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Terrified. theyre terrified of being primaried. theyre pterrified of the republican base which they dont understand at this moment where the coalition seems to be realigning. theres a lack of political courage where everything is subordinated to the prospects of reelection including the dangerous behavior of the president, and admirals are talking about the four star officers, the combatant commanders standing there being used as political props with all of this loose talk. the overwhelming majo...

War ii era despite the great tragedies of vietnam and the first korean war, we have not seen a global catastrophe. but this period of peace and prosperity, this is not the default setting for the world. it is an exception to the history of the world. and when you look at the accumulation of his deficiencies as commander in chief, weve now seen -- >> what are they? go through them, what are they? >> the lack of probity, of rectitude, dishonesty, fundamental assault of values of the country, the t...

Are in afghanistan. and unfortunately i think that the proposition that the united states should be, for its own benefit, participating in extracting minerals from afghan stan feeds right into those conspiracy theories. >> depending on how you count, theres between 8500 and 12,000 american service members serving in afghanistan. the president appears to be increasing that number by several thousand. he also talked about changing essentially the rules of engagement for lack of a better terms in t...

Are in afghanistan. and unfortunately i think that the proposition that the united states should be, for its own benefit, participating in extracting minerals from afghan stan feeds right into those conspiracy theories. >> depending on how you count, theres between 8500 and 12,000 american service members serving in afghanistan. the president appears to be increasing that number by several thousand. he also talked about changing essentially the rules of engagement for lack of a better terms in t...

No civil yaps were killed. these are the worst of the worse. they want to come here to america and do the same thing here. we are trying to stop them. what do you say to the liberals, which the mainstream media painting a picture of were not sure if this was a gadd idea. >> what i say to the american people, ainsley, again, the president hats given total authority to our combatant commanders military commanders in the field and they have the authority to use these weapons. the fact that, again, ...

Also bad news earlier in the day when we admitted that we killed 16 syrians that we thought were isis and they werent in syria. so there is a situation where with that responsibility and freedom come an additional responsibility to show you earned it. how we begin to correct that thing, im not being judgmental on the pilot or the intelligence but we have to correct things like that. because our adversaries run with it. >> brian, i can assure you that there is significant efforts and discipline w...

Sign-off. is there a risk in that, though, because there is meant to be a is vailian check on mail tear power? >> im not concerned with that. i think the obama administration micromanaged the military. all of the reports i heard about that every operation had been approved by valley jarrett or ben rhodes or something like that. it really undermined the integrity of the militarys command. and it me it more difficult for the commander in chief to get the advice he needed. >> colonel jack, what do ...

Planning is important regardless of your stripes, whether youre liberal or conservative, republican or democrat, we need to invest in our nations infrastructure. >> you are of course an iraq veteran. with regard to the military spending that the president wants increased spending for, he says in part hes going to pay for it by cutting money for the state department, which is foreign aid and money for diplomacy. are you okay with that? >> well, you know, it depends where exactly the cuts within t...

Our combatant commanders out there in the way he did things. but more importantly, someone who served as deputy national security advisor, he has the skills to do that very different role and to answer "the wall street journal," he will be a strategist, not just a military strategist. >> jenna: im so curious what you both think about that. i dont mean to go back to this point and perhaps im reading too much into it, but it seems there is a suggestion that if you are brave enough to be able to ta...

The combatant commanders, thats it. its so important you have a chance not only to assess his background experience, but also his character. that really is what you need to know because no one goes to the secretary of defense or any major position and can anticipate everything that is going to come at him. they talk about the tyranny of the in box. you have tyranny in the inbox in the pentagon and things come at you with the velocity of a heat seeking missile. how do i deal with this? who is mak...