the president making announcement after meeting with harmid karzai at the white house. let me say this as plainly as i can starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission. training, advising. assisting afghan forces. in their support role coalition force also leave afghan villages and control of detention centers handed over. still unanswered how many troops will stay behind after the war ends in 2014. the numbers are not going to make a difference to the situation in afghanistan. it s the draw of the relationship that will make the afghanistan and in the region. the specifics of numbers are issues that the military will decide in afghanistan will have no particular concern. this week the white house said it would consider leaving zero troops behind and the
atlanta and the road map to the u.s. supreme court. shepard: phil keating live in pensacola. thanks. federal regulators with what could be a crucial decision for the hundreds of thousands of americans battling breast cancer. it concerns the popular drug avastin. the food and drug administration reports new evidence shows that the drug s risk outweighs its benefits. and it s recommending doctors no longer use it to treat breast cancer patients. the f.d.a. making announcement after reviewing several clinical studies in women. but some doctors and patients reportedly defending the drug and saying it should remain available. cool critters. we re heading to a miami to miami s dolphin to meet its newest addition. we re getting word of a movement in the house on that tax cut package. that and updates on the rest of the night s story just ahead. anp to bring you a low-price medicare prescription drug plan that has the lowest national premium in the country of only $14.80 per month. so you
again, it s called al tanf. it s a well-known place, sort of on the map internationally. not just because it defines that triangle, not just because it s tucked in that strategic country where those three countries meet. it s a high-profile spot because that s where u.s. troops are based in syria. it s not the oy place but it s one of them. the united states has about a thousand servicemen and women on the ground in syria the new administration has quietly arranged to send hundreds more into syria but because they have abandoned the practice of previous administrations of making announcement about those troop deployments, we don t know much about where the new americans are going. we know that several hundred
that they obliterated the border, that spot, al tanf was considered to be an important supply line for isis for isis-controlled cities in iraq and the ones in syria. again, it s called al tanf. it s a well-known place, sort of on the map internationally. not just because it defines that triangle, not just because it s tucked in that strategic country where those three countries meet. it s a high-profile spot because that s where u.s. troops are based in syria. it s not the only place but it s one of them. the united states has about a thousand servicemen and women on the ground in syria the new administration has quietly arranged to send hundreds more into syria but because they have abandoned the practice of previous administrations of making announcement about those
thousand servicemen and women on the ground in syria the new administration has quietly arranged to send hundreds more into syria but because they have abandoned the practice of previous administrations of making announcement about those troop deployments, we don t know much about where the new americans are going. we know that several hundred u.s. marines set up an artillery base several weeks ago. we know, of course, u.s. pilots are flying bombing raids against isis targets in syria basically every day. but the biggest, longest standing compliment of u.s. troops in syria are the special operations troops. and special operators will sometimes do raids themselves on high-value targets. but their primary mission and what they spend most of their time doing is arming and training and assisting some of the rebels that are fighting in the syrian civil war, rebels that specifically are fighting against isis. and even though these are special operations forces who