fascinating and happy holiday to you, my friend. you, too. the taliban claimed responsibility for this morning s attack on the u.s. embassy in is afghanistan s capital. two rounds hit the compound in kabul. no one was hurt. the attack comes at a crucial point for u.s. relations with afghanistan. the two countries are right now working on a security deal to define the u.s. military presence there in afghanistan after 2012 when the nato-led force is scheduled to leave. 50 u.s. marines are spending christmas on stand by in case more evacuations are needed in south sudan. the marines were deployed to nearby uganda. so far almost 400 americans have been evacuated after violence broke out in the region. let s bring ing inpentagon correspondent barb barb star to talk more about this. barbara, what are you hearing? are these marines in uganda on call for more american evacuations? does it seem like they might go into south sudan or is this very much a just in case? i think on call probab
christmas. i m brianna keelner washington. wolf blitzer is off today. a merry christmas message from the president. he offered a heartfelt thanks to the troops overseas but also offered this nugget. here s the good news. for many of our troops and newest veterans, this might be the first time in years they ve been with their families on christmas. in fact, with the iraq war over and the transition in afghanistan, fewer of our men and women in uniform are deployed in harm s way than at any time in the last decade. and that s something that we all can be thankful for and with more and more of our troops back here at home, now it s our turn to serve. it s our turn to step up and show our gratitude for the military families who have given us so much. our athena jones is in honolulu, hawaii, working very hard on this holiday where the obamas are on vacation. maybe not surprising president obama didn t mention health care in his christmas message, but that s certainly something
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income, they will go in very ready for whatever happens. that s right. one of those navy s.e.a.l.s was wounded particularly badly, very critical condition. do you have any word on what you re hearing about that marine s medical condition? we hopefully have very good word about that navy s.e.a.l. he today we are told, finally is being transferred from nairobi, kenya, where he s undergone several surgeries for his injuries. and is going by military air medical evacuation plane back to the military hospital at landstuhl, germany, which, of course, has treated thousands of wounded from the wars in afghanistan and iraq over the years. his other three buddies were already transferred there a couple of days ago, but this one navy s.e.a.l. has had a very rough time of it. so do you read that as pretty good, barbara? because when he stayed in nairobi and the others went to germany you got a sense of how touch and go things were. do we take this as a really good sign he s able to be