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Afghanistan. saying the government controls 55% of the territory and 65% of the population. the afghan security forces are 11% below their target strength right now and some 12% of the territory is under the direct control or influence of the insurge insurgents. the taliban and isis which emerges in the last couple years as well. the chairman of the joint chiefs, however, recommended as recently as december 6th against drawing down u.s. forces in afghanistan and president trumps pick to take ove...

Different things happen when the president was going off the rail. so when youre talking about the potential for a calming influence, both with our allies and partners and members of the presidents staff, secretary mattis really shooeded healed and shoulders above the rest of the cabinet members. >> sam, i want to put up something you tweeted earlier. it was about you being in the white house when mat sxis president obama disagreed on iran policy. talk know about the difference. >> its so intere...

Seen. and as we move into the winter months very rapidly here, there is something else and it sounds like inside baseball. but its actually very critical. mattis leaves in february. youre going to see a change of command in several key positions that was already scheduled. the head of central command who oversees the wars in the middle east and afghanistan is leaving this winter. the head of special operations command leaving this winter. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff already schedul...

Off guard. you just quoted general dunford. i think secretary mattis was also surprised by this, as well as general botell in central command, general thomas in central operations command as well as all of our allies. this is more than just a wake up and tweet moment. this is really affecting not only our strategy in the region, which is not that strong in the first place, but it certainly contributes to the strategies of others successfully being accomplished, like russia, iran, turkey and the ...

In building relationships with the gulf coast countries and so that we have a good standing and resolve here in the arabian gulf. and central command aor. things in my opinion, mr. president, are going very well for us. >> and what do you see in the region? whats going on in the region? how are they feeling about things? how are they feeling about trade? you know, trade for me is a very big subject. we have been taken advantage of for many years by bad trade deals. how are you finding things in ...

>> good morning mr. president. this is nicholas. here in the room, we have 14 members from patrol forces in southwest asia. we are located in the kingdom of iran, mr. president. our mission out here is to patrol the moves. conduct command and objectives here in the gulf. a lot of our work is partnering in building relationships with the gulf coast countries. so that we have a good standing and resolve here in the iranian gulf. central command ao are. in my opinion, its going very well for us. >>...

Those who want to believe it. >> is president trump betting on the same thing, this storm will blow through? in other words this is the front story on every newspaper. we had a shooting in a synagogue, we had a shooting in a bar out in california. is the white house going to take this up as an issue and punish saudi arabia? >> theyre going to do the minimum amount possible annou e announced in the last 48 hours, theyre going to send the general who used to head central command as the american am...

Forcefully against the trump administration saying their ties to iran are legitimate and dont believe the u.s. should be infringing on the ties. meanwhile the iranians roadway main in defiance and flexing their military muscles. one things they did at the drills is test a new sur false to air missile system. which has a range of 100 miles and new and advanced radar. as cnn is reporting apparently the pentagon turned down a request by central command to beef up military resources of the united st...

Soon. defense secretary, james mattis, president trump saying he thinks he knows more about nato than mattis. the man who once served as nato supreme allied commander for transformation. and president trump revealed he doesnt trust everyone in his administration. cnns jeff zeleny is at the white house. jeff, the president said he thinks mattis is, quote, sort of a democrat. mattis has always seemed to me to be pretty independent, and he did not have a particularly good relationship with presiden...

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