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Geopolitical force. and now hes trying to reverse that. hes trying to destroy nato and this is what its part of. hes exploiting a vacuum. youll see the russians begin to fly combat missions not just targeting isis but as sat and turn to other droins and say america is no longer reliable equipment, equipment, america is no longer a reliable ally, rely on us. hes trying to replace us as the sing the most important power breaker in the middle east and this president is allowing it. thats what is ha...

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The right time for them to lift off. >> jared bernstein, thank you very much. we know that last night at the debate domestic economic policy was certainly discussed and the other big topic from last nights debate was foreign policy. and it became a heated topic. heres what some of the candidates had to say. >> were fighting isis. isis wants to fight syria. why are we fighting isis in syria? let them fight each other and pick up the remnants. >> what i would do immediately is begin rebuilding the...

Program in poland and conduct military exercises in the baltic states. i would probably spend a few thousand more troops into germa germany. vladimir putin would get the message. the reason its important we know the generals name is because russia is in syria right now because the head of the force traveled to russia and taught vladimir putin into aligning themselves with iran and syria to property up bashar al assad. russia is a bad actor but vladimir putin is someone we should not talk to beca...

>> they know the territory. they know the air space and the waters around. thats a huge advantage for the russian military. >> reporter: the russians have also improved key capabilities since their 2008 military incursion into the republic of georgia when their troops had some trouble communicating. the former president of georgia told "outfront" he thinks a demonstration of force against moscow might be needed. >> putin will stop at the entrance of our capital not only by resistance of georgian...

Our friends in europe and the middle east were. thats not going to happen. how much we deploy, whether were going to have a large naval presence off the coast of the red sea and elsewhere -- >> with a fifth fleet in the red sea or sixth fleet in the mediterranean. >> we have been reducing -- >> but the argument is with drones and new -- you dont need all of the old-school hardware that we used to deal with these kind of issues. >> thats right. but im not sure how much we need in the pacific, as ...

On for days. now talking about how this might happen. in fact, were already into phase two which is the staging. and in military terms, youre talking about a possible strike on syria, what does staging mean. >> tom, what that means is the united states will take advantage of its strategic presence thats already in the region in places like italy, turkey, in qatar. theyre going to increase their munitions stockpiles, their fuel, their medical capabilities, their ability to rescue downed pilots so...

Author of "smart power" christian wideman. (applause) general, i want to get to a burning question. the administration and military officials including the chairman of the joint chiefs said no assets could have been moved in place to at least to have intervoened. is that mrauzable? >> i dont think so. we created the delta force in the late 70s and 80s to respond. and we put it in every theater and their primary target was embassies. and we have the sixth fleet in the meditarian. to say we cant r...

What is it about veterans that when they talk about doing something, then you come back two months later and look at all the things that youve done since texas. you go down the list and youve got this swiss guy who has a bunch of money, youve got the one-roof energy project, you have the project for 950 contractors, new fast track courses for veteran start-ups, testified at the capitol will efficiency. i can keep going. what is it about your culture and veteran culture that these conversations l...

Missile destroyers there. here is a look at it, about 500 feet long, 346,000 officers on board, the u.s. also had three submarines in the mediterranean firing cruise missiles but one hooz since left the area. finally, lets show you and talk a bit about the "uss mt mt. whitney." this is the command and control ship for the u.s. navys sixth fleet. the crew about 700 or so, carries on board guns, rockets. itses the command center for the coordinated operation going on right now. liaisons from the o...