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Instantly megaphoned in other social media and in the press. a lot of reporters write what trump just said on twitter. its an ea educate give -- effective way of communicating. in this case and also in the case of the f-35, the very troubled combat jet, trumps use of twitter seems to have indicated hes signaling a desire to cut down on pentagon waste. yes, he wants to increase pentagon spending, he wants to improve the pentagons war-fighting capability, but he wants to go after the billions in w...

And unfortunately, we dont have that: isils claims to be a caliphate successful with military campaign must reduce isils territory patrol, destroy its war-fighting capability and undermine its brand and/or are a of invisibility. >> unless the visibility of power changes on the ground the diplomacy as has been amply proven will achieve nothing. >> are we going to supply air support for the people we train to fight isis? do they have a goal to take assad down? >> senator, i dont know. >> what do y...

And unfortunately, we dont have that: isils claims to be a caliphate successful with military campaign must reduce isils territory patrol, destroy its war-fighting capability and undermine its brand and/or are a of invisibility. >> unless the visibility of power changes on the ground the diplomacy as has been amply proven will achieve nothing. >> are we going to supply air support for the people we train to fight isis? do they have a goal to take assad down? >> senator, i dont know. >> what do y...

Signals all sorts of people, were saying, no matter what, were now committed to this. what happens if the president wakes up in two years and his military advisers say this was a good investment. why pull the rug out from under it now. >> mike. >> general, you raised the issue of iraq and keeping troops in iraq, and the numbers being thrown out in afghanistan, let me ask you, what does this have -- with constant strain on the american military over the last 15 years. the military is now virtuall...

>> im not into obstruction and most of the people i work with, military at war, have gone above and beyond to ensure that the navy has the best war fighting capability in the world. >> enough already. >> wow, those two words at the end from that 90-year-old world war ii veteran are the most pointed i think. its good to hear from all of them but enough already. >> if you want to weigh in go to cnn ireport. its impacting so many people. >> it is. quick break.

Ideas up to replace the things theyre opposed to? >> why should we pay congress for a job they have not done? i dont agree at all that congress should continue to be paid during the shutdown. let them feel the wrath they have put on to everyone else. >> most of the people i work with over the last several years when the military has been at war have gone above and beyond to insure that the navy has the best war-fighting capability in the world. >> enough already. >> my pay has been frozen for th...

Talk about modernizing our nuclear arsenal. he had said that during the campaign. but expanding the arsenal that flies in the face of a half century of arms control limiting, reducing our number of weapons. >> right, which has failed. weve had arms control. the chinese have had an arms buildup. weve had arms control. the north koreans have developed nuclear weapons. the russians in the last few years have increased the capability of their systems dramatically. theyve introduced new missiles. the...