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Korea saying i have told them talk of appeasement with north korea will not work, they only understand one thing. then coming out of church in washington, d.c., this is the president when asked about the issue. >> mr. president, will you attack north korea? >> so these varying messages, whether it be by tweet or we'll see, then you have a very sobering message coming from the secretary of defense. is it that last word, is it that message from the sec def. >> i think many people may find themselves trying to puzzle out exactly what the president was referring to, when he says we'll see, you can...

Footed like this and it looks like what's come out since is that he just decided to do this on his own without getting the advice of the military leadership who already had a process underway to look at this. >> and you've been one of the leading advocates forgetting agreements, you've argued strenuously about that. now we've got afghanistan policy sort of in limbo with a troop recommendation from the military that i understand involves several thousand more troops, the president resisting. >> right. well, interest was interesting because two weeks ago we were surprised to here the president w...

Military, who got released, if you will, through an ability that many in resource think was totally bogus. some call him a draft dodger. i would agree. he's going to say these 4,000 americans are not up to the job. it is outrageous. and how did he check with his generals and his military advisers when department of defense secretary is on vacation and the pentagon is saying they were not spoken to. and beyond that, this money argument is the ultimate of bogus. >> let me jump in. the defense secretary is mattis, who did recently essentially saying he was -- his statement was -- i want to get th...

And, of course -- bill: can't you make same argument for the head of cia? >> exactly. why donald trump is going there. donald trump is going there to wag his finger at democrats and i need my sec-def and dhs. bill: a lot of people concerned about the that speech was too dark by the mainstream media. this was a very telling line, mr. stirewalt, sir, flush with cash, deprived of knowledge, talking about education. >> yeah. >> but for for too many of our citizens a different reality exists. mothers and children trapped in poverty in inner cities. rusted out factories scattered like tombstones acr...

Noon today for his first full day as a civilian leader of the nation's armed forces. the defense secretary was greeted by the chairman of the joints chiefs of staff fellow marine corps general joseph du photographs released by the defense department show the new secretary conferring with deputy secretary bob work a holdover from the obama administration and u.s. air force general paul selva among others. last night the new commander-in-chief told revelers at the freedom ball about his signing of the congressional waiver that permitted mattis to serve at sec def despite the ban on anyone doing ...