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He said that there was a process underway to get rid of assad, mean, at that point, hours before this missile strike, was the u.s. talking about an actual military campaign to oust assad and now thoroughly going even beyond where he had been before as bewildering as that is, to try and convince the russians that they have to get rid of assad, which, basically, had been the policy of the obama administration and now were all waiting to see whats going to happen, if hes going to meet with putin in...

But when i say he should think long and hard about it, ill just let the mission speak for itself on that score. >> barbara, i would say that as a u.s. central command commander, im very confident that we can respond to any directions and orders that the secretary and the president gives us in the region. >> do you know where the chemical weapons are? >> again, im not going to speculate on what we know or dont know but im very confident about our forces when were asked to do things. >> first to g...

Russian officials and to ensure that the united states views on the situation in syria counter terrorism efforts, north korea and other matters are clearly conveyed. were open to strategic cooperation with russia when we can achieve a shared goal such as defeating isis, but well stand up for our interest and values when we do not see eye to eye. russia must honor the commitments it made in the nuclear forces treaty and other topics of international concern. secretary tillerson is going to make t...

The secretary of defense general mattis and the commander of the u.s. military central command, theyre going to be holding an on camera press briefing at the pentagon in -- at 3:30 p.m. eastern going through specific details, what happened, what the u.s. is doing. this is a significant development that the secretary of defense and the head of the u.s. military central command, which is in charge of the whole middle east region have decided this is a moment to speak not only to the american publi...

In 25 minutes, we expect secretary mattis to walk in accompanied by the four-star said of central command, the man who oversaw the strike on the syrian air base. theres going to be questions about how that strike happened and what kind of damage it actually inflicted on the syrians. we know that the u.s. missiles either dabmaged or destroyed 23 aircraft, about 20%, according to the pent goagon, of syrias operating air force. also, russian complicity. the u.s. military and u.s. intelligence commi...

Not changed. our priority is defeat of isis. isis presents a clear and present danger and a threat to the united states homeland. in closing, the syrian regime should think long and hard before it again acts so recklessly in violation of international law against the use of chemical weapons. general votel will now provide further information on the strike. >> thank you, mr. secretary. secretary mattis stated, the united states central command was directed to develop military options and response...

Officials and make sure the u.s. views on the situation in syria, counterterrorism efforts for north korea and other matters are clearly conveyed. we are open to strategic cooperation with russia where we can achieve a shared goal such as defeating isis, but we will stand up for our interests and values when we do not see ida i. question must fully honor the commitments it made on syria, ukraine, and the inter-range nuclear forces treaty and other topics of international concern. second tillerso...

Questions that hopefully will be tossed to the secretary of defense. but youve been in this position of briefing the media oodles and oodles of times. you see the chairs for secretary mattis and general votel. >> all that stuff is pretty well gamed out before they get out there. they go through the likely questions and answers and game out how they are going to respond. it looks like they are starting. >> lets listen. >> joseph votel, commander of u.s. central command in florida. well start with...

That the united states views on the situation in syria, counter terrorism efforts, north korea and other matters, are clearly conveyed. were open to strategic koorpgs with russia when we can achieve a shared goal, such as defeating isis, but well stand up for our interests and values when we do not see eye to eye. russia must honor the commitments on syria, ukraine and intermediate nuclear treaty and other topics of international concern and secretary tillerson is going to make that clear during...

Kuwait i referred to a carrier battle group at 100,000 tons of diplomacy. i worked closely with central command to be sure we had carrier presence up in the northern gulf when we needed it. >> bill: he said president got it right in syria and in north korea but this is just the beginning. how would you react to that, sir? >> i think thats correct. the message of the strike the president ordered at the end of last week obviously felt in syria and in moscow but i think heard with equal clarity in ...