CNN Student News -- May 11, 2017

CNNStudentNewsTranscript:May11(CNNStudentNews)--May11,2017U.S.LeaderMullSendingMoreTroopstoAfghanistan;APristineCalderainthePhilippines,IntroducingBOTUSTHISISARUSHTRANSCRIPT.THISCOPYMAYNOTBEINITSFINALFORMANDMAYBEUPDATED.***CARLAZUZ,CNN10ANCHOR:We`retakingyouaroundtheworldtodayonCNN10.Andaspromised,inoursocialmedia,attemptingapunrecordintheprocess.I`mCarlAzuz.It`sgreattoseeyouthisThursday.Firststory,arethousandsofadditionalU.S.troopsheadedtothesouthernAsiancountryofAfghanistan.That`ssomethingthatU.S.nationalsecurityadvisersmayberequestingfromPresidentDonaldTrump.TheconflictinAfghanistanisAmerica`slongestwar.ItbeganunderformerPresidentGeorgeW.Bushin2001.That`swhentheTaliban,whoruledAfghanistanatthattime,refusedtoturnoverthealQaedaterroristswhowereresponsiblefortheSeptember11thattacksontheUnitedStates.ConflictragedintheyearsthatfollowedwithacoalitionleadbytheU.S.fightingTalibanandalQaedaforces.FormerPresidentBarackObamapromisedtoendthewarthere.Butinstead,heleftofficeearlierthisyearwithmorethan8,000U.S.troopsstillservinginAfghanistan.AndthoughDonaldTrump,whenhewasacandidate,promisedtoputanendtowhathecallednation-building,PresidentTrumpmaybeexpandingtheAmericanfootprintinAfghanistan.Justlikein2001,theTalibanstillposedachallengeinthecountry.(BEGINVIDEOTAPE)BARBARASTARR,CNNPENTAGONCORRESPONDENT(voice-over):PresidentTrumpisabouttodecideonaPentagonplanforbeefingtheU.S.fightagainsttheTalibanandISISinAfghanistan.Thefirstoption,sendingasmanyas5,000additionalU.S.troopstobolsterthe8,400alreadythere.ThegoalistopressuretheTalibantothenegotiatingtable.CandidateTrumpinitiallyopposedsendingmoretroopsbutlateracknowledgedtheneedforamilitarypresence.DONALDTRUMP,PRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES:DoIloveanythingaboutit?No.Ilike--Ithinkit`simportantthatwe,numberone,keepapresencethereandideally,youknow,apresenceofprettymuchwhatthey`retalkingabout,5,000soldiers.STARR:Butaremoretroopstheonlyanswerfromthepresident?SEANSPICER,WHITEHOUSEPRESSSECRETARY:Oneofthethingshe`saskedhisnationalsecurityteamtodoistoactuallythinkthe--rethinkthestrategyofhowdoweactually--howdowewin?Howdoweeliminatethethreat?CHARLESKUPCHAN,COUNCILONFOREIGNRELATIONS:Hehastosquarethecirclebetweennomorenation-building,reducingAmerica`sfootprintabroadandhispledgetogoafterbadguys.STARR:DefenseSecretaryJamesMattisinsistsprogressisbeingmade.JAMESMATTIS,U.S.DEFENSESECRETARY:InAfghanistan,we`reupagainstadeterminedenemy.AsIsaid,ISIShasbeenthrownbackthere,alQaedahadbeenunabletomountattacksoutofAfghanistan.STARR:AfterU.S.trooplevelsroseto100,000inmid-2010,PresidentObamasetaplantoreducetheU.S.effort.WiththeTalibannowbackontherise,commanderswantTrumptoalsoapproveauthoritytoconductmoreairstrikesandgroundoperations.KUPCHAN:Whatweneedtowatchforandbecarefulaboutisif10,000becomes20,000,20,000becomes30,000.We`vebeentheresince2001.That`s15-plusyears,notalottoshowforit.STARR:PresidentTrumpalreadyhasgivenmoreauthoritytocommandersoverseeingoperationsinIraq,Syria,YemenandSomalia.InAfghanistan,thedecisiontolaunchaMOABbombforthefirsttimewasmadebythegeneralontheground.ButitisU.S.SpecialOperationsForcesthathavesufferedcasualtiesinrepeatedcounterterrorismoperations.Atotalof12killedincombatinthelastyear.Awarningfromthetopcommander.GEN.RAYMONDTHOMAS,CMDR,U.S.SPECIALOPSCOMMAND:We`renotapanacea.Wearenottheultimatesolutionforeveryproblemandyouwillnothearcomingfromus.(ENDVIDEOTAPE)(BEGINVIDEOCLIP)AZUZ(voice-over):Ten-secondtrivia:WhichofthesewordscomesfromaSpanishtermmeaningcauldron?Caldera,calibrate,callousorcalcite?Thinkvolcanoesforthisone.Caldera,whichisSpanishforcauldron,isalargecraterleftbythecollapseofavolcano.(ENDVIDEOCLIP)AZUZ:Threecountries,includingtheUnitedStates,havewarnedpeopleabouttravelingtopartofthePhilippines,anationofthousandsofvolcanicislandslocatedinSoutheastAsia.TheU.S.saysithascredibleinformationaboutaterroristthreattotravelersinthePhilippines`Palawanprovince.Militaryofficialsintheislandnationsaytravelerswillbesafe.ThePhilippinesisn`taparticularlylargecountryinlandarea.It`salittlebiggerthantheU.S.stateofArizona,butitsislandsarespreadoutoverseveralhundredmilesandbecausethey`resopristine,witheverythingfromdiversemarinelifetouniqueandfascinatingcalderas,itsappealtotouristsisasclearasthewatersaroundit.(BEGINVIDEOTAPE)PAOLORENIVA,VOLCANOLOGIST,TAALOBSERVATORY:Philippinesoriginallyisanarchipelagiccountry.So,therearearound300volcanoes.Eachoneofthemoffersadifferentkindofattraction.IamPaoloDelgadoReniva.I`mtheresidentvolcanologistofTaalVolcanoObservatory.TaalVolcanoisoneofthesmallestvolcanoesintheworld,butdefinitelyoneofthemostdestructiveandviolentduringitseruptionactivity.Thisisuniquebecauseit`sconsideredasanislandwithinanislandwithinanisland.So,justimaginetheLuzonislandandthere`sabigcalderaandthemiddleofitistheTaalVolcanoisland.AndinthemiddleofthemaincraterlakeisanotherislandwhichiscalledthemaincraterlakeislandortheVulcanPoint.TaalLakeisthemaintouristattractionhereinBatangasprovince.Itattractsinvestorsforthecommercialfishingorfishfarming.Itattractstouristswhoareinterestedintrekking,horsebackridi