Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170414:04:06:00
If you had gone after this target with conventional forces, first of all, it probably would have taken conventional forces, not simply special operations because of the large size of it, you would have put a lot of soldiers at risk. it would have been a far more complex operation. you would have had casualties as a result of it. this really made a lot of sense to go after this target at this moment. >> and general hertling, if the president didn't know about it in advance, didn't sign off on it, didn't need to sign off on it, is that normal protocol? >> in this case, yeah. it is a tactical wea...
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