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General milleys admission that he was a source for three inside accounts of the trump administration. here is that moment. >> did you talk to bob woodward or robert costa for their book "peril"? >> woodward, yes. costa, no. >> did you talk to carol leonnig and philip rucker for their book? >> yes. >> did you talk to michael bender for his book is "frankly, we did win this election, the inside story of how trump lost"? >> yes. >> and were you accurately represented in these books. >> i havent rea...

And goes to the question of what our role is in the middle east and what openings we have left for adversaries to step into that role. milley takes this job very seriousy. i think you saw that yesterday. at the very least, hes concerned not only just about his role but the standing of the country and how the military is there to support that. >> your name came up. lets listen. >> did you talk to michael bender for his book "frankly we did win this election, the inside story of how trump lost"? >...

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 ...

Acknowledge a source for the books yet interesting that he said he read none of them. . >> you have to when youre under oath. >> he was under oath. he was going to tell the truth. kristin fisher, great report. thank you. michael bender, who is a reporter covering the white house for "the wall street journal" is the author of one of those books. a very good one, in fact. frankly, we did win this election. the inside story of how trump lost. michael, i know you were watching this hearing yesterd...

I think the generals, i think the president, this is a moment of hub russ for him. hes very self-confident and very sure of himself and wanted everybody out even though most of the military advisors did not advise this type of withdrawal, and we heard that today from the generals. >> i enjoyed the conversation. see you both soon. thank you, gloria. thank you charlie. >> sure. hes confirming hes been vaccinated but hes not ready to encourage others to do so yet. >> you guys should know me. anyt...

Patriotism. >> senator king, thanks for joining us tonight. we appreciated watching you during the hearing. thank you very much. >> thank you. a moment ago, we mentioned general milleys admission that he was a source for three inside accounts of the trump administration. here is that moment. >> did you talk to bob woodward or robert costa for their book "peril"? >> woodward, yes. costa, no. >> did you talk to carol leonnig and philip rucker for their book? >> yes. >> did you talk to michael be...

This, did you talk to bob woodward or robert costa for their book "peril". >> woodward yes, costa, no. >> did you talk to michael bender for his book "frankly we did win this election, the inside story of how trump lost"? >> yes. >> and were you accurately represented in these books? >> i havent read any of the books. so i dont know. i have seen press reporting of it. i havent read the books. >> lets have you read the books and then let us know if youre accurately -- >> absolutely. >> hes tellin...

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Part -- >> i cant -- >> in mitten form? >> a policy process that was very well and deliberately run. >> well note that you didnt completely answer that. >> general milley, any written form? >> yes. >> would you make those available to us? >> make it available to the committee upon request and in accordance with the appropriate classify kagsz. >> we will do so. general mckenz, yes or no? >> yes. >> and you will make those available. >> based on guidance from the. >> each of you had committed to m...

Right out there. asked a couple other questions about some of the episodes and she decided straight out essentially to find out how much did you cooperate. >> general milley, yes or no to this. did you talk to bob woodward or robert costa for their book "peril. ? >>" woodward yes and costa no. >> did you talk to the authors of the book "can i fix it? >> yes. >> did you talk to michael bender for his book "as frankly we did win this election, the inside story of how trump lost?" yes or no. >> yes...