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This is, you ask any commander in the field, there just aren't enough of them. there aren't enough, every time a soldier stems out of the wire. we would become a very, very cautious military, if we had to have a drone up above every time a soldier went on a mission. some places it's more feasible, they're setting up drone bases in niger for that reason. this was seen as a routine operation. they had done 19 missions in the last six months to no avail. secretary mattis said it wasn't an intelligence failure, they had deemed they did not believe there was going to be any hostile contact. why did...

The french troops three years ago, went in when isis took over northern part of mali, they had traditional ties to that area. after that, there was a realization as isis was being pushed out of the middle east, out of syria and iraq they were popping up in these african countries. we have green berets, special forces on the ground in niger working with local forces as they do in many african countries to stop the isis affiliates, al qaeda affiliates, jihadists from popping up and taking over ungoverned spaces. there are about 100 green berets, about 800 u.s. troops. they've said up drone bases...

Richard engel, it's left the american forces concerned they may be tweeted into combat. and yeah, i have some angst about hashtagging folks into s onto the continent. i don't feel good about american troops on the continent of frek for the most part. make me feel better, mark? >> well, the u.s. is deepening and expanding the military across the continent. >> literally across the continent. >> a steers of installations. exactly. drone bases. a significant base in jabuti. it's deployed troops to -- to support ugandan and african union forces to root out the large resistance army. >> that was the...

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Obama has been doing it. >> jon: so for president conducting, it's tough for the liberal press to cover? >> it's after the fact, after the election. you are now starting to see criticism ratcheted up by the likes of the far left mother jones magazine and even the "new york times" editorial wrote in this week. it brought back, said the writer memos written by george w. bush to justify illegal wiretapping, kidnapping abuse and torture. now, the "new york times" is starting to compare the obama administration to george w. bush, this is significant shift. >> the other thing even the nation's gregg...