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Continued constraint on their economy which is pummelling them to a degree which i think few people realize. it is imposing significant pain. >> dana: the president said that he thinks it was possibly unintentional, or it was a mistake made by somebody who was well below in the chain of command. but then who does the president negotiate with at the time? it's not really comparable in terms of our system. how would we possibly get that done? >> i think the president is wrong about the command authority in iran. he'll be shown that, i suspect, has been shown or will be. i think the president, a ...

Expertise. help us understand this report, how it's being received, and if it's likely to get approved. >> it's immediately controversial, and maybe a little history with how military justice works and pardons. you know, in the military justice system, it's different than the civilian world. commanders matter and there's something called command authority. where a senior commander on a ship, on a base can change the judgment and the sentencing of pretty much any case. it's what separates the military justice system away from the civilian world and it's been controversial. it was controversial ...

A little light instead of heat on the situation because there's a lot of heat going on. the biggest thing for me to focus on is the forces we are sending are being sent because the commanding general, general mckenzie of central command looked at the threat in the region and went to the national command authority and said i'd need additional resources to counter this threat from iran and iran's proxies. he has asked for these forces. this isn't something the administration pushed the forces and said go figure out what you want to do. he put a request for forces in. the administration is respon...

Iraq and afghanistan. when a president, who is, of course, the commander in chief, makes derogatory comments like this, about people who have earn ed that clearly, does it matter in your view? >> in the big picture it doesn't matter. that's why i choose to use the word disappointment. there are people in the military and veterans who would be disappointed with the president's comment bus in the end it doesn't matter. as long as the president, again, if his actions are lawful, then the command authority vested in him as commander in chief, the military will carry out those orders regardless of ...

In real time. if they feel they have to move to that drastic measure, they go to national command authority, secretary of defense and president if necessary to make that call. that said, authority to do a shoot down is delegated to the norad commander, who if he felt it was necessary could have done it. i want to pick up that this is an important mission. operation noble eagle, doing it since 9/11. in 17 years we have been doing this, there are more than 1800 intercepts of nonmilitary aircraft. it is a 24, 7 operation. i agree with peter completely, it shows how effective it is becoming. >> i ...