and nato forces general john campbell. he has suggested slowing down the number of u.s. troops, leaving the country by the 2016 deadline. and there's also this: they're not just going to continue with the draw down. in fact they're sending in more troops. members of the seventh infantry division headquarters unit from joint base lewis mcanchored in washington state are going to be deploying, into canada, one of the hotly contested places for what general campbell would like to see and more important what president ashraf ghani would like to see. >> when we look at syria and iraq we see power vacuums particularly in iraq the president wants to be very clear that there's a strong government in kabul. at the same time they are equally worried if not more so about the resur gent resurgent taliban. >> particularly now that ashraf ghani has become the new president of the country to actually engage in afghan to afghan peace talks to find some sort of political accommodation because the u.s. says while it has its own issues with the taliban, the taliban is considered a viable p

reporter: in response to a growing number of casualties within the afghan security force, general john campbell says the obama administration is considering slowing down troop withdrawals. he is looking to keep 5500 troops behind. >> i have provided options to my chain of command to take a look at as we do this winter update for additional options. >> you provided those options. do you favor them? >> absolutely. >> reporter: in yemen, u.s. diplomats fled the embassy there in the wake of the iran uprising of rebels. now reports that u.s. marines were able to destroy vehicles and weapons before they left to the wrong hands, the question is who is guarding the u.s. embassy itself. >> we expect them to respect international conventions and we expect to be able to return to the embassy in the same condition. >> reporter: back on capitol hill, congress continues to weigh a request from the president for authority to take the fight to isis. but the political rift is growing wider. democrats want reassurances the battle will not go to the ground while republicans say air strikes alone are not enough. >

. >>> general john campbell testified at hearing about planned troop withdrawal. arizona senator john mccain chairs this 2 hour hearing. >> good morning. committee meets today to sever testimony on afghanistan. i want to thank general campbell, the commanders of the resolution port mission and u.s. forces afghanistan for appearing before us today about security conditions on the ground, the development of the afghan national security forces and the way forward. general, we've been blessed by a serious of great military leaders of our forces and allied forces in afghanistan and you are a worthy successor to those outstanding leaders in my view. the troop draw down is under white house review. as the white house deliberates the current plan is set to reduce the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan to about 5500 beginning in the middle of this year's fighting season. the plan was first announced by president obama in may 2014 before it was known that the afghan presidential transition would require almost six months to conclude before the appearance of isis on the afg

he met by general john campbell who said he wants more flexibility in how to bring troops out.nt to meet with the new afghan president, and carter said that he credited what he called a major change in the afghan unity government's attitude to the united states which he said is an important factor in him deciding to look into changing the withdrawal schedule for u.s. troops. >> our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. that is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president ghani's security strategy. including possible changes to the time line for our drawdown of u.s. troops. >> reporter: now u.s. afghan commander general campbell told reporters that those changes would be within the framework of president obama's time frame for getting the troops home but there might be some adjustments made and the thinking is by the time president ghani meets with president obama next month, they might be in a position to announce a new timetable for the withdraw. >> all right. secretary carter also talked about the fight against isi

we heard from general john campbell in charge of the american cocan alition. he feels good of the last six months on the ground in afghanistan and we are hearing that the next wave of night raids are not just going to focus on taking out insurgents that pops up on a screen instead, the targets will be more carefully selected as people who are known to be targeting american interest or someone who tried to attack jon. >> the afghan war is not exactly over. peter doocey, thank you. >> and we'll turn now to isis and a key victory by iraqi forces over the terrorist. they managed to turn back an assault in the western an bar province in iraq. a place where 300 american marines are stationed. and a another hearing on capitol hill as law makers look in to isis growth. kathryn, welcome to you. what do you have to tell us about the events in the last 24 hours? >> reporter: thank you, jenna. general michael flynn is a credible voice on the subject and said the threat of islamic terrorism is unacceptable levels and no evidence that it has peaked. >> i have the unhappy ta

general john campbell is leading the new nato transition mission in afghanistan with coalition forcess. troops are leaving. >> the four-star general in control of the port told me afghanistan is fighting hard to build an effective security force to protect its own people. >> the last fighting season the summer of '14, they were almost all on their own. they had to lead security, and they were proud of that. >> they were assisting afghan security forces. when they die their memories are honored at the base every week. ♪ [taps] >> the people of afghanistan give thanks for your support. >> as you saw, we had a member from the afghan army out there. he thanked the coalition. something you didn't hear a lot with under president karzai but under this new government they have embraced the international community. >> general campbell understands the importance of improving the economy, and has followed the work of "roots of peace" in afghanistan working on agricultural development. he met with the founders at the base. they planted a cherry tree as a symbol of hope. i first went to afghanista

