influence is spreading from southern afghanistan to the west and to the north. here is the chairman of the joint chiefs on that. the taliban have a growing influence in most of afghanistan s provinces and the border area between that country and pakistan remains the epicenter of global terrorism. the epicenter of global terrorism, a stark warning from the chairman of the joint chiefs, trace. mike, what more do we know about the time table to end u.s. troops to afghanistan? well, admiral mullen said that 400 of the additional troops are there right now on the ground in afghanistan. some 18,000 will be there by late spring and full complement of the 30,000 surge forces there by the end of the summer and then the hope is that they will be able to take the fight to the taliban which has spread its influence to the west and the north. theyville a big fight on their hands, trace. as the u.s. sends more troops into war the pentagon made waves with an announcement on the very controv
his lack of knowledge of afghanistan in the first meeting days after the president was sworn in office. they met months later face-to-face while the president agonized over the afghanistan strategy. mcchrystal scoffed at vice president biden who opposed mcchrystal s successful push for surge forces in afghanistan asking at one point, who s that? mcchrystal is portrayed as exacerbated with holbrook, and john ikenberry, the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. mcchrystal aide called jim jones, national security advisor, a clown. the magnitude and the greatness of the mistake here are profound. is mcchrystal s job in jeopardy? we ll have more to say after that meeting. i d say all options are on the table. reporter: u.s. casualties in afghanistan now longer war than vietnam recently hit 1,000. doubts are rising in democratic circles okaying president obama s request for additional war funds. in that atmosphere, white