today his top military advisor and the outgoing top commander in afghanistan said they have some concerns about that timetable. i do not intend to discuss specifics of the private advice i rendered with respect to the decisions. as i said, i support them. what i can tell you that the president decision are more aggressive and incur more risk than i was originally prepared to accept. the ultimate decision was more aggressive formulation if you will in terms of time line than what we recommended. now that the decision has been made, david petraeus says it s the responsibility of the military to salute smartly. hillary clinton echoed the president s argument that now is the right time to start troop withdrawals. we have broken the taliban s momentum so we do begin the draw down from a position of strength. some lawmakers aren t so sure that the president has
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standing at attention in 110-degrees, little wonder it s called the passing out. it s coming after obama said he d withdrawal a third of the troops by next summer. new recruits to the afghan army today but they need many more than the thousands you see her today if the afghan security forces will be responsible to keep the country safe by 2014. looking on, the u.s. military confident it can help bump up the afghan by extra 30,000 trained men by october next year. that puts soldiers to the brigade and and in turn will mean it will take ownership of the land, allowing the coalition to transition. afghan [ inaudible ] not convinced that the security forces can lead by then. they don t have good weapons or helicopters he tells me.
so nina, ice, immigration and custom enforcement announced changes to the deportation program. agents are now specifically urged to consider whether an illegal is studying in high school or college or is serving or did serve in the military. critics are saying this is a way the administration is using to try to get the dream act i plemented though congress refused to pass it. is that legitimate? it is. activists, immigration right activists have been pressing the president to do this. because they couldn t get the dream act enacted. they have been saying let s do it administratively. he has done the same thing on labor issues, union issues. that said, i think the point out the need for comprehensive immigration reform. massive deportation of college students is not, you know, not the answer. and you ve got, you ve got the southern baptists now, and the
by end of next summer. today his top military advisor and the outgoing top commander in afghanistan said they have some concerns about that timetable. i do not intend to discuss specifics of the private advice i rendered with respect to the decisions. as i said, i support them. what i can tell you that the president decision are more aggressive and incur more risk than i was originally prepared to accept. the ultimate decision was more aggressive formulation if you will in terms of time line than what we recommended. now that the decision has been made, david petraeus says it s the responsibility of the military to salute smartly. hillary clinton echoed the president s argument that now is the right time to start troop withdrawals. we have broken the taliban s momentum so we do begin the draw down from a position of strength.