. >> despite those efforts isis has now spread to afghanistan, even though john campbell said afghan security forces wouldn't let that happen. yet forces confirmed today a taliban commander had become a recruiter for isis in afghanistan before being killed monday by an american drone strike. another reason why republicans today said they'll dig into the details of the president's new authorization for the use of military force against isis. >> for the past six years, the administration's consistent dithering has made the world less, not more safe. it is high time that the president and his team articulate a clear and coherent strategy. >> meanwhile, the administration closed its embassy in yemen after the president claimed that country was an example of the counterterrorism policies working and being a success. meanwhile, he's -- motivated by antisemitism and the president did not mean to suggest otherwise. >> ed henry, thanks. as ed just mentioned, president obama tells buzz feed in an interview that just posted moments ago that there was an attempt to rescue kayla mueller last year

general john campbell is leading the new nato transition mission in afghanistan with coalition forcesops are leaving. >> the four-star general in control of the port told me afghanistan is fighting hard to build an effective security force to protect its own people. >> the last fighting season, the customer of '14, they were almost all on their own. they had to lead security, and they were proud of that. >> they were assisting afghan security forces. when they die their memories are honored at the base every week. ♪ [taps] >> the people of afghanistan give thanks for your support. >> as you saw, we had a member from the afghan army out there. he thanked the coalition. something you didn't hear a lot with under president karzai but under this new government they have embraced the international community. >> general campbell understands the importance of improving the economy, and has followed the work of "roots of peace" in afghanistan working on agricultural development. he met with the founders at the base. they planted a cherry tree as a symbol of hope. i first went to afghanistan i

head of forces in afghanistan is discussing plans to withdraw troops this year and today general john campbell with the committee and 10,000 troops are in afghanistan to train and support afghan forces but the number is expected to drop to 5500 by the end of the year campbell is asking for flexibility in the process. >> i provided options on adjusting our force sponsor through my chain of command and the issue is how long we stay engaged at regional level and transition year of 2015. >> reporter: specifics were not discussed at the hearing, the white house says afghanistan president requested the u.s. slow its withdrawn and centers today voice their opinion that the withdrawal process is moving too fast. the senate today confirmed ashton carter as the next american defense secretary and succeeds hagel who resigned last november and carter will be sworn in the next few days and faces a host of challenges in the new job including the fight against i.s.i.l. crisis in ukraine and the draw down of the war in afghanistan, carter may also have to deal with smaller defense budgets. >>> a ceasefire agr

general john campbell is leading the new nato transition mission in afghanistan with coalition forcesu.s. troops are leaving. >> a four-star general in terms of the port told me afghanistan is fighting hard to build an effective security force to protect its own people. >> the last fighting season, some were left on their own. >> they were assisting afghan security forces. when they die their memories are honored at the base every week. ♪ [taps] >> the people give thanks for your support. >> as you saw, we had a member from the afghan army out there. he thanked the coalition. something you didn't hear a lot with under president karzai but under this new government they have embraced the international community. >> general campbell understand the importance of improving the economy," and has followed the work of "roots of peace" in in afghanistan working on agricultural development. he met with the founders at the base. they planted a cherry tree as a symbol of hope. i first went to afghanistan in 2005 to see the grapevines planted and put on tell lists. now it's evolved to link farmer

general john campbell is wanting to keep more than 5500 troops into 2016 to keep training centers openger than currently planned, but still end the military mission entirely in 2017. part of the reason for slowing the afghanistan withdrawal may be this news reported by "the new york times" today. headline data from seized computer fuels a surge in u.s. raids on al qaeda. in this excerpt, it's all in the shadows now said a former afghan security official. the official war for the americans, the part of the war that you could go see, that's over. it's only the secret war that's still going on but it's going hard. will president obama agree to slow the afghan withdrawal? joining me right now is matthew rosenburg of "the new york times" that wrote the article i mentioned and laitha al cori. let me start with you, matthew -- matt rather. how does it all fit together the fact they found this laptop they know the plans of the al qaeda group there. does that mean we see an opportunity that's worth waiting around for? >> i think they do see an opportunity. they always planned to keep some guys

the next member of the delegation was john campbell. a former united states supreme court justice from mobile, alabama, who was another anti-davis dove. he was the assistant secretary of war here in richmond and may have been the smartest man in america, as i say in the book. he was admitted to the future university of georgia at the age of 11. graduated first in his class at 14. went on to west point from which he resigned when his father died. became a lawyer at the age of 18. which required an act of the legislature. and was the south's best legal mind before he was 30 years old. franklin pierce appointed him to the supreme court at the age of 41. he had taken what was probably the most progressive view on slavery a southerner could take at the time and remain on the public stage. he advocated vigorously, publicly for the education of slaves. for laws banning the separation of slaves' families for very stringent measures to exterminate what he called the depraved slave trade and took a great deal of heat for all of that. and had beco

