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Interesting that the people who had, perhaps, the most painful experience were among the first to reach out. i think the john mccain story is particularly interesting because heres a guy who had an atrocious experience here in prison and yet he has been among the most vocal supporters of normalizing relations. >> tao: it took several trips to vietnam. and so he could see vietnam in a different light. its no longer a war. its a country with people. >> anthony: have you been out with returning vet...

So lets take a look inside this group whose leaders, at least temporarily were invited to sit at the historic presidential retreat at camp david. cnn chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, has spent considerable time talking to taliban commanders at great risk to herself. watch this interview she did with a taliban leader who admits to the groups violence and brutality. >> reporter: we start out by asking about the talibans brutal tactics and the u.s. concern that they could once agai...

Made to stop killing civilians? >>. >> translator: those responsible for civilian casualties are the ones who came with aircrafts, ar tilley, b-52 and heavy weaponry. >> in reality, the taliban is responsible for thousands of civilian deaths in the last e three years alone. and what about the suicide bombings at polling stations for example. these kill many civilians. >> translator: weve deny ied this. this accusation is not ax acceptable to us. >> there are small signs that the taliban is movin...

And i think our restraint has played -- military restraint has played a big part in enabling that to happen, frankly. >> julie: the u.s. is setting up a base in saudi arabia. this is the first time this has happened since the gulf war 1990. this is a big deal. its part of the pentagons plan to address tensions with iran. how do you think this base and the hundreds of troop setting up shop in the mideast are going to tamper down this crisis. >> there is a couple things we need to do again. i ment...

Near term. im going to let south korea and japan know were there for them. we are their nuclear umbrella. were there for them. china, if you dont want us in your throat here, if you dont want us in your face, do something. >> do you stop the trade battle with china? do you go back to tpp? >> by the way, the idea that this trade battle makes any sense, is benefitting anybody, is absolutely ludicrous. just ask the farmers here or around the world -- i mean around the united states and the manufact...

China understands if you dont want us in your face, do something. >> do you stop the trade battle? do you go back to tpp? >> the idea this trade battle makes any sense is benefitting anybody is ludicrous. just ask the farmers here or around the world, around the united states and the manufacturers. its killing us. what we should do is deal with china. understand were going to fly through. we fly a b-52 through it. were not going anywhere. understand and thats why the reason you have security is ...

Fly a b-52 through it. we are a pacific power. were not going anywhere. understand thats the reason why you have security is because weve allowed stability in the region. they get it. but what theyre doing now is were not dealing with chinas problem for us. chinas problem is theyre stealing intellectual secrets. deal the same way. you say you got to invest in the united states, you want to be able to invest here, and you say we want to invest in china but you got to have a 51% owner, no deal man...

>> by the way, the idea this trade battle makes any sense and benefitting anybody is absolutely ludicrous. just ask the farmers here and around the world or around the united states and manufacturers. its killing us. i had a conversation with xi jinping before we left, and he said remember they setup their no-fly zone and i said were not going to pay attention to it. just understand were just going to fly through, we fly a b-52 through it. we are a pacific power, were not going anywhere. and tha...