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In syria, and will it force regime change in syria? >> reporter: well, jake, the one thing that is clear is the trump administration wants assad out now. they seem to all be in agreement on that point that he has to go, but how you get that regime change suddenly may be sounding an awful lot like the obama administration. as syrian jets resumed combat operations at air base the u.s. struck, the pentagon says the missile strike resulted in damage or destruction to 20% of syrias operational aircra...

More? i dont know if thats part of the equation. one of the word i have not heard all night long is isis. how does this relate to the fight against that terrorist organization, which is in northern syria? what are our relations with russia and i keep coming back to that, the relationship with russia and iran is going to be damaged. i know there are going to be other countries in the region, specifically egypt, jordan, kingdom of saudi arabia and israel that are going to be very happy for this bo...

Statement yet. >> reporting from st. petersburg. maria, thank you and stay safe. afghan officials tell fox news theyve uncovered contacts between russian officials in the tele- band. afghanistans president same says russia will pay a price. conor powell has the story change. >> american combat operations are finished but the fight against the taliban is far from over. afghan troops continue to battle insurance. the relationship with russia is sounding alarms in washington and kabul. >> washingto...

Statement yet. >> reporting from st. petersburg. maria, thank you and stay safe. afghan officials tell fox news theyve uncovered contacts between russian officials in the tele- band. afghanistans president same says russia will pay a price. conor powell has the story change. >> american combat operations are finished but the fight against the taliban is far from over. afghan troops continue to battle insurance. the relationship with russia is sounding alarms in washington and kabul. >> washingto...

Well talk to you again. eric: the president of afghanistan sitting down with fox news in a rare interview with the foreign media. meanwhile the radical islamic fighters of the taliban continue to keep up the pressure as they show no signs of giving up their goal of he overthrowing the government. conor powell is live from afghanistan where he interviewed the afghan president. reporter: while combat operations ended in 2014, the afghan security forces are engaged in a deadly fight against insurge...

But not have to personally approve each military action. is that a good move? lets discuss with global affairs analyst and senior security correspondent to the daily beast. she broke this story. great to have both of you. how will this work? >> what this means is rewriting part of the obama drone strike and play book. it would push more of the authority down to people in charge of places like yemen or somalia. places without combat operations like iraq or afghanistan and let them decide. if they...

Trump is starting to rely other lot on generals in his cabinet, as well as senior level officials in the national security apparatus. we dont know exactly if mcmaster is going to carry anymore influence than other people in the administration or on the national security council. does mcmaster carry more weight than, say, steve bannon who has a role in the national security council? who has donald trumps ear at the end of the day. we do know mcmaster is widely respected in military circles as a l...

The only thing hes maybe got a bit of a different perspective than president trump on counterterrorism and how involved we should be. nation building versus going in there and breaking it down and coming out quickly. >> ceo of lockheed martin, former vice admiral. >> hes a navy seal. this guy has been involved in combat operations everywhere since 9/11, iraq, afghanistan and elsewhere. some people say hes in some way front runner. i dont have that on first information myself but hes extremely we...

Listen, we have a phrase for this in the intelligence community, a fantasist, its called tom clancy combat operations, right? where they think they can do whatever they want because they think our militarys infallible. we have already been proven by iraq that we dont have the capacity to fight iran much less isis across every battle sphere of the middle east in south a a asia. its foolhardy to do it that way. >> i dont know if my producers have that map. so people understand, because sometimes w...

We also had confirmation testimony last november by a general who said continuous combat operations and reduced overall budgets have driven readiness to historically low levels. i look and i see senator cohen and senator nunn, i spent time with both of them, i admire them so much. but this isnt like it used to be. right now we have 1/3 of the army brigade combat teams ready to fight in all types warfare. the current air force is the smallest and oldest in air force history yet only half its figh...