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Let someone else fight over this long, blood-stained sand. chris: mr. vice president, what do you think this raid shows about the u.s. posture in does it base basically say, yes, we'll be in the mideast forever but not necessarily with big forces? maybe with a more targeted, smaller footprint counterintelligence? what does it say? >> well, as you just said, what the president said today, what this shows the united states remains committed to the total defeat of isis and any terrorist organization that threatens our country. but this is a president also, and i say this as the father of a united...

It, the feeling among the white house certainly continues to be that regardless of what happens here in washington, whether it's impeachment in the house, whether that happens to move forward in the senate or not, the president will continue from their perspective to battle whether it's chasing isis, whether it's chasing terrorism around the globe or doing what what he can for the american people. that's their take. but, chris, i think you have to acknowledge that it's not an easy slog especially when you consider sometimes when the pressure builds in a place like washington, it can get to you...

By isis back when they had their caliphate, but there are still some american hostages being held by isis, is that correct? >> yeah, there's still up to a dozen american hostages being held by isis in syria in the region. question may or may not -- intelligence doesn't exactly know what he is today, but big fears about when development means for those american prisoners. we can't speculate about what it will mean, but intelligence sources are very worried about that. one quick last note, for folks that are following, you know, the trump foreign policy doctrine, this fits perfectly within what ...

Were victims of what al-baghdadi has done, and i don't want to take away from that. chris: does this success in taking down one of the country's greatest enemies at all -- and this is a question i asked the vice president -- at all weaken the case, if only politically, for the impeachment of president trump in. >> we still expect the president to carly out his duties as president -- carry out just as president nixon did when he underwent an impeachment inquiry and just as president clinton did. and we're going to continue to make sure he's held to account. this can be compartmentalized. chris:...

>> chris, i just, i just want to emphasize the president's focus here throughout particularly the last several days was on the mission to bring a man who was the most wanted man in the world, a man who had brought unspeakable violence through the isis caliphate, who was exporting violence around the world to justice. and that, combined with insuring the safety of our forces coming in, executing their mission and moving out was the president's direct i have throughout this effort. and i -- directive. and i know it animated every decision he made along the way. and let me also say what a privile...