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Average is to get all of our american citizens and afghan partners out. i believe the president should absolutely make a public announcement as well as tell dod and department of state were going to stay in afghanistan for as long as it takes to get our citizens home and get our partners out, period. and then, also, authorize the department of defense to apply all the resources available to them or what they need that they may not have with them to accomplish that mission. and if that means esta...

>> house oversight chairman jason chaffetz says national security advisor michael flynn likely violated federal law by failing to disclose his business dealings with russia and turkey. >> as a former military officer, you simply cannot take money from russia, turkey, or anybody else. and it appears as if he did take that money. it was inappropriate. and there are repercussions for the violation of law. >> clearly, i agree with the chairman. i mean, he was supposed to get permission and he was su...

Clearance. there is a whole process we go through. but it relies upon the information being supplied by that individual and if that is not accurate and there is no way of knowing about income received from a foreign government, it can go unnoticed. but its against the law to give misinformation during the process of getting clearance. >> and, of course, the thing that chairman chaffetz said i hadnt thought about, as a former military he can be called back into service and why it is a different r...

>> in listening to both you and congressman elijah cummings, the ranking member, it looks like youre both on the same page of this. do you have any differences with him on this? >> i think were pretty much on the same page. i think as i heard mr. cummings is seeking more information from the white house, but obviously we came together today to do this joiptly. weve got a letter that were going to do jointly to the department of defense, specifically the secretary of the army seeking final determ...

For months now to get paperwork. but we just dont see any paperwork properly filed seeking permission or being granted that permission. >> have you tried to summon flynn formally like with a subpoena or informally to come testify before your committee? >> look, the bigger, broader inquiry will be spearheaded by the select committee on intelligence. i dont necessarily need to hear directly from general flynn. im looking for paperwork. im looking for a paper trail. im looking for evidence. im look...

Letter that you sent over to the white house was sent long after president obama had vacated the white house. all right. now, you say that general flynn probably broke the law. and you used the terms "inappropriate." either he broke the law or he didnt break the law. are you making a criminal referral to the department of justice? >> so, the final determination needs to be made by the secretary of army, the comptroller at the army would also be involved as well as the inspector general. they n...

What is north of $500,000, but that letter or that final determination needs to come from the department of the army. >> all right. his lawyer says that he briefed the defense -- the dni, he did that. he just didnt tell d.o.d. is that enough for you or not? >> thats not what the law says. that may very well be true, but the law is pretty clear and very simple and basically saying, you have to seek and get permission in order to be in compliance. we dont see that he did that. >> all right. so, ju...