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At that point knowing we had a missing soldier we made a decision to make sure all the resources to include national assets were available. >> sergeant johnsons body was discovered two days later by niger forces. questions remain about how he got separated from his unit. dunford troops said troops in niger are not supposed to go with u.s. forces. a drone was sent overhead within minutes after the attack began but if a drone had been watching the troops from the beginning it would have spotted th...

And had it not been for french air intervention, they probably would have lost all of them. so tough, tough day for these american troops. >> to say the least. and general dunnford said yesterday the patrol did not expect resistant when they planned the mission. and yet the mayor tongo tongo where the patrol attending a meeting said this, the attacker, the bandit, the terrorists, have never lacked accomplices among local populations. so i guess are you surprised at all that there would be any pa...

They also have to have the support. >> right. of course, big part of this investigation is going to be who was complicit. who gave up this information. whether that was someone in the village or very damningly for the conversation whether that had any possibility of coming from the niger forces, themselves. thank you, all, so very much. i appreciate it. next, trump semessentially calling the widow of the fallen soldier, sergeant johnsons widow, a liar today. plus john mccain mocks trump over...

As soon as we had a soldier that was missing. it was probably around 9 or 9:30 washington, d.c. the night of the 4th. and at that point knowing that we had a missing soldier, we made a decision to make sure that all of the resources to include national assets were available. >> sergeant johnsons body was discovered two days later by niger forces. questions remain how he got separated from his unit. u.s. troops are not allowed to accompany local forces if they expect enemy contact. none was expec...

Of the country where we launch drones and actually carry out air support operations in support of the french operations and the local niger forces. that was relatively close-by. but, you know, the region is a hot bed of future terrorism. and as you see us stomp down on the islamic states cal i fat in libya using other forces, theyve dispersed down into the sa hara and the region. and the french have been fighting them almost nobody stop for the last three years. >> so what do we do about it? >> ...