starting with the pentagon papers. ?hat were the pentagon papers >> the defense secretary had the idea as the war got worse and worse with fewer and fewer ways out, it seems to commission a study. a historical study. how did we become involved in the war. who did what and why were we there. one might think you do the study before you enter the war. done that. secretary mcnamara commissioned that study and got together within the defense department. scholars and other used highly classified defense department documents to prepare a study of how it went going back to world war ii and thereafter. susan: why did they want to keep the paper secret? >> it was interesting because this was the nixon administration that was in charge at the time that this litigation was brought. most of the material in the pentagon papers was embarrassing and harmful to previous administrations because, as floyd said, the study went back to the truman administration, that to the end of the second world war. it was particularly embarrassing becaus

what were the pentagon papers? >> secretary robert mcnamara, the defense secretary, had the idea as the war got worse and worse with fewer and fewer ways out, it seemed, to commission a study, a historical study -- how did we become involved in the war? what happened? who did what? why were we there? one might think he would do that study before you enter a war, but we had not done that. and so, secretary mcnamara commissioned that study, got together within the defense department scholars and others to use highly classified defense department documents to prepare a study of how we became involved, going back to world war ii and thereafter and all the way to 1968 when the pentagon papers ended. >> why did the government want to keep the pentagon papers secret? >> well, it was interesting, because this was the nixon administration that was in charge at the time that this litigation was brought. most of the material in the pentagon papers was embarrassing and harmful to previous administrations, because as floyd said

what were the pentagon papers? floyd: secretary robert mcnamara had the idea that as the war got worse and worse with fear ways out, to commission a study. whattorical study, happened, who did what, why were we there? one might think you do the study before you enter war, but we had not done that. so secretary mcnamara commissioned that study, got together within the defense department. to uses and others, highly classified defense department documents to prepare a study of how we became involved, going back to world war ii and thereafter, all the way to 1968 when the pentagon papers ended. susan: why did the government want to keep the pentagon papers secret? ted: this was the nixon administration in charge at the time that this litigation was brought. most of the material in the pentagon papers was embarrassing and harmful to previous because asions, floyd said, the study went back to the trump administration and back to the end of the second world war. was particularly embarrassing president johnson, and maybe t

starting with the pentagon papers. what were the pentagon papers? floyd: the defense secretary had the idea as the war got worse and worse with fewer and fewer ways out, it seems to commission a study. a historical study. how did we become involved in the war? who did what and why were we there? one might think you do the study before you enter the war. we had not done that. secretary mcnamara commissioned that study and got together within the defense department. scholars and other used highly classified defense department documents to prepare a study of how it went going back to world war ii and thereafter. susan: why did they want to keep the paper secret? ted: it was interesting because this was the nixon administration that was in charge at the time that this litigation was brought. most of the material in the pentagon papers was harmful to previous administrations because, as floyd said, the study went back to the truman administration, that to the end of the second world war. it was particularly embarrassing to president johnson, maybe to a c

the pentagon has not backed off of that. but you hear from defense secretary mattis and others that they always wanted this to be a diplomatically-led process and they still intend to keep -- continue with exercises. they weren't going to call off any of the exercises just because kim jong-un had decided to come to the table. the president, i think now, has taken the decision to not meet with kim mostly because he was getting indications that kim was getting cold feet. and the belief at the pentagon and at the white house was that that pressure, the slowing down, was intricately related to the trade talks and china wanting kim to go slower. this is a high-stakes poker game and i think they've called -- the president essentially has called kim's bluff and now the question is can they get the talks back on track in the future. >> jon: that secret meeting between kim and president xi a week ago, a lot of people were surprised by that. is it a feeling at the pentagon or the white house that xi leaned on kim to sort of back away

joining us is dan who covers the pentagon. we are talking about the pentagon trying to hire a more tech savvy workforce. why should they care about someone weathe dabbling in bitc? dan: secretary jim mattis said building a tech-savvy force is a priority for the defense department. in order to do this, these workers have to have a high level of security clearance. in order to obtain that, the pentagon goes through extensive background checks. they look at financial holdings. a few months ago, there was some indication that the department of defense, defense security service was considering or would consider bitcoin a foreign currency which would then have to be reported on a lengthy sheet, or series of forms that anyone applying for security clearance would fill out. so, that got some people nervous because obviously bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have become popular, particularly among the kind of workers the defense department is looking to recruit. there were several questions. the defense security service came out with

