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Drone strikes and raids conducted outside conventional battlefield zones. previously authorized by ground commanders, these operations now require white house approval. did the strike on august 28th or 29th, the one that killed ten innocents, didn't require presidential approval? >> it did not. >> at one level, who was the approval authority? >> in the theater at the over the horizon sell. >> what level? >> one star. to start? >> officer level. >> black flag officer level. this is for all three of you, at one point did you know that the strike was bad? that it hit civilians? >> we knew the str...

0 of its troops, contractors and non-diplomatic personnel from afghanistan no later than may 1st, 2021. in june 2020 the u.s. troop levels reached 8600. in october president -- former president trump tweeted we should have a small number of remaining brave men and women serving in afghanistan home by christmas. in november 17, 2020 then acting secretary of defense miller announced we'll implement former president trump east order to continuing repositioning forces from afghanistan. and the 2500 u.s. troops who remain there by january 15th. on january 15th he announced there were 2500 troops le...

>> the army leadership that i know has to stay out of it. results of the investigation, you can't have undue commands influence. i want to stress the situation here. we have servicemen and women out in afghanistan as we speak. if they capture the taliban that they know are involved in killing americans, they either have to have to try to get them back to some prison facility which doesn't exist in afghanistan anymore or they have to release them knowing they are going to go back and kill more americans. that catch and release system is impossible. we set these guys up to fail. ainsley: why isn...

Force, a major decision needed to be made. these ground commanders, these americans cannot go up against turkey. that is nowhere in their -- in their decision-making capability. they need answers from washington. and the answers that have been coming have been, well, looks like that mission is pretty much over and it is time to come home and the commanders look at what they are facing and allies and they they will be betrayed and a possible that isis could come roaring right back. >> that is my colleague richard engle back from syria. and tonight don't miss the special series, a former russi...

In syria? you always have to weigh that against what are the strategic interests of russia in syria? and the argument can be made that russia actually has a lot more strategic interest. they have a naval base, they sell a tremendous amount of weapons to assad. so we always have to take into account how far is russia willing to go, how far are we willing to go? we know we have plenty of assets now that are on the ground because of the rules of engagement that have been lifted, ground commanders now have the authority to call in air strikes and support. so yes, i believe our troops do have the a...