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Mattis along with general joseph dunford are meeting with army general scott mill here took over as commander of nato troops in afghanistan on sunday. president trump has yet to visit troops fighting in afghanistan, nor has he visited any soldiers in a combat zone ever. also making news, this november, americans could elect more than 100 women to the house for the first time in history. a race by race analysis shows between 30 and 40 new women are poised to enter the house next january. that w...

Minimal awareness, some training and a lot of these north african states are ungoverned. theres a vacuum there. thats what makes this problematic. we have to spread our basic democratic values and spread that an enrich everybody, theyre less susceptible to the extremists that are wreaking havoc on us especially. >> neil: you see the value where were in these parts of the world and its good that were there. >> not with troops fighting. but we have to have a basic awareness, sure, in every region....

>> bill: factor follow-up segment tonight, u.s. troops fighting in syria, yemen, you may remember that ryan owens was killed in january. six other members were wounded in that ordeal. what exactly is going on? joining us from boston, colonel david hunt, author of the brand-new novel, "without mercy." lets take the yemen raid first. what happened there? >> as you said, late january, members of seal team six train up about three months, hit a compound in the southern province of yemen with about 3...

Is a brilliant, brilliant one. i think i did a pretty good job on it. >> bill: you are saying that your column on thursday is brilliant. and unprecedented in its wisdom. >> i wouldnt say unprecedented budget wise. >> bill: but your prediction is that it will pass? >> incidentally, not just the little board my friend. >> bill: its a trigger! its a trigger! karl rove, everybody prayed directly ahead, "the factor" investigation, u.s. troops fighting in syria, iraq, yemen. we dont know much about it...

>> bill: factor follow-up segment tonight, u.s. troops fighting in >> bill: "factor follow-up" segment tonight, u.s. troops fighting in syria, yemen, you may remember that navy seal ryan owens was killed in january. six other members were wounded in that ordeal. what exactly is going on? joining us from boston, colonel david hunt, author of the brand-new novel "without mercy." lets take the yemen raid first. what happened there? >> as you said, late january, members of seal team six trained up a...

Passage through the strait is an international legal position. >> i meant the marshall islands. who can forget the falkans. >> thats true. >> ambassador its good to hear from you, thank you. kidnappers are demanding $100,000 to release a hostage. the gunman dragged the worker from his car in eastern iraq. meantime about two hours to the west of there, forces are fighting to retake anbar province from the islamic state. that includes the city of fallujah where u.s. troops sought heavy fighting ...

>> this is a pattern. we saw this in afghanistan. 30 years ago. we saw it in egypt. the other day, these insurgencies fighting the entrenched dictatorships in these countries. >> but were not going to take out assad. were only going to do a pinprick in syria. were not going to contain the chemical weapons. obama has said that. >> were not. the saudis, all the gulf states, i mean, they are pressing to take out assad. >> but were not going to contain the chemical weapons. the obama administration ...

>> this is a pattern. we saw this in afghanistan. 30 years ago. we saw it in egypt. the other day, these insurgencies fighting the entrenched dictatorships in these countries. >> but were not going to take out assad. were only going to do a pinprick in syria. were not going to contain the chemical weapons. obama has said that. >> were not. the saudis, all the gulf states, i mean, they are pressing to take out assad. >> but were not going to contain the chemical weapons. the obama administration ...

"zero dark thirty." he took time to explore real life learning to fully appreciate the troops fighting in iraq. >> i feel like some people think they are disposable. people are something. they just dont pay attention to this. >> reporter: because he paid attention he hoped his public would too. and then in a way like the character with whom hell always be identified his time ended suddenly. a black screen out of nowhere. the series tony soprano is over. an unforgettable character. and now the ac...

President, he said this. he said, i longed in many respects to actually be in vietnam and be representing our country there. in some ways, it was frustrating to feel like i wasnt there as part of the troops fighting in vietnam. so when he was draft eligible, he got four deferments. in 1994, he says it was not his desire to serve in vietnam. but by 2007, he says he had longed in many respects to fight in that war. this is not about changing your viewpoint on the war over time, which pretty much t...