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Sure. he said this is not a permanent cease fire nor an end to the hostilities. this comes as russia and iran and assad in syria are all pushing to fill the power vacuum after president trump abruptly ordered all u.s. forces out of the area surroundering in parts of the middle east. joining me now is william mccraven. he served as head of the u.s. special operations command and oversaw the bin laden raid and released a scathing op-ed entitled our republic is under attack from the president. than...

We have learned this for the last 17 or 18 years as we confront these terrorist organizations. it is not enough just to focus on military operations and let them go. we have to keep constant pressure on them and it would -- it was my belief that we needed to continue to keep pressure on an organization like isis to ensure it cant resurge and come back. >> what do you say to americans who say that is just the kind of thing i would expect to hear from a general and they believe in these forever wa...

Offenses. eight marines from the first marine division were taken in for questioning on their involvement in alleged drug offenses unrelated to todays arrest. information gained from a previous human smuggling investigation precipitated the arrest. none of the marines arrested or detained for questioning served in support of the southwest border support mission, we are told. >> shepard: a navy seal platoon is getting sent home in a separate instance. drinking while on deployment, is that right? ...

Administratively. thats when you saw senior chief gallagher and his attorney this morning talk about going to the special operations command and having a conversation. theyll try to ward that off. >> bill: you have watched this closely. you think the jury got it right? >> im always loath as a former military judge or prosecutor to say whether they have it right or not but the jurys verdict should be respected. the military justice system worked here. the prosecution did a terrible job. i think t...

Next, the upper echelons of the military, united states ways options to deal with iran. he once led special operations command, he joins us live, next. >> the president has secretary pompeo, he has a good team around him, what happens in iran is determined by the iranians. ♪ ♪

Unusual? >> extremely unusual. its not the job of the secretary of state to sit down and confer with military officers and leaders of central command and special operations command. hes also going to go there. i was with john kerry for two years. the only military facility we went to was a naval base at norfolk was to look at the effects of of climate change. its not his job and its a sensitive time for him to be going down there. hes going down there without the acting defense secretary which s...

Chlorine attacks because it was said to be a red line for the trump administration. >> dana: more on this is william mccraven former commander of the u.s. jointed special operations command. also author of "sea stories:my life in special operations." what a life so far it has been. if we could talk about this news that came out reported today. should we be doing more? hes getting away with everything. >> again, you have to get back to as investigator jeffrey said, we have to be able to prove it....

The space force will protect the $19 trillion company. >> shepard: is there a cost on this them? >> they have projected it will cost $2 billion over five years to launch the space service. thats the equivalent of what the pentagon spends in one day. the budget will be the size of special operations command. think of it being under the air force the way the marine corps falls under the navy. the main job will be to protect u.s. satellites including 31 satellites that allow gps to function and the...

Particularly this time the special operations command, keeps me intent on characteriz ing an ambush as murder which in effect says just the basic mission that army special operators and many infantry soldiers have done over the last 15 years those routine combat actions are now being characterized as murder. >> well it was clear the wrongdoing back in 2015 but after an interview with bret baier in 2016 the army decided to reopen the case and he faces potential life behind bars or even the death ...

Seen. and as we move into the winter months very rapidly here, there is something else and it sounds like inside baseball. but its actually very critical. mattis leaves in february. youre going to see a change of command in several key positions that was already scheduled. the head of central command who oversees the wars in the middle east and afghanistan is leaving this winter. the head of special operations command leaving this winter. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff already schedul...