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using civilians as human shields. they're hiding behind and among civilians. they're putting rockets and other terrorist infrastructure in civilian areas. that creates an added burden for the israeli defense forces, but it does not lessen their responsible to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians and to protect the lives of innocent civilians as they conduct this military operation. that's true of striking from the air. it is true of going in on the ground. this is something that we talk about with the israelis on a daily basis. >> national security adviser jake sulli...

And the First Lady Melania Trump receives an apology and damages from the daily mail over allegations about her work as a model. A meeting is underway in moscow between russian president Vladimir Putin and us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson just hours after President Putin claimed relations between the two countries was at its lowest ebb since the end of the cold war. Earlier Rex Tillerson held talks with his russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Rex tillerson wants russia to withdraw support for president assad following the chemical attack ona assad following the chemical attack on a rebel tow...

Security both hard and soft. and resources. and we just have to ask you based on our best assessment about what we need to do our jobs. and sometimes, you know, you've got a budget process and nobody has predicted you're going to have a revolution against gadhafi. then you have to scramble. how do you figure out what to do in tripoli? and i could go down the line and tell you 10 or 20 of those examples we live with every day. so we -- it's more of an art than a science, to be honest. because as of now we don't have hard parameters. but we're trying to develop the best we can. >> thank you. >> ...

And it is something we take seriously when we do it. you know, when we left benghazi on the night of 11th, 12th there were others still there. the italians were there. the turks were there. people evaluate risk over time. and i think it's important to do what we can to minimize it. some of that will be done by technology. some of that will be done by hard security. and some of that will be done by what we call soft power. trying to get the balance right is very difficult. >> as we look forward to steps taken, how do we ensure we'll be in new places how are we going to make sure we provide to t...

Ryan crocker one of our very best who would be very difficult to say you can't do this even though you've decide you should do it. but what we're trying to do is to create a more ongoing discussion between our ambassadors who are our regional experts and our security people. so that at the very least, no ambassador is taking an unnecessary risk. however that is defined. >> with regard to ambassador stevens, certainly it was brave of him to go to benghazi on the days he did. i have to ask you honestly, though, was there anything in his itinerary on the 10th or 11th that actually specifically re...