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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150427:06:09:00

have to deal with this. reduction, reduced drone strikes by the end of 2014. this was done in 2015. obviously, i think the goal was when the afghanistan war was done and the withdrawal complete the drone program would maybe completely end or nearly enfrom move from the cia and pentagon. obviously we didn't withdraw from afghanistan. why didn't we move to the pentagon? >> we have oversight of those operations. >> there is? >> that is correct. >> a lot of people don't belief that. >> there is oversight over these programs. number two the framework is in place. and if indeed the standard by which the government makes a decision whether or not to take a strike is near certainty, near certainty whether or not there will be injuries to a civilian in this case that protocol was followed and it turn out to be inaccurate. the president asked for a review in this circumstance as to why that turned out to be inaccurate. but there is no doubt about the effectiveness of these programs

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CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello-20150427-14:42:00

leak it and it becomes an issue. what secretary clinton would like to do is get it out there and answer any questions publicly and let the public be the judge and not the committee. >> elise labott thanks so much. i appreciate it. who should be conducting the drone strikes that aim to take out terrorists on foreign soil? the president is expected to make a new push to shift control from the cia to the pentagon just days after midadmitting that two western hostages were accidentally killed in a drone attack. jim acosta has more on this. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, carol. president obama and john mccain hardly ever agree on anything when it comes to u.s. foreign policy but they do agree on this. they heard from the republican senator who is chair of the armed services committee on "state of the union" saying he believes it's time for the cia drone program that goes after terrorists groups like al qaeda to be shifted to the pentagon.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150427:08:09:00

the war resolution itself to have to deal with this. reduction, reduced drone strikes by the end of 2014. this was done in 2015. obviously, i think the goal was when the afghanistan war was done and the withdrawal complete the drone program would maybe completely end or nearly enfrom move from the cia and pentagon. obviously we didn't withdraw from afghanistan. why didn't we move to the pentagon? >> we have oversight of those operations. >> there is? >> that is correct. >> a lot of people don't belief that. >> there is oversight over these programs. number two the framework is in place. and if indeed the standard by which the government makes a decision whether or not to take a strike is near certainty, near certainty whether or not there will be injuries to a civilian in this case that protocol was followed and it turn out to be inaccurate. the president asked for a review in this circumstance as to why that turned out to be inaccurate. but there is no doubt about the

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CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello-20150427-14:43:00

it's something that mccain and obama pushed for two years ago when the subject came up but congressional opponents blocked that action and it infer took place. today the cia is kuking the drone strikes. i talked to a senior official earlier this morning who said that they want to work diligently toward this goal of shifting control of the program over to the pentagon and it's something he's going to get support from on the senate side from john mccain. here's what senator mccain said yesterday on "state of the union." here's what he said. >> i think it was probably preventible if that there was a breakdown in intelligence. they didn't know they were there and as you know all of our prayers and thoughts are with their families. it was preventible but the question then is how important are they and it raises all those

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150427:10:50:00

senior officials there basically liars for their role in the interrogation program. but some of the same members are completely fine and believe they're being told everything they need to know about the drone program. they're the same people. >> why is the cia achlta running this program instead of the pentagon? >> it started as a covert program. it started as we want to do these missions inside pakistan and we'd like to not acknowledge that we're actually doing it so tailor made for the cia. everybody knows the cia runs the drone strikes. so the president has said let's move it under the pentagon so it can be a little more transparency and more accountability and public accounting for when things go wrong .but wrong. but they are working hard to

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150427:19:17:00

>> although part of their argument would be it wasn't the drone technology but the intelligence. >> that's right. the white house and president obama have been pushing for some time to move the drone program from under the cia to a department of defense. under the pentagon obviously, most importantly that would give more oversight and some real transparency. why haven't we seen that happen and would that ultimately answer some real questions that critics have about this. >> well, i think it would be very odd to have actually moved all of the drone program under the pentagon after sending essentially the master of drones, john brennan over to run the cia. i think it would have been surprising to see the transition happen already. the president has been saying that we erred and made a mistake and didn't know who was in the place the drone was going. under one of the central premises of the argument for drones, which is that you can kill in a targeted fashion rather than indiscriminately

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CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello-20150427-13:49:00

assistance setting up some tents for people. the people of nepal who may be homeless have nowhere to go back to or too afraid to go back in to their homes. all of this part of the effort to help this international effort that is unfolding. it's really interesting, the u.s. has been assisting nepal with earthquake preparedness for some time and, in fact just last week there'd been a workshop with the government of nepal in that country to share some equipment, some training to help with upgrading the international airport there. all of that the pentagon says is paying off now, as you see dozens of countries jumping in to help. nepal may be a very poor country, but it is a very proud country. they want to do as much as they can on their own. the u.s. helping when the government of nepal says it has a request for that help. care? >> all right, barbara starr reporting live from the pentagon this morning. thank you. checking some other top stories at 49 minutes past the hour. loretta lynch set to make

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Early Start With John Berman and Christine Romans-20150427-08:06:00

rescues are under way. governments are leaping to meet nepal's need for assistance. pentagon cargo plane in the air with 70 disaster relief and rescue specialists. 4,500 tons of gear. the u.s. embassy providing money in immediate assistance. many countyciltryies are spending supplies and financial aid packages. i want to bring in the latest report from hong kong. on the ground people are still sleeping out in the open. they are terrified to go in their homes. there are aftershocks that could continue for weeks. manisha, what do we know about the world response? >> reporter: the world response so far, christine, has been quick. we already had teams arriving on the ground. boots on the ground from china, india.

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Early Start With John Berman and Christine Romans-20150427-09:34:00

area. every 60 or 70 years, a huge earthquake is expected. we are 80 years roughly. in some ways this earthquake was long overdue. people have been expecting this. a lot of awareness. u.n. and ngos have been going door-to-door and village-to-village preparing people. now that it has happened people are shocked and surprised although they were aware this would happen. >> all right. sumnima udas thank you for that. in kathmandu for us. governments all over the world leaping to meet nepal's need for international assistance. pentagon cargo plane in the air with 70 relief and rescue specialists and gear. the u.s. embassy providing $1 million in immediate assistance. poland and belgium and many other countries are sending personnel and equipment and relief supplies and financial

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150426:17:18:00

how were those two stints at the pentagon how did they help you to prepare to lead the organization? >> that's a good question. i'm going to begin the answer to that this way -- i left the pentagon at the end of 2012 and went back to the private sector. actually thought i was done in public service at that point. but probably the thing that i missed most about public service in the department of defense was, frankly, the character of the military personnel that i work with day to day, whether it's a member of the joint staff, a member of the joint chiefs, or a senior enlisted. and so i really miss those men and women in uniform. and when the president offered me the opportunity to come back to national security to be the secretary of homeland security i said yes in part because simply i missed the people. i enjoyed working day to day with the military with our

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