that. the troops are being withdrawn earlier than most of the commander wanted. more than people expected. before the fighting season is over. he risks sell britting a victory when there is no victory. bret: the white house released excerpts from the speech tonight. he will say last year we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 leave by the end of the summer. after that, reduction continue at steady pace. more of the troops coming home. by the end of 2014 he will say afghans responsible for their country. the agreement today extends the relationship and support from 2014 to 2024. it says the u.s. troops will not be in combat, in combat mode. there to supplement, train, support afghan troops. the president makes note he will have the nato summit in
threat as well this morning. reynolds wolf standing by. he ll be here in a moment with the latest from there and all over the country. and herman cain is out. so who s in the best position to take iowa and maybe even take some of his supporters? we ve got new poll numbers out. going give us some clues. let s get through some of the morning s headlines now. police in riot gear swept into a portland park kicking out occupy protesters overnight. a number of them were arrested. they had set up camps there after being kicked out of another park by police a few weeks ago. after police cleared the park, city workers came through, tore down all the tent. while they were doing that, the occupy protesters roamed the streets looking for a new place to set up. one of the reasons that i ran for president of the united states was such that i could change washington, d.c., from the inside. plan b is that we are going to have to change it from the outside. [ cheers ] yeah. he moved on