. >> i just spoke today to marty dempsey, the chairman of the joint chief of staff who happens to be he is having intensive consultations with afghan counter parts. and i'll be reaching out to president karzai as well, because we have to make sure that we're on top of this. >> president karzai, to expect a phone call from president obama about all of this. nine u.s. troops killed in this fashion since august 10th. now really grabbing everyone's attention, if it hadn't before. so what are they doing about it, brooke? well, improved intelligence, improved screening of those joining the afghan army, u.s. troops wearing their weapons. fully loaded at all times, even on base. but this is now a front and center issue of more troops getting killed. it seems to be happening almost every day now, and no real end in sight, brooke. >> do we know -- i mean, you spoke to the prevention, but the motivation. what is motivating the attackers, might they be taliban attracters? >> well, it's interesting. they're not ruling out that a small percentage of them are. and it's very smart strategy on the pa

i just spoke today to marty dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who happens to be in afghanistanhe is having intensive consultations not only with our commander john allen on the ground but also with afghan counterparts. and i'll be reaching out to president karzai, as well, because we've got to make sure we're on top of that. we are already doing a range of things and we are seeing some success when it comes to better counter intelligence, making sure that the vetting process for afghan troops is stronger. and we have got what's called a guardian angel program to make sure that our programs aren't in isolated situations to make mem more vulnerable. we have to do more. there's been an uptick over the last 12 months on this. part of what's taking place is we are transitioning to afghan security. and for us to train them effectively, we are much closer contact. our troops are in much closer contact with afghan troops on an ongoing basis. and, you know, part of what we have got to do is to make sure that this model works but it doesn't make our guys more vulnerable. in the long term

i just spoke today to marty dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who happens to be in afghanistan our commander on the ground but also with afghan counterparts, and i'll be reaching out to president karzai as well, because we've got to make sure we're on top of this. we are already doing a range of things and we're seeing some success when it comes to better counterintelligence, making sure that the vetting process for afghan troops is stronger, and we've got what's called a guardian angel program to make sure that our troops aren't in isolated situations that might make them more vulnerable, but obviously we're going to have to do more because there has been an uptick over the last 12 months on this. part of what's taking place is we are transitioning to afghan security and for us to train them effectively, we are in much closer contact, our troops are in much closer contact with afghan troops on an ongoing basis, and part of what we've got to do is to make sure that this model works but it doesn't make our guys more vulnerable. in the long term, we will see fewer u.s. casualties

i just spoke today to marty dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who happens to be in afghanistan is having intensive consultations with our commander john allen on the ground, but also with the afghan counterparts, and i will be reaching out to president karzai as well, because we've got to make sure that we are on top of this. we are already doing a range of things, and we are seeing some success when it comes to better counter intelligence, and making sure that the vetting process for afghan troops is stronger. and we have what is called the guardian angel program to make sure that our troops aren't in isolated situations that might make them more vulnerable, but obviously, we have to do more, because there is an uptick over the last, over the last 12 month s on this. part of what is taking place is that we are transitioning to afghan security and for us to train them effectively, we are in much closer contact and our troops are in much closer contact with the afghan troops in an ongoing basis. part of what we have to do is to make sure that the model works, but it does not mak

i just spoke today to marty dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, who happens to be in afghanistan. he is having intensive consultations not only with our commander, general allen, on the ground but also with afghan counterparts. and i'll be reaching out to president karzai as well. because we've got to make sure that we're on top of this. we are already doing a range of things, and we're seeing some success when it comes to better counterintelligence, making sure that the vetting process for afghan troops is stronger, and we've got what's called the guardian angel program to make sure that our troops aren't in isolated situations that might make them more vulnerable. but, obviously, we're going to have to do more because there has been an uptick over the last, over the last 12 months on this. part of what's taking place is we are transitioning to afghan security, and for us to train them effectively, we are in much closer contact, our troops are in much closer contact with afghan troops on an ongoing basis. and, you know, part of what we've got to do is to make sure th

the very able leadership of secretary panetta, at chairmen did see, and especially -- dempsey, and especially martylinda, john, darlene, craig, and sheryl, extraordinary. secretary donnelly, i have had the singular privilege of being your wing to ban these past 40 years. -- wing man these past 40 years. i cherish the friendship that we have developed with you and gail. your leadership of the air force during a time of turbulent change and uncertainty has been nothing short of extraordinary. on behalf of all air men i thank you for your vision and your steady hand. i also would like to think all my fellow air force four stars both past and present. each and everyone an incredible leader. i am very grateful for the confidence that president bush and secretary gates and admiral mike mullen had in me when we were asked to continue serving. upon receiving that telephone call on our anniversary night in 2008, we almost instantaneously realized what was to be our answer notwithstanding the fact that our retirement paper work has already been submitted and approved. i can assure you that our lack of hesita