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Hundred. we're off pratsing in countries all over africa. i don't know the exact troop level. >> the fact that they're frustrated, though, says what? are you frustrated as well? >> when i was -- i want answers. most importantly for the families. it's very difficult, if not impossible, to have closure without nothing exactly how your loved one was killed. in the -- i was on active duty still in the army reserves while i was on active duty i was in the ar-15-6 investigations. every time we have a service member who is seriously injured or killed in combat, there's an investigation that takes pla...

This moment ahead of an address looking forward to an escalation of troop level. it's what mattis was authorized to do in june, but now he said, immediately he wants the broader strategy. he wants buy in from the commander in chief. >> he definitely does, the president has gone out of his way to say, this is yours, general, you take care of it, you take the lead on it. and now they have the president having to own it tonight with his speech. and, you know, afghanistan is just very difficult, 16 years there, there are many people who wonder whether we should be investing even further in it, obv...

Mission. as i said, we haven't gotten a final figure from the u.s., but i expect the u.s., of course, to continue, to continue to be a part of the mission, because the u.s. is by far the biggest force contributor, and the whole reason why nato is in afghanistan is in response to a response on the united states. this is the only time nato has invoked article 5 of the defense clause, an attack on the united states, 9/11/2001 and the reason why we are in afghanistan is to prevent afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism once again. >> to be precise as far as the u.s. tro...

Round to smithereens. president trump has given defense secretary james mattis authority to decide how many troops, the troop level in afghanistan, opening the door it seems to potentially sending thousands more troops, u.s. troops back into afghanistan. let's take a look. >> do you agree we are not winning in afghanistan? >> i understand the urgency and i understand is my responsibility. we are not winning in afghanistan right now, and we will correct this as soon as possible. >> chris: a lot of us, when he said we are going to corrected as soon as possible, took note that that might mean the...

That assassinate journalists, that murder political rivals, that shut down popular dissent and shows contempt to our longstanding allies that actually come from democratic traditions which, at least seems to me, every day that goes by, it seems he has more and more contempt for. >> i think a lot of this early on obviously is rhetoric. what we haven't seen is how he's going to deal with these countries and nato and such in a real crisis. we're four months in. on the international sphere, there's been north korean missile launches and such and problems in afghanistan, obviously an awful bombing ...