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Whether iran will admit it with the houthi rebels by iran or in eastern ukraine being backed up by russia. is it as complex a security environment as you have seen? >> reporter: certainly in my experience and if i guy like general dempsey says in his 40 years its the most complex hes seen, weve got to believe him. one thing, you mentioned isis. these wars that have tended to happen far from our shores weve got the pacific on one side the atlantic on the other side even when they have been happen...

The question. >> well wed like to get to that in a moment. look back a moment. more than 1,000 american troops died in that battle for the anbar province. did they die in vain? >> no. they died trying to give iraq a chance making our lives better here at home. by taking the fight to radical islamists with a goal of not only occupying iraq but hit us here at home. the soldier did their job. they were in a good place. the security environment fundamentally changes, the surge worked. the soldiers a...

Extremists in eastern libya and the growing strength of extremists in benghazi. we were reporting on every attack that was taking place in the area. so, you cannot -- you cant say we didnt see it coming. >> did you think then that maybe the embassy in benghazi the con sleuth rather should have been beefed up for security? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> then why wasnt it? if you guys are all watching it and you see its it coming and you are pointing at it and so now why do we have a situation we h...

Contribute to the outcomes we all seek. they join a notable list of international partners who are building partnership capacity mission, including the united kingdom, spain, germany, italy, and of course the united states. around the globe, i can tell you our men and women in uniform are focused and doing what the nation needs them to do. the security environment remains as dynamic as its ever been. we remain focused on ensuring our troops have the leadership the training and the resources to a...

>> the security environment we must recognize is difficult. but our armed forces and all-volunteer force are ready to do their duty. >> one big security challenge for afghanistan -- trying to stop isis recruiters who are now actively looking for new members there. >> we have rare video of a meeting that shows how the mill taps are trying to convince afghan to join their rank. nick paton walsh has this exclusive report from kabul. >> reporter: where there has long been faith and war, in afghanist...

Angry about joint south korean/u.s. military exercises. christopher hill says seoul is usually considered a safe place. take listen. >> when i was ambassador here, yes, i had security but often i was able to walk outside by myself. occasion low, i would walk home from the embassy. it is a low-security environment environment. certainly ive been in many of those brefs. it was just across the street from the embassy. this is not one that is sobered normally with a need for high security. >> hill...

Both the security environment as well as the status of forces agreement or any other mutual agreement that would have an impact on the strategy. what we dont want to have happen is that things become so fragile in afghanistan after all of our soldiers are out that you have kind of a breakdown. so i think this transition, even though its difficult, has to be managed as it proceeds, not in a way that meets some arbitrary deadline. what we dont want to have happen here is what happened in iraq wher...

In defeating isis. the grisly executions of david haines and james foley and steven sotloff have made it very clear that isis is targeting westerners in the middle east. but does that threat extend to our shores? heres abcs martha raddatz. rather with u.s. air strikes pounding targets and slowing the advance of isis in iraq, it was easy to think isis could be contained overseas. but it was the secretary of defense himself who gave this alarming warning. >> so, yes, they are an imminent threat ...

Is it within his capacity to think, this could be real trouble for me or russia? >> i think our challenge has been, we put and apply our logic to vladimir putin and he is really using his own logic. in this very sweeping speech he gave on march 15th to the russian federal council, which is when russia annexed formally crimea, he totally refutes the post cold war settlement, that he has a very different vision in mind and that russia will protect any ethnic russian peoples wherever they may be. t...

Our visit rok/u.s. combined forces commence for the first time ever since it was formed in 1978 to reaffirm u.s./rok deterrence capabilities against dprk. dprks new pattern of provocation will bring about a new level of international pressure. we also exchanged views on what measures the u.s. and korea need to take jointly together with the international communities in the face of dprks provocation. we sincerely hope that north korea takes the course dprks stability while making the right choice...