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>> today, the armed services committee were supposed to focus on the strategy in afghanistan. >> we are not at the point where we can bring a successful political solution. >> the time is not yet right to negotiate with the taliban. today, the army identified who was killed. a specialist alexander, age 20, of tyler, texas. >> the deployment of service members may delay some combat units overseas. the general added that there are now over 10,000 u.s. troops on the ground in puerto rico. it james....

Can hold, by the way, it travels at about 900 miles an hour. mack one.1 and can carry cruise missiles. now, theres more. u.s. ground based missiles can hit combat units, incoming missiles. it can hit communications sites and more. it can have a 5 # 00-pound warhead delivered to a target. and these can be moved around on trucks and things like that. then weve got navy-guided missile destroyer. this is the arly bushing class destroyer. its a big ship. it can track multiple targets while guiding it...

24 cruise missiles and can climb over 30,000 feet. then there are u.s. ground-based missiles which can hit combat units, incoming missiles, communication sites and more. some of them are able to deliver a 500 pound warhead to a target. they also have -- we have a big navy out there, the navys guided destroyers, can target multiple targets. they have powerful guns on these to bombard land targets. and under the waves the united states has ohio class submarines which carry 24 triden 2 missiles, ea...

Ainsley: what people like about him, he doesnt minutes words and dance around he wants to kill the enemy. >> he wants a military if we meet the enemy on the battlefield that will be a very long stay for them, and they will wish they never met us. that is true. ainsley: kirsten gillibrand was trying to get in the gotcha question as a lot of people do during the confirmation hearingses. she asked him a question about homosexuals in the military. listen to his response. >> do you believe that openl...

Serving homosexuals along with women in combat units is undermining our force? >> senator, my belief is that we have to stay focused on a military that is so lethal that on the battlefield, it will be the enemys longest day at their worst day when they run into that horse. >> he also had this running about russia. >> im off her engagement. but we also have to recognize reality and what russia is up to, the decreasing number of areas where we can engage cooperatively and increasing number of area...

Secretary of defense, its not a big deal that everybody doesnt sing in the same hymn sheet. together they will make this president better. thats the question. if they all stick to the same thing they have to be related somehow to the each other or memorized answers which is not the point of this confirmation. ainsley: every time we watch confirmation hearings, theres always one senator who is trying to get the got-you question in there. it might not have anything to do with it -- steve: nothing....

Serving homosexuals along with women in combat units is undermining our force? ainsley: is that really the first thing our next secretary of defense needs to be worrying about? thethe man who killed osama bin laden. come on in. rob oneill mone hundredts thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles. again! so i can lift even the most demanding weight. take care of all your most important parts with centrum. now verified non gmo and gluten free. involve two parties discussing something? wh...

Engagement since the invasion in 2014 get the kind of support that they need. the weapons and the people on the ground to help them man those weapons. the ammunition and the like. dont send it through baghdad. deliver it directly to irbil. have you been there. >> yes, i have been there. >> encourage alcee is i in egypt and jordan. work to build a true sunni opposition force in anbar province. the kurds are going to fight for kurdistan. they are not going to fight for ramadiy and mostly. those ar...

In combat units to women. no exceptions. prior to his order, some 10% of military positions were still closed to women. the services must have their plans in place by april 1st. time for an early start on your money. u.s. stock futures look upbeat. european shares lower. asian stocks joined yesterday the global sell-off after the european central bank failed to deliver a more dramatic stimulus measures than expected. the dow down 252 points. the s&p 500 had its worst day since september. and a...

>> frederik pleitgen in london, thanks so much. german lawmakers are set to vote to ramp up the countrys military operations against isis in syria. a measure considered certain to pass. the german constitution bars most combat operations on foreign soil, so air strikes are out. but the country can expand its military support role. one possibility is deploying high-tech resconnaissance jets. all branches of the u.s. military will soon be gender neutral. defense secretary ash carter is opening...