and he was not being paid by the pentagon to be an f.b.i. informant? different questions for both of you. ms. white: general, i'll let you start. kens sure. we always -- general mckenzie: sure. we always maintain a high state of ready on the korean peninsula. we've done that for many years because of the actions of d.p.r.k. and its leadership. we're always very confident from our ability to go from a cold start to something more significant if we are required to do so. we wouldn't raise readiness and i'm not going to discuss raising alert levels but -- with you. but we wouldn't do that unless we had indications of that. right now we're at a level of good readiness. we're in a boxer stance. we're ready to respond. we'll see what develops over the next few days if any provocative actions occur from dprk, we'll certainly be ready for it. reporter: can i just ask you to expand on the one point you made, however, that you need this additional readiness for issues such as north korea. so what is it that that can give us -- general mckenzie: certai

you worked for the pentagon and the rand corporation. you are the -- one of the few who had the secret history of u.s. involvement in vietnam locked away in your safe. what changed you? what made you decide to open your safe and copy those thousands of pages and release them to the press? >> i read a study, 23 years of lies and breaking treaties, 1945 to 1968.om second, i knew it was going on under a fifth president in a row, richard nixon. i knew from insiders -- i worked for nixon at the very beginning of his administration as a consultant on vietnam. i knew he did not intend to get out but was trying to win, essentially, by threatening ourear war and to prolong puppet in saigon in power through his second term. so the war over sure was going to go on and it was going to get larger. the immediate thing was that i met young americans who were on their way to prison who had decided the strongest statement they could make about the war was not by going to sweden working a country just objector or going to vietnam, but to go to prison. the

joining us is dan flatley who covers the pentagon. we are talking about the pentagon trying to hire a more tech savvy workforce. why should they care about someone dabbling in bitcoin? dan: secretary jim mattis said building a tech-savvy force is a priority for the defense department. in order to do this, these workers have to have a high level of security clearance. in order to obtain that, the pentagon goes through extensive background checks. they look at financial holdings. a few months ago, there was some indication that the department of defense, defense security service was considering or would consider bitcoin a foreign currency which would then have to be reported on a lengthy sheet, or series of forms that anyone applying for security clearance would fill out. so, that got some people nervous because obviously bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have become popular, particularly among the kind of workers the defense department is looking to recruit. there were several questions. the defense security service came out with an o

he is joined by chief pentagon spokesperson dana white. afternoon.good i hope everyone is getting ready for a safe and happy holiday weekend. for many, memorial day weekend signals the start of summer. it can be easy to overlook the significance of memorial day and what it means for our nation, especially the service members to continue to defend our freedom everyday. we celebrate memorial day in honor of the brave men and women who died while serving in the military. as we head into the holiday weekend, please join me in a moment of silence for those we have lost in service to our great nation. regarding the secretary's travel, yesterday secretary mattis delivered the air service commencement class. he charged the class of 2018 withholding the line to make sure our military remains the most lethal force in the world. today secretary mattis presides over the nor, and norad ceremonies as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of norad. he will underscore the importance of north america as an example of democratic stability during a time of peril

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you worked for the pentagon and the rand corporation. you are the -- one of the few who had the secret history of u.s. involvement in vietnam locked away in your safe. what changed you? what made you decide to open your safe and copy those thousands of pages and release them to the press? >> i read a study, 23 years of lies and breakg treaties, 1945 to 1968.om second, i knew it was going on under a fifth president in a row, richard nixon. i knew from insiders -- i worked for nixon at the very beginning of his administrations a consultant on vietnam. i knew he did not intend to get out but was trying to win, essentially, by threatening ourear war and to prolong puppet in saigon in power through his second term. so the war over sure was going to go on and it was going to get larger. the immediate thing was that i met young americans who were on their way to prison who had decided the strongest statement they could make about the war was not by going to sweden working a country just objector or going to vietnam, but to go to prison. themo r

point is nobody knows where this money is flying around the pentagon congress doesn't even oversee it at all really i mean you can get more on this story from david de graw is web site changemaker dot media which is where i got a lot of my info because the mainstream corporate media cannot talk about this because they are mouthpieces for the weapons industry they are bodies of the military thank you because certainly if a lot of these defense contractors stop selling a war planes other sophisticated equipment to saudi arabia they're going to there's going to be a significant loss of jobs revenue here in the united states that's secondary from your standpoint yeah walford not murdering thousands of people comes before the jobs that will be a lot from my standpoint and from all of the standpoints. if we continue as we are now my grandson will be commanding a battalion of reagan era tanks so it's not just enough to increase numbers we have to increase the quality of the force already you can turn on m.s.n. be save for a downed earth reasonable discussion i am tempted to quote the great c

