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Leadership role within al qaeda pay thats why the u.s. was interested in tracking him down in the first place. he didnt have a lot of combat experience, he wasnt within leadership al qaeda the moment, he did represent essentially the next generation for al qaeda. he was going to be some kind of recruitment draw. essentially based on the strength of his fathers name. taking them off the battlefield is a blow to al qaeda and its a boost to u.s. security. >> julie: what does this say about the trum...

He was found guilty of posing with a corpse which carries a maximum sentence of four months in prison but in light of the fact he spent 9 months in prison in advance of his trial the 40-year-old was expected to go free. he will be sentenced on that charge today. one of the key moments of the controversy filled case, a key prosecution witness said he had not chief gallagher killed the captive by covering his breathing to. a seal and a navy officer in combat experience and two weeks hearing testim...

With a picture of a corpse which carries a maximum sentence of four months in prison. he spent nine months in prison, the 40-year-old is expected to go free. one of the key moments in a controversy filled case, a key prosecution witness said he and not chief gallagher killed the captives by covering his breathing tube. the navy officer with combat experience been two weeks in testimony delivering eight others before reaching their verdict. a gallagher and his wife will be on "fox and friends" la...

Servicemen accused of war crimes. a fellow retired general officer of yours, mark hurtling, mutual friend. you and i both know a superior retired officer has written a really interesting piece pardoning soldiers accused of war crimes would be immoral. general, whats your take on this story? >> look, bryan arb i had three combat tours so theres no question that small unit combat is brutal. its kill or be killed. but the u.s. armed forces is still guided by its values, by its discipline. it operat...

Detainees or kill civilians. and if we do, we take action. a jury trial of your combat experience peers. so why mr. trump would intervene in that process which is widely not supported by the military chain in command, im positive of that. this is a political act. its ill thought out. its harmful to our image. and indeed it would put our own military at risk. are we suggesting that we would allow one of our soldiers to be stripped naked and shot dead while being interrogated? so weve got a real p...

Its kill or be killed. but the u.s. armed forces is still guided by its values, by its discipline. it operates under the uniform code of military justice. and for sure we dont execute detainees or kill civilians. and if we do, we take action. a jury trial of your combat experience peers. so why mr. trump would intervene in that process which is widely not supported by the military chain in command, im positive of that. this is a political act. its ill thought out. its harmful to our image. and i...

I like that. it kind of helps because a lot of us been through war, shell-shocked. some of us have problems with quick sounds and booms and bangs and yada yada. i kind of have, i guess psychological problems, if you will and i guess the mental stress. so >> twaun stallworth serving a one year sentence for cocaine possession, is still haunted by a combat experience that occurred 20 years earlier during the battle to free kuwait. he says he once saw a friend blown up by a woman and a child who wer...

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...

Joe dunford know it was so shoved aside without any warning? >> certainly is an unusual way of going about your business, as youve mentioned, general dunford is a highly respected four star marine. former marine corps, a lot of combat experience and widely respected and not just in the united states but the international defense community and trusted by secretary mattis. so to announce it this early, ten months out does diminish his ability to be viewed as the voice of military advice under the ...

Served under, why? >> thats exactly right. hes the only one that i served under that had combat experience which i later got under his command for the first time in desert shield and desert storm and he made the decisions the right way, he told his generals what needed to be done, they came up with a plan, they approved the plan and they went out and executed the plan and he made strategic decisions to end the conflict when it was the appropriate time, built extremely good coalition that was mad...