will give by giving an interview to 60 minutes, saying the u.s. now needs to refocus effort on training afghans to manage their own country, stabilize their own country so the u.s. can decrease the size of their footprint and the president will try to avoid spiking the ball or turning this into a big celebration but you can see the band fired up and the hangar packed with soldiers and they may have a different idea. shepard: why did he choose fort campbell for this? guest: well, this is where the 160th special operations aviation regiment was started. those the guy whose flew the helicopters on this historic mission. interesting unit, tailor made for what they did in pakistan. they are called the night stalkers because they pioneered nighttime flying techniques and while the president is here, he will meet with members of seal team six whose names and faces
laden does speak to the ultimate question of whether the u.s. can start drawing down troops from afghanistan. what happened sunday reconfirms that we can focus on al qaeda, focus on the threats to our homeland, train afghans in a way that allows them to stablize their country. but we don t need to have a perpetual footprint of the size we have now. reporter: fort campbell was chosen because it s home to the 160th special operations aviation regiment. this units seemed tailor made to do exactly what they did in abbottabad. they are made up of lead volunteers. they pioneered nighttime flying techniques. when you read part of their creed wind s i guard my unit s mission with secrecy. my only ally is the night and the elements of surprise.