marines at camp leatherneck in southwestern afghanistan. that base is going to go away. even if everything gets sorted out with the security deal, and a long-term plan to keep thousands of u.s. troops in afghanistan forever and ever and ever. even if that happens, which seems doubtful to me, but even if they got that agreement, there would still be no plan for there to be a base for u.s. marines at camp leatherneck. the marines are leaving. they have been winding down there for a very long time now. they have no plans to stay. but we have just finished building this $36 million football field-sized state of the art u.s. marines headquarter building at camp leatherneck. a two-star marine general tells "the washington post" that this facility at camp leatherneck is better appointed than any marine headquarters, anywhere in the world, including the united states. a two-stammer army general tells "the post" that the operations center, inside this building, is as big as the one at centcom, in tampa. the operations center there is as big as the one at the supreme allied command

information on why the 64,000-square-foot building was constructed at camp leatherneck in southwestern afghanistanpresident obama ordered a surge of troops into southern afghanistan in 2009, but helq÷+ maintains it's too g for the few hundred u.s. troops in that area. martha? martha: well, how could all this money have been wasted and nobody noticed it or stepped this to say, you know, we don't need to be doing this? >>mmpq÷ what to that's, -- thats what he's asking too. quote: this is a white elephant that the that leans said they don't want and don't need. it's frankly a mystery to us why the army would want to continue pouring money into this, that's why we're relaunching this investigation, because american taxpayers are not getting the accountability they deserve. he has said previously that this building in afghanistan ill lumbar nates -- illuminates a problem; that once a project is started, quote, it's very difficult to stop. martha: molly, thank you very much. ♪ ♪ bill: president obama was asked about 2016, specifically about hillary clinton and joe biden. when he went on to say this abo