kandahar treasure empowers women. when a woman earns, it gives her power beyond our understanding and imagination. women are always a liability here. their food, their clothing, their health, every aspect of their life has to be taken care of by a man figure in the household. and so now, with women having the ability to earn money, at home even, they now have an opportunity to become an asset to the family. indirectly, we're also changing the social dynamics of the society, and that is an important step to changing women's social reality in the country that we work. one cultural benefit to women in kandahar is that it is beneath the man to ask for monetary assistance from a woman. a man will not ask a woman for money because it will bring down his manhood. women, by the mere fact that they now have money in their hand, are making decisions. they're now earning side-by-side with their men, and that in itself improves self-esteem, because she now knows that she's worth something. and the mothers are now able to negotiat

isn't kandahar the spiritual home of the taliban?>> absolutely, sir. >> i just want the american people to know we're not going to let iraq happen in afghanistan. if there is a sustained effort for -- by the taliban to take a major city, we should not sit on the sidelines and let that happen. that is not in our national security interest. >> i agree, sir. >> thank you. counterterrorism. what's the likelihood of another 9/11 being generated from afghanistan if we went down to 1,000 troops in january 2017? >> sir, i'd be concerned that we would not be able to perform our counterterrorist mission. >> would you say it would be high? >> it would be definitely higher, sir. >> so if the counterterrorism mission is one of the most important to the united states, how many counterterrorism forces will we have in place under the current plan in january 2017? >> sir, i can't answer that question right now but i'll be happy to come back to you. >> isn't there a plan that envisions going down to hundreds? >> sir, the plan right now at the 5,000 wo

isn't kandahar the spiritual home of the taliban? >> absolutely, sir. kandahar is important. >> i just want the american people to know we're not going to let iraq happen in afghanistan. if there's a sustained effort for -- by the taliban to take a major city, we should not sit on the sidelines and let that happen. that is not in our national security interests, is it? >> i agree, sir. >> thank you. >> counterterrorism, what's the likelihood of another 9/11 being generated from afghanistan if we went down to 1,000 troops in january 2017? >> sir, i'd be concerned that we would not be able to perform our counterterrorism mission. >> would you say it would be high? >> it would be definitely higher, sir. >> okay. so the counterterrorism mission is one of the most important to the united states. how many counterterrorism forces will we have in place under the current plan in january 2017? >> sir, i can't answer that question right now but i'll be happy to come back to it. >> isn't there a plan that envisions going down to hundreds? >> sir, the plan right now

commander, we should use american broot boots on the ground, combat power, to protect kandahar?> sir, beforth

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>> well, papa john's doesn't deliver to kandahar, so we made a seven-layer dip.: that's cool. what's the recipe? >> the bottom layer is salsa, and the top six layers are dust. s good. save me some of that. well, thank you, sir. and to you and all those serving overseas, please stayhank you, stephen. >> stephen: this one i have to this one say hail mary.! astronaut scott kelley at the international space station. scott, did you folks up there watch the game?lutely did watch the game from up here, and it was a great view from our skybox. >> stephen: did you do any kind of super bowl party, make a big batch of chili or something? wouldn't make chili, because it's not like we can crack a window up here. >> stephen: i get your drift, scott.ou think you can throw me a spiral from up there? >> i can throw you a spiral. i can try at least.: all right. i hope he's okay. we've lost the feed. and apparently the ball.? who's got the ball?lause ) >> stephen: thanks chewie. he's shedding. guy would make a good linebacker or a great mascot. okay, we got time for one more. i can't quite see w

>> well, papa john's doesn't deliver to kandahar, so we me a seven-layer dip. >> stephen: that's cool. what's the recipe? >> the bottom layer is salsa, and the top six layers are dust. >> stephen: that sounds good. save me some of that. ll, thank you, sir.. overseas, please stay safe. >> thank you, stephen. >> stephen: this one i have to warm up a little bit. this one say hail mary. boom! astronaut scott kelley at the international spaceetation. scott, did you folks up there watch thth game? >> we absolutely did watch the game from up here, and it was a great view from our skybox. >> stephen: did you do any kind of super bowl party, make a big batch of chili or something? >> well, chili, uh, we wouldn't make chili, because it's not like we can crack a window up here. >> stephen: i get your drift, scott. do you think you can throw me a spiral from up there? >> i can throw you a spiral. i can try at least. >> stephen: all right. i hope he's okay. and apparently the balal do we know where it is? is it just floating out in sce someplace? who's got the ball? ( cheers and applause ) >> step

