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He's got a meeting in the white house and we'll keep an eye on that. in the mean time, let's bring in chris starwald editor of "halftime report." what did you make of this news? we have 11:00 a.m., the president doesn't -- we don't have any information ab how this decision got made. i suppose that that will come. all of a sudden we have the largest bomb in our arsenal being used for the first time in the conflict we've been in for 17 years, 16 years in afghanistan. >> well, i would imagine that this is in keeping with what seems to be developing as a doctrine of proportional response for the t...

And admiral bob harwood. >> i know all of them. david petraeus, certainly, we all know david, and we all frankly believe in redemption, david petraeus is an immensely gifted guy, we would be lucky to have him in this administration, he gets alongwell -- he's incredibly talented and prepared, and i think communicates well in this town, and internationally, he's a very measured force. bob harwood i know, special operator, number two guy in central command if i'm not mistake, he was a s.e.a.l., immensely gifted guy, naval academy graduate, i know him quite well from our early days of the war. we ...

Faces fallout he discussed sanctions against russia with russia before president trump too office, despite publicly denying he did that. joining me now, intelligence and national security reporter ken dilani dilanian. what's the latest on the phone call on the sanctions and this aide denied clearance? what's going on? >> a rough patch for the national security adviser, jake. no doubt about that. the man picked to be his african policy adviser, a well-regarded former marine special operator, could not obtain required clearance and essentially had to leave the job. it's not clear what the holdup...

A new development this afternoon on president trump's national security team. national security adviser mike flynn's top aide has been denied security clearance to the national security council. this comes as flynn faces fallout for revelations he discussed sanctions against russia with russia's ambassador before president trump took office despite publicly denying that. joining me is intelligence and national security reporter kim delaney. what's the latest, kim? >> it's been a rough couple of days for the president's national security adviser, certainly. the development you just referenced, ...

Which is close by. so across the deserts of northern africa, you have many, many groups like that, that are all doing things to try to destabilize the various governments, which they feel aren't taking care of them. u.s. africa command has sent teams down there, in fact, in this particular situation, you had a special forces soldier, not special operator, but special forces, who was more than likely there to help train the malian special forces as well. so the u.s. government is attempting to improve the capability of the various african governments to improve their security. >> so, tom, from ...