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Gentlemen, welcome. this guy, replacing james mattis, major general, hes got no government experience. no policy experience. and he is not a veteran. what is your take on? >> well, first of all, happy new year, katie, hi, jack, good to see you. look, the traditional role of a deputy secretary of defense going back, oh, 20 years, has been mr. inside. and the secretarys been mr. outside. and most, in fact, some of the most successful senior administrators in the dod have been budgeteers. one comes...

July 1 was the date. then they asked for a delay. so the pentagon had been trying to work through all this. they wanted to make it work. you heard a lot from people here on just the imperative of implementing this social policy, making sure the pentagon did this correctly, and thats why they asked for that delay. it looks like now, though, from president trump this has all been short circuited. stephanie. >> were we anticipating this in any way? at least here this wasnt on our radar. was this so...

July 27th. >> bret: 136 days ago. thank you. getting word in from the pentagon. jennifer griffin saying the trump administration has asked the trump transition team has asked bob work to stay on as deputy secretary of defense. according to two well-placed sources, work would stay on, continuing the government -- the pentagon not commentating. that would be the deputy secretary of defense. the president-elect met with mitch mcconnell today head of the start of those confirmation hearings. mcconne...

July 27th. >> bret: 136 days ago. thank you. getting word in from the pentagon. jennifer griffin saying the trump administration has asked the trump transition team has asked bob work to stay on as deputy secretary of defense. according to two well-placed sources, work would stay on, continuing the government -- the pentagon not commentating. that would be the deputy secretary of defense. the president-elect met with mitch mcconnell today head of the start of those confirmation hearings. mcconne...

For targets in space? >> firing lasers in space. >> potentially. >> yeah. its remarkable. >> when you get into this, you get into all sorts of classification levels that im not cleared into. >> this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when, in april this year, deputy defense secretary bob work vowed that the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back, he added, and knock them out. >> from the very beginning,...

For targets in space? >> firing lasers in space. >> potentially. >> yeah. its remarkable. >> when you get into this, you get into all sorts of classification levels that im not cleared into. >> this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when, in april this year, deputy defense secretary bob work vowed that the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back, he added, and knock them out. >> from the very beginning,...

>> potentially, yeah. >> its remarkable. >> when you get into this, you get into all sorts of classification levels eye not cleared into. >> this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so many took notice when in april this year deputy defense secretary bob work vowed that the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back he added and knock them out. >> from the very beginning, if someone starts going after our space constellation, ...

Blow torch. this is the u.s. militarys first operational laser weapon and today it is deployed to defeat incoming threats at sea. could it some day be used for targets in space? >> firing lasers in space? >> potentially. yeah. >> its remarkable. >> when you get into this. you get into all sorts of other classification levels im not cleared into. >> reporter: this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when in april this yea...

Thats the frustration lawmakers and leaders like secretary of defense ash carter have to contend with. listen to what he said today in paris. >> im aware. the first thing i want to say is anybody who volunteers to serve in the armed forces of the united states deserves our gratitude and respect, period. i am aware of the specific issue that has complexities to it. we are going to look into it and resolve it. i have asked the deputy secretary of defense bob work. hes working on that now. it is a ...

States might be having the same issue. a few minutes ago we heard from defense secretary ash carter who spoke about this issue in paris. take a listen. >> yes, i am aware. the first thing i want to say is anybody who volunteers to serve in the armed forces of the united states deserves our gratitude and respect. period. now, i am aware of the specific issue you are speaking of. its got its complexities to it. we are going to look into it and resolve it. i have asked bob work, the deputy secretar...