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So much partisan bickering and politics, you nailed it. it's not black and white. we do not live in a black and white world. the reality is there's an amazing, amazing amount of afghan people who truly saved american lives who prevented attacks who employed information. who protected us, who interpreted for us and did all of these incredible things. and so many veterans in special operations, ground troops across the battle perspective developed relationships with these people. the task force pineapple started with scott mann, they were trying to get out, lieutenant general scott mann is found...

Post." >> absolutely. phil is absolutely right. the president has every -- had every opportunity to understand what was going on here. and i think what's been more startling than anything from my perspective, and i talk to people in the national security space, and my former colleagues in the intelligence community. the president has not demonstrated a level of curiosity about this. the president's most important job is making sure that he can protect this country and defend this country, and that he's on top of our national security issues. without asking about these issues, without looking i...

As randy kay reported earlier, they seemed to be close on a professional but not a personal level. perspective from three harvard guys. ae lan jeff, you hear the president say the friendship between james comey and robert mueller is very bothersome. do you agree? >> i don't think it is bothersome. people in washington know each other. mueller is going to be responsible to make these decisions. comey is not the target of this investigation. he's a witness. i think it is working the reps. that's what the president is doing. he's entitled to do that. i don't think it really is going to have an im...

To be focused on this. this is the battlefield of the future. the russians are definitely coming back, and they have proven that they are effective at it. so we have to have a plan, and it's got to be serious and sort of on a war footing, but from a cyber perspective, not a battle perspective. >> it seems like the president's plan is go after the obama administration for not doing enough, and certainly there's plenty of criticism whether they did enough or what they did do. >> right. but the thing that's striking is that he sort of bounces back and forth between on the one hand suggesting in t...

We don't know why they start shooting this day, when they may have seen. isis are few in number here they say, but willing to die and have a sniper nearby. >> joining me now onset, retired u.s. army general. a pleasure. an honor to have you on. while storming ramadi you have isis storming also sent troops to beiji. so you have this distraction, diversionary tactic happening. so from a battle perspective, do the iraqi military guys do they have what it takes to split up like that or should they just stop pause, and focus on one city? >> well it's a timeless tactic to split your forces and make ...