorist organizations. this will keep americans safer back home. these changing take into account the progress of afghan forces and the partnership we have form ed with the president. afghan forces have proven thmss to be capable and resilient fighters who are able to provide security for afghanistan. they have performed admirably this fighting season, the first for which the responsibility to fight the taliban has fallen squarely on their shoulders. but taliban advances underscore
cia and the military, which can fly drones out of afghanistan. that was one of major reasons. counterterrorism effort is based on that base and cia wants to keep it up. chuck todd, political animal without equal during a political season, tell me first thoughts when you heard this was going to be the news out of the white house today. as you know, i also spent a long time writing a book about president obama and afghanistan afghanistan was sort of an issue that he struggled to tackle with from the very beginning of his presidency and it has frustrated him to the end of his presidency. first thing i thought about, when he announced the policy which he had been telegraphing a few weeks now he s now doing to the next president what he did not like having done to him. here what happens i mean. president bush delayed a couple of troop increase requests from the pentagon toward the tail end of his presidency.
we re talking about fragmented terrorist members that are already mingling among the civilians. this presents a different nature of that counterterrorism effort, that needs enormous flow of information and it needs very quick response. i m confused about what egypt s position is as far as syria is concerned. what do you hope happens in syria? translator: what i hope for syria is that the statehood does not fall completely into the hands of terrorists and extremists. i don t hope that the syrian army collapses and then its weapons and ammunitions will be at the free play of the extremists. i don t want to see the country dismantling. do you want president ashbas al assad to remain in power? translator: my answer to such