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We can talk about what they were doing in niger in a moment, but why the president wouldn't have put the statement out? >> i can't come up with a good reason why he wouldn't have. the only thing is there was ambiguity around the fourth soldier. there was lack of clarity about the situation. i don't understand why you wouldn't immediately come out, or in the case of soldiers in iraq still fighting in mosul, why you wouldn't take the time to do that. >> you're right. after every encounter like that, there is an after action report. that statement -- the draft in politico, referred to three soldi...

Forth about who said what and to whom and how were those -- how were the president's remarks received by the families began. and it began with him basically saying i make the calls, but other presidents didn't. which wasn't an answer to the question that had been asked. >> right. and if you look at what sarah huckabee sanders said yesterday from the podium about protocol, that's incorrect as well. you have the national security council led by general mcmaster who knows something about protocol in these situations immediately drafting up a statement of condolences to the families, the three fam...

Particular attack. and that 2001 authorization which said we could go after the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack two years before there was an isis is being used to justify military action all over the world. i've been calling on my colleagues to try to refine that authorization, and let's be clear about what we're doing. there's sort of a covert element to this. the white house drafted a con do lens statement and chose not to put it out. they were sort of trying, i think to lowball that we're involved in niger, and that's part of what's going on. but what we need to do is we need to bring this...

By national security staffers meant for the president to release which reads in part melania and ri heart broken at the news that three u.s. service members were killed in niger while providing guidance to counterterrorism operations. we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of these brave american soldiers and patriots. they will remain in our thoughts and prayers. it's unclear why the statement was not publicly issued. joe? >> well, it is clear. it's obviously national security council wanted him to release that statement the day after. to offer condolences. that is the p...

Simple statement of con do lens that didn't even go into exactly what happened, and potentially didn't address the fate of the fourth soldier, couldn't have been issued within 24 hours. certainly in other instances in past administrations where there were questions surrounding a military raid, or operation. at the least, the white house or the state department or both would at least say something about regretting the loss of life, hearts go out of the families and that sort of thing. we don't know why that didn't happen here. and the questions really have only deepened not only surrounding wha...