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Was in fallujah. we had a sea between us. so we would work combat operations together along that border to get after the enemy in places they didnt think wed get after them. hes very meticulous. very disciplined. hes got a great sense of humor. i found him fun to work with because hes commonsense and pragmatic. i was listening to your half hour engagement with the rest of the panel. i think johns going to get in there and he will not put up with some of the bs thats been going on in the white ho...

Has shaped general kelly in recent years. in 2010 his son, first lieutenant robert kelly was killed in action in afghanistan. it was a tremendously difficult time as one can only imagine for the kelly family. many will tell you -- when you lose a child he has never gotten over and something that has shaped him very much in recent years. >> back with the panel joining us as well. cnn military analyst. he knees kelly well. they worked on combat operations in iraq together. so lets start with you. ...

Thats a risk to u.s. national security. the continuing ability of the isis. whether they have control of raqqah or not, to be able to inspire attacks, direct attacks, plot and plan. president trumps so-called isis strategy has been the same as president obamas. bomb, conduct combat operations, train local forces to go after them. you know. do more war, if you will. but thats not really going to solve the isis problem. if you get them out of raqqah, theyve already moved southeast into the euphrat...

>> leland: speaking of the new nato headquarters, billion dollars buys you a big building and a lot of flags. this is the flag raising ceremony of all the countries flags being raised outside of nato headquarters. you talked about strength and terms of what this represents. you see all these flags, theres a lot more flags now and nato than there were when nato was first founded to take on the soviet union. thats the turkish flag being raised right there. now within this nato alliance, youre seei...

After that, believe me, the problem hes got with them, most of them lack moral and national will to defend their own people. its actually shameful what has taken place with nato. isis has successfully conducted 32 attacks against 8 nato countries, killing hundreds of nato citizens. and you have the head of nato in "the wall street journal" today saying terrorism is threatening our values, our freedom and our very way of life. yet in the same article he said, but were not going to be involved in ...

Italy, the headquarters in brussels with new intel and security division. while he says all that he concludes by saying the following. while im very proud of what nato is already doing in the fight against terrorism i believe nato can do more. he continues, there are other possibilities. it would not mean nato involvement in combat operations. that last point as the leaders gather here with angela merkel in the orange or red in front. that last point, bret, is something that european leaders hav...

Performing the constitutional functions of the. and these countries have a lot in common other than being muslim. these are countries that were president obamas list of unstable countries with poorly functioning governments. these are countries the u.s. is conduct iing or has recently conducted military operations. so ta they are picked because they are muslim countries, this is disingenuous. as it happens that president obamas list where the country has forces in combat operations happened to b...

Mcanymo mcnicholson coming together, making recommendations on how to i dont these troops, where they would be used. theres a thorough vetting process that happens. the deployment will occur, training will occur before the deployment and it will be sort of a shrink-wrapped package of troops that go there for a specific mission. one thing i appreciate is that we are not really talking about where they are going to be, what they are going to do exactly. in general terms they will build capacity, t...

>> what means the most to you hanging up here. >> i like the hunter doctrine. pete: you kick ass. >> pretty simple. george bush. my dad when i was a kid. got out in 2005. there was bush when he was president. my grandfather bob world war ii. artillery officer. my dad and rumsfeld. pete: is that why you went into the artillery? >> yeah. my entire family had served world war ii. vietnam. my dad all combat operations. when 9/11 happened, i quit my job and joined the marine corps. thats right outsid...

Opponents accusing supporters of supporting a racist bill. >> i saw mothers trembling. if youve succeeded in anything, you have succeeded in terrifying community. >> and greg abbott and i went for governor. we received nearly 50% of the hispanic vote. >> the final bill will likely be passed and signed by the governor by the end of this week. it takes effect in september but will surely be challenged in court. >> bret: thank you. two and a half years after then president obama hailed the end of u...