they sent they opened an office in hollywood the pentagon always had this hollywood relationship going back for years with cia never quite this way so they opened an office in ninety six they sent out a guy called chase brandon he mental ward and he got involved with sum of all fears are go zero dark thirty the alias series and my three charlie wilson's war is more of a pentagon deal but there it was complete distortion tom hanks is a hero charlie wilson was an idiot a moron who went to afghanistan and caused a lot of damage bill casey was running his own war in afghanistan that's a very complicated story but. the analysis of charlie wilson's war is that you know we have to go to war for afghanistan because it's so so over the soviets are going to destroy afghanistan and threaten our way of life. zero dark thirty is also an egregious example of propaganda one of the premises of zero dark thirty is that torture is not only efficacious but beneficial and be more against quote unquote terror. your friend. to help you. break. the questions waterboarding has been a u.s. instrument of interr

they said they open office in hollywood the pentagon always had this hollywood relationship going back for years but cia never quite this way so they opened an office in ninety six they sent out a guy called chase brandon he meant toward any kind involved with sum of all fears our go zero dark thirty the alias series and my three charlie wilson's war is more of a pentagon deal but there it was complete distortion tom hanks is a hero charlie wilson was an idiot a moron who went to afghanistan and caused a lot of damage bill casey was running his own war in afghanistan it's a very complicated story but. the analysis of charlie wilson's war is that you know we have to go to war for afghanistan because it's over the soviets are going to destroy afghanistan and threaten our way of life. zero dark thirty is also an egregious example of propaganda one of the premises of zero dark thirty is that torture is not only efficacious but beneficial and more against quote unquote terror. your friend. can help you. break you. any questions waterboarding has been a u.s. instrument of interrogation datin

any buzz over there at the pentagon? >> the pentagon is stayings as far away from everything to do with politics as possible. president trump said he will only is sit down if he is going to be treated fairly. what does that mean? what is the definition of that? >> has anyone at the white house less than general mattis? he just does not get pictured coming in and out. >> he and general dunford go out of their way to stay out of anything political in a way i have never seen. i started covering the pentagon under donald rumsfeld. >> and early buzz on bolton and mattis? >> mattis is making an effort to get along. they have breakfast once a week. he's also doing the same with pompeo already. he's hoping they have formed sort of an alliance there. the two men, they have a very similar view on iran. >> the three of them do, right? >> yeah, all three of them. general mattis was -- iran was one of his main focuses. i know mattis is making a real effort. >> the vice president, the quiet man in the foursome that accompanies preside

the pentagon has admitted that u.s. soldiers are directly helping saudi arabia protect its border with yemen that is in spite of previous comments in which officials said the u.s. is only helping the saudis with aircraft refueling logistics and intelligence sharing. the million dollar relationship. is. your security. service. but you support the saudi led coalition with intelligence your military advice and logistical or priority is the fight against al qaeda and you arabian peninsula and isis in yemen extent of our support is refueling and sharing and so american reports on the pentagon's mixed messages concerning its role in the conflict in. this latest development contradicts the pentagon statements that indicated that u.s. military assistance to the saudis in yemen was limited to intelligence logistics and aircraft refueling but so far what we do know is that a team of a few green berets apparently arrived on the saudi you many border sometime last year and according to the pentagon they've only been there to protec

point is nobody knows where this money is flying around the pentagon congress doesn't even oversee it at all really i mean you can get more on this story from david de graw as web site changemaker dot media which is where i got a lot of my info because the mainstream corporate media cannot talk about this because they are mouthpieces for the weapons industry they are bodies of the military. because certainly if a lot of these defense contractors stop selling a war planes other sophisticated equipment to saudi arabia they're going to there's going to be a significant loss of jobs. resin you here in the united states that's secondary from your standpoint yeah walford not murdering thousands of people comes before the jobs that was from my standpoint and from all of the standpoints. if we continue as we are now my grandson will be commanding a battalion of reagan era tanks and so it's not just enough to increase numbers we have to increase the quality of the force already you can turn on m.s.n. be save for a downed earth reasonable discussion i am tempted to quote the great cull when i'm

