hi, sergeant tyler baxter, my father. chief master richard baxter. from bagram, afghanistan. wanted to wish our family in missouri happy holidays. barbara starr joins us live now. so, i mean, what s going to happen now? down to the wire with the u.s. starting to pull all of its troops out of the afghanistan if the security agreement isn t signed soon. u.s. wants it signed soon somewhere karzai wants to wait until elections next year. reporter: yeah, you know, how do you resolve this? the u.s., look, could wait a while but it s putting a full court pressure on karzai because it s so uncertain what he s really up to, officials say, and what his thinking really is at this point. so they want to get it settled. and they want to get it settled by the end of the year. if an agreement is signed as many as 12,000 u.s. and nato troops could stay in afghanistan. even the troops at this point, after 12 years, they want to know what their future is, are
troops here. reporter: after 12 years of war with afghan corruption still rampant, billions of dollars in u.s. aid, more than 2,000 troops killed and more than 19,000 wounded, why shouldn t all the american troops just come home? americans are very right to be frustrated with karzai, but frustration is not national security policy. frustration is not foreign policy. reporter: some in the administration believe without a u.s. presence, al qaeda will return. iran s influence may grow and afghanistan will become a radical haven. if things fall apart in afghanistan much of what we ve gained can unravel. we may find ourselves having to go back in again. reporter: for now, however, u.s. troops are thinking about coming home. hi. i m sergeant tyler baxter and this is my father coming to air field in afghanistan. want to wish our family in
believe without a u.s. presence, al qaeda will return. iran s influence may grow, and afghanistan will become a radical haven. if things fall apart in afghanistan, then much of what we have gained can unravel. and we may find ourselves having to go back in again. for now, however, u.s. troops are thinking about coming home. hi, i m sergeant tyler baxter. this is my father. chief master sergeant richard baxter. coming from afghanistan. wanted to wish our family in missouri a happy holidays. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. some troubling signs out of north korea. the rogue nation may be trying to restart an aging nuclear reactor. this is coming from the director of the international atomic energy agency. it s observed activities thus triggering this concern, but the iaea reports since it s been blocked from going to the site,