. >> afghan operations commander general john campbell testified to the senate armed services committee thursday. he said he's provided the white house with options that would allow for more flexibility on the pace of troop withdrawals. the president is reviewinging those options ahead of next month's visit by afghan president. this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> good morning. the committee meets today to receive testimony on afghanistan and i want to thank general campbell, the commander of the resolute support mission and u.s. forces afghanistan, for appearing before us today, about security conditions on the ground, the development of the afghan national security forces and the way forward. general, we've been blessed by a series of great military leaders of our forces and allied forces in afghanistan. and you are a worthy successor to those outstanding leaders, in my view. according to a recent media report, the troop drawdown in afghanistan is now, quote, under white house review. but as the white house deliberates, the current plan is set to reduce the number of u.s. troops in af

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back in january 60 minutes asked general john campbell about isis. this is not iraq. how could he be so wrong if you now have someone laid out who is now a a commander in afghanistan. doesn't that suggest contrary to what the general said? >> the analysis i have seen of this particular scenario is that the one individual claiming ties has much more about the divisiveness and the disintegration than it really does say about the spread of isis what i think i think it does indicate is the commitment of the united states the commander in chief and our military to take the necessary steps to protect american military personnel. >> her family put together a a video soliciting donations from wealthy people to help pay a ransom. what does what does the administration make of that? .. >> >> as a source of funding operations and one of the goals in the elements of this strategy is to shut off. the other impact to pay ransom to secure the release of american hostages that makes americans the greater target than they already are. and for them to financially benefit to take americ

. >> tonight, i hope you will john me for my interview with general campbell during the trip to afghanistan with the fonders of the san rafael based we nonprofit to find out why general campbell is supporting the work of the teamworking with farmers and traders in afghanistan and the general will tell you about his personal roots in the san francisco bay area tonight at 6:00. >>> a step we should all watch. >> a new twist in the little league barrel controversy. supporters of jackie robinson west teamization racism influenced the league's decision to strip them of their title. an investigation found the team recruited players from outside the area by rewrite boundaries without approval. they were the first ever all african american team to win the united states title. reverend jesse jack on is planning a rally to honor the team and what he called the reaffirmation of their championship. little league bail though, has awarded the title to a team from las vegas that lost toject robinson in -- lost to jackie robinson in the finals. >> tough assignment to be out here in the warm sunshine but i

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who supported me like senator dan hughes and john king who are on my ag advisory committee and senator bloomfield who is supported throughout. senators campbell and mellow were gracious enough to meet with me to discuss issues and senator capels came to an event with mike foley. this budget which was informed by my discussions with many of you and by the fact that i grew up here represents not only the priorities of nebraskans, but their hopes for our shared future. i'm eager to work with you on four major priorities. to grow nebraska. the first is strengthening our economy and a creating jobs. second, reducing taxes. third, easing regulatory burdens. additionally, expanding educational opportunities. all of these priorities are interconnected and are reflected in my budget recommendations. now, because it's so important that we boost the economic engine of our state and create jobs, one of my administration's first steps was to conduct a national jobs search for a new director of the department of economic development. i'm proud to have brenda hix sorensen join my team. her expertise will help us realize the untapped potential in our state.

campbell's recommendations ahead of the next month visit by afghan president donnie. -- ghanit. coming up, a hearing on human rights and eight in syria. -- human rights and aid in syria. john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations discusses national security challenges friday. we will have that event live starting at 12:25 p.m. eastern. later, president obama is in california to speak at the white house summit on cyber security and consumer protections. it focuses on public and private sector efforts to deal with cyber threats. it is lie that 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> this sunday on "q&a" filmmaker thomas allen harris explores how african-americans have been portrayed in photographic images from slavery up until today. >> the film is based in many ways on the work of deborah willis. there also very much aware that there is this other narrative going on as well, in which black people were constructed post slavery and even before the end of slavery, as something other than human. it was part of the marketing of photographs and memorabilia and stereotypes that now would be considered crass but in many ways they are still haunting us in terms of the weigh