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So there are no signs of a de-escalation. i should say, you know, it is early. it is still possible they could move some back. but, again, at this point, according to the defense officials im speaking with her there are no indications that they are doing that. secretary of defense lloyd austin is in brussels right now meeting with his nato counterparts and met for the first time with his german counter part today there. as part of it. and some of the things that were watching for out of there ar...

Budget works. he did threaten, at one point, that he would reconsider the american involvement. it was very revealing, as goeff said, at the press conference this morning. he said, nato is of interest to the europeans, not so much to us. weve always believed as americans, going back to the 1940s, that our security depends on europe. we have to be physically present in europe through our troop commitments to ensure our security, as well as europes security. thats the fundamental basis of nato. i ...

Our best interests across the world. some of us have to give up our lives. you know, i volunteered myself. others have volunteered knowing full well that that may be the consequence. so you know, we have to face reality. we live in an incredibly dangerous world. these people would kill every american given the opportunity. these dangers are not going away, neil. so, you know, i celebrate the heroism of our young troops and i thank people like general dunford. >> neil: okay. guys, im sorry to jum...

Will we see a slide toward more troop commitments overseas? >> i think the secretary has laid out that he has a very specific footprint that he wants to put over there right now which involves the -- bringing in several hundred more troops. but to do more offensive operations. we already have a pretty big foot print there right now with people who are doing training missions. we may need to expand the training mission in order for those forces, the iraqi, kurdish and other forces to link up with...

Every candiate since 2012 would have gone to war including two that are here tonight. there are people out there calling for troop commitments in iraq, permanent troop commitments in afghanistan. syria, egypt, and the list goes on and on. where do you draw the line? what should americas foreign policy be with the limited constraints on us? >> it should be to focus on making sure america is safe. and when you have elements in that region of the world who are attacked and threatened to attack us i...

With pakistan or elements in pakistan. really, were going to have to wait for the full story to come out. these are verycat things. they have to be held in very tight circles. people have to believe in them and work very hard. its really a great moment. >> absolutely. i should say that kristen mentioned also the government of qatar, prance they were involved. the fact that this comes when the president made this announcement saying were going to have 9800 troops, reduce that number by half by th...

Military intervention by use of drones, and he used the word specifically drones. a couple of years ago, no one in government, no one in the military, was allowed to talk about drones. if i called a military source and asked about drones, they had to pretend like they didnt know what i was talking about, and he talked about drones going forward, how theres going to be sort of a moral justification for their use that they can be used, that they are legitimate, just as long as they dont create mor...

Emerging. we got to end the big wars, the huge troop commitments, so the forces can be more nimble for these drone operations, which he was talking about to the cadets, presumably these are the people who are going to be one day involved in these multiple kinds of fronts in dangerous places all over the world. >> thank you so much, richard engel and eugene robinson. up next, the talking bird republicans hope will help them win the senate. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ [ girl ...

Immigration policy in this country that grows our economy, gets people out of the shadows, makes sure that our businesses are thriving. thats got to be a top priority. were going to have to keep on working on that. >> hilary rosen and will kaine are cnn political commentator. good to see both of you. >> hey, there. >> good morning. >> will, you first. many second-term presidents tend to focus at this time on foreign affairs but especially with the recent release of afghan prisoners suspected of ...

Will keep rising and rising and rising. im not going to argue about the need for corporations to pay taxes to pay something, but i will say, we cant continue business as usual. its been 20 years since the fall of the soviet union and the fall of the berlin wall and we have 60,000 troops stationed in germany. >> mostly republican administrations during that time that indebted us. i do not want to make this the result of one political party, though it is the result of one political party. >> good....