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Prior to leading Fleet Forces Command, Adm. Chris Grady headed up the U.S. 6th Fleet.

Be re-thought. but i wanted to mention those numbers because the local people, most of them muslims, arabs and afghans are fighting extremists. thats the reality. overwhelmingly it is local forces fighting and dying. >> im glad you said that. we have republican senator lindsey graham, who is a big supporter of the president. he went as far to say this is a high risk strategy regarding afghanistan that would, quote, pave the way toward a second 9/11. he chooses his words carefully. you cannot thi...

Us military says the attackers may have been hit by someone in the village, a group of 15 surgeons that ambush that patrol which had been on an intelligence gathering mission. donald trump said the us will continue to fight extremists in that region. >> a tough business, a tough war but we are winning it and we will continue winning it. >> us troops have been conducting operations in niger over the past two decades, part of a wider message over western africa. their role is to train and advise b...

Oversight and just what the congress knows. >> we have troops throughout the world fighting extremists that wish us harm, yet we are working off an old con grengsgestioress authorization that was put in force in 01. just the examination of what were doing around the world, what the directors are, what freedoms our troops have on the ground. this is going to begin a bigger debate that really was already underway. >> reporter: hallie, just to clarify, the notifications sent to congress about the t...

Cnn.com/amanpour. we want to go to ethiopia where the u.s. president will be wrapping up a trip that also took him to his fathers homeland kenya. in a few hours, barack obama will be speaking before the african union, it is the very first time a u.s. president has addressed the african union. >> they talked about the war in neighboring south sudan. in a joint news conference, mr. obama was blunt in his assessment of the governor partys treatment of the press but also praised ethiopia for effor...

Before he could get there. a syrian peace process begins today. the new report claims the u.s. is now funneling cash and other aid to rebel groups in hopes of fighting extremists in syria. the newspaper "the telegraph" said the efforts are in connection with saudi arabia and qatar battling for control of syria. a state emergency today in thailand as pass protests spent on toppling the government are paralyzing parts of bangkok. this follows weeks of deadly clashes there. and calling her the ...

This will involve partnerships with other countries. already, thousands of pakistani soldiers have lost their lives fighting extremists. in yemen, we are supporting security forces that have reclaimed territory from aqap. in somalia we helped a coalition of african nations push al shabob out of its strongholds. >> president obama speaking on the war on terror in may, a long speech, unprecedented and his theory on that. im here with jeremy scahill, and will be doing q&a with rick who directed it....

Our troops will come home other combat mission will come to an end. and we will work with the afghan government to train security forces and sustain a counter terrorism force which ensures that al qaeda can never again establish a safe haven to launch attacks against us, or our allies. beyond afghanistan would must define our effort not as a boundless global war on terror but rather as a series of persisted targeted efforts to dismantle persistent networks of extremists that threaten america. in...

So-called collateral damage, a terrible term for innocent victims, is much higher when youre using artillery in afghanistan than when youre using a predator or a reaper in a terrorist area. so, theyre extremely carefully controlled. the damage to the innocent population is limited to the extreme. you know, craig, at the end of the day, weve got to be very cautious tying the hands of the president of the united states in foreign military operations. >> but at the same time, dont we also have to f...

At world war ii, use it as you can, but ner trust it. >> bret: may be tit may be why e paying for the arms race with india and has people scratching their head and giving pakistan 20 billion dollars. >> its unbelievable when you stop and think about the presence of, as senator kerry was saying, american troops on the ground in afghanistan who have been fighting extremists and we have cooperated with pakistan not only in terms of supply routes, but as you point out in terms of foreign aid and the...