to, to go after isis in particular. but perhaps other jihadists. you agree with that? i do agree with that and, of course, that s the lesson of the complete withdrawal from iraq in december 2011. secretary panetta was there along with our current secretary of defense, general austin, secretary austin, as well as vice president biden who, remember, called up then-president obama and said thank you for allowing me to end this god damn war. paul, think about the conceit behind that statement, that wars end when one party disengages. and we know al-qaeda in iraq didn t look around and say, oh, the americans are gone, let s just stop. they morphed into al-qaeda 2.0 which became isis, the most destructive terrorist organization in history. the terrorist organization that took control of territory size of britain, and it recruited about 30,000 to the cause almost immediately and conducted nearly 200 attacks internationally,
once we hand this territory over to them, they ve declared victory over the united states of america, the world s only super power and they re using that to rally more and more people to their cause. remember, after vice president biden called president obama in december 2011 in baghdad saying thank you for allowing me to end this god damn war. al qaeda didn t look around and say the americans are gone. i think we ll just stop. what they did is they redoubled their efforts and morphed into isis which became the most destructive terrorist organization in history. they recruited 30,000 fighters almost immediately, took over territory the size of britain and then we had to return and wage a sustained campaign against them to deny them the use of territory. by the way, when they controlled that territory, they conducted over 200 attacks. many of them in europe and some inspired in the united states to
0 wants to leave, but you want to get every american citizen who wants to leave out of that country before the military departs. my thanks to john brennan and congressman gallego, a big thanks to all of the other correspondents and guests who joined me this hour. we will take a quick break. we will continue our coverage there in afghanistan. again, 60 people hurt, at least 13 dead according to the taliban. we are not going to take a break, but andrea mitchell reports does start right now. and thank you to craig melvin. good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington with breaking reports out of afghanistan. two separate bombings one near the southeastern abbey gate where thousands of people have been waiting to gain entry and escape taliban rule and the second at the nearby baron hotel. taliban news saying 13 people were killed some of them children by the suicide attack. two u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news while they have no attribution for today s suspected
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her desire from the very beginning was to go back to help her own country and the churches there, how to use music for the lord. reporter: that sponsorship started in the fall of 2010, when aina came to the u.s. to study at a christian college in florida, where nathan would occasionally visit her. what did denise think about that? i asked her more than one time, i said, well, aren t you jealous that he s traveling around with this young girl? and she was like, no, she wasn t jealous at all. this is a girl that they d wanted to help. exactly. and she trusted nathan. reporter: during school vacations, aina would stay in peoria with the whole family. she was really good with the kids, seemed like a sweet girl. in if she was a friend of our daughter s and son-in-law s, i mean, we accepted her into our home. reporter: then, in december 2011, aina left that florida school. she was so close with the leuthold family, she moved in with nathan, denise, and denise s parents