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>> i think saudi arabia is a long-standing partner of ours in the region. we share a mutual interest in the security with iran. we are there to defend the national rules of order and defend from iran's malign behavior. jon: a recent graduate of the u.s. naval academy. one of the brightest young then the country, it's hard to hear that from the defense secretary. >> the defense secretary points out one reason why we are working with the saudis. we have many enemies. and saudi arabia also has made enemies. iran being the most notable. but there is an economic element to this as well. saudi arabi...

Long-standing partner of ours in the region. we share a mutual interest in the security with iran. we are there to defend the national rules of order and defend from iran's malign behavior. jon: a recent graduate of the u.s. naval academy. one of the brightest young then the country, it's hard to hear that from the defense secretary. >> the defense secretary points out one reason why we are working with the saudis. we have many enemies. and saudi arabia also has made enemies. iran being the most notable. but there is an economic element to this as well. saudi arabia is waging war with

Conference to reporters talking about chyron. he seemed to such an optimistic tone, what is next? >> listen come he has been clear that he wants to have conversations with leaders of iran without preconditions. is been very clear about that and he was clear in the g7 as well. at the fact that iran is under a maximum pressure campaign by this president because of its decades worth of malign behavior. its largest state-sponsored source of terror on the globe and it used billions of dollars in cash that obama gave them to prop up their terrorist networks globally. that's can't happen anymore an...

A contributor to the collapse of the soviet union. when he sees the same thing taking place in nato, those things get his attention more than all the rhetoric we can talk about in terms of russia's aggression, malign behavior, etc. this gets his attention because this is real military capacity we're talking about here. >> bill: interesting. good analysis. quickly on afghanistan. apparently the taliban is talking as if there is a peace deal in place and withdrawal that could happen within 18 months. is this the real thing, general? >> what's haped and what has changed is there is momentum. why?...

In all capital letters. remember this one. never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. before trump's comment today could pick up much traction, his secretary of state, mike pompeo, quickly weighed in to lay down some ground rules. >> if the iranians demonstrate a commitment to make fundamental changes in how they treat their own people, reduce their malign behavior, agree that it's worthwhile to enter into a nuclear agreement that actually prevents proliferation, then the president said he's ...