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Military leader, his counterrt as being prompted by intelligence indicating beijings concern about a possible u.s. strike. >> inow, i am certain that president trump did not intend to attack the chinese. and it was my directive responsibility by the secretary to convey that intent to the chinese. my task at that time was to de-escalate. my message again was consistent, stay calm, eady, and de-escalate. we are not going to attack you. shortly after my call ended with general lee, i personally inf...

Launch authority and he doesnt launch them alone and that i am not qualified to determine the mental health of the president of the united states. >> he was emphatic and chose his words carefully. that is a pretty extraordinary statement. the chairman of the joint chiefs saying that hes not qualified to determine the mental health of a president and how about the exchange with republican senator marsha blackburn that asked general milley if he was accurately quoted in any of the books about the ...

Revelations about the final days of the trump administration in the book "peril," where it was reported that milley agreed with the house speaker nancy pelosi that trump was crazy. this is what milley said today. >> i explained to her that the president is the sole nuclear launch authority, and he doesnt launch them alone and that i am not qualified to determine the mental health of the president of the united states. >> i want to know what you think, john avlon, because he isnt exactly saying t...

> heres something we didnt get to with senator elizabeth waen earlier tonight. in tods senate hearing, general mark milley described his pne cal with speaker nancy pelosi that was first reported in thef you best-selling book "peril >> on 8 january, speaker of the hous pelos called me to inquire about the presidents ability to launch nuclear weapons. i sought to ensure her that its governed by a specific and deberate process she was concned and made various personal references characterizing the ...

Very specific and deliberate process. she was concerned and made very or made various personal references characterizing the president. i explained to her that the president is the sole nuclear launch authority and he doesnt launch them alone and that i am not qualified to determine the mental health of the president of the united states. >> he was emphatic and chose his words carefully. that is a pretty extraordinary statement. the chairman of the joint chiefs saying that hes not qualified to d...

Very specific and deliberate process. she was concerned and made very -- or made various personal references charaerizing the president. i explained to her that the president is the sole nuclear launch authority, and he doesnt launch them alone. and i am not qualified to determine the mental health of the president of the united states. there are processes, protocols, and procedures in place, and i repeatedly assured her that there is no chance of an legal, unauthorized, or accidental launch. by...

Program. shortly after my call ended with general lee, i informed both secretary of state pompeo and white house chief of staff meadows about the call among several other topics. soon after that, i intended a meeting with acting secretary miller, where i briefed him on the call. later that same day, on 8 january, speaker of the house nancy pelosi called me, to inquire about the presidents ability to launch nuclear weapons. i sought to assure her that nuclear launch is governed by a very specific...

Shortly after my call ended with generally, ipersonally formed both secretary of state pompeo, and white house chief of staff meadows, -- spear of t houseelosi called me to inquire about the presidents abili to launch nuclear weapons. i exained to her that the president is the sole nuclear launch authority, and he doesnt launch them alone. and that i am not qualified determine the mental health of the president of the united states. at no time was i attempting to chge or influence the press, ins...

Thats an indication he wasnt entirely comfortable i got nothing to say to you, do it on your own stance. the question is whether he would give any further and whether its usefulf for democrats to keep pressing on fall back and do it through budget reconciliation. they dont want to establish the principle that this hostage can keep getting taken over and over again. not clear if they will have a choice in the matter. >> i want to talk about this joint chief chairman, the final days of the trump a...

0 during this process, the views of all of the joint chiefs of staff, all of us, the centcom commander, general mckenzie, general miller, and myself were all given serious consideration by the administration. we provided a broad range of options and our assessment of their potential outcomes. we couched that in cost, benefit, risk-to-force, risk-to-mission. all of that was evaluated against the national security objectives of the united states. on 14 april, the president of the united states, pr...