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That. >> as the former ambassador to germany, what role do you see germany potentially or what kind of negotiating advantage might it wield with russia. >> well, i want has a very important potential role to play because there's probably no other western country that has been as important an economic partner with russia than germany. and i think the germans, because of their geographical position and because they have such a dynamic economy, can do a lot to help the russians build a dynamic economy themselves. but this will be a wake-up call, i think, for germany. germany, given its own very s...

What they were committing to. they were also saying that they were going to break from al qaeda. now, when secretary pompeo was asked about how the u.s. could trust the taliban to actually break from al qaeda or trust them to prevent al qaeda from carrying out terrorist attacks outside of afghan soil, secretary pompeo said that it was trust, but verified. so we'll have to see how the u.s. is able to verify those commitments if they are able to come back to the table with the taliban. but for now they have hit pause, and they have canceled these talks. let's listen to how secretary pompeo descr...

Really make progress so after now after almost two decades americans billions and bms of dollars and all of the lives and sacrifices americans had been would be properly honored. >> when did you find out the taliban were coming here and when did you find out the meeting had been canceled? >> we were working on those for a while and it was the case when the taliban tried to gain negotiating advantage by conducting terror attacks inside of the country, president trump made the right decision to say that's not going to work. we're going to walk away from a deal if others try to use violence to ac...

First class sergeant ellis angel ortiz. he was the 16th service member to die in afghanistan this year. his body arriving at dover, delaware, last night. today on cnn mike pompeo defended the president's decision to invied members of the taliban onto u.s. soil just days before the 9/11 anniversary and the president's decision to cancel the meeting. >> we've been working on this for awhile and it was the case that when the taliban tried to gain negotiating advantage by conducting terror attacks inside of the country, president trump made the right decision to say that's not going to work. it ma...

Meeting and called off peace negotiations. what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? the president is referencing a car bombing in kabul that killed sergeant first class ellis angel ortiz. ortiz was the 16th u.s. service member to die in afghanistan this year. his body arriving at dover, delaware, last night. and today on cnn, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo defending the president's decision to invite members of the taliban onto u.s. soil and the president's ultimate decision to cancel the meeting. >> we've been working on this for ...