She took stock of the scene, wanting to remember her last moments in the theater of war. "That became my tradition -- to smoke a cigar on the day that I flew out," she says a decade later. Through her next two tours in 2010 and 2012, Rouse saw up close how the US strategy and priorities have evolved in Afghanistan under different administrations. And now, as President Donald Trump pledges to ramp up the American military effort, the strategy has shifted yet again. JUST WATCHED Tillerson: We can turn tide in Afghansistan Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Tillerson: We can turn tide in Afghansistan 00:49"I share the American people's frustration," Trump said in a prime-time address Monday night .

Source: CNN August 26, 2017 13:30 UTC