>> heinz nickels, at the pentagon, thank you. >>> to the outrage and disappointment erupting at yale university after a white student called police on a black schoolmate sleeping in the common area of a dorm. it's just the latest in a series of similar incidents that made headlines in the wake of the controversial arrest of two black men at a philadelphia starbucks last month. nbc's ron allen has that story. >> why? >> because we have a police call for you. >> reporter: racial bias or an honest mistake? >> i have every right to call the police. you cannot sleep in that room. >> reporter: a black yale graduate student confronting a white student who called police. she says she was working on a paper and just fell asleep. >> i was sleeping in the common room and she comes in and turns the lights on and she's like why are you sleeping here? you're not supposed to be sleeping here. >> reporter: police demanded she bring them to the dorm room and show them her i.d. >> i deserve to be here. i pay tuition like everybody else. i'm not going to justify my existence here. i'm not even going to

development contradicts the pentagon statements that indicated that u.s. military assistance to the saudis in yemen was limited to intelligence logistics and aircraft are feeling but so far what we do know is that a team of a few green berets apparently arrived on the south of the year many border sometime last year and according to the pentagon they've only been there to protect the border however reports suggest that they've been helping them destroy who's a ballistic missile launch sites and it's worth mentioning that even though this war has been going on for a few years saudi arabia hasn't been successful in welling the hooty resistance so it's fair to say that maybe u.s. involvement will help the saudis do just that but they say the saudi onslaught the conflict in yemen has morphed into the world's worst humanitarian crisis and there's been some domestic backlash here in the u.s. and american politicians have been pushing to end u.s. support for the saudis but this latest development might lead to a messy legal battle given that there was no public d

brilliant because trillion would mean the pentagon misplaced more money than the gross domestic product of the whole of the united kingdom. but still still six point five billion dollars of unaccounted for money is even saved it's crazy all right it's crazy you know or so he went and he looked into the inspector general's report and he found something interesting it was true oh yeah i was. i was young i was like well you know or is it what you have to do you don't want it counted for betty trail you with a t. t. isn't totally insane all right here's a. kid here's a here's a pic of the purple call be ferreted i thought it was like. he does it deed away more than the u.k.'s chief all right by the g.d.p. is it really that big because apparently i can rake in cash by selling biscuits and cloudy days you know. they were bent on on and off checking the exports of old growth ever again son doggie i guess but just just hasn't happened you know how good futures are way down there where they. were oh sorry forgot how you don't. want to but it gets crazier skidmore did a little digging t.v. and ca

this is an already out-of-control bloated pentagon budget. it would increase funding to $69 billion for wars that congress has never debated or voted on. once again, my republican colleagues have used off-the-book spending gimmicks to further expand the bloated pentagon budget. enough is enough, mr. speaker. instead of writing blank checks to the pentagon, congress needs to live up to its constitutional obligation to debate matters of war and peace. yesterday, i offered an amendment to sunset the 2001 and 2002 authorization to use military force after eight months of enactment. congress would have eight months to debate and vote on a new aumf before the repeal. eight months. that's plenty of time. mr. speaker, we passed the 2001 aumf within three days, mind you. last year, of course, speaker ryan -- and i say at the orders of donald trump -- undemocratically stripped our bipartisan 2001 sunset amendment when the defense appropriations bill came before us. when in the world would this body have the backbone to debate the cost and consequences

here's what the pentagon said in a statement. wa way and dt devices may pose an unacceptable risk to the department's personnel. in lieft this, it was not prudent to continue selling them to dod personnel. i have to say sth is part of a broader concern at the pentagon about what you do with people that have all these mobile devices that go with them everywhere. they're doing a review on what the mobile phone policy should pbt we asked secretary mattis about this the at the said it's still under review. i know you deal with this in the white house as well on where you can bring cell phones at i lot of rooms at the pentagon there are little lock kands secured cubbies where you have to put your mobile phone inside before you can enter that room. also inside most of the pentagon your cell phones don't work, they work in the center cart yord so you see a lot of people looking for a signal in there. hallie. >> hanz, thank you much for that with the we'll stay on top of. >>> we want to talk about travel this morning. have you ever been

