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american troops? >> the strikes that we have taken in the past have definitely had an impact on degrading and disrupting the activities of some of these groups. clearly they have decided to keep conducting those attacks and now it's had lethal consequences for american troops and so we will weigh an additional set of options before us, the president will make his decision to respond appropriately. the attacks need to stop. >> does the president have all the legal authority he believes he needs to respond to these attacks? >> yes. >> what is the legal basis? >> constitution, commander...

And he said again the u.s. will offer security assurances to north korea. in what form do we believe that may come? >> he refused a number of times to specifically say what the u.s. would offer onharont whether it would be any type of alteration to the joint military exercise the united states holds with north korea that south korea objects to or something to do with the u.s. military presence. the u.s. defense secretary james mattis was in singapore last week. he said the troops levels in south korea are not on the table in these discussions. pompeo says he hopes tomorrow's summit will open t...

This plan being formulated, more power for the generals to determine troops levels. let's head immediate ly to the white house with hallie jackson, analysis with dana milbank and george will. hans, let me start with you. tell us about the plan and how it differs from president obama's strategy. >> it's namely a directional shift. obama clearly was winding down the war. he wanted to end up with around 8,400 troops. that's how many are there, now there's an indication that it will be winding up. it's not a drastic increase. he had a variety of policy reviews when president obama took office, the...

Went south and it is an option. >> i think the charitable way to put this, the most charitable way to put it is that we're seeing the evolution of the president thinking yet another issue. remember, that was the good war, the one we must win, then he set a date certain for withdrawal next year, now he wants to move up the timetable again. there are real world consequences with this. one to not to allow al qaeda or the taliban to secure safe havens. if we pull out now, the sal taliban will secure the southern half of the country. we're telling jihadists out there americans cannot stick it out. ...