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Youll be able to fulfill? >> first, lets focus initially on where were headed right now. first were about 96,000 or so, down from 165,000 or so at the height of the surge and other periods. headed down to 50,000 by the end of august. then, of course, with the new government in place there will be the dialogue about what is it that the sovereign iraq with its newly elected government that will be in place for four years will want in terms of a security relationship with the united states. theres ...

The taffs. equipped in and said didnt you guys burn down the white house. a reference to the war of 1812. it was british troops, not canadian troops. asked if it was a joke. one source said to a degree, one can take ever what is said as a joke. the impact on canada on workers in the u.s. wont be laughing matter. >> they did try to justify the tariffs arguing the steel and aluminum industries in the united states are so depressed, they could not mount mobilization. even james mattis weighed in. >...

One source said to a degree, one can take ever what is said as a joke. the impact on canada on workers in the u.s. wont be laughing matter. >> one senior official did not comment on the 1812 statement. they did try to justify the tariffs arguing the steel and aluminum industries in the united states are so depressed, they could not mount mobilization. new american jobs are added in the wake of the immediate tariffs. one company adding positions it to restart furnaces. james mattis weighed in on ...

Ill know pretty quickly if we can make headware. the united states position has been a gently sort of walk backwards from one and done type meeting that seemed to be the idea of kim coming in and agreeing to denuclearization and the prothe koocols. it is to the united states say that this is a meet and greet. this is a getting the know you. this is setting the mood. the way pompeo outlined it in the past 24 hours is to say we are going to look at -- you know, what is it about our security relati...

This closer relationship with the united states? >> fundamentally, its security. the security relationship between japan and the united states which dates to the years just after world war ii has really allowed japan, without a strong military presence, backing away from the military aggression that was so -- helped trigger the conflict in asia in world war ii to become an enormously successful and enormous enormous enormously prosperus china. so for the japanese who have a robust trade relation...

Relationship between the u.s. and south korea? obviously friends and allies for decades, now where are we? >> were in a pretty frac, point here, alisyn, because the presidents determination to move ahead with trying to pull out of the trade agreement with south korea, which was passed in part to help bolster the security relationship is really eroding the degree of trust, and of course the president said during the campaign and interviews with me and with others that he would be willing to pull ...

Security relationship as well. as you heard foreign minister jubeir mention, today we announced 23 foreign investment foreign export licenses leading up to upwards of more than $350 billion of historic direct investment. $109 billion of that is in arms sales to bolster the security of our saudi partners. and these are going to result in literally hundreds of thousands of american jobs created by these direct investments in purchases of american goods, american equipment, american technology, but...

Between us and it will guide our path forward. at the core of our expanding relationship, really are our shared security interests. americas security at home is strengthened with saudi arabias security is strong as well and the united states of america, the kingdom of saudi arabia are embarking on a number of new initiatives to counter violent extremist messaging as you just heard foreign minister jubeir describe. we were also gb to go approaching new disrupting of financing of terrorism and adv...

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Be the ambassador to the u.k. i mean, so there are several things that have already happened to make this quite an awkward first meeting between these two leaders. he has already met with some of her -- the opposition in the u.k. theyll have a lot of talk about. i wonder if theyll talk about those kind of topics. >> shes frying to make the most of this. its important for her to have the security relationship and to get a new economic relationship, a bilateral trade agreement. she was impressive ...