to fox news sunday. thank you so much. good to talk could you. chris: nato agreed to 2014 for turning over security responsibility to the afghans. does that mean that the u.s. will have combat troops there for the next four years and possibly beyond? chris, i think what happened today was a real vote of confidence in the strategy that is being pursued by the nato isap coalition. we are following the lead of president karzai and the africans who have set 2014 as the year during which security will be transitioned to the afghans. there was discussion today and an agreement by the nato and isap partners that there will be a continuing effort to train and equip and support the afghans. but the point of the declaration by the nato isap partners is that the transition
is working what was particularly reassuring is that the expressions of support that came from the nato isap partner countries also recognized that we are making progress on the ground. now, when you are engaged in both trying to kill and capture the enemy and get support from the local population you have to be always asking yourself is what i m doing keeping that balance. general petraeus understands that probably better than any one. in my conversation with president karzai and the meeting that i just came from that president obama had with president karzai, we were very clear in saying we have to continue to do what is working but we cannot do it to the extent that it turns people against the very strategy that is working. and it is a constant this is a constant evaluation and i think it shows the level of real dialogue that is going on between us. chris: and did president
is working what was particularly reassuring is that the expressions of support that came from the nato isap partner countries also recognized that we are making progress on the ground. now, when you are engaged in both trying to kill and capture the enemy and get support from the local population you have to be always asking yourself is what i m doing keeping that balance. general petraeus understands that probably better than any one. in my conversation with president karzai and the meeting that i just came from that president obama had with president karzai, we were very clear in saying we have to continue to do what is working but we cannot do it to the extent that it turns people against the very strategy that is working. and it is a constant this is a constant evaluation and i think it shows the level of real dialogue that is going on between us.
to fox news sunday. thank you so much. good to talk could you. chris: nato agreed to 2014 for turning over security responsibility to the afghans. does that mean that the u.s. will have combat troops there for the next four years and possibly beyond? chris, i think what happened today was a real vote of confidence in the strategy that is being pursued by the nato isap coalition. we are following the lead of president karzai and the africans who have set 2014 as the year during which security will be transitioned to the afghans. there was discussion today and an agreement by the nato and isap partners that there will be a continuing effort to train and equip and support the afghans. but the point of the declaration by the nato isap partners is that the transition
to fox news sunday. thank you, chris, good to talk to you. chris: nato now agreed to a goal of 2014 for turning over securities responsibilities to the afghans, does that mean that the u.s. will have combat troops there for the next four years, and, possibly beyond? well, chris, i think what happened today was a real vote of confidence in the strategy that is pursued by the nato isap coalition. we are following the lead of president karzai and the afghans who set 2014 as the year during which security will be transitioned to the afghans. there was discussion today and an agreement by the nato and isap partners that there will be a continuing effort to train and equip and support the afghans, but the points of the declaration by the nato iasf