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Leaders are conducting their business with the united states, vis-a-vis national security, what did that -- what are some of the headlines that came out of what you saw on that very topic? >> well, unfortunately i don't think they're very good. i mean, you know, first of all when the president -- so historically when the u.s. president goes to the dmz he goes to the dmz to talk about the strength of the alliance with south korea and the strength of deterrence, to ensure peace on the peninsula. now he's going to the dmz to meet the north korean leader to legitimize the world's worst human right...

Europe, to make sure they are putting more dollars into their security commitment for europe, for us than they have. that's what you heard about this morning. >> bill: the other thing he said about this pipeline that was a big deal yesterday. nobody was talking about it before but me. maybe we have a better relationship with russia as a result of that. what do you think? >> i think this pipeline is a big issue, what you've seen. we would like to get more of our energy out of the united states over the europe and i hope that europe will help us do that. this pipeline is a significant issue. >> ...

Is yes. again, he committed to less than his father and grandfather. he got an equally broad security commitment from the united states, very vague. but what he really got was the opportunity for the first time to be on the international stage as an equal with the president of the united states and all the trappings and flags designed to make him look like an equal, something his father and grandfather had sought for years to achieve and never did. and more seriously, what he got was the president's unilateral commitment to end what the president called war games with our south korean allies o...

Pentagon, what they're waiting for is that decision to go ahead and suspend the so-called war games that president trump talked about in singapore. what we're seeing right now is deep inside the pentagon, military planners are looking at how to carry out the president's intent on all of this. once again, the president makes big picture statements, he wants t suspend war games, wants to continue with some kind of readiness training. what the military now has to figure out what all of that means and how to carry out these big picture statements from the president. it is very likely we're told th...

Korean testing freeze is the single most important thing for the next year or two. and you both -- don't offer too much. we for example do not want to see this president put things like america's security commitment to south korea on the table. we want this to be measured. history says you don't want to pay off too much up front because the north koreans have a lucy in the football history. i'm curious what mr. stavridis thinks about what he is still worried about, what he thinks could go wrong at this point, if he were warning the president or advising him about the pitfalls, what would he sa...