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(CNN) -- The parents of a missing 10-month-old Missouri girl late Thursday indicated they are cooperating with detectives, counter to what police said earlier in the evening, a relative said.

A woman who identified herself as Ashley Irwin, sister of Jeremy Irwin, read a statement on behalf of her brother and Deborah Bradley, parents of missing infant Lisa Irwin.

"We have never stopped cooperating with the police. We've been cooperative from day one and we continue to assist the police with the investigation," the statement said. "The main goal has always been to find Lisa and bring her home. That remains the sole focus of the parents."

Ashley Irwin said the parents, who will release another statement Friday, wanted to thank police and the community for their efforts and prayers.

Kansas City, Missouri, police Capt. Steve Young had said earlier that the pair had stopped assisting police in the investigation.

"I don't have to illustrate how that affects the investigation," Young said of the development. "It speaks for itself."

Young, who said "our door is always open" to the parents, told reporters that there are no suspects in the case.

Earlier Thursday, the parents told reporters about how they discovered Lisa to be missing.

"She's everything," Bradley said of Lisa. "She's our little girl. She's completed our family, and she means everything to my boys. We need her home. I can't be without her."

Irwin urged anyone with information to call police. "Anything, even the smallest information, could help lead to her return," he said.

Lisa Irwin was last seen around 10:30 p.m. Monday, asleep in her crib, police said. They were called to the home at about 4 a.m. Tuesday.

"It appears the suspect entered/exited through a bedroom window," authorities said in a statement. "Evidence at the scene leads police to believe the child has been abducted."

Jeremy Irwin told reporters that he found Lisa missing when he got home from work. "The front door was unlocked," he said Thursday. "Most of the lights were on in the house, and the window in front was open -- all very unusual."

The couple claimed three cell phones were missing at their home, Young said, but the information has not turned up anything.

Police have said the parents are not considered suspects in Lisa's disappearance. Young on Wednesday told reporters the family had been cooperative, but "everything is still on the table. We haven't ruled anything out."

He said then that investigators "really haven't developed any good, hard information that we can go forward with." Nearly 50 tips have been received through a hotline, he said, but not all of them have been pursued, as some of them have been vague -- a person calling to report a child seat seen in a car, for instance.

"I know everybody's hearts are in the right place, but that's not anything we can do anything with," Young said.

Police have conducted more than 300 "knock-and-talks" and searches of residences in the area, and more than 300 officers were searching for Lisa. There have been three searches of a wooded area near the family's home, he said.

"I promise you, if there's anything we think we can be doing, we've probably done it two or three times already," Young said.

An Amber Alert was issued for Lisa early Tuesday but has been canceled. "Although the investigation and search for Lisa Irwin continue, an active Amber Alert is no longer necessary in this case," police said.

However, Lisa is still considered missing and endangered, according to authorities.

Lisa is described as 30 inches tall with blue eyes and blond hair, police said. She weighs between 26 and 30 pounds. She was last seen wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it. She has two bottom teeth, a small bug bite under her left ear and a "beauty mark" on her right outer thigh. She currently has a cold with a cough, police said.

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LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- A group of Nigerian rebels who wrote a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush, stating that they attacked two oil pipelines Monday, have asked for former President Jimmy Carter and actor George Clooney to help solve issues in the oil-rich Niger-delta.

Military policemen patrol the creeks of the Omadino community in Warri South district of the Niger Delta.

In a letter written by a group called Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, the group said they attacked two pipelines they believed are owned by Chevron Corp. and Shell oil.

A spokesman for Royal Dutch Shell said its pipeline was damaged last week.

The attack will temporarily cut shipments by 169,000 barrels a day as workers try to repair the damage, the spokesman said.

The pipeline is owned jointly by Shell and Nigerian, French and Italian oil companies, the spokesman said.

Chevron spokesman Kurt Glaubitz told CNN that "No Chevron pipelines have been vandalized in Nigeria."

There was no immediate comment from the Nigerian government.

In the letter the group called themselves "commandos" and stated that their aim was "the crippling of the Nigerian oil export industry."  Watch how Nigeria attacks help hike gas prices Â»

"Today's attack was prompted by the continuous injustice in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria where the root issues have not been addressed by the illegal and insincere government," the letter stated.

The letter stated that two other letters had been sent to Bush and also actor George Clooney, and the group also asked for President Jimmy Carter to help.

Clooney is one of the United Nations'  Messengers of Peace, and has campaigned for an end to the long-standing conflict in Darfur, as well as further humanitarian relief efforts in the region.  Carter is currently in the Middle East, where he has met with the exiled militant Hamas leader Khalid Meshaal, on what he calls a "study mission" to support peace, democracy, and human rights in the region.

"MEND is prepared for talks and will prefer Ex President Jimmy Carter to mediate. Mr. Carter is not in denial as the rest of you who brand freedom fighters as terrorists," the letter stated. "The ripple effect of this attack will touch your economy and people one way or the other and hope we now have your attention."

The organization also said they attack was in response to one of the arrest of one of their members, Henry Okah, who was arrested last year and according to local reports, is charged with treason.

Since late 2005, MEND militants have carried out numerous attacks on Nigeria's oil sector and abducted dozens of foreign workers, releasing nearly all of them unharmed.

In the past the organization has said it had ratcheted up its attacks to redress what it says is the unequal distribution of the nation's oil wealth. E-mail to a friend

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answer: U.S. President George W. Bush,

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question: Who has written to President Bush

answer: A group of Nigerian rebels

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question: Who owned the pipelines that were attacked?

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question: When did rebels attack oil pipelines?

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question: What was their aim?

answer: "the crippling of the Nigerian oil export industry."

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question: which actor was appealed too?

answer: George Clooney,

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question: Who will help mediate?

answer: Ex President Jimmy Carter

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question: Which actor has been asked to mediate?

answer: George Clooney

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question: What was the name of the Nigerian rebel group?

answer: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta,

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question: What did the group say it attacked?

answer: two oil pipelines

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MARDAN, Pakistan (CNN) -- Inside a hospital ward in northwest Pakistan, I found myself surrounded by sobs and screams. One scream was so high-pitched that I didn't think it was human. These were the sounds of agony, and they belonged to innocent civilians who were injured in the cross fire of Pakistani troops and the Taliban in the Swat Valley.

CNN's Reza Sayah with Shaista, who lost most of her family in an explosion as they fled fighting.

Behind each cry at this ward was a story of loss. Doctors told me no one here had lost more than Shaista, an 11-year-old girl who watched as an explosion instantly killed most of her family.

Shaista and her family were among hundreds of thousands of people who fled Pakistan's Swat Valley on the day the Pakistani Army launched an all-out offensive against the Taliban.   She says she was walking along a road with her family when a mortar shell suddenly fell from the sky.

"We were coming," Shaista told me, "then my mother died, my brother died, and my two sisters also died."  Watch Reza Sayah's interview with Shaista Â»

Doctors said the explosion shattered Shaista's foot. Moments later she passed out. The next time she woke up she was in the female orthopedic ward of the GHQ Hospital in Mardan.   Doctors said Shaista will recover from her shattered foot, but the trauma of losing a family will last a lifetime.

"She kept saying it all happened in front of me," said Salma Shaheen, a nurse. "She said something fell on top of my mother and she got cut in half."

It was clear that Shaista had won over the hearts of the doctors and nurses who said that they, in three days, had treated more than 800 civilians injured in the battle zone.

Like many hospitals in northwest Pakistan, this one was under equipped. To hold an elderly woman's broken leg together, doctors had made a make shift traction using a brick, a plastic shopping bag and rope.  Watch Reza Sayah's report from inside the hospital Â»

Shaista said her father is missing. Her only guardian is her uncle, Muhammad Sher, who found Shaista after searching area hospitals.

"I'm just going to tell her, 'you're my daughter,'" said Muhammad. "I'm going to educate her, teach her the Koran and do what I can for her."

Sixty miles away from the hospital, the battle between Pakistani troops and the Taliban raged on. On Wednesday General Athar Abbas, the army's top spokesman, told CNN the troops were making significant progress but the most intense stage of the fighting in the battle zones' most populated areas was still to come -- a near guarantee of more sobs and screams at area hospitals.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that the crisis in Georgia should not be used to score political points, but his campaign has stepped up its attacks on Sen. Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials.

Sen. John McCain says Russia's entry into the WTO should be reviewed.

In response, Obama's top foreign policy aide suggested that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was willing to "shoot from the hip" and was acting irresponsibly by offering strong support for the Georgia government.

On Wednesday, McCain continued his tough line against Russia, saying its potential membership in the World Trade Organization should be reviewed as a result of its actions in Georgia, as well its relationship with the G-8 nations, which represent the world's largest industrial economies.

McCain also said that an international peacekeeping mission should be sent to Georgia and that NATO should re-consider adding Georgia and Ukraine, another former Soviet republic, to the alliance.  Watch McCain call Georgia's position 'perilous' Â»

"After the events of the past six days, no one should wonder why countries on Russia's periphery so ardently seek the security guarantees alliance membership represents," McCain said during a campaign stop in Birmingham, Michigan.

Russia has strenuously objected to both nations joining NATO.

After President Bush said Wednesday that he was ordering the U.S. military to help Georgia's citizens, Obama applauded the move.

"The situation is still unstable, and Russia must back up its commitment to stop its violence and violation of Georgia's sovereignty with actions, not just words," Obama said in a statement. "The United States should now join our European partners in direct, high-level diplomacy with both Georgia and Russia to seek immediate implementation of a cease-fire, and to achieve a lasting resolution to this crisis."

The crisis in Georgia started Friday, when Russia moved troops in into South Ossetia after the Georgian government moved troops into breakaway territory. South Ossetia has been largely autonomous since 1991, but separatists would like to break with Georgia and either declare independence or join North Ossetia, which is part of Russia.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is heading to France and the Georgian capitol of Tbilisi, said Wednesday that she has been briefing both candidates on the conflict.  Watch President Bush declare 'America's unwavering support' for Georgia Â»

When the crisis began last week, McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was out front in condemning the Russia actions and calling for a cease-fire. "Today, we are all Georgians," McCain said Tuesday.  Watch McCain declare 'we are all Georgians' Â»

When the crisis broke out last week, the Obama camp called "for all sides to show restraint and to stop this armed conflict," echoing the statements from the White House and the European Union.

As Russia planes bombed Georgian cities and Russian troops advanced into Georgia, Obama, who is on vacation in Hawaii, condemned Russia's actions and called for a cease-fire.  Watch Obama condemn Russia's actions Â»

McCain said Wednesday that the crisis was not the time for partisan attacks.

"I know the people of Georgia have enjoyed an unprecedented period of prosperity and freedom. And I know that at this time they're suffering mightily," the Arizona Republican said. "So maybe later on in the campaign, let's have a back-and-forth about who has comments or statements. Now, let's devote all our energy to helping resolve a situation which is fraught with human tragedy."

But, despite McCain comments, the crisis in Georgia has dominated the political debate between the two candidates' campaigns in recent days.

On Tuesday, Randy Scheunemann, McCain's top foreign policy adviser, attacked the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's response to the situation in Georgia, saying his experience with the region amounted to a handful of paper statements.

On the other hand, McCain's experience with Georgia runs deep, Scheunemann said, noting that McCain and the Georgian president were friends.

"There's a depth of knowledge, a breadth of knowledge and an extent of historical experience that doesn't compare between the two on Russia policy," Scheunemann said. "You can't compare a 15-year historical record to three or four statements over the course of 15 months."

But Susan Rice, Obama's senior foreign policy adviser, said Tuesday that McCain's comments condemning Russia "may or may not have complicated the situation."

"We cannot shoot from the hip," Rice told MSNBC on Tuesday. "We cannot act on the basis of ideology or preconceived notions. When this crisis began, Barack Obama, the administration ... and all of our NATO allies took a measured and reasoned approach because we were dealing with the facts as we knew them."

McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said Wednesday that his campaign was disappointed that Rice had launched "inflammatory and baseless" political attacks "during an international crisis when bipartisanship is needed most."

In response, Hari Sevugan, a spokesman for the Obama, said it was "the absolute height of hypocrisy" for the McCain campaign to "play the victim" after attacking Obama's "strong and appropriate" position on Georgia.

Bill Schneider, a CNN senior political analyst, said McCain could use the situation in Georgia to highlight one his inherent advantages over Obama: his experience.

But McCain's strong position in defiance of Russia also has risks, Schneider said.

"Some voters may worry: Does he want to start a new Cold War? The risk for McCain is that he could overplay the issue and frighten war-weary voters whose priorities right now lie closer to home," Schneider said.

CNN's Peter Hamby contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- On video, Joran van der Sloot says he "didn't lose a minute of sleep" over  knowing Natalee Holloway's motionless body had been taken out to sea and dumped.

Joran van der Sloot awaits transfer from the Netherlands to Aruba in November. He later was released.

In the video that aired Sunday on Dutch television, van der Sloot, a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Holloway, told a man he was with the Alabama teen on an Aruban beach when she apparently died and that a friend of his with a boat disposed of Holloway's body.

"He went out to sea and then he threw her out, like an old rag," van der Sloot told Aruban businessman Patrick van der Eem January 16.

Van der Eem recorded their conversations on hidden cameras installed in the Range Rover he was driving, according to the Dutch TV report.  Watch van der Sloot on hidden camera Â»

On the tapes, van der Sloot also says that he wasn't certain Holloway was dead before his friend dumped her body in the ocean.

"No, but it didn't look good," he said, when van der Eem asked him if he checked her pulse or other vital signs. "I wasn't [expletive] sure, but from the time it happened to the time he came, she wasn't doing anything any more."

Aruba's chief prosecutor, Hans Mos, called the account that aired "very impressive" and announced he was reopening the investigation.

Van der Sloot later said the statements were lies, and on Monday his attorney said the video contains "no admission of a crime."

In the video, van der Sloot says Holloway and her friends begged him to go out with them the night of May 29, 2005.

The Dutch student said he and two friends -- brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe -- met the women at a bar in Oranjestad.

When they arrived, he said, the women appeared to have been drinking heavily and some were using cocaine.

Holloway was in Aruba with about 100 classmates celebrating their graduation from Mountain Brook High School in suburban Birmingham, Alabama.

After declining an invitation from Holloway to dance on stage with her, he agreed to drink a shot of liquor from her navel as she lay on the bar, he said.

About 1 a.m. May 30, he said, she left the bar with him and the Kalpoes, telling her friends she would meet them at their hotel before their planned return flight the next day to the United States, he said.

The three men previously told authorities they then drove to the beach with Holloway, leaving her there when she told them she wanted to stay.

But van der Sloot gave a different account in the hidden-camera footage. He said he wanted to have sex with Holloway, but she told him she did not want to go to her hotel. Instead, she said, she wanted to see sharks, he told the informant.

The two brothers then used their car to drive van der Sloot and Holloway to the beach by the hotel and left them, van der Sloot said.

He and Holloway then had sex, he said. But as they were caressing each other, she started shaking, then said nothing, he said.

"All of a sudden, what she did was like in a movie," he said. "She was shaking, it was awful. ... I prodded her, there was nothing."

He said he panicked and, when she did not appear to be alive, shook her but was unable to resuscitate her. He said he carried her body to a stand of trees, walked to a pay phone near the pool of the hotel and, instead of using his cell phone, called a friend who owned a boat that was tied up at a nearby dock.

Upon the friend's arrival, the two men carried Holloway's body to the boat, and the friend told van der Sloot to go home, he said. The student then walked back to his house, where his father was asleep when he arrived about 15 minutes later, he recounted. He estimated the time at 2:30 or 3 a.m.

Van der Sloot said the boat owner showed up at his house later in the morning and told him he had taken the body out less than a mile from land and dumped it overboard.

He added that the incident with the woman has not bothered him.

"I didn't lose a minute of sleep over it," he said.

The video footage shows van der Sloot is "not innocent," Holloway's mother said Monday.

"Once people see the video, there are no more questions; there is no one that could walk away from this believing that he is innocent," Beth Twitty told ABC.

Twitty described the video as a source of "comfort," saying "it means everything."

"I felt that it put an end to my nightmare," she said. "The nightmare is not knowing, and I feel as if now, I can begin the mourning and the healing process for losing a child."

She added, "Not knowing is the absolute cruelest thing that a person can endure."

Van der Sloot's attorney, Joe Tacopina, told ABC Monday that "there's no confession, there's no admission of a crime by Joran on any of these tapes."

He said much of what was in the video is "easily disprovable based on corroborative evidence. ... The fact of the matter is he still is not responsible. The evidence, not Joran, the evidence, says he's not responsible for Natalee's death."

Tacopina added, "I'm certainly not asking at this point for anyone to believe Joran. ... Clearly his credibility is zero."

Last week, van der Sloot called the Dutch television program "Pauw & Witteman" and acknowledged having made the comments but said they were lies.

"That is what he wanted to hear, so I told him what he wanted to hear," van der Sloot said.

A judge denied a prosecution request that van der Sloot, the son of a lawyer, be detained in the Netherlands, where he is a student. The judge did determine that sufficient reason exists to reopen the inquiry against van der Sloot.  Watch CNN's Frederik Pleitgen report on the new video Â»

Mos said that on Tuesday he will appeal the judge's decision barring Van der Sloot's arrest and said that a three-judge panel will have eight days to rule on it.

In a statement, the Office of the Public Prosecutor on Sunday cautioned the report does not necessarily solve the case.

"There is a big difference between the reality of a courtroom and the reality of a television screen," it said.  Watch a CNN legal analyst discuss the Holloway case Â»

On Monday, Tacopina said at least two points of his client's story could be disproved. He said the Aruban coast guard had checked the pay phone where van der Sloot said he had called his friend, and the records show that "there's no such call."

Also, Tacopina said, the friend whom his client names in the video met van der Sloot two months ago, and the friend wasn't in Aruba in May 2005. He also has never owned a boat, the attorney said.

Van der Eem told ABC he befriended van der Sloot by pretending to be a gangster after meeting him in a casino.

"Why did I want this? It's obvious. Everybody was looking for the truth. For her mother," he said.

In the interview with ABC, van der Eem became emotional himself while saying that van der Sloot talked about Holloway's death "without any emotions."

Van der Eem, who ABC reported once spent a year in prison on drug charges, said he and van der Sloot smoked marijuana on long car rides over the course of several months. Van der Eem told the network he pretended to invite van der Sloot into a drug operation to gain his trust.

He approached reporter Peter R. de Vries' television show, telling them he had gained van der Sloot's trust, and the program outfitted an SUV with hidden video cameras.

Van der Eem has been paid about $35,000 by the show -- which has a format similar to the U.S. show "America's Most Wanted." E-mail to a friend

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text: while

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text: that

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text: der

text: Sloot

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text: about

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text: death

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text: his

text: trust

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text: reporter

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text: R.

text: de

text: Vries

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text: show

text: telling

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text: he

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text: gained

text: van

text: der

text: Sloot

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text: trust

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text: the

text: program

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text: hidden

text: video

text: cameras

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text: Most

text: Wanted

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text: mail

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text: a

text: friend

question: when did this happen?

answer: 2005

question: What did suspect say happened to Holloway's body?

answer: his friend dumped her

text: his friend dumped her

question: What captured the suspect?

answer: video

text: video

question: What caused Natalee Holloway to die?

answer: drinking

text: drinking

question: Where does suspect say Holloway appeared to have died?

answer: Aruban beach

text: Aruban beach

question: Who said that the video leaves no doubt about Holloway's death?

answer: Beth Twitty

text: Beth Twitty

question: Where did Holloway die?

answer: on an Aruban beach

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question: Who does the suspect say appeared to have died?

answer: Natalee

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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- November 28th last year passed pretty quietly here. But in some ways it was more significant a date than today. That was when, by my calculations, U.S.-led coalition troops had been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviet Union was.

Today, they've been here 10 years.

That's almost impossible to contemplate. The time has drifted by, measured more in sacrifice and expenditure: The numbers of young soldiers who risked a lot to join the military and won't be going home. The immeasurable amount of money spent here, on roads that will be hard to maintain once the coalition leaves, on homes in Dubai for Afghan officials who should have known better.

Cruder calculations suggest the money spent on war each month here could alternatively be given straight to Afghans -- hundreds of dollars each a month. That would have been something in 2001, but now the huge inflation of war makes it comparative small change.

General Stanley McChrystal, the former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said Thursday the coalition is only 50 per cent of the way there.

It is likely McChrystal, who lost his job after he and his team were quoted extensively in Rolling Stone magazine, will be remembered as the great truth-teller of the war that ended his military career. For a little while, his bluntly pessimistic assessments felt like there was someone in charge who knew how bad and how complicated it was, and how long the road ahead would be.

As one of McChrystal's top aides, Maj. Gen Bill Mayville, told Rolling Stone in that same article: "It's not going to look like a win, smell like a win or taste like a win."

But after McChrystal's hasty departure, the war seemed to revert to crisis management again.

His replacement as commander of U.S. and ISAF troops in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus had little time in the job before the collapse in domestic support -- dare I even say comprehension -- of the war led Obama to begin thinking about the exit.

It has been curious to see Obama, the presidential candidate who seemed to understand the importance of leaving this country in a manageable state, become the drum beater for an exit. The war is not a vote-winner after Bin Laden's death, and there's simply no money left in the kitty.

Some things are better: there's money everywhere here; there's better healthcare in some places; there's technology the Taliban held at bay; there are hospitals and schools where before there were none.

But it's not a proper democracy; it's not safe; the vast majority of people here are still poor and illiterate; and it's still got the Taliban, al Qaeda and a lot of narco-traffickers in play.

Now the timetable is set, the battle of perception, as NATO called it, being fought with one unmistakable backdrop: The Americans want out.

The NATO message is being persistently and deftly put out there: We are making security good enough for the Afghans to handle. You hear that message, come hell or high water, almost independent of what's happening on the ground.

It's easy to understand why: It may be there's not much more America can do here, bar stay another 10 years.

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text: Afghanistan

text: CNN

text: November

text: last

text: year

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text: pretty

text: quietly

text: here

text: But

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text: some

text: ways

text: it

text: was

text: more

text: significant

text: a

text: date

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text: today

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text: when

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text: my

text: calculations

text: U.S

text: led

text: coalition

text: troops

text: had

text: been

text: in

text: Afghanistan

text: longer

text: than

text: the

text: Soviet

text: Union

text: was

text: Today

text: they

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text: been

text: here

text: years

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text: almost

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text: contemplate

text: The

text: time

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text: drifted

text: by

text: measured

text: more

text: in

text: sacrifice

text: and

text: expenditure

text: The

text: numbers

text: of

text: young

text: soldiers

text: who

text: risked

text: a

text: lot

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text: join

text: the

text: military

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text: wo

text: n't

text: be

text: going

text: home

text: The

text: immeasurable

text: amount

text: of

text: money

text: spent

text: here

text: on

text: roads

text: that

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text: be

text: hard

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text: maintain

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text: the

text: coalition

text: leaves

text: on

text: homes

text: in

text: Dubai

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text: Afghan

text: officials

text: who

text: should

text: have

text: known

text: better

text: Cruder

text: calculations

text: suggest

text: the

text: money

text: spent

text: on

text: war

text: each

text: month

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text: alternatively

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text: given

text: straight

text: to

text: Afghans

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text: of

text: dollars

text: each

text: a

text: month

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text: have

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text: in

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text: now

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text: huge

text: inflation

text: of

text: war

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text: comparative

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text: change

text: General

text: Stanley

text: McChrystal

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text: former

text: top

text: U.S.

text: commander

text: in

text: Afghanistan

text: said

text: Thursday

text: the

text: coalition

text: is

text: only

text: per

text: cent

text: of

text: the

text: way

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text: It

text: is

text: likely

text: McChrystal

text: who

text: lost

text: his

text: job

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text: he

text: and

text: his

text: team

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text: Stone

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text: remembered

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text: great

text: truth

text: teller

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text: the

text: war

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text: ended

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text: military

text: career

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text: little

text: while

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text: pessimistic

text: assessments

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text: charge

text: who

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text: bad

text: and

text: how

text: complicated

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text: was

text: and

text: how

text: long

text: the

text: road

text: ahead

text: would

text: be

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text: one

text: of

text: McChrystal

text: 's

text: top

text: aides

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text: Gen

text: Bill

text: Mayville

text: told

text: Rolling

text: Stone

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text: that

text: same

text: article

text: It

text: 's

text: not

text: going

text: to

text: look

text: like

text: a

text: win

text: smell

text: like

text: a

text: win

text: or

text: taste

text: like

text: a

text: win

text: But

text: after

text: McChrystal

text: 's

text: hasty

text: departure

text: the

text: war

text: seemed

text: to

text: revert

text: to

text: crisis

text: management

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text: replacement

text: as

text: commander

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text: U.S.

text: and

text: ISAF

text: troops

text: in

text: Afghanistan

text: General

text: David

text: Petraeus

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text: time

text: in

text: the

text: job

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text: collapse

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text: domestic

text: support

text: dare

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text: of

text: the

text: war

text: led

text: Obama

text: to

text: begin

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text: about

text: the

text: exit

text: It

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text: to

text: see

text: Obama

text: the

text: presidential

text: candidate

text: who

text: seemed

text: to

text: understand

text: the

text: importance

text: of

text: leaving

text: this

text: country

text: in

text: a

text: manageable

text: state

text: become

text: the

text: drum

text: beater

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text: an

text: exit

text: The

text: war

text: is

text: not

text: a

text: vote

text: winner

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text: Bin

text: Laden

text: 's

text: death

text: and

text: there

text: 's

text: simply

text: no

text: money

text: left

text: in

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text: kitty

text: Some

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text: are

text: better

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text: money

text: everywhere

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text: better

text: healthcare

text: in

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text: 's

text: technology

text: the

text: Taliban

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text: bay

text: there

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text: hospitals

text: and

text: schools

text: where

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text: 's

text: not

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text: proper

text: democracy

text: it

text: 's

text: not

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text: the

text: vast

text: majority

text: of

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text: illiterate

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text: still

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text: the

text: Taliban

text: al

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text: of

text: narco

text: traffickers

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text: the

text: timetable

text: is

text: set

text: the

text: battle

text: of

text: perception

text: as

text: NATO

text: called

text: it

text: being

text: fought

text: with

text: one

text: unmistakable

text: backdrop

text: The

text: Americans

text: want

text: out

text: The

text: NATO

text: message

text: is

text: being

text: persistently

text: and

text: deftly

text: put

text: out

text: there

text: We

text: are

text: making

text: security

text: good

text: enough

text: for

text: the

text: Afghans

text: to

text: handle

text: You

text: hear

text: that

text: message

text: come

text: hell

text: or

text: high

text: water

text: almost

text: independent

text: of

text: what

text: 's

text: happening

text: on

text: the

text: ground

text: It

text: 's

text: easy

text: to

text: understand

text: why

text: It

text: may

text: be

text: there

text: 's

text: not

text: much

text: more

text: America

text: can

text: do

text: here

text: bar

text: stay

text: another

text: years

question: Who are still poor and illiterate?

answer: vast majority of people

text: vast majority of people

question: What are the majority of people in Afghanistan subject to?

answer: poor and illiterate;

text: poor and illiterate;

question: What do they have that is better than before?

answer: healthcare in some places;

text: healthcare in some places;

question: Who has been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviet Union was?

answer: U.S.-led coalition troops

text: U.S.-led coalition troops

question: Who have been in Afghanistan longer than Russia?

answer: U.S.-led coalition troops

text: U.S.-led coalition troops

question: How long have US troops been in Afghanistan?

answer: 10 years.

text: 10 years.


text:
(CNN) -- Rust-colored oil washed ashore on barrier islands off Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday, while more patches of crude offshore appeared to be moving toward those states' coasts, authorities reported.

Researchers scrambled to clean up tar balls and puddles of oil from the beaches of Alabama's Dauphin Island, while a strip of oil about two miles long and three feet wide stretched along Petit Bois Island, about five miles away off Mississippi, Gov. Haley Barbour's office reported.

It marked the first time oil has hit Mississippi's shores since the largest oil spill in U.S. history erupted in late April. And while tar balls associated with the Gulf spill had hit Dauphin Island, about 35 miles south of Mobile, in early May, residents said that Tuesday was the first time they had seen oil hitting the beach.

Only part of the island's beaches have been lined with protective booms, with much of those barriers lined up near a protected wildlife area on the west end of the island.

Annette Engel, a Louisiana State University researcher on Dauphin Island, said the oil is believed to be from BP's ruptured well off Louisiana. She predicted much more would be hitting the coast in coming days -- but vacationers remained on the beach, and some were still swimming in the blue-green waters as the cleanup continued.

And researchers from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab spotted large patches of the reddish-brown "weathered" oil during a water-sampling expedition offshore Tuesday, said John Dindo, the laboratory's associate director. Dindo said the oil spots on the water ranged from the size of a half-dollar coin to 30 to 40 feet.

A half-dozen boats could be seen skimming oil off the surface about 13 miles south of the island, he said. However, "They were covering a very, very small spot in the ocean compared to what we saw," he said.

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration had warned earlier this week that the spreading slick from an undersea BP oil well was heading toward the Alabama and Mississippi coasts. Dindo said tides in the area are running east and winds have been out of the southwest, driving the oil toward beach towns on the eastern side of Mobile Bay.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said earlier Tuesday that authorities were investigating reports that the outer sheen of oil was reaching coastal waters off Mississippi and Alabama, but said those reports had not been confirmed.

"We've dispatched survey teams to see what the impact is out there, and to the extent that is required, we'll move resources that direction," Allen, the federal government's national incident commander, told reporters in New Orleans, Louisiana.

CNN's Patrick Oppmann and Matt Smith contributed to this report.

text: CNN

text: Rust

text: colored

text: oil

text: washed

text: ashore

text: on

text: barrier

text: islands

text: off

text: Alabama

text: and

text: Mississippi

text: on

text: Tuesday

text: while

text: more

text: patches

text: of

text: crude

text: offshore

text: appeared

text: to

text: be

text: moving

text: toward

text: those

text: states

text: coasts

text: authorities

text: reported

text: Researchers

text: scrambled

text: to

text: clean

text: up

text: tar

text: balls

text: and

text: puddles

text: of

text: oil

text: from

text: the

text: beaches

text: of

text: Alabama

text: 's

text: Dauphin

text: Island

text: while

text: a

text: strip

text: of

text: oil

text: about

text: two

text: miles

text: long

text: and

text: three

text: feet

text: wide

text: stretched

text: along

text: Petit

text: Bois

text: Island

text: about

text: five

text: miles

text: away

text: off

text: Mississippi

text: Gov.

text: Haley

text: Barbour

text: 's

text: office

text: reported

text: It

text: marked

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: oil

text: has

text: hit

text: Mississippi

text: 's

text: shores

text: since

text: the

text: largest

text: oil

text: spill

text: in

text: U.S.

text: history

text: erupted

text: in

text: late

text: April

text: And

text: while

text: tar

text: balls

text: associated

text: with

text: the

text: Gulf

text: spill

text: had

text: hit

text: Dauphin

text: Island

text: about

text: miles

text: south

text: of

text: Mobile

text: in

text: early

text: May

text: residents

text: said

text: that

text: Tuesday

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: they

text: had

text: seen

text: oil

text: hitting

text: the

text: beach

text: Only

text: part

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text: island

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text: beaches

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text: of

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text: protected

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text: area

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text: west

text: end

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text: the

text: island

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text: Louisiana

text: State

text: University

text: researcher

text: on

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text: Island

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text: oil

text: is

text: believed

text: to

text: be

text: from

text: BP

text: 's

text: ruptured

text: well

text: off

text: Louisiana

text: She

text: predicted

text: much

text: more

text: would

text: be

text: hitting

text: the

text: coast

text: in

text: coming

text: days

text: but

text: vacationers

text: remained

text: on

text: the

text: beach

text: and

text: some

text: were

text: still

text: swimming

text: in

text: the

text: blue

text: green

text: waters

text: as

text: the

text: cleanup

text: continued

text: And

text: researchers

text: from

text: the

text: Dauphin

text: Island

text: Sea

text: Lab

text: spotted

text: large

text: patches

text: of

text: the

text: reddish

text: brown

text: weathered

text: oil

text: during

text: a

text: water

text: sampling

text: expedition

text: offshore

text: Tuesday

text: said

text: John

text: Dindo

text: the

text: laboratory

text: 's

text: associate

text: director

text: Dindo

text: said

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text: oil

text: spots

text: on

text: the

text: water

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text: from

text: the

text: size

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text: a

text: half

text: dollar

text: coin

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text: to

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text: dozen

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text: skimming

text: oil

text: off

text: the

text: surface

text: about

text: miles

text: south

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: he

text: said

text: However

text: They

text: were

text: covering

text: a

text: very

text: very

text: small

text: spot

text: in

text: the

text: ocean

text: compared

text: to

text: what

text: we

text: saw

text: he

text: said

text: The

text: National

text: Oceanographic

text: and

text: Atmospheric

text: Administration

text: had

text: warned

text: earlier

text: this

text: week

text: that

text: the

text: spreading

text: slick

text: from

text: an

text: undersea

text: BP

text: oil

text: well

text: was

text: heading

text: toward

text: the

text: Alabama

text: and

text: Mississippi

text: coasts

text: Dindo

text: said

text: tides

text: in

text: the

text: area

text: are

text: running

text: east

text: and

text: winds

text: have

text: been

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: southwest

text: driving

text: the

text: oil

text: toward

text: beach

text: towns

text: on

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text: eastern

text: side

text: of

text: Mobile

text: Bay

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text: Guard

text: Adm.

text: Thad

text: Allen

text: said

text: earlier

text: Tuesday

text: that

text: authorities

text: were

text: investigating

text: reports

text: that

text: the

text: outer

text: sheen

text: of

text: oil

text: was

text: reaching

text: coastal

text: waters

text: off

text: Mississippi

text: and

text: Alabama

text: but

text: said

text: those

text: reports

text: had

text: not

text: been

text: confirmed

text: We

text: 've

text: dispatched

text: survey

text: teams

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text: what

text: the

text: impact

text: is

text: out

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text: and

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text: extent

text: that

text: is

text: required

text: we

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text: move

text: resources

text: that

text: direction

text: Allen

text: the

text: federal

text: government

text: 's

text: national

text: incident

text: commander

text: told

text: reporters

text: in

text: New

text: Orleans

text: Louisiana

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Patrick

text: Oppmann

text: and

text: Matt

text: Smith

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: What did protective booms cover?

answer: a very, very small spot in the ocean

text: a very, very small spot in the ocean

question: What are the large patches?

answer: crude offshore

text: crude offshore

question: What has been found offshore?

answer: patches of crude

text: patches of crude

question: Where else has been hit?

answer: Mississippi's shores

text: Mississippi's shores

question: What was also hit?

answer: Mississippi's shores

text: Mississippi's shores