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>> it's not my assessment they're taking too many risks. let's keep in mind, although i talked about enemy contact being unlikely on this particular mission, the reason why we're in west africa is because the area of concentration. the reason our special operations forces are operating in libya is because there's a threat of isis attacks from libya. the reason they're in east africa is because there's an al qaeda and a smaller isis presence there. so to the extent they're taking risk, we have sent them there to operate in areas within which there are extremist elements that, if we were to cond...

Support. when they requested support, it took the french aircraft, the french were ready to go in 30 minutes and it took them 30 minutes -- approximately 30 minutes to get on the scene. so from that, i think it's a fair conclusion to say that about two hours after the initial contact was made, the initial french mirages arrived overhead. when they didn't ask for support for that first hour, my judgment would be that that unit thought they could handle the situation without additional support. and so what we'll find out in the investigation exactly why it took an hour for them to call. we shoul...

When they requested support, it took the french aircraft, the french were ready to go in 30 minutes, and then it took them 30 minutes -- approximately 30 minutes to get on the scene. so from that, i think it's a fair conclusion to say that about two hours after the initial contact was made, the initial french aircraft arrived overhead. but it's important to note when they didn't ask for support for that first hour, my judgement would be that that unit thought they could handle the situation without additional support. and so we'll find out in the investigation exactly why it took an hour for t...

Which we call train, advise and assist, we don't accompany those local partnered forces when contact with the enemy is expected. we do one of two things. we stay back in what we call the last cover and conceal position. that's before enemy contact is made. or we don't even go on an operation if enemy contact is made. outside of active hostilities, our focus is to enable local forces to be able to conduct operations against the enemy. yes. >> you have to say that the war in isis shifting right now to africa. >> i think it's shifting. i'm not sure i'm ready to say it's shifting just to africa. w...

Dropped any bombs. general dunford said u.s. forces in niger are not allowed to accompany local forces if they expect enemy contact and they did not expect resistance on this patrol. martha? >> martha: thank you very much. here with more lieutenant michael waltz former green beret commander who served in niger and helped train i the army there. he is also a fox news contributor. thanks as always for being here tonight. >> thanks, martha. >> martha: you listened to all of in this afternoon. what's your take away? >> my first take away i think general dunford wanted to come out and have this pre...