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Hour fast ball. We begin with what may be the end of the war in afghanistan. For u. S. Troops, families, country. The battle has been waged for more than a dozen years. Three times longer than world war ii. President obama announced his lodgeawaited exit plan. Reporter appearing in the rose garden president obama made the announcement on. Its time to turn the page on more than a decade in which Foreign Policy was focussed on the wars in iran, iraq and afghanistan. Reporter the president promised the end the role of americans, but what is unclear is the numbers staying in afghanistan and their mission. At the height of the surge, the u. S. Had 100,000 troops on the ground. By the time of his surprise visit to bagram on sunday, the number was 32,000. President obama says at the beginning of next year therell be 9,800 mens left. That number cut in half by the end of the year and at the end of 2016. The president says the u. S. Will have an embassy present. At the end of the war, more than
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Government shutdowns and shouty town hauls about health care. I got told on twitter yesterday, screaming, all the old talking points. Something called with a talking point this week. The president has no transparency, nobody was able to see. It was all passed under the cloak of night and secret. Right, oh, that was musty, it had math balls on it. Here she is, nurse jacki, today, president obama will meet in with Prime Minister and the the i. M. S. Has has given the struggling european nation billions of dollars in bailout money said greece is on the right track, but needs to raise taxes. The white house has announced to president obamas going to make a speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial this month further 50th anniversary of Martin Luthers i have a dream speech, called the let freedom ring event. It commemorates the march on washington, which drew some 250,000 people. We heard from Mark Zukerburg about why he is backing Immigration Reform. He is launching an ad campaign to try
Good evening, everyone. Im erin burnett. Cnn has learned that al qaeda is in the final stages of planning a terrorist attack. The threat comes from al qaeda in yemen. The state department has issued a Global Travel alert to american citizens abroad and plans to shut down 21 embassies. Now this warning is broad, never heard of anything quite so broad before. How much more do you know at this point . Well, erin, what our sources are telling us here at cnn is that the threat centers around al qaeda in yemen. They have been watching a threat stream. And they call it not the usual threat stream, for several weeks and in recent days. It began to come together. And they really do feel that they have a very, serious credible threat from al qaeda in yemen. The question on the table, of course is, is it directed at a target in yemen, a lot of concern about the u. S. Embassy in yemen, but you have the broader threat that theyre addressing by closing embassies across the region. So a lot of concer