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Russia reaction to this weekends missile strikes in syria. >> reporter: vladimir putin has recently communicated with rihani of iran because they are the two biggest backers of the damascus regime and jointly agreed that the u.s.-led air strikes were in their view a violation of the international charter that formed the united nations, illegal under international law and above all undermine in their view efforts that they are making and leading alongside turkey to try to bring some kind of peace...

Mission accomplished. that phrase, mission accomplished, was a flash back to 2003 when then-president bush landed on an aircraft carrier and and declared victor in iraq, a war that continued for eight more years. over bushs shoulder was a banner reading mission accomplished. >> major combat operations in iraq have ended in the battle of iraq. and united states a our allies have prevailed. >> even mr. trumps supporters are cringing. former bush press secretary ari fleischer weighed in on the twee...

Treatment. there is no word on his condition. >> but the last administration and this one made very clear that our role in syria is to defeat devices. we are not going to engage in the civil war itself. because that was defense secretary james mattis yesterday as the pentagon and the white house decide on a possible military strike on syria. the white house thing all options are on the table. >> i think weve taken a look and weve determined that if, in fact, syria was in the government was the f...

Syria a couple weeks ago. after the horrific attacks on saturday. the president said he couldnt let bashar assad attack on them go unanswered. what is the most effective option right now? here so break it down is kirk leopold. commander, always great to see you. >> good morning, brian. brian: in your estimation, are we moving towards a military operation in syria? >> i think we are, brian. i think we have taken a look and we have determined that, in fact, syria was the -- and the government was ...

Nato is our organization. its not something that pays us to be over there. we are not mercenaries. nato is the glue that holds the united states and europe together. its the bedrock of security that we put together in 1949, carried us through the cold war, the post-cold war, and we need it now more than ever. >> general hertling, the president talked a lot today about the amount of money needed for nato and who was paying what amount. what he didnt spend time talking about was the strength of th...

Carried us through the cold war, the post cold war and we need this more than ever. >> the president talked about the amount of money needed and who was paying what amount. but what he didnt talk about is the strength of the alliance. >> working with the partners from the baltics they are unbelievably strong in their support not only for us as a country but for us in combat operations. the special operation forces were with us in both iraq and afghanistan. i had a lithuanian soldier who was kill...

Interference in u.s. security operations in afghanistan. threats to the baltic states. threats threats to poland. active combat operations in eastern ukraine. the list goes on. by the way, i might add that u.s. am baes nikki haley has been clear as is secretary mattis and h. wrnchts mcmaster. so, the other voices in the administration has been sense only but i cannot understand why president trump simply wont respond to this guy who is an active -- an active criminal oligarchy in russia which is...

Isis. it is not over. it goes on. >> u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson delivered a similar message. he spoke at a meeting in kuwait of the global coalition against isis. the u.s. is going to provide an additional $200 million to stabilize portions of syria that had been under the control of the islamic state. he said major combat operations against isis have ended it hasnt been defeated. he said the coalition remains committed to destroying what is left of the group. >> these principles affi...

Not just in the combat operations today, but in tomorrows body armor so people with young kids that may be going into the military. investments we make today give them the battlefield edge against who ever else. and frankly, when we have the battlefield edge, it makes war less likely. if you want a powerful military, having a powerful military is far cheaper than another war. >> dana: let me follow up on that and just change the conversation a bit to what happened in syria overnight. can you giv...

Unofficial end of the war back then. i guess that was president george h.w. bush. so odd they are having a parade while youre still out there fighting. thats sometimes the nature of things. what do you make of this? the counter argument is lets show off our greatness. we love our military. lets do what everybody else does. >> first of all, i was still in iraq. we were still in combat, post combat operations. ill never forget i was in an operations center and one of our soldiers said, hey, theyre...