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After vietnam, after desert storm and so, these things can be very devastating if they're not done properly. i believe they can be done properly if they're not done too quickly. >> general, what concerns do you have, you being prior air force, you know the thinking, we can conduct air campaigns, and actually keep our enemies at bay. is that sufficient at some point in side, we need the potential of having the army and marine corps going in there with boots on the ground? >> of course. and if we have 480, 490,000 troops you could do that, but it's the signal. and we were successful in kosovo wi...

And they are very devastating. after vietnam, after desert storm and so, these things can be very devastating if they're not done properly. i believe they can be done properly if they're not done too quickly. >> general, what concerns do you have, you being prior air force, you know the thinking, we can conduct air campaigns, and actually keep our enemies at bay. is that sufficient at some point in side, we need the potential of having the army and marine corps going in there with boots on the ground? >> of course. and if we have 480, 490,000 troops you could do that, but it's the signal. and ...

Grab. mitt romney fresh off his win put out a statement reading in part instead of working with congress to fix the flaws in this new bureaucracy, the president is declaring that he refuses to take no for an answer. this represents chicago-style politics at its worse. later today the president will join leon panetta as the pentagon unveils plans to shrink the army to 490,000 soldiers over the next decade. the new military strategy reflects big cuts at the defense department, at least $450 billion over ten years. according to the "new york times," the number of aircraft carriers will remain the...

Including surveillance, counter terrorism, countering weapons of mass destruction and being able to operate in environments where adversaries try to deny us access. megyn: they are shifting the focus to the asian-pacific region, china. the army would shrink from its currents level of 570,000 soldiers to 490,000. joining me now, former air force vice chief of staff and a fox news contributor. i want to get your overall reaction to this. >> i think we can do this. what concerns me is what has already happened and my friend general jack king has concern. by pulling out of iraq we clearly even aim...

Structure go down. but the fact is we opened up a pathway for iran into syria and israel that could be very dangerous and destabilizing. that's one issue that concerns me. the 490,000 -- if everything goes well, we could probably live with. but what is not mentioned in the conversation is secretary gates canceled the f22 which is much more capable for a china deterrent strategy. he canceled and delayed the next generation bomber. and he bought a smaller tanker. you need a large tanker if you are going to operate in the pacific. so i'm not sure there is a colearn i in -- i'm not sure there is a...