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As soon as we had a soldier that was missing. it was probably around 9 or 9:30 washington, d.c. the night of the 4th. and at that point knowing that we had a missing soldier, we made a decision to make sure that all of the resources to include national assets were available. >> sergeant johnson's body was discovered two days later by niger forces. questions remain how he got separated from his unit. u.s. troops are not allowed to accompany local forces if they expect enemy contact. none was expected on this patrol. a u.s. drone was sent everyhead within minutes after the attack began. if that ...

Of the country where we launch drones and actually carry out air support operations in support of the french operations and the local niger forces. that was relatively close-by. but, you know, the region is a hot bed of future terrorism. and as you see us stomp down on the islamic state's cal i fat in libya using other forces, they've dispersed down into the sa hara and the region. and the french have been fighting them almost nobody stop for the last three years. >> so what do we do about it? >> well w what we do is what we're doing now, which is providing military assistance, training forces...