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After i was confirmed and i was there last week and advances are significant. >> secretary mattis has been very clear in his guidance to all of the services. we are to go look at how do we increase lethality and readiness. when i opened with saying, talking about owning the out my high ground, the nation expects its air force to own the high ground, the ultimate high ground and achieve space superiority, which is like air superiority, freedom from attack and freedom to maneuver. so as we transit...

So there is constantly request for capabilities that go back and forth between the combatant commanders and the secretary. i dont think a week goes by where we dont work a request from the combatant commanders to do that. sometimes its a question of reallocating capability. if youre talking africa, reallocate it from european command or central command and reallocate it back when a particular mission is complete. that kind of activity happens all the time. i think what youre really talking about...

Campaign. i describe it as an inflection point. one of the places that we know isis has aspirations to establish a larger presence is in africa. we know how important libya and the sinai have been to the islamic state. we know how much they have tried to get into east africa, and, of course, the scenario were talking about here today in west africa. so were watching that very carefully and we are going to make recollection recommendations to the secretary and to the president for the allocation ...

They come to me and we frame those for decision by the secretary of defense. so theres constantly requests for capablities that come back between the combatant commanders and the secretary. i dont think a week goes by when we dont work a request to do that. n sometimes its a question of reallocating capability. if you were talking africa, wed reallocate it from european command or central command and reallocate it back when the particular mission is complete. but that kind of activity happens al...

So theres constantly requests for capabilities that go back and forth between the combatant commanders and the secretary. i dont think a week goes by we dont work a request for them to do that. sometimes its a question of reallocating capability: if youre talking africa, well talk about it from european command and central command and reallocate it back. but that happens all the time. what youre talking about is a much more sustained presence with a larger footprint and theres been no discussion...

Representatives here is to talk about the next phase of the campaign. i described it as an inflection point. one of the places we know isis has aspirations to establish a larger presence is in africa. we know how important libya and the sinai have been to the islamic state. we know how much they have tried to get into east africa and the scenario were talking about here in west africa. were going to talk about it and make recommendations to the secretary and the president for the allocations of ...

Campaign. one of the places that we know isis has aspirations to establish a larger presence is in africa. we know how important libya and the sinai have been to the islamic state. we know how much they have tried to get to east africa and the scenario were talking about here today in west africa. were watching that carefully. were going to make recommendations to the secretary and the president for the allocation of informations that meet what we see as the threat and what we anticipate the thr...

Of an infection. >> affection. >> as where im from. >> he has to make a decision about tillerson comes down to simple human dignity. he has to wake up and look at himself in the mirror. he doesnt need this. totally under cut. completely ineffective as secretary of state. bob corker is part of the committee in the united states senate, this is coequal branch of government. and you think about this, what the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee is saying by his interviews is this pre...

Dismantle them. he has had difficulty in some areas. and, in fact, there was reporting, craig, when president trump first visited europe, and european leaders came away from their meetings with president trump believing that it was president obamas legacy in particular, that president trump was most interested in dismantling. anything that carried president obamas name, or that was negotiated, finalized or culminated in the obama administration, that is what president trump had his sights on acc...

Commands? >> i looked at the photograph of all of those military four star officers as david says, the combatant commanders at a dinner in the white house. i attended seven of those dinners over the years as a combatant commander both with president bush and obama. i cant imagine a moment where either of those presidents or any president would make kind of a leering comment like this is the calm before the storm and sort of make those military officers a prop in his own little theater. and then ...