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It. i dont know if im worried about it, but it will be interesting to see what he says this evening. just to say were going to increase the troop strength to, what, 12,000 troops, a road to victory, is a road to sort of acknowledging, we really have no plan. its going to be mopped. if you were really honest with the american people, he would say, look, as you just pointed out, this is a war that we cant afford to lose, because every time weve walked away from afghanistan, bad things have followe...

Playbook now of axios. says trumps afghan plan not winning will you tell not losing either. its no secret that steve bannon was not a fan of sending was no more troops into afghanistan. how much is he going to have to contend with breitbart now that bannons no longer there? >> probably quite a bit. although bannon said hell go after the presidents enemies, the globalist wing as he calls it, of the white house. but look, the president achieved a certain bond with his voters, i think on the right,...

Policy is -- im going to say, it worries me. when you have so many generals surrounding the president and hes giving them advice, he needs to distill that advice and make a decision. if you dont understand the ins and outs of the policy, how are you going to be able to do that. >> we just played it on the air a moment ago, he doesnt trust the president but trusts his national security team. is that how many are feeling on capitol hill about how the president approaches this war? >> look, the cen...

Americans, yet seems to have perhaps been instigated in part because of the presidents visit to saudi arabia. can you make that quick connection to us? >> sure. the president himself seems to suggest that hey, look at the benefits of my trip. i go and a week later we have got action against terrorism. however, it is taking the form of a looming humanitarian disaster, if nothing else, as well as serious confusion around an important region. so yeah, this is the presidents doing, if he says he did...

Brian wright is a former operative hes also a democrat but he is disgusted with the shadow war he says his former colleagues appear to be conducting against the president. for reasons of misguided righteousness or partisan hatred he wrote in a piece last week, theyve taken it upon themselves to be judge, jury, and executioner. he joins us in studio. thanks a lot for coming on. there are these reports that are troubling that various agencies are withholding intel, to think those are to request me...

But he is disgusted with the shadow war he says his former colleagues appear to be conducting against the president. for reasons of misguided righteousness or partisan hatred he wrote in a piece last week, theyve taken it upon themselves to be judge, jury, and executioner. he joins us in studio. thanks a lot for coming on. there are these reports that ari troubling that various agencies are withholding intel, to think those are to request >> i do. >> tucker: you do?hh >> i think there are a coup...

He takes the oath of office. president-elect trump will deal with a world in p turmoil. there is conflict in ukraine and russia is waging a shadow war in the eastern part of their country. joining me is ambassador burns, former u.s. under secretary of state. and leader on irans nuclear program and now at kennedy upon school of government and harvard. thank you for joining us. well talk about the troop build up. vladimar putin exceeded the number of u.s. forces that we put in eastern europe. can ...

That strike killed civilians. but thats what happened here. couple of factors. first, we showed this video to the administration. and it was after that that they made this acknowledgement that they are launching this investigation. but also, the yemeni government while it officially claims that those were militants that were killed, those scorched bodies that you see in that video. it also sent representatives to that village right after that attack to offer compensation to the tribe. cash and r...

Drone strikes, but there had been almost no public acknowledgement of it. certainly not at the level of the president. until that day last spring when president obama defended the program but also addressed its downfall. he promised greater transparency, promised more oversight. he promised, interestingly, to shift responsibility for the program away from the cia and toward the military instead so we can at least understand the chain of command for this kind of shadow war. tonight, we are learni...

The tribe. cash and rifles. and that seemed to be a pretty big concession that something may have gone awry here. i spoke to a yemeni official about this who says, look, this whole thing is a mess, were not sure who was killed. it is -- this should be a reminder we need more openness and transparency about what is going on in the drone strikes. >> on that issue, part of what has been so singular about covering this war, this in effect shadow war with the drone strikes is there really isnt a lot ...