while minimizing the strain and exposure on our men and became in uniform and women in uniform and make sure we are constantly emphasizing to the afghan people this is their country, and they ve got to defend it. but we re going to be a steady parter partner for them. thank you, everybody. jenna: the president taking a bit of a surprise question, answering a journalist who asked are you disappointed? the president as early as 2009 was really talking about ending the war in afghanistan and had repeatedly laid out his plan to do so ministration. so this is a change. 9,800 troops with two narrow taskings as the president describes it, training the afghan forces and supporting counterterrorism operations, not being in any sort of combat role. a lot to talk about here. we re going to bring in lieutenant colonel tony be schafer, senior fellow at the london center for policy research. he conducted cross-border raids into pakistan from pakistan into afghanistan back in 2003.