Hundreds of young mathematicians participated in the third annual Cherokee County School District Elementary School Math Competition, and Hickory Flat Elementary School was named the overall champion.
they can seize. it s about preventing the taliban from getting access to the population. the new u.s. commander recently told jim sciutto the insurgency is a challenge to afghanistan s sovereignty. clearly the insurgency is serious right now. it has spread geographically, it has spread inintensity in certain areas and its ability to coerce or control parts of the population has increased. reporter: general mcchrystal s strategy review doubles the number of afghan soldiers and police, improving local governance and concentrating u.s. troops in population center where they should spend less time fighting the taliban and more time protecting the population. our focus was on hunting down terrorists not on protecting population and governance. reporter: to challenge the insurgecy, mcchrystal will soon request thousands more troops but that will be highly controversial and not come without cost. the u.s. has already doubled the number of troops this year and the last two
prosecution but is leaving that decision to attorney general eric holder. you are the commender in chief. so if you don t want it done, it doesn t happen. reporter: but some democrats argue a full accounting and revision of bush era policies is necessary. a lot of people in this country like tom ridge, the whole united states military being like the fbi think that these policies don t make us safer. reporter: republicans accuse the president of having a hand in the attorney general s accounting of the former administration s detainee policy, a charge the white house denies. turning now to the war in afghanistan. at least 47 americans were killed last month, a record esthe calating violenc the escalating violence and increased risk facing u.s. troops there has the top americ commander forming a new battle plan. nick schifrin reports from afghanistan. reporter: nearly eight years after this war began, the u.s. admits it s not winning and has not improved the lives o