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Been going on for 16 years, when the u.s. had 100,000 troops in afghanistan, couldnt get the job done, why should anyone believe 10,000 or 15,000 u.s. troops could get the job done. >> its a legitimate question and frankly, 10,000 or 15,000 troops wont make that much of a difference. keep in mind that when there were 100,000 american troops, the afghan army barely existed. today, the afghan army is over 300,000 strong and its gaining in capabilities. its not nearly to the point that it could be ...

West point. al qaeda, along with nearly two dozen terrorist groups operate in the region. some of the mostly rebel attacks come from safe havens inside pakistan. a nuclear nation with unique military capabilities that analysts warn could fall into the wrong hands. >> not just large nuclear weapons you can put on missiles on airplanes but tactical nuclear weapons that are out there. thats a dangerous situation and thats what the president was referencing. >> iran also shares a border with afghani...

Themselves, but to keep the pressure on a group of terrorists. there are 20 different groups in afghanistan, and when we went to visit in april with secretary mattis it was told to us then there are three groups -- they were most likely to have the capability to strike the west. the ex-turnal targets. its not true to say theres a stalemate, its not true to think nothings happened. its not true to think were going to have another 100,000 troop levels as before. its going to take a generation, its...

Afghanistan or push the tallow man outcome i think theres a lot of questions about that. congressman, i have a question. a couple weeks ago, it was reported there was a joint towel band and isis attack that killed 50 people. what do you know about isis, what kind of foothold and they have in afghanistan right now? >> ron: its a much stronger foothold than we would have thought 12 or 18 months ago. thats the risk you run. obviously he campaigned in terms of not necessarily getting involved in nat...

First, voss, al qaeda the concern and then follow jon groups, corazon group, and now in addition isis getting a foothold there. what does success look like in afghanistan? a question the president has to answer as well. >> as you know, jim, no satisfying result. every scenario we can dream up is awful. and frankly, were not the only ones to experience that. the russians did. 9 br the briss did and whoever comes after us will likely discover it, too. >> ben, i want to ask you this -- the presiden...

From a power perspective as well as how theyre actually communicating to their systems and actually shut be down the systems. >> what do we know about the north korean system and the networking that they have. >> theyre very much shut off country and they actually have cyber capabilities as well. i wouldnt say that they would have the ability to disrupt what we can do, but, you know, they saw that they were able to take tone sony and other companies. theyre very secretive in what they actively g...

Trying to undermine the 2015 deal and urged european countries not to side with the united states. he said iran would continue to bride by the terms of the agreement but had a warning at president trump. >> those who want to tear up the nuclear deal had to know that they would tear up the scroll of their own political life by doing that. >> the white house says iran is complying with the new deal. but the president called it the worst deal ever during a campaign and vowed to rip it up and said i...

But today he appeased the us of trying to undermine the 2015 deal and urged european countries not to side with the united states. he said iran would continue to bride by the terms of the agreement but had a warning at president trump. >> those who want to tear up the nuclear deal had to know that they would tear up the scroll of their own political life by doing that. >> the white house says iran is complying with the new deal. but the president called it the worst deal ever during a campaign a...

Rip it up so that you iran is violating by continuing with its ballistic missile test. iranian leaders say that the missile program will continue and this remains a major concern for the trump administration, along with their foothold in the middle east, in particular, iraq and syria. this is also a major concern for israel. israeli prime minister said that the country has said quote unquote redlines that cannot be crossed and that includes iran establishing a military presence in syria along th...

Violating its spirit by continuing with its ballistic missile tests, some uranian leaders say will continue and this is a major concern for the trump administration along with irans increasing foothold in the middle east, particularly iraq and syria and that is a serious concern in israel. benjamin netanyahu said israel had, quote, redlines and among them specifically is iran establishing a military presence in syria along the border with israel. that leads to the question, will hassan rouhani p...