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Missing soldier, we made the decision to make sure that all of the resources were available. >> sergeant johnson's body was discovered two years later by nigerian forces and returned to u.s. troops. he said that the troops are not allowed to accompany local forces if they expect enemy contact. the special forces unit that was ambushed had only been in niger for a few weeks. >> thank you for that update. we appreciate it. kimberly, your thoughts? it's because of the, first of all, in terms of the way we do intelligence gatherings and special operations, this type of mission and what they're doi...

Johnson's body found 48 hours later, and why was it found a highly away from where the ambush took place. they don't know the answer to that question. he also don't know why the intelligence that was given to these soldier z was it was unlike unlikely they would have enemy contact. i also asked him do though know if the forces that evacuated both the wounded and dead ever did a head count to make sure everyone was accounted for. again, a question they don't yet have an answer to. but i also asked him whether he would supply this information when they get answers to these questions, and genera ...

U.s. troops in niger are not allowed to accompany local forces if they expect enemy contact. >> harris: let's bring in four-star general jack keane, a fox news military analyst and chairman of the institute for the study of war. thanks for being with us today, what was our mission in niger? >> our mission is actually to train and assist our indigenous partners, and we've been doing that for a number of years, obviously we've been noting for a couple of weeks, there is quite an explosive radical islamist threat spreading across africa, particularly northern africa. part of that fabric of that s...

Took the french aircraft, the french were ready to go in 30 minutes. then it took them 30 minutes approximately to get on the scene. so from that, i think it's a fair conclusion to say two hours after the initial contact was made, the initial french mirages arrived overhead. my judgment would be that unit thought they could handle the situation without additional support. so what we'll find out in the investigation exactly why it took an hour for them to call. we shouldn't conclude anything by that one hour. it may very well have been --'s been in these situations myself when you have enemy co...

Designed to support the training, advising and assisting of local african partners. we mitigate the risk to u.s. forces with specific guidance that we will only accompany those forces when the prospects of enemy contact is unlikely. there are other areas in africa that we have a different construct. so what i described to you is the construct that exists in west africa. clearly we have a different type of operation against al-quaida, al shabaab and al-quaida organizations inside of east africa. so we tailor the conduct of u.s. forces based on the threat. the bias in africa is to support local ...