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Review, with the changes that have been made. we saw that in today's press conference with admiral mullen saying the top brass were standing firmly behind this strategy. >> christopher, what do you think? navy's role in all of this? >> it's not just the navy. it's the military as a whole. look, the document emphasizes repeatedly, as we move away from nuclear weapons, that is the burden is going to fall heavier and heavier on our conventional military. that still includes ground troops. again, a key component to the u.s. commitment to our allies is deterring through not just nuclear means, but ...

Aid, assistance, and provide a government and a security umbrella to the people who were here. that will be a very deep long standing challenge the afghan government, very fragile, remains to be seen if they can pull it all off. betty? >> as you mention, it is going to be a challenge because many of the folks who live there have worked alongside with the taliban. they've set up a shadow government, if you will. and many don't see the benefit in losing their opium crops and losing their money and then hoping that the afghan government will come in and restore everything, correct? >> well, that ...

Yous. a lot of shaking of the hands. how do you perceive the people there in louisiana as they anticipate the president's visit? are they excited that he's there? >> reporter: well, i mean there's no doubt, ana, this is trump country. this is a part of the country that voted for the president in overwhelming numbers and we have already seen a big crowd of people form across the street from where the president is going to come to the national guard armory. they started arriving here hours before the president was expected. now, what we don't know is whether or not the president is going to come...

With that given there do seem to be clear areas of disagreement? >> i think the white house does say clearly russia poses a tremendous threat to the nato alliance -- >> i know that general mattis does and i know that cia director pompeo does. i'm sure there are plenty of others, but i'm specifically talking about president trump. >> yeah, i think there is an awareness of that. and i think it's very, very important that in the coming weeks, the message is sent to moscow that the united states and the nato alliance will resist any kind of russian aggression. that message has to be sent loud and ...

Maintain the security here. by all accounts they have not been able to do that. >> bret: what about the trust level between the u.s. troops and afghan soldiers that the u.s. troops are training? you have a president now on the ground. in afghanistan. obviously, the security umbrella is huge around him. there has to be concern about the trust between the two after the incidents, the killings of trained afghan seasonals killing u.s. seasonals. >> there is a real lack of trust between the united states and the international coalition. an the afghan military. something like 20% of all deaths this ...