Page 1315 - Capabilities News Today

Well see if president biden is able to continue that because it is a serious issue that we have to contend with. >> paul: just about 45 seconds left, general, the -- are you suggesting that we have to pare back some of our counterterror operations or perhaps ground commitments in the army to be able to invest more in technology against china and the navy? >> no, i dont think so at all. i believe the modest commitments that we have to make to stay on top of the five, six terrorist organizations t...

About here from sort of the personal to the policy, if you will, and let me start there, because we heard from former president george w. bush not too long ago at that site in shanksville, pennsylvania. we should note that president biden is still there now. he is taking a moment away from the eyes of the media to pay respects, to pay tribute to the lives lost in that field in pennsylvania that day. we heard from former president bush this condemnation, secretary panetta, of not just internation...

In other places. but i do believe that we used that 20 years well to improve our capabilities at home to degrade, notjust in afghanistan but in other places as well like east africa. that was time well spent. yes, i am saddened that we didnt have the patience to leave a few thousand troops in afghanistan who could have helped to prevent the collapse of the government of afghanistan and who could have continued to keep an eye on and ears on the fact that can emanate from there. condoleezza rice, ...

Four star who led our troops into battle in iraq and of course in afghanistan over these decades. your own feelings about the afghanistan war coming to an end the way it did, with the taliban now in charge? >> well, thats a fact, the taliban is in charge. afghanistan is a different country, and i think the taliban is discovering that very quickly. i think that we have different capabilities, the united states of america, and the world is different. as we look at how trans national terrorism has ...

Problem. could al qaeda or isis-related groups reconstitute and potentially pose a threat down the road. will the over the horizon capabilities be enough to deter or tdestroy that kind of threat. who knows. a lot has to depend from a political standpoint, what happens to remaining americans, about 100 americans that are still there. there are other permanent u.s. residents that are still there, and tens of thousands of afghans that worked with the u.s. military, worked with the u.s. diplomats, u...

Capabilities from doha, 1,200 miles away and other places. but the bottom line is we dont have the ground troops that we have had with extraordinary work from our special forces and other operators on the ground in afghanistan. >> makes it more difficult, andrea, but its not impossible. and we demonstrate on a daily basis that theres no place on this planet that we cant reach out and touch when we need to. the issue will be making sure that we maintain a laser focus on networks and adversaries c...

Say we still live with a threat and we need to keep up our defenses and continue with the intelligence and other efforts especially because of whats happening in afghanistan where we will not have the same capabilities in parts of the world where al qaeda and isis are. >> the reason we thought this was important to discuss, because what were talking about here is not just a group of violent extremists with al qaeda or isis, it is an ideology. it is an ideology. if one thinks this kindly soldier ...

Radical islamist organizations who want to threaten the united states is our focus, and four presidents have come to that same conclusion, so were in iraq. were in syria. were in east africa, on the ground because of that threat. were very close in yemen because of the al qaeda threat there. and certainly were going to be challenged to keep our eye on the ball in afghanistan because weve taken away our eyes and our ears the listening posts that we had there with our seven bases and the multiple ...

Problem. thats all changed over the 20 years. he feels more confident that we have better capabilities in dealing with terrorism today than we did then. >> and then for this president, it was his goal to withdraw u.s. military presence in afghanistan, especially ahead of this anniversary. and of course, it opened a lot of consternation and debate whether it was done appropriately. do you believe this will be a sort of turning point for the biden administration, the way in which today was handled...

>> geoff bennett. >> a question for ali, because we heard from former president george w. bush and his remarks today and he talked about the violent extremism and the threat from outside our borders, but also paid particular attention to the scourge of domestic extremism. in your view, your assessment, what poses the greatest risk to the homeland right now? is it terrorism overseas or terrorism within? >> i think the international jihadi groups are threatening, but not necessarily at home. i thi...