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The presidents remark on facebook live will feature some of the incredible art work throughout the white house that was created by african-american artists. you definitely dont want to mention this. this weekend the president will be shifting the operation of the white house down to the winter white house at mara largo. well provide read outs of these as they occur. the administration is already racked up more than 60 significant actions. 21 executive actions and ten stake holder meetings to nam...

Presidents remark on facebook live will feature some of the incredible artwork throughout the white house that was created by african-american artists, so dont miss this. as i mentioned previously, this weekend of president will be shifting the operation of the white house down to the winter white house at mar-a-lago. down in florida they will hold meetings and calls with advisors and staff to plan for another big week of action on behalf of the american people. we will provide readouts of these...

Individual or the site, it takes a lot of time to confirm or deny what is there. this was started in terms of the planning process a few months ago. but as items are collected and intelligence is gained, it is further refined. it is looked at by all of the chain of command, the central command and special operations command. they make decisions on it. it is passed back and forth between the pentagon and combat and commander. it will go to the white house for final coordination and approval after...

Forces are engaging. 19 people were killed. these are russian backed separatists fighting the sovereign nation of ukraine and american ally and were saying nothing while the iranians have launched -- tested a ballistic missile. i think the united states has a right to call them on that and to complain. i think the general is right, better done in concert with allies and diplomats and with your generals, central command didnt know. the contrast is being noted. all around the world. the president ...

One officer dead. >> he died in defense of our nation. he gave his life in defense of our people. our debt to him and our debt to his family is eternal and everlasting. >> hans nichols is handling all of this. central command is saying there may have been more civilian casualties than originally thought. what are you hearing? >> they dont quite have a firm number and wont for some time on the number of civilian casualties because air strikes were called in. heres what happened with the operation...

I think it was a delayed action for a variety of things. for a guy who has been in the field a lot and have to make tough calls, you dont make calls necessarily with only the politics in mind. you have an indicator of that. if im the special operations commander or the central command commander, im not going to say, hmm, im going to wait until trump gets in office so he can make one call on an attack. there were a whole lot of other factors involved in this. i saw much of the reporting yesterday...

Either this young girl was used as a shield or she was there willingly in spite of her young age, although all precautions are taken to avoid killing them. it is often unavoidable. >> it was a challenging fight. according to the pentagon, several, quote, female fighters ran to preestablished positions during the raid sunday, taking aim at u.s. troops. al-qaeda terrorists then retreated into a building before u.s. forces called in an airstrike. >> its rare for al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula t...

That declined to comment and referred us to the company, the alabama-based company, coulsa corp that declined to comment. >> shepard: so this is farmed out. subcontracted out by the government? >> contracted out. >> shepard: contracted out. >> theyre a contractor. its run by -- >> shepard: go ahead, please. >> its run by central commands, which is, as you know, the militarys middle east division. >> shepard: thats based in tampa. folks that were in charge there have said repeatedly, one of the m...

Mattis commanded u.s. joint forces command, nato supreme allied command for transformation and u.s. central command. had u.s. central command he directed military operations of 200,000 soldiers, sailors, air men, coast guard, marines and allied forces across the middle east. and now, mr. secretary, your president has called you to lead all of the armed forces of the united states. he and i have the highest faith in your judgment, your courage, and your dedication to this nation. and, so, on beha...

The hall of heroes. the names of 3498 american patriots are inscribed on these walls. each of them performed personal acts of val or above and beyond the call of duty and received the medal of honor as a consequence. it is humbling for us to be among their names and to be with all of you. secretary mattis is soon to mark his 50th anniversary in the service of this country. during more than four decades in uniform, secretary mattis commanded marines at all levels from an infantry rifle platoon to...