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>> the russian foreign ministry just finally acknowledged they do have some personnel in syria, aiding assads regime in its fight against isis. do you have a problem with russian forces in syria on assads side, but fighting isis? >> weve been watching this closely over the last several days, watching the buildup to see what it might mean. >> we dont know whether or not its a good or bad thing? >> i think its a bad thing, if they use combat forces to prop you have assad. assad is responsible for ...

Called for the withdrawal of all troops was negotiated by president bush. and critics would argue that the rise of al qaeda and other terrorists in iraq started after the invasion of iraq in 2003 by the bush-cheney administration. >> the reyal was there was always the intention of stay-behind forces. once combat forces, there would be another agreement negotiated to allow forces to stay behind. thats what the obama administration refused to do. eventually, ending up with agreeing to a small numb...

Status force of agreement that called for the withdrawal of all troops was negotiated by president bush. and critics would argue that the rise of al qaeda and other terrorists in iraq started after the invasion of iraq in 2003 by the bush-cheney administration. >> the reyal was there was always the intention of stay-behind forces. once combat forces, there would be another agreement negotiated to allow forces to stay behind. thats what the obama administration refused to do. eventually, ending u...

>> we must support the iraqi forces which have the will to win but not the means. >> we will increase our support to forces fighting these terrorists on the ground. >> we must give these forces the consistent advantage of american air power. >> we will conduct a systemic campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. >> the united states must engage with friends and allies and lead again in this vital region. >> america will be joined by a broad coalition of partners. >> we do not need and ou...

Broadcast before special operations could be very effective? >> when you say youre going to put forces on the ground theres a way to do that without having to actually commit combat forces, people going around kicking in doors. we took 4,693 dead in iraq and 32,000 wounded over an eight-year period. the american public needs to remember that. we fought a war in iraq and if we once to do that again its going to take the national commitment to that. special operations forces using joint terminal a...

Iraq and lebanon are involved in this with proxy warfare. the egyptians, jordanians the muslims supporting their side. the iranians actively involved on the ground in a major way with direct combat forces. so i dont think the administration is willing to get sucked back in and the notion that 10,000 more u.s. forces change the situation grabs as nonsense. >> general, thank you for being with us. developing news out of the supreme court to tell you about now. justices agree to hear a case out of ...

Begins on march 15th. iraqi and other forces on the out skirts of tikrit advancing in the battle to retake the city. isis planted ieds on roads and bridges leading to the city. among the troops for the battle forty tikrit. senior correspondent frederik pleitgen has the latest. >> reporter: as the iraqi military moves forward and the heart of tikrit but makes advances in other place, it is the iranians who are the ones doing the heavy lifting and the ones making the main differences on the grou...

Nothing. bill: do you think those numbers are hard and firm or is this an opportunity for the commander-in-chief to see how it goes in afghanistan? >> think of the dreams keeping there? these could become combat forces. in iraq we left completely. isis has arising and there are call to the have the united states go back and put in training forces and we have sent forces back in. in both of those cases we have to understand these are not wars we have won. i see those polls and i dont understand t...

Widespread condemnation of this attack is creating a rare moment of unity among pakistans political rivals and from pakistans neighbors. but there are concerns the u.s. could get dragged back into pakistans new war on terror as we pull combat forces out of afghanistan at the end of this month. this summer pakistan ranked 13th on foreign policys list of failed states. that is the worst rating it has ever gotten. so, is the situation there worsening? does the u.s. have a real national security int...

Intelligence and networks that took years to compile. really understand who are the key value people that we need to target here. thats going to take time to build up with isis. >> so thats not going to happen overnight. >> no. we try to get an understanding of who this organization is and what the connections are, what the flows are, what the logistics flows are between there and back into syria. i think thats what theyll be building is this intelligence picture. >> patrick, is there a neat div...