Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171022:17:37:00
Environment that military units can enter. it's safe, you walk down the street. nonpermissive is a full scale war in a place like iraq. semi permissive is every day is a calculated risk versus gain equation that forces on the ground have to think through on their own, which is why the u.s. puts its best and brightest highly trained operators in this environment, why we have special forces in this domain. >> what exactly is the u.s. mission in africa? is it at all possible these soldiers were involved in a direct action operation? >> well, africom has been clear about what the role of special o...