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To have millions of young men and women step forward and be willing to stand between us and danger. that's the whole purpose of memorial day. >> fast forward to now, and i want to read you something from the "new york times" on our withdrawal from afghanistan. united states troops and nato allies intend to be out by early to mid-july, well ahead of president biden's deadline. in what has turned into accelerated ending to america's longest war. general, what is the danger to you and how grave a danger is it? >> well, look, anytime you're involved in a withdrawal, pulling forces out of combat, t...

Danger. that's the whole purpose of memorial day. >> fast forward to now, and i want to read you something from the "new york times" on our withdrawal from afghanistan. united states troops and nato allies intend to be out by early to mid-july, well ahead of president biden's deadline. in what has turned into accelerated ending to america's longest war. general, what is the danger to you and how grave a danger is it? >> well, look, anytime you're involved in a withdrawal, pulling forces out of combat, that's most dangerous of all military operations. we're fortunate four star general scotty mi...

Have a free and independent press asking the difficult questions, checking the sources. and by having that we all are also undermining the possibility of interference in our democratic process. >> today how grave a threat is russia to europe, to nato, to the u.s., in your view? >> we don't see an imminent threat of a military attack. and that's also because nato provides credible and strong deterrence every day. we have done so for years and been successful against deterring any attack against an ally and we will continue do so. that's the best way to prevent a conflict. but what we see is mor...

Weak and distracted. and that has only goemboldened r adversaries to challenge the world order. the threat posed by violent islamic extremism continues to metastasize cross africa, asia, europe, the middle east, and for those who remain vigilant, our homeland. it should now be clear that we will be engaged in a global contest for the foreseeable future. believing otherwise is wishful thinking. if confirmed, general mattis, you would lead a military at war. you of all people appreciate what that means and what it demands. at the same time, our central challenge in the middle east is not isil. a...

Emboldened our adversaries to challenge the current world order. the threat posed by violent islamic extremism met as the is sizes around the world and for those who remain vigilant our homeland. it should be clear we'll be engaged in a global conflict of varying scope and intensity for the foreseeable future. believing otherwise is wishful thinking. if confirmed general mattis you would lead a military at war. you of all people appreciate what that means and what it demands. at the same time, our central challenge in the middle east is not isil, as grave a threat of that is it is a breakdown ...