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President Barack Obama told 60 Minutes Correspondent Steve Kroft on Thursday the death of Osama bin Laden won t change U.S. plans for Afghanistan.Kroft observed that, The stanley quencher re are people in Congress -- influential people now, on both stanley flasche sides of the aisle -- who are saying that this is an opportunity for us to cut our commitment in Afghanistan, and begin hastening our withdrawals. Mr. Obama replied, Well, keep in mind I ve already made a commitment that starting in July of this year, we are drawing down troops. And we are transitioning; we re training Afghan forces so that they can start securing their own country. And so, what has happened on Sunday, I think, reconfirms that we can focus on al Qaeda, focus on the threats to our homeland, train Afghans in a way that allows them to stabilize their country. But we don t need to have a perpetual footprint of the size that we have now. You can see the entire interview on 60 Minutes this Sunday night at 7/6c CBS. The Obama interview with 60 Minutes Correspondent Steve KroftCBS News National Security Analyst Juan Zarate told Early Show co-anchor Erica Hill Friday bin Laden s demise doesn t change much on the ground in that country in terms of U.S. strategy.He explained, The killing of bin Laden is a strategic moment, no doubt. But I don t think it changes the dynamics on the ground in A stanley cup fghanistan. What it does do, though, I think it gives the president more leeway to be able to draw down the troops that he s committed to doing
MIAMI -- A Yemeni prisoner at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay appears to have been the victim of mistaken identity, suspected of being a significant member of al Qaeda and not just a low-level Islamic fighter, officials said in documents released Tuesday.The documents were part of a packet of materials produced for the Periodic Review Board, a panel of government officials deciding whether prisoner Mustafa al-Aziz al-Shamiri can be released from Guantanamo as part of larger effort to reduce the number of men held and eventually close the prison at the base in Cuba. Al-Shamiri appeared before the board Tuesday.A detainee profile of the 37-year-old prisoner concludes he was an Islamic fighter who fought in several jihadist theaters including Afghanistan and associated with members of al Qaeda. But it says officials were wrong when they said he was a courier or trainer for the group nike dunk and they had confused him with other extremists with a similar name.Al-Shamiri has been held as an enemy combatant without charge at Guantanamo for more than 13 years following his capture in Afghanistan. If the board approves his release, he would likely have to be resettled in a country other than Yemen because the U.S. believes that country is too unstable to accept former Guantanamo prisoners.Representatives appointed by the government to represent him before the board said that he is willing to go to any country that adidas samba damen will accept him. adidas samba Quxe Colombia extradites El Loco to U.S., last of the great capos
President Barack Obama told 60 Minutes Correspondent Steve Kroft on Thursday the death of Osama bin Laden won t change U.S. plans for Afghanistan.Kroft observed that, The stanley quencher re are people in Congress -- influential people now, on both stanley flasche sides of the aisle -- who are saying that this is an opportunity for us to cut our commitment in Afghanistan, and begin hastening our withdrawals. Mr. Obama replied, Well, keep in mind I ve already made a commitment that starting in July of this year, we are drawing down troops. And we are transitioning; we re training Afghan forces so that they can start securing their own country. And so, what has happened on Sunday, I think, reconfirms that we can focus on al Qaeda, focus on the threats to our homeland, train Afghans in a way that allows them to stabilize their country. But we don t need to have a perpetual footprint of the size that we have now. You can see the entire interview on 60 Minutes this Sunday night at 7/6c CBS. The Obama interview with 60 Minutes Correspondent Steve KroftCBS News National Security Analyst Juan Zarate told Early Show co-anchor Erica Hill Friday bin Laden s demise doesn t change much on the ground in that country in terms of U.S. strategy.He explained, The killing of bin Laden is a strategic moment, no doubt. But I don t think it changes the dynamics on the ground in A stanley cup fghanistan. What it does do, though, I think it gives the president more leeway to be able to draw down the troops that he s committed to doing
