intelligence, and civilian personnel. they served there with extraordinary skill and valor, and it s worth remembering especially the more than 2,200 american patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice in afghanistan. i visited our troops in afghanistan last year to thank them on behalf of a grateful nation. i told them they could take great pride in the progress that they helped achieve. they struck devastating blows against the al qaeda leadership in the tribal regions, delivered justice to osama bin laden, prevented terrorist attacks, and saved american lives. they pushed the taliban back so the afghan people could reclaim their communities. send their daughters to school. and improve their lives. our troops trained afghan forces so they could take the lead for their own security. and protect afghans as they voted in historic elections leading to the first democratic transfer of power in their
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intelligence, command and control. all of those things, even 13 years into this the afghans are not capable of doing. we have to backstop them, otherwise, the danger is as the new campaign season starts the afghans will be in real trouble, jon. jon: general bob scales, you will joins in the next hour of happening now. we will have more questions for you then. thanks for being here now. jenna: hillary clinton getting high marks in the media for her debate performance as vice president biden continues to consider whether he will run for president. political insiders say her strong showing that biden missed opportunity to jump in the race earlier. article in the wall street journal quote, a polished performance from hillary clinton in the first democrat presidential debate serve ad noticeable shift in the party, with many democrats saying mr. biden might have missed his moment and might find little room to manuever in the primary field. the white house feeling debate
maintain 5,500 troops at a small number of bases including at bagram, jalalbad and kandahar. our mission will not change. our focus will be on training afghans and counterterrorism operations. but these bases will give us the presence and the reach our forces require to achieve their mission. in this sense, afghanistan is a key piece of the network of counterterrorism partnerships that we feed from south asia to africa to deal more broadly with terrorist threats quickly and prevent attacks against our homeland. third, we will work with allies and partners to align the steps i m announcing today with their own presence in afghanistan after 2016. in afghanistan, we are part of a coalition and our nato allies and partners can continue to
tonight for the first time since 9/11, our combat mission in afghanistan is over. by the end of this year, the transition will be complete, and afghans will take full responsibility for their security, and our combat mission will be over. america s war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end. with afghan forces now in the lead for their own security, our troops have moved to a support role. together with our allies, we will complete our mission there by the end of this year, and america s longest war will finally be over. jenna: we have some great guests to go over what the president has to say in just a moment, but let s listen to the president now and these historic remarks. more than 13 years after our nation was attacked by al-qaeda on 9/11, america s combat mission in afghanistan came to a responsible end. that milestone was achieved thanks to the courage and the skill of our military, our intelligence and civilian personnel.
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