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Wesleyan university and sang opera for decades. she and her group the westminster foundation are suing to stop the sale, claiming if the university which runs westminster is allowed to sell it, beijing would have a direct foothold in america academia. >> there is no other institution like this in the world. theres one choir college in the world, and this is it. i cant even imagine why particularly they might want it, but i dont -- im not convinced that it is to run a choir college. >> why would ...

Thats a homeland secured estimate from last year. im just wondering why it abandon our allies. why do this now, when isis clearly has still a foothold in that area? >> melissa: i was talking to lieutenant colonel daniel davis last night, who said you dont have to be on the ground in syria in order to defend against isis. all they are saying is, get the troops that are on the ground and are doing more mundane things at this point. they dont need to be there. they can continue to be in the area, m...

This pullout from syria and probably withdraw from afghanistan but most significantly the resignation of mattis demonstrates that he is well on his way of doing what he wants to do he wants. >> president trump. i know you like to know a lot about the markets. it doesnt do well for the markets and isolated the united states. ambassador hill, what does this do to our allies? it was described this morning that our allies are our sounding an alarm. earlier i spoke to a ceo before the resignation tha...

Surprise to people in the region. i was in there last week. is jb isis not defeated. there are serious pockets of isis fighters. determined resistance. weve seen that in the last few weeks and closer to home for them they say signs of resurgen resurgence. thousands of fighters were talking about, many have wandered across the border, gone back to towns and villages. some are hiding out in mountain caves. theyre coming back. there are attacks in places like the area south of mosul, around karkuk....

Ability for them to come back and use syria as a safe haven. just when theyre at that moment when we can press that advantage, the commander in chief is pulling out the rug beneath them. i suspect thats having quite a negative effect on their morale. >> moments ago, senator lindsey graham, republican senator, frequent defender of the president, tweeted at the president that in fact iran, russia, and syria, in his words, will be ecstatic at this. explain why this serves their interests and not u....

Turkey has won out on this thing. if you go down that list, these are all countries that are muslim are really opposed to us. this is a victory for the other side. >> you know, let me just ask you, you got back from iraq, youve done a ton of reporting on this. few people have your depth of knowledge on this subject. the president said flat-out on twitter and then later today, isis has been not just defeated but beaten badly. how does that square with what youve seen? >> thatd be a big surprise t...

Trying to buy this and eventually shut it down or change its mission. >> i cant imagine why they might want it but i dont -- im not convinced it is to run a choir college. >> westminster graduate is suing the sale claiming the university that westminster is allowed to sell it, beijing would have a direct foothold in american academia. >> i dont think it is a coincidence the government of china is focusing its attention on this tiny music school in one of the most sensitive centers of intelligenc...

Retweeted four u.s. quotes on it. its interesting, this development yesterday to say the least. because we see this chasm happening in washington, d.c., theres really no plan for whats going to take place after the withdrawal of the troops. and then theres this concern of the power vacuum for russia and iran to fill. >> thats the central point in all this. weve seen in the past that terrorism, instability, chaos, they all thrive in a vacuum. one of the things that the u.s. has had by having a fo...

Around 2,000 troops on the ground in syria, many working to train local forces to fight isis. "the new york times" says pentagon officials are trying to talk trump out of the proposal and argue its a significant national security policy shift that would essentially seed foreign influence in syria to russia and iran at a time when american policy comes for challenging both countries. the united states is fighting along kurd-led forces in syria for several years. president obama had been reluctant...

This in the world of where it actually exists, not in the political pundit which is what you get out of d.c. we have a complex situation in the middle east. we talk about irans hegemonic goals and aspirations. look at the role that they play, saudi arabia, geographically, financially, and militarily prayed there a foothold in the middle east where we have divergent interests and convening interests. in the incident -- with all due respect to the politicians, its not the issue. the larger picture...