of nuclear materials we still management environmental cleanup and environmental stewardship so the pentagon wants to weaponize a facility which was intended to be a nuclear arms burial ground but what exactly do they plan to produce pates bombs that when armed with nuclear warheads can create a blast to one thousand times stronger than that of hiroshima it's expected to produce fifty each year and the u.s. has been crystal clear as to why they need to pay it so badly back in two thousand and ten the obama administration's. with misplaced hope that quote russia is not an enemy it is increasingly a partner close quote anyone who watches the news today knows that this is not the case if it ever was president putin announced that russia is developing building for new and horrific nuclear weapons nuclear deterrence is our number one priority defense mission forces or here three people in infrastructure it's all part of the deter it is time to buckle down and get after all of it nuclear weapon. are popping up on both sides of the fence the u.s. and russia both saying they're responding to threats

hans nichols, how is the pentagon reacting? >> what we've learned the last couple hours here at the pentagon, one, military assets we have out there are on high eye lert b alert but not on heightened alert. that's an important distinction because the pentagon says their posture has not changed. they are always on high alert out there, but they haven't raised it because of these breakdown in talks. the pentagon thinks to themselves as the engine room of diplomacy. they keep churning, they keep working. they're not necessarily concerned about what's happening atop the ship. they want to make sure though that the military provides options to the president. i also think we learned another couple things. one, in terms of sanctions enforcement along north korea and the maximum pressure campaign, the pentagon is saying that they don't have any evidence that china is softening its enforcement of sanction. there had been some speculation about that. the initial view from the pentagon is that they don't think that china is walking back a

professor thought she mean six point five billion dollars not trillion because trillion would mean the pentagon misplaced more money than the gross domestic product of the whole of the united kingdom. but still still six point five billion dollars of unaccounted for money is even saved it's crazy all right it's crazy you know or so he went and he looked into the inspector general's report and he found something interesting it was true oh yeah i was. i was young i was like well you know our kids were you fifty don't want accounted for spreading troll you with a t t isn't totally insane all right he is a. kid he is and he is it could all be public or be ferreted i thought it was like . he does it indeed a way more than the u.k.'s g.d.p. all right but the g.d.p. isn't really that big because apparently i can rake in cash by selling biscuits and cloudy days you know. they were bent on on and off checking the exports of old growth ever again sun talky high i guess but just just hasn't happened you know how good futures are way down there where they. were oh sorry forgot how you don't. want to cut bu

in the pentagon said we don't really know anything about this at this point in time it's interesting to hear your thoughts about the geography of the region because you bring up some good points about iran being in play and not many people realize how complex the situation really is on the ground it's not as straightforward as people believe it to be on one side you can see other thanks for being with us here in the studio to help us understand this. or more of this we can bring in political analyst richard becker who joins us now to help break down developments further richard thanks as always for being with us here on r t international. so let's start with the assumption that the u.s. was responsible which is not clear at this point which you just heard us talking about what would the motivation have been here. well i think that the it's not clear statements from the pentagon are very strange statements i think i mean they don't have information to substantiate. it can't they say yes or no. and why would they be motivated to say something like that but. i think that either the u.s.

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charlie wilson's war is more of a pentagon deal but there it was complete distortion tom hanks is a hero charlie wilson was an idiot a moron who went to afghanistan and caused a lot of damage bill casey was running his own war in afghanistan that's a very complicated story but. the analysis of charlie wilson's war is that you know we have to go to war for afghanistan because it was so over the soviets were going to destroy afghanistan and threaten our way of life. zero dark thirty is also an egregious example of propaganda one of the premises of zero dark thirty is that torture is not only efficacious but beneficial and the more against quote unquote terror. your friend. can help you. break you. any questions waterboarding has been a u.s. instrument of interrogation dating back to its wars in vietnam and even the philippines the cia been created it's cool dark intelligence manual in one thousand nine hundred sixty three to teach torture methods thus if you come as little surprise to see the cia torturing captured suspects in a film written with cia approval about the hunt for the lot the

of nuclear materials we still management environmental cleanup and environmental stewardship so the pentagon wants to weaponize a facility which was intended to be a nuclear arms burial ground but what exactly do they plan to produce pates bombs that when armed with nuclear warheads can create a blast to one thousand times stronger than that of hiroshima it's expected to produce fifty each year and the u.s. has been crystal clear as to why they need to pay it so badly back in two thousand and ten the obama administration's. we would misplaced hope that quote russia is not an enemy it is increasingly a partner close quote anyone who watches the news today knows that this is not the case if it ever was president putin announced that russia is developing and building for new and horrific nuclear weapons nuclear deterrence is our number one priority defense mission forces war here three people and infrastructure it's all part of the deter it is time to buckle down and get after all of it nuclear weapon . are popping up on both sides of the fence the u.s. and russia both saying they're responding

