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Asking is did the president give that order. sean spicer punted on that and the president didnt really answer. are you surprised by his response? >> well, i think he could have said it in a bit of a more artful way but the way it is normally set up is for the president to approve the concept of broad operations like this especially if a different kind of weapon is being used he should certainly be informed of that. it sounds like hes given a broad delegation of authority to central command and t...

The geners do have the authority to do this just as she said. a strike like the, the military doesnt see this as terribly different than when they drop a 5,000 pound bomb. they use the appropriate munition for the appropriate target. in this case was large isis complex in a more remote area in eastern afghanistan and hit a somewhat extensive is that complex opportunity system underneath it. the reason for the large bomb was to take out the entire complex at once. it was a large zpartarget and t ...

Washington d.c. after a few days in florida meeting with president of china. they talked about north korea. and recent provocations including banned missile testing by north korea, president is sending a strong message by delaying a u.s. carrier strike group. uss carl vinson and its supporting chip, that massive fighting force is being diverted to waters off of the korean peninsula. >> when i was ambassador in kuwait in 1990s, i referred to carrier battle group as a 100,000 tons of diplomacy. i ...

Armada. then we heard from the defense secretary that said it would be prudent to do it. press secretary sean spicer said in that briefing that the white house does bear no responsibility for the stemts t were made and in fact, it should all directed to the pentagon, to central command. heres how he explained why every indication from the administration was that it was heading toward the korean peninsula, when in fact we found out wasnt. >> we said that it was heading there. it is heading there....

Trump arriving back in washington d.c. after a few days in florida meeting with president of china. they talked about north korea. and recent provocations including banned missile testing by north korea, president is sending a strong message by delaying a u.s. carrier strike group. uss carl vinson and its supporting chip, that massive fighting force is being diverted to waters off of the korean peninsula. >> when i was ambassador in kuwait in 1990s, i referred to carrier battle group as a 100,00...

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Demolish and destroy isis, a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered muslims and christians and men and women and children of all faiths and all beliefs. we will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the muslim world to extinguish this vile enemy from our planets. >> president trump has not revealed plans publicly. tomorrow and capitol hill, the head of the u.s. military central command will be briefing congress, the senate armed services committee. expect questions ...

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