60,000 are being taught to read and write every day. they have been reintegrated to afghan society but they say general petraeus and the team, they expect the taliban violence to spike this summer and expect more attacks like the one that killed nine americans this week. we now have information about that attack. the u.s. service members were seated at a meeting with the afghan officer. armed at the time and never had a chance to draw their weapons and leave behind 19 children among them. bret: so sad. jennifer, thank you. the royal wedding is not the only huge event this weekend in europe. catholics from all over the continent will be in rome. at a special ceremony for a beloved leader. correspondent greg burke explains. reporter: hundreds of thousands go to the church as they are going to have the
pentagon it costs the taxpayer $344,259 to produce. it s the first report on afghanistan since the 30,000 surge troops finished arriving last november. its conclusion, overall the progress across afghanistan remains fragile and reversible, but the momentum generated over the last six months has established the necessary conditions for the commencement of the transition of security responsibilities to afghan forces in seven areas this summer. fragile and reversible, a phrase favored by general petraeus who has not yet offered his recommendations for how steep a drawdown he recommends in july. the president has said it will be more than token gesture. today s progress report suggests there is still a shortage of trainers for afghan military. but notes that since september 30 of last year, afghanistan has added more than 36,000 new recruits to the afghan national security forces.
steel is going global. in the 900th issue of action comic, superman says, i intend to speak before the united nations tomorrow and inform them that i am renouncing my u.s. citizenship. i m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of u.s. policy. truth, justice and the american way is not enough anymore. superman s creators defend the decision saying the man of steel always embraced american values but a g.o.p. activist says, besides being riddled with a blatant lack of patriotism, superman s current creators are belittling the united states as a whole. grapevine would like to point out for the record that superman is not a real person. now on to the very real conflict in afghanistan. and the latest assessment of just how it is going. here is national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. good evening. hi, bret. the semi-annual report is ordered by congress as part of the defense appropriation bill, and according to the