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The attack took place in the achin district. They have been fighting against extremist factions in that area. The afghan soldier was a taliban militant. Nbcs National Security producer Courtney Kube is following the latest for us. What more are we learning about this insider attack . Well, as you mentioned, richard, there were three u. S. Soldiers who were shot and killed in this attack. They were shot by someone wearing an Afghan Commando uniform. We dont know yet whether that individual was in fact an Afghan Commando, someone who infiltrated the military or someone who may have just been wearing the uniform. In the years past in afghanistan, weve seen both things happen. It was an insider attack, what the military often calls a greenonblue in eastern afghanist ....
Lives of 2300 american servicemen and women, and cost american taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. For years, before President Trump was responsible for the conduct of the war, he was firmly against the war. October of 2011, he tweeted, when will we stop wasting our money on rebuilding afghanistan. In march of 2012, afghanistan is a disaster. We dont know what we are doing. January of 2013, i agree with president obama in afghanistan. We should have a speedy withdrawal. Why keep wasting our money . Rebuild the u. S. March that same year, we should leave afghanistan immediately, no more wasted lives. If we have to go back in, we rebuild the u. S. First. When citizen President Trump became candidate trump, his views, as they say, evolved. Do you believe that american boots should stay on the ground in afghanistan to stabilize the situation . I wouldnt totally disagree ....
Was listening to the ann coulters, the bill oreillys of the world. This is the consequence of a president who walked away from the deals that the republicans and democrats together had agreed upon. Good saturday morning to you. Im victor blackwell. Im leyla santiago in for christi paul this morning. For the third time this year alone the government has shut down at least partially. This after lawmakers tried and failed to pass a spending bill with border funding for the wall that the president wants. Midnight came and went. So the question now how long will this shutdown last. Thousands of federal workers may have to wait. A lot of them continuing to report to work when all they opt that christmas list, a paycheck. Now the week after he told Democratic Leaders that he would be proud to take the blame for a border wall shutdown, President Trump says its the democrats faul ....
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Im natalie allen. Im George Howell. From cnn world headquarters, newsroom starts right now. It is 4 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast. Thanks for being with us. And for the past four hours, parts of the United States government has been shut down. What that means is that hundreds of thousands of federal employees will feel the pain and the question, for how long . Who knows. Not the holiday gift they wanted of course from their leaders. Nearly a half million employees will be expected to work without pay until lawmakers make a deal. Lawmakers left washington friday without a bill to fund the government by a midnight deadline. They are deadlocked over, you know what it is, President Trumps demand to fund a border wall which democrats oppose. Call it a democrat shutdown. Call it whatever you want. But we need their help ....