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It hasnt been used a lot in recent years, president obama only used it three times if you remember. the oil spill in the gulf. the end of combat operations in iraq and counter-terrorism the way forward thats how president obama used it now president trump is using it to make the case this common sense pitch about the crisis on the border and why he thinks it should be negotiated with the democrats to get the money for his wall question is whether he will make a declaration a national emergency d...

Recent years, president obama only used it three times if you remember. the oil spill in the gulf. the end of combat operations in iraq and counter-terrorism the way forward thats how president obama used it now president trump is using it to make the case this common sense pitch about the crisis on the border and why he thinks it should be negotiated with the democrats to get the money for his wall question t is whether he will make a declaration a national emergency. doesnt look like it tonigh...

Use that as a point of the political rally. the whole notion of going to iraq and not genu-flecting in some way politically the iraqis is outrageous and announce it were going to use it as a site from which well conduct combat operations in other nations. its inciting iraqi sovereignty concerns. by the way, pay raising, i love to cite seinfeld periodically. george in one session says its not a lie if you believe it. so the president does -- >> seems like something the president lives by, doesnt ...

Significance of yesterdays visit? >> i think the significance of yesterdays visit is that we as a people have to start paying more attention to the issues of foreign policy, especially with respect to the ongoing combat operations throughout the middle east. we talked about syria, iraq, afghanistan as if theyre isolated incidents and theyre not. theyre all tied together. we need a comprehensive foreign policy and national strategy to deal with the issues of the middle east and how we work with p...

Andy, you have no problem with the pullout? >> well, i didnt think we should go in in the first place, brian. i have been for six years arguing that we shouldnt have intervened in syria, which is a conflict that pits one collection of americas enemies, that is iran, russia, backing assads regime against three other sets of americas enemies al qaeda, the muslim brotherhood groups which we like to talk about as our moderate allies and isis which is just a break away faction of al qaeda. if we stay...

Our allies. >> so general marks, did the president with this move just make america less safe? >> i would say the short answer is yes. we want to have our combat operations and our efforts against violent extremism needs to be an away home, got a home game. thats the essence of what everybody is saying. and the facts are violent extremism has not gone away. you are correct. isis 2.0 will probably be worse. that is not necessarily inevitable if we can stay put, realizing that in syria the real na...

He go on national tv and publicly admit to this killing? which then reopened the case and which is why he is now facing this murder charge. >> sure. so he went to conduct an interview with bret baier and had nothing to do with what happened on february 22, 2010. he was talking to brett about how combat operations were being conducted. the failures in the leadership in the department of defense and specifically, i believe, the department of the army. and brett asked him some questions pertaining ...

>> i understand. but did goldstein understand at the time -- obviously, he knows the rules of engagement. you know, why did he pull the trigger, if he knew what he was doing was illegal? >> so you imply that he knew what he was doing was illegal or what he did was illegal. >> im asking you, was he aware. >> right. he was aware of the rules of engagement. he exercised his discretion as a ground commander in afghanistan. controlling essentially the bottom third of marja during combat operations, h...

Leader who was working and helping these american forces, did major goldstein at the time know he was not authorized to kill him. that this was against the rules of engagement? >> super important to understand this. the bomb maker was captured with bomb-making material. he was brought back to the combat outpost. he was identified by a local tribal leader as being a taliban member and an individual who was conducting operations in marja. there are no detention facilities in marja during the war. ...

Edited by fox. and julie, i wanted to get you in, but i know we need to speak with a lawyer about what was going on at the time. >> sure. >> julie, when the army then reopens the case because he says what he does on fox and he answers, you know, truthfully that he did kill this taliban bomb maker, how worried were you for your husband? >> im worried for him in some sense because its wrong. but im not worried, because he didnt do anything wrong. and you are mischaracterizing the situation by sayi...