10/09/2024
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan will end by the end of this year"
"We have to step back and make decisions based on threat assessments and where the threat is coming from."
"the United States would be prepared to continue two narrow missions in Afghanistan after 2014: training Afghan forces and supporting counterterrorism operations against the remnants of al-Qa'ida"
"There needs to be a cost."