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This just in. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff defending conversations he had with china in the final months of the trump presidency. general mark milley telling the associated press the calls which were intended to assure china the united states was not planning an attack were, quote, perfectly within the duties and responsibilities of his job. >> cnn senior national security correspondent alex marquart joins us now. alex, i've been speaking to the pentagon as well. they make the point there were regular conversation between u.s. military officials and their counterparts expressly fo...

Stands to reason that the commanders would lay the ground for that -- >> we all heard the same comment from the president to ensure that we use all the capability we have to meet the mission. >> as of now, they're not asking for that specifically or planning for that? >> as of this point. you said two things. you said planning and asking. as i always said, prudent military planning is always continuously happening. we're always forecasting for those types of things. request? no. that hasn't yet. we have not received those. >> couple questions. the communications with the taliban, general, are ...

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The united states says it was in terms of de-confliction. did the russians say anything on that? >> nothing on that. macron called president putin yesterday. that call macron told putin that they would told putin they would continue to be in touch and the french were saying they made clear that they did not want an escalation with russia and i think that's been the tone that we have heard and restated many times from the pentagon joining the briefing last night. they did not want to injure civilians or foreigners inside syria. that message have been understood. the kremlin are not giving indic...

That's why we're working this de-conflict. >> shepard: you use that phone with the russians? >> i don't use interest but my guys do every day. >> what happens on that phone? >> the interesting part is i have some young airmen that we bring in, that are interpreters. so we'll talk, they'll respond and our interpreters, these young airmen, translate for us. it's incredible the context that they give us with their understanding of the russian laymen. it's fascinating, it's been a lesson in leadership as we work through negotiating with the russians on how we de-conflict our operations. >> sandra:...