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>> i'm never surprised. [laughter] and i don't mean that on just this issue. i think secretary mnuchin would say the same thing. we work very closely with the president of the united states. i think we have a pretty good understanding of what he's thinking about things. i think he would agree, stephen, at nearly all times. our mission set is not to talk about these inner workings, and i know you are so curious about it. but rather to talk about the things that matter to american foreign policy. i would just say, people who knew should know and don't get into the administrative things. because ...

Cupperman. we have some ideas on leads that wee not yet ready to share, but that's next piece of this puzzle on another wild lead. >> i'm sure you'll share it. but you referenced what pompeo was talking about with regards to his relationship with bolton. i want to listen to his answer then andrea, i want you to weigh in on that. >> there were many times bolton and i disagreed, but that's true for lots of people with whom i interact. my mission set is to make sure as i run the department of state is to deliver america's diplomacy. everyone's talked about this for a long time. there were places ...

Mean, we've been at this now almost two decades, chris. $30 billion a year, and we've got terror risks all across the world, not just in afghanistan. we've got to make sure we have the force's posture right all across the world. we sometimes singularly focus on afghanistan because of its deep history and deep connection and what they did on 9/11 that still angers me to this very moment. we've got to make sure we get it right, and our efforts over the last months have been to do that. president trump has been very clear about our mission set, and i hope we'll get the opportunity to continue to ...

It's afghanistan. we have to remind ourselves of that. it is afghanistan. it's going to be violent. the question is what are we trying to achieve there. i think we want to make sure that al qaeda isis groups like that cannot have safe haven in which they can plan and plot attacks against us. i think we want to make sure that the government that we've been supporting for a long time that has grown in capacity does not collapse and we open up a vacuum and back to where we were before the attacks of 9/11 that would be a real disaster. we are not expending american lives in afghanistan anymore, bu...

Ortiz's death in his decision to cancel this secret meeting with the taliban. joining us aaron david miller and cnn military analyst and lieutenant general mark hurt hurtling. how do you think troops on the ground are feeling about this, learning that the president had plans to meet with the taliban on u.s. soil? >> i would contend that the troops on the ground are not only confused but at times somewhat insulted by how their mission is being used and manipulated and even maimed. the president last week also said he didn't want a lot of u.s. forces being policemen in afghanistan, and that's no...