That millions of afghans are expected to vote today. Candidates and journalists have been killed in the last few months. Three of the top contenders in the election promised to sign a troop extension agreement, and that will allow 10,000 troops to remain in the country after the combat Mission Events this year. David shuster takes a look at americas involvement in afghanistan. The United States had troops on the ground in afghanistan since october 2001. 12. 5 years ago in response to the 9 11 attacks. The Bush Administration launched Operation Enduring freedom aimed at dismantling the government. The u. S. Troop levels were constant in afghanistan, at around 30,000. In 2009, in his first year in office. President obama announced a surge of 17,000 and a second surge of an additional 13,000. By september 2010 the u. S. Had 98,000 u. S. Troops in afghanistan. Two years ago the Obama Administration began to scale back the levels, announcing plans for a withdrawal. And the number of u. S. F
Deliver theama will commencement address at west point 11 00 today. We may get some indications about Foreign Policy. He was speaking about the military pullout of afghanistan. Ian bremer will join us as well. Lets do a data check. It just goes higher. The 10 year yield is 2. 49, a euro, hydrocarbons are elevated as well and the vxx is the complacency, gold has gone south. We spent some time looking at gold yesterday. Critical support is 1219 per ounce. Is a big theme for us today this is the vxx rolling over. We are through one standard deviation and in a zone of complacency. This is the lowest we have seen in a long time. Thats why the banks are having trouble trading. We will talk about this today, the complacency out there in the markets. We have looked at the front pages adam johnson . We will start once again in europe where ges jeff imelt met with the french president france francois hopllande. Alstom makes tgv. Just talking about queens this morning . Area ofis somewhat your me
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Executives, and debate the question of National Security versus freedom of information. This 90 minute event was hosted by the new America Foundation. The Gilder Lehrman institute of American History. And dickinson college. Ok, good morning and welcome to the new America Foundation. We are here for the third and in our panel series of president s at war. This is a series for the understanding lincoln course , brought to you by the Gilder Lehrman institute for American History and dickinson college. So we are engaged in a discussion of Abraham Lincoln and his role in his legacy in American Society but were also thinking about how the issues he confronted as a commander in chief, as a president had he president have evolved in the modern day and where they might be headed in the future. This panel is about the role of the press. This is the wartime press and Civil Liberties during war. It is one of the most controversial aspects of lincolns legacy. It remains one of the most controversia
The link to chinas government, and what america is doing to protect our secrets. Campaign 2020. As the president resumes briefing the nation for the first time in three months, democratic nominee joe biden slams his leadership. You know, hes quit on you, and hes quit on this country. Odonnell mystery deepens. Cbs news has learned the antifeminist lawyer accused of ambushing a federal judges home was also targeting another female judge. And, the possible link to another murder in california. The danger indoors a new study warns air conditioning could spread the coronavirus. What you can do to stay safe this summer. And, history on the diamond. A female coach who is truly in a league of her own. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. As the u. S. Approaches four million confirmed cases of coronavirus, tonight a stunning new report from the c. D. C. Suggests the n