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Themselves. >> it happens at an interesting time. well, interesting place because this is east china sea, philippine sea, off the coast of china, a russian ship, but it happens as russia and china are holding a high stakes meeting. >> president xi is meeting with president putin as we speak. clearly this sends a strong message to president xi from putin's perspective that we are on your team, we are with you. we have seen the russians and chinese cooperate increasingly now at will when it suits their interests. just last year there was a big major exercise in the east of roughs which had never...

Revolutionary guard corp a part of the iran government and military. absolutely not a good player in the region. absolutely iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism but nonetheless never had a military function of a government been designated as a foreign terrorist organization, they then designate it. our troops as terrorists and as you know we have many troops in the region including in iraq right next door to iran. so there has been an he is c-- n escalation -- >> do you -- >> by the national security adviser. >> do you get the sense this administration is goading iran into a war or u...

Dozens and dozens of people at the cia spent their entire careers looking for him. not only, by the way, after 9/11, but also before 9/11. >> on that point, admiral mcraven, was he not -- referred to him as the architect, the man responsible for the capture and kill, and not necessarily tasked, you know, the years and years that didn't take. obviously, to pinpoint his location. >> absolutely. i mean, you know, admiral mcraven was brought in in february. the actual operation took place on may 1st. he was brought in at a point where the intelligence was being gathered and there seemed to be a lo...

Of terrorist groups as well as the taliban, they provided material support including training, peshl, military equipment. it does sound as if the trump ads min station is designating the islamic guard corps as a terrorist organization even though the administration would shop short of that. >> it's hard not to read the statement in so many ways. it is designating it. that has been interpreted and granted the bluster. asserted as a declaration of war from iran's perspective. it is significant and just to be clear, the revolutionary guard core has a military function and enormous function in ira...

"velshi & ruhle." joining us is ben cardin of maryland, a member of the senate foreign relations committee and the finance committee. senator, good to see you. we have been having a conversation with eric prince, formerly of blackwater who wrote this op-ed of how he wants to privatize the war in afghanistan. sounds like the president's intrigued by it, open to it at least. we spoke to general barry mccaffrey who said it is an anyoni nimcompoop plan. the losses are heavy and the costs are high. to the extent he's introducing a new idea, what are your thoughts? >> well, first, good to be with yo...