of nuclear materials we still management environmental cleanup and environmental stewardship so the pentagon wants to weaponize a facility which was intended to be a nuclear arms burial ground but what exactly do they plan to produce pates bombs that when armed with nuclear warheads can create a blast to one thousand times stronger than that of hiroshima it's expected to produce fifty each year and the u.s. has been crystal clear as to why they need to pay it so badly back in two thousand and ten the obama administration's. with misplaced hope that quote russia is not an enemy it is increasingly a partner close quote anyone who watches the news today knows that this is not the case if it ever was president putin announced that russia is developing and building for new and horrific nuclear weapons nuclear deterrence is our number one priority defense mission forces or here it's a three people and infrastructure it's all part of the deter it is time to buckle down and get after all of it nuclear weapon. are popping up on both sides of the fence the u.s. and russia both saying they're respondin

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the pentagon has admitted that u.s. soldiers are directly helping some. the arabia protect its border with yemen now it's off the u.s. officials there are military's role was limited to sharing intel and refueling craft in the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia it's true. here your security there are. certain issues. but do support the story led coalition with intelligence your military advice and logistical support a priority is the fight against al qaeda and you arabian peninsula and isis in yemen the extent of our support is refueling and sharing intel samir khan reports on the pentagon's mixed messages concerning its role in the yemen conflicts this latest development contradicts the pentagon statements that indicated that u.s. military assistance to the saudis in yemen was limited to intelligence logistics and aircraft feeling but so far what we do know is that a team of a few green berets apparently arrived on the south of the u. many border sometime last year and according to the pentagon they've only been there to protect the border ho

this is r t international live from moscow now the pentagon has admitted that u.s. soldiers are directly helping saudi arabia protect its border with yemen that is in spite of previous comments in which officials said the u.s. is only helping the saudis with aircraft refueling logistics and intelligence sharing. and. security. but do support the saudi led coalition with intelligence sharing military advice and logistical support a priority is the fight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and isis in yemen the extent of our support is refueling and sharing intel samir khan reports now on the pentagon's mixed messages concerning its role in the conflict in yemen. this latest development contradicts the pentagon statements that indicated that u.s. military assistance to the saudis in yemen was limited to intelligence logistics and aircraft feeling but so far what we do know is that a team of a few green berets apparently arrived on the south of the u. many border sometime last year and according to the pentagon they've only been there to protect the border howeve

those prisons were reported on in an investigation by the associated press there are sources at the pentagon knowledge that u.s. forces had been involved in interrogations but the night and the participation or knowledge of abuse even so american personnel could still be liable for complicity in torture that's if the question detainees who also have been subjected to torture will human rights advocates accuse the u.s. of inertia. the u.s. hasn't learned a lesson that cup orating with forces that are targeting detainees and ruling families apart is not an effective way to fight extremist groups the united arab emirates denies being involved in running secret prisons in yemen and refutes claims of being linked to torturing suspects where political analyst ozment told us earlier there should be an independent investigation that's listening and to be an exit you sure and then be the investigator you cannot be the judge and investigate and then execute but this is what the u.s. is doing basically the u.n. should be doing this should be the job of the u.n. the u.n. should be doing this and best to

this as "the new york times" is reporting the pentagon is preparing to reduce the number of military in south korea. we have alexandra field with the latest in seoul. what is the reaction there? >> reporter: indeed they all heard the president complain about the cost of the troops in the asia pacific region. the question is if there is a peace treaty to put the end of the korean war 65 years after the fighting ended, is it necessary to support the troops here stationed on the peninsula. 30,000 people. in response to the reports that the president is looking at options, a source close to the stati administration says this is a long-term consideration only. this is something that could be looked at after nukes were gone in the korean peninsula. officials are saying they have been told directly by officials in washington that the reports from "the times" are untrue. we heard from south korean officials saying the need for troops on the peninsula is linked to broader issues of regional security. at the same time, kim jong-un is saying the right things in the run-up to the possible sit do

side, the pentagon tonight is making public its assessment of kim. which, by the way, this is trump's pentagon, right? secretary mattis is his secretary. they have come out with their assessment of kim. and the conclusion is, is that the primary function of kim jong-un is to, quote, ensure perpetual kim family rule at the expense of the north korean people. i mean, i'll say this again. this is donald trump's pentagon, saying that to do anything with kim is to perpetