President Trump wants out of Syria and his aides say the U.S. is keen to reassert itself as a liberating, not an occupying military force.

Amid a push to wind down prolonged conflicts, should we expect an end to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan?

Helping us answer that question are this week's guests:

• Vanda Felbab-Brown, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for 21st Century Security
• Gil Barndollar, director of Middle East studies at the Center for the National Interest
• Graeme Smith, author, "The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan"

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Taped: January 11, 2019.

Hosted by Luke Vargas.