In the faulken islands. Strong words for the author now. Good morning to you. So glad youre with us. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. 10 00 on the east coast, 7 00 out west during the cnn newsroom and were starting with a strong statement from defense secretary ash carter. He says the Obama Administration still questions its plans to pull out almost all remaining 10,000 u. S. Troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016 as scheduled. Carter arrived in the Afghan Capital kabul this morning. Its his first overseas trip since he was sworn in a few days ago. In a News Conference with the afghan president carter said he will assess the security situation against the taliban. President obama and i discussed in my first meeting in the oval office earlier this week just a few days ago, our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. That is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president gaineys Security Strategy including possible change
You can always rely on theatreland to serve up drama off stage as well as on. Hopefully the spat between Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir David Hare over whether musicals are ‘killing’ theatre will run and run. Writing in The Spectator last week, Hare moaned: ‘Musicals have become the leylandii of theatre, strangling everything