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Wrote this, the country will be weekend if theres a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views. retired admiral william the grave and will in the special operations command that killed bin laden wrote, i would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance so i can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency.im sure senator, you agree, people on the list go back to the reagan administration in the...

What happened, why their loved ones died. we spoke with one of those families earlier today down in fort bragg, north carolina. have a listen. >> from my view, everybody on the team did an incredible job. they all did what they were supposed to. they all fought extremely bravely. and i dont see where somebody would need to be held accountable. you know, each one of them went through something absolutely horrific and im just glad theyre home. >> there will be recommendations for valor coming out ...

>> absolutely, david. i would say what the president is doing right now is laying down a marker, and clearly every president has the authority to do that. maybe his intentions are aspiration aspirational, in other words, hes laying out what he thinks should be done and he wants his department of defense and national security leadership to come back to him. as a soldier, my view is, i would want the president to say ive got a word picture in my mind. this is what im trying to achieve. come back t...

Now -- potential for conflict between turkey and our partner kurds. i think many people have been recommending that to the president. i think he gave a surprise to people as he said we would be coming out soon because we didnt know what soon was. general thomas, whos the head of special operations command who has been carrying much of this fight with his special operations soldiers in this area. you have brett mcgurk, the traveling ambassador coordinating between iraq and syria in the middle eas...

That piece of turf in syria. you have the special operations command, which is doing a lot of precise, heavy lifting in that part of the world and nato. you have the supreme ally commander. those three american commanders have an array of networks and array of alliances and partnerships and they have to communicate very, very clearly. this proclamation by the president makes it difficult because theres little predictability in what the president is saying and what exists in terms of what those c...

Going to have a hand in shaping who comes next. there actually could be some people coming back into the white house who really do understand this, because john kelly will recognize this is the moment where we need maturity. >> who? >> so perhaps thats a silver lining. >> we reported steve eagan is one of the candidates. >> i think theres a lot of deputies people wouldnt know by name but come out of the special operations command, the central command. there are people who are very skilled in thi...

The decisions about the war, not guys in the white house. that brought this thing to a halt. >> rick: they trusted the boots on the ground. does isis lose luster because they dont own real estate anymore? >> absolutely. this became an incredible organization. they developed an iconic brand and able to expand into 30 countries. they inspired, supported, or directed 40 attacks against nato countries alone. this is what theyve been up to in the last three years. so now they dont have the territoria...

Were being talked about again as an armed forces. were really winning. we know how to win. but we have to let you win. we werent letting you win before. they were letting you play even. were letting you win. >> all right. what does that mean? i want to bring informer ambassador christopher hill for global engagement from the university of denver, retired jerry mccaffrey. has there been a shift here unable to win in recent months? >> well, very awkward formulation. ive been extremely critical, wi...

Anderson, what id say, if this is true, it is jaw droppingly illegal, immoral and unethical for any citizen to do this. but for a retired general officer to do this, its even more damaging. primarily because you give me the honary yum of calling me general hurt ling. you know, we keep that as were retired, which means we kind of stay connected to the oath of office and the oath of allegiance to defend the constitution. this is a guy who is alleged to have been doing something against the governm...

January 2014 to invade iraq. jillian: extraordinary sophistication when it came to all things online insiderspace. im curious to lean on you in this matter. do you have a prescription for this, what is your best recommendation for donald trump, secretary matus, if they were sitting here right now how do you think of that ideology? >> a great question. as slow as we were to take down the physical caliphate, 5 years, we were slow to react to the virtual caliphate and what they have been doing, we ...