we were boogieing through kandahar when a sniper caught us. just me. i wasn't supposed to be driving. mccreary let me. he was in the passenger seat. (voice breaks) should have been me. (sniffles) mccreary... (inhales deeply) he was a nice guy. so how sick is that? he let me drive, and he... (crying) you don't have to hold on to this guilt forever, fran. yeah, i do. i'm the one responsible. the least i can do is hold on to his memory. it's the least i can do. you need to start talking to someone about this. someone professional. (grunts) (sffles) it's not just gonna wipe the slate clean. i can't just start over. no, you can't. you can't start over. but you can find a better way to live with this. you're telling me i should see a shrink. at ease? yeah. if he had to steal a condom... mm-hmm? probablyasn't gonna pick up the dinner tab either. (melanda) mm-hmm. no one can deny, however, that being prepared makes him a responsible sexual partner. and it makes him more presumptuous. what, sex on the first date? he was looking for a booty call. thank you. hey,

presence will not just be based in kabul but also in other locations including bagram airbase and kandaharis decision provides u.s. force sufficient capabilities to continue the development of afghan ministerial capacity along with key capabilities in aviation, logistics and maintenance. the united states can pursue counterterrorism targets and further develop those critical counterterrorism capabilities that we know are critical to our mutual security interests. the financial support of the united states and the international community is critical to sustaining the ansdf. over the last decade congressional appropriations for the afghan security forces fun have been key to the development of afghan security forces responsible for the security of afghanistan. as we develop the ansdf our support is focused on ensuring they can counter and degrade the taliban and establish a baseline of security that benefits the afghan people and the international community. for more than a year, the mission prove providing security for all of afghanistan has been the sole responsibility of the afghan govern

we partnered with them in kandahar -- so showing the investment in that partnership, we really do see that displayed by that core capability and special operations capability in the aviation capability in particular. now, i have mentioned some of the difficulties that we experienced this fighting season. you know, i think that other aspects of what we do in afghanistan are also a mixed bag. there have been very big successes, i think, in our relationship with the afghan government to counter corruption. i think we have a partner in president ghani who is very focused on being able to have control over those aspects of the government that are prone to corruption. and he wants us to work together to figure out how to discipline the system. that being said, as we've seen in places like helmand, corruption is a significant problem. as we see with things like go soldiers, that is a problem. so we are all focused together. and i think for the first time in a very real way with our afghan partners in addressing that challenge. >> thank you. >> that's a great question, ma'am. thank you. i wou

the governor of kandahar province and the governor. every second or third home is wired with ieds. to get people back, we have to get the de-mining teams then. iraqi but also the period the prime minister of norway will be here later to say that the local role and will be talking about that. setting up the commission for money to get the stabilization of the party started. we have about 36 electricity generators come in with about 150 mark coming in phase two. very, very hard, very paying taking, very tedious. to delegate authority to local leaders and that is something we are working with them on every single day. the romani stabilization piece about what comes after isil is a real focus of ours. number nine and 55. there is an outside air base there. president obama made the decision to put our special forces out at assad. it was very difficult. had we not gotten up there when we did, and entire area would have been controlled by isil. we started reconnecting with relationships previous day. the stripes are fully mobilized with 10,000 in anbar province not only defending isil, no

state, which is what we should do in the country, you know, if they drive a truck from kabul to kandahar in afghanistan, we say, you can drive a truck from columbus to cleveland and we don't have to go get a license. we're going to hand you one. and if you got expertise in the military, we're going to give you college credit or community that you did for our country. and in addition to that, i'll tell you, one of the biggest things i think has to be done and i would do it as president, the pentagon has got to work with the returning soldier, sailor, along with the family, and they're the most valuable employees in the country. i call them golden employees. everybody wants to hire a veteran. but there is a disconnect between the job openings and the veteran when the veteran comes back. the veteran is a leader. the veteran is strong. the veteran is drug free. there should be no unemployment among veterans. if the pentagon will work with the veteran services agencies across this country, josh, we can get people jobs and we can get them jobs quickly, get health care, college education. let's

state, which is what we should do in the country, you know, if they drive a truck from kabul to kandahar in afghanistan, we say, you can drive a truck from columbus to cleveland, and you don't have to go get a license. we're going to hand you one. and if you've got expertise in the military, we're going to give you college credit or community college credit for the things that you did for our country. and in addition to that, i'll tell you, one of the biggest things i think has to be done and i would do it as president the pentagon has got to work with the returning soldier, sailor, along with the family, and we they're the most valuable employees in the country. i call them golden employees. everybody wants to hire a veteran. but there is a disconnect between the job openings and the veteran when the veteran comes back. the veteran is a leader. the veteran is strong. the veteran is drug free. there should be no unemployment among veterans. and if the pentagon will work with the veterans' services agencies all across this country, josh, we can get people jobs and we can get them jobs qui