." >>> good evening, i'm ed henry in for bret bare. president obama says that afghanistan has eliminated terrorism. while one mission closes in the region, others await. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has our top story tonight. >> reporter: visiting u.s. troops on christmas day at a marine corps base while vacationing in hawaii, the president expressed optimism after declaring combat missions in afghanistan are now over. >> because of the extraordinary service of the men and women in the american armed forces, afghanistan has a chance to rebuild it's own country. we are safer, it's not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again. >> a bold prediction about the future as the taliban and al qaeda moves next door. today pakistani officials say they killed the alleged planner of the school massacre that left more than 130 dead in peshawar. in and two u.s. done strikes in north waziristan friday, killed nine people including four us beck fighters. cooperation between the u.s. and pakistani militaries has him proved sin

." >>> good evening, i'm ed henry in for bret bare. president obama says that afghanistan has eliminated terrorism. while one mission closes in the region, others await. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has our top story tonight. >> reporter: visiting u.s. troops on christmas day at a marine corps base while vacationing in hawaii, the president