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Imminence of an attack by north korea that much higher, because it now has a capability. not just an intention to use something that might be in development, but we have to assume that it's accurate. that the report is accurate. that they have a capability and that now the united states has a full array of options it has to be able to use, and it raises the spectrum of a potential conflict. everybody on the peninsula has been preparing for this kind of engagement for quite some time and so there are measured heads that are in charge there, and clearly our national command authority understands...

Korea and president xi and vladimir putin and finally the united states with mr. trump as well as secretary of state tillerson. i think a long-term goal of peace and stability that could be including district takes with north korea is something that could be within reach. i do think though there's a brand-new context. you look at the diplomatic, political as well as economic elements of power that have been demonstrated in response to the dpr case missile testing as well as the military national command authority response with the joint task force or the republic of korea working on the ground...

National command authority in washington, d.c. and there would have to be specific rules of engagements in order to have any type of engagement with the iranian navy. it's happened before in the past during certain operations, i think that's fresh in the history of the iranian regime the irgc has been there since the creation of revolutionary iran. they're in command of their defense establishment inside iran so they understand the history and the legacy of the united states navy and the iranian navy on the high seas and that should be a consideration. i do think though that this is just going...

Because everyone wants to make sure our u.s. members remain safe because there are people working on the ground currently representing our country and we don't have boots on the ground there. so major general williams, i want to ask you this question. what would be the challenges for u.s. security personnel who may be heading into baghdad to help protect this embassy? what would they be facing possibly? >> first of all, any of the navy or marine expedition forces in the area are trained for this. this is one of the principal missions that they do, those forces afloat. so they're prepared for a...

Intelligence business, every source that we have of intelligence, we try to confirm that with other sources. i believe some of that has been confirmed and we don't know what that is, and because that is obviously classified. and the fact of the matter is, but even this information, as antiinflammatory and explosive as it is, would have been shared with the entire national command authority and senior leaders of our government. it's indisputable that it would not be done. sergeant bergdahl was a very high intelligence collection target with multiple agencies trying to gather intelligence on him...