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Clear, achievable goals, not ones we'll never reach. and, second, we must stay clearly focused on the fundamental national security interest of the united states of america. >> dan, you heard that surge of applause in the video i played of president ford in new orleans speaking to a basically republican audience about getting out of vietnam. there was universal by that point agreement that we needed to get out of vietnam. i also felt that we had learned the lessons that joe biden said we have to learn today, that the mistakes of vietnam would not be repeated. now that i've seen them repeated, ...

About getting out of vietnam. there was universal point of agreement that we needed to get out of vietnam. i also felt that we had learned the lessons but joe biden said we had to learn today, that the mistakes would not be repeated, and now that i have seen them repeated i have no confidence we will learn the lessons this time. >> unfortunately i have to agree with you. in 2017, general john nicholson, the 17th commander of our war in afghanistan, testified before congress and described the war as quote, a stalemate. just last year, the chairman of the joint chiefs, mark milley, also testifie...

I support him. >> in central london it has been a mixed bag. they respect him as a strong leader. others think the u.k. should have a similar leader. laura. >> laura: the so-called experts on the media have been overwhelmingly harsh in their assessment of president trumps performance in the concluded nato meeting. let's talk with someone who actually served in the nato arena. retired four-star general, filled up. the 17th commander of nato joins us now. it is great to have you. thank you for joining us. i was stunned. good to have you. i was stunned to see the media's reaction. every time they...