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>> and this is all chain of command stuff. what must be the joint chiefs, what must the combatant commanders on the ground think? >> well, of course, i cant speak for them. i think its probably presenting a serious strategic dilemma to anybody dealing with that situation over the past five years because we have an ally there. we have an ally, a nominal ally turkey in nato. we are trying to protect people who have fought by our side. in a sense, the president took a status quo that was highly sta...

>> and this is all chain of command stuff. what must the joint chiefs, what must the combatant commanders on the ground think? >> well, of course i cant speak for them. i think its probably presenting a serious strategic dilemma to anybody who has been dealing with that situation over the past five years because we have an ally there. we have an ally -- a nominal al ally within turkey with nato. in a sense, the president took a status quo that was highly stable, and he turned it completely into ...

Really will work out even though none of it is working out. >> and this is all chain of command stuff. what must be the joint chiefs, what must the combatant commanders on the ground think? >> well, of course, i cant speak for them. i think its probably presenting a serious strategic dilemma to anybody dealing with that situation over the past five years because we have an ally there. we have an ally, a nominal lie alley turkey in nato. in a sense, the the president took a status quo that was hi...

Have changes at the top of the defense department? >> well, don, i think the combatant commanders and the theater commanders here are all very, very competent people and theyre able to execute on these things. but there has been a sense of instability at the defense department since general mattis departed as secdef. we had patrick shanahan as the acting. weve had the chaos of shanahans departure this week. there have been a lot of other questions about whether or not the appointee structure at ...

Are now in this position, that this is all going on when we have changes at the top of the defense department? >> well, don, i think the combatant commanders and the theerlt commanders here are alt very, very competent people and theyre able to execute on these things. but there has been a sense of instability at the defense department since general mattis depart the. we had patrick shanahan as the acting. weve had the chaos of shanahans departure this week. there have been a lot of other questi...

We should note hes not married. his average ended in divorce about a decade ago and his children are grown. >> courtney, thank you for that. hans, this is interesting because were moving a thousand troops to the middle east. under normal circumstances, the movement of 1,000 troops isnt necessarily a big deal except were moving them at a time when were talking about increased tensions with iran. were moving from one acting defense secretary to another. give me the relevance of this troop deployme...

Starting points, but also the president takes the advice of his military leaders and his secretaries to do the right thing. >> whats lacking, do you think? >> you know, its hard to tell because im not on the -- in the inner circle. what i do know from, again, talking to senior military leaders is they are heard by the president, so the chairman and the combatant commanders as we call them have an opportunity to sit down with the president on a fairly routine basis and he takes their opinion. now...

Growing threat of russia, i need more isr. >> retired general john kirby is with me now. some observers look at this and say thats pretty remarkable that hes detailing a threat. maybe this is a rebuke of president trump. you dont see it that way. >> i dont see it as a rebuke of trump. i know the general very well. thats just not his way. hes doing what your combatant commanders want you to do, so hes laying it out straight, heres how i see the security environment, and it shouldnt surprise anybo...