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Of the situation in afghanistan and what would change that deterrieration? >> i pay close attention to the operations in afghanistan. i make two trips one before the fighting season and one after the fighting season. i get on the ground, my own personal assessment of how things are going. i was there about six weeks ago. the nfds two years into taking control of the security environment -- >> the briefest of remarks there from andrew mccabe who was asked a question by senator burr. you heard him...

Whether its a police presence, whether its barriers, its concentrations of people who them themselves arent paying attention and would create a target themselves. i find myself just constantly naturally assessing the situation, the environment around me. years ago in europe, all you had to worry about was criminality, now we have much more to worry about. i dont think we can let that deter us. we just have to use some common sense. just being completely aware of the security environment and fran...

Possibility two weeks from now, then were talking about the end of the european union as we know, it possibly the end of nato as we know it, the end of the atlantic alliance thats worked so well over 70 years to protect europe and also assure the security of the united states. all those things are up in the air now, and if marine le pen is elected, were going to see a total restructuring. its not irrelevant, by the way, shes already received as if she were a national leader by vladimir putin in ...

President gets. and he is having to accommodate his foreign policy to engagement in the world. i think we are not seeing america first but we dont know what were seeing yet. >> you talk about the difference between soft power and hard power. the skinny budget being ruled out and they talked about it was a hard-power budget. you point to, for example, cuts to the state department to make your case that this is a soft-headed, hard-hearted budget. explain that. >> the question is what you want to d...

Test and may one day p capable of reaching the united states. so in terms of a lot of the tension and speculation thats been mounting over the past couple of weeks thats brought us to this current security environment, it was the expectation, the threat of either an icbm test or a nuclear test that has prompted the reaction that weve seen over the last week or so by the united states, japan and south korea. japan and south korea are always looking at these scenarios because this sort of tension ...

Is trying to create a security environment in which the afghan government can stand up, the u.s. troops are there in support of the afghan government and security forces so the country doesnt fall again to the taliban like they did before 9/11. i think thats the basic idea we all have as americans as to what we are doing in afghanistan. but into the middle of that fight yesterday, the new administration decided to roll out a gigantic super bomb that had never been used before in combat. the unit...

Dont worry, steve mnuchin was there helping make the decision to bomb syria. so the banking world got to have its cake and eat it, too? that was the start of this literally explosive week for this young presidency. then yesterday bombs away again. the new president has yeto talk about afghanistan since hes been president. he has yet to articulate any policy or any general inclination toward that 15-year-old war. the bake idea in terms of what most americans think were doing there is thousands of...

What we agreed in 2014. we know that we all need to contribute our fair share. because we need to keep our nation safe in a more dangerous world. we discussed many different topics during our meeting today, including the horrendous use of chemical weapons in syria. any use of chemical weapons is acceptable, cannot go unanswered and those responsible must be held accountable. so mr. president, thank you once again. i look forward to working with you to keeping the alliance strong and i look forwa...

Challenging security environment and to respond both to the need for sharing and stepping up our efforts to fight international terrorism. thank you once again. >> thank you very much, great. thank you. so well have a couple of questions. jeff mason. >> thank you. thank you, mr. president. i would like to ask you about two topics, if i may. first, has your view of vladimir putin changed after whats happened in syria, and what -- what is the united states prepared to do if he continues to support...

Outlining how to make good on what we agreed in 2014. we know that we all need to contribute our fair share because we need to keep our nations safe in a more dangerous world. we discussed many different topics during our meeting today including the horrendous use of chemical weapons in syria. any use of chemical weapons is unacceptab unacceptable, cannot go unanswered and those responsible must be held accountable. so, mr. president, thank you once again. i look forward to working with you to k...