people explaining what this mission will look like. not only are we on the one-year anniversary of the bin laden death. this is the ninth anniversary of the infamous mission accomplished speech that president obama gave after iraq. so i think that is two words you will not hear tonight from the president. that said, he is going to be about what is this end game look like in afghanistan? how to bring this to a close, and at the same time try to explain what does this ten-year agreement mean. what does this mean for u.s. troops? what does this mean to an american public that is fatigued? that is what the president is explaining, what this commitment is that he just made on behalf of the united states to afghanistan and a lot of it will have to do with security and we ve been told, he will mention the bin laden anniversary tonight as well. chuck todd. nbc s political director, thank you so much. colonel jack jacobs, you re still with me. i have to ask you.
legendary boston mob boss, whitey bulger is behind bars this morning. june 23rd, 2011. i m chuck todd. let s get to the run down. it was hardly a mission accomplished speech, but given the grim economic economy at home, growing congressional unease about the conflict, the president announced the most significant troop withdrawal since the war began. tonight, we take comfort in knowing that the tide of war is receding. even as there will be dark days ahead in afghanistan, the light of a secure peace can be seen in the distance. these long wars will come to a responsible end. in the end, the president went for the most aggressive compromise plan he can get, his military advisers to sign off on. his decision is not a response to political pressure but the result of successes on the