made her available to us since we interviewed her back in september of 2012, just five days after the benghazi attack. and we re back now with a panel. well, before we get to the president s speech, i want to discuss the prisoner swap that took place last night. we got back sergeant bo bergdahl who has been held captive by the taliban since 2009. in return, we handed over the so-called taliban five who were being held at gawn tan know. they will be reportedly held in qater. we re giving up a intelligence chief, military commander, some of them wanted by the u.n. for war crimes. what do you make of this? it s wonderful that bergdahl has been freed but this is a guidely misstep to take.
never happens again. let me pick up on that because secretary clinton says all the questions have been answers but we have found out in the hearings that the deputy chief of mission in tripoli that night, the deputy head of intelligence for united states forces in africa, they all knew right away this was not a protest, it was not about the video but a terrorist attack so why does she keep pushing the narrative of the video for weeks? the narrative the video was a mixed narrative from intelligence. david petraeus looked at that. wait, wait, wait, the c.i.a., the deputy testified when susan rice on this show in september of 2012 said it is a video he thought, we never said that. it is certainly everyone saw
america has rarely been stronger relative to the rest of the world. those who argue otherwise to suggest that america is in decline or has seen its global leadership slip away are either misreading history or engaged in partisan politics. president obama at west point this week firing back at critics of his foreign policy. by the way, national security advisor susan rice is appearing on two sunday shows today. the white house still has not made her available to us since we intud her back in september of 2012 just five days after the benghazi attack. more back now with the panel. before we get to the president s speech, i want to discuss the prisoner swap that took place last night. we got back sergeant bowee bergdahl who has been held
activist of the world. but we also kind of believe that there s a part of her that belongs just to us. in september of 2012, dr. angelou invited me once again to her home for what i now know was the last time, and i had the opportunity to sit down with her for a wide-ranging interview. here s part of that interview. i took your class when i was a sophomore here at wake forest. yes. and i will never forget two important lessons, and i wanted to ask you about both of them. please. the first is the lesson that courage is the most important virtue, because without it, nothing else can be practiced consistently. that s right. your memory is good. i have said it to myself over and over for 20 years. when you look at our current world, do we lack courage?
will be sending vets to private doctors for care, that s something they already did, to the tune of about $4.8 billion a year and some critics say it s something they could have increased much earlier than now. wendell, thank you very much for that flag report. meanwhile as wendell just reported, the president ask after mr. obama took office in may of 2009, the number of troops surpassed 50,000 as fighting intensified. in december of that year, the president gave the pentagon the authority to deploy up to 102,000 troops to the afghan war. in august of 2010, the additional troops were in place as the u.s. force size hit 100,000. and in june, the president announced a withdrawal plan, and in september of 2012, troop levels fell to 77,000 as the final surge of course is