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World food program. we're the first line of offense and defense on the ground against extremism and terrorism. >> expect questions about this and also about concerns mattis has already voiced that isis military plans simply push the group from one location to another. what others before him have called whack a mole. >> shepard: any word on whether secretary mattis plans to talk about the strategy in afghanistan? >> not per se. mattis had promised senator john mccain when he testified last a strategy for afghanistan by mid-july. but that date has slipped as the white house and president have qu...

Days. we know the president has briefed key lawmakers at the white house but a lot of them have been calling for the president to make the case to the nation about the way forward, and we expect the president will talk about how this is has advanced u.s. interests and how a major humanitarian catastrophe has been averted. gregg: with so much going on in the middle east right now there is the question of what makes libya different from the many other countries in that region that are also experiencing violence and demonstrations. >> reporter: no question about. secretary much state hillary clin...

Peninsula. >> a lot of terrorism cooperation from president sal eh, and yemeni services so if that government collapses or is replaced by one that is dramatically more weak, then i think we'll face some additional challenges out of yemen, no question about it. it's a real problem. jenna: that was secretary of defense gates over the weekend. neil livingston has extensive secret op experience. i guess we're calling it spet op experience in the middle east, that sounds enough, neil, chairman and ceo of executive action as well and you're the guy to talk to about this, then. we haven't seemed to a...

President obama doesn't seem terribly comfortable in the oval office giving an address to the nation, some presidents don't. he seems to be more comfortable in front of an audience. that may end up being an appropriate decision for him. jenna: he's speaking at the national defense university in washington d.c. do you think that affects the message, whatever the message we see tonight. >> i think it's our military audience, top military leaders i think it's an appropriate venue for him. the venue is less important than the message. the people are confused. what is the military mission? what is ...

The lack of support from the u.s. and france. jenna: if we see a change there, what do we want. >> this is a very complicated question. in part because remember the obama administration came in wanting to repair relations with the president. you heard hillary clinton call him a reformer rather than a tyrant. the entire middle east strategy which is trying to make progress on the palestinian conflict is rounding making better arrangements with syria. a lot of us would like to see the support for ha mat and jihad end. the political strategy for the obama administration may in fact be at risk her...