threat of war recedes, then they say they ll head home to kyiv. michael holmes, cnn, lviv, ukraine. michael, thank you. a group in florida is pushing for eligible voters to be removed from the rolls. so what s behind the group calling itself defend florida? we will explain. and tonight do not miss cnn s all new series, it focuses on the 36th president linden b. johnson and in this preview veteran journalist bob schieffer talks about seeing johnson run for office. a politician had any consciousness of was lyndon johnson. that would have been 1948, he was running for the senate. i was 11 years old. we heard he was coming to the vacant lot where we played baseball in fort worth. it was a big event in the neighborhood because we heard he was coming in a helicopter and we had never seen a helicopter. he had a bull horn and he
out of the nation of when we say the war is drawing down it s the war of tens of thousands of troops. what about the second front which is the nato night raids and and the drone strikes in pakistan. that war seems to be a permanent war. are you concerned about that, michael? i m concerned about it. i think that this gets into the larger issue of sort of the permanent national security state and how do you roll that back? and i think, you know, president i think one of the sort of things that has happened to us is we have got stuck in post-9/11 thinking, spell on foreign policy where the gross overreaction to september 11th we are still feeling the effects to do. as the tide of war recedes, what are the legacies we are going to find abandoned on the beach to mangle some metaphors. congresswoman, michael said the last two years were a failed strategy in afghanistan. do you agree with that?
learned from actions add provide over the last few years. ending the iraq war has allowed us to strike decisive blows against our enemies. the al-qaeda operatives that remain are scrambling knowing they can t escape the reach of the united states of america. [ applause ] from this position of strength we ve begun to wind down the war in afghanistan. 10,000 of our troops have come home, 23,000 more will leave by the end of this summer. this transition to afghan lead will continue and we will build and enduring partnership with afghanistan so it s never again a source of attacks against america. [ applause ] as the tide of war recedes, a wave of change across middle
learned from actions add provide over the last few years. ending the iraq war has allowed us to strike decisive blows against our enemies. the al-qaeda operatives that remain are scrambling knowing they can t escape the reach of the united states of america. [ applause ] from this position of strength we ve begun to wind down the war in afghanistan. 10,000 of our troops have come home, 23,000 more will leave by the end of this summer. this transition to afghan lead will continue and we will build and enduring partnership with afghanistan so it s never again a source of attacks against america. [ applause ] as the tide of war recedes, a wave of change across middle
learned from our actions abroad over the last few years. ending the the iraq war has allowed us to strike decisive blows against our enemies. from pakistan to yemen, the al qaeda operatives who remain are scrambling, knowing that they can t escape the reach of the united states of america. [ applause ] from this position of strength, we ve begun to wind down the war in afghanistan. 10,000 of our troops have come home. 23,000 more will leave by the end of this summer. this transition to afghan lead will continue, and we will build an enduring partnership with afghanistan, so that it is never again a source of attacks against america. [ applause ] as the tide of war recedes, a wave of change has washed across