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America's top defense official vowed Saturday to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to counter its "dangerous use" of suicide drones in the wider Mideast, a pledge coming as negotiations remain stalled over Tehran's tattered atomic deal with world powers.
Joining me right now is rear admiral john kirby, the former pentagon press secretary. admiral, good to see you. very sad circumstances here. what do we know about the investigation? how do they lead an investigation into this admiral's death? >> well, when you have an unexpected death like this, and clearly one where it's a three-star admiral in charge of a numbered fleet, you want to properly investigate it. the navy came out yesterday and said there was no foul play apparent, but they still have to go through this investigative process to make sure they fully understand what happened and so ...
Ones with him at the time. but again, the investigators will work all the way through this, all the circumstances surrounding it. they'll get to a bottom line. then the navy will be transparent about it. they'll talk to the america people about this just as they'll keep the family informed. >> and talk to us about his post, being an admiral of this fifth fleet, and where it is in the alignment of, you know, strate strategy in the middle east. >> it's one of our most important numbered fleets. the fifth fleet is based in b bahrain in the persian gulf. they don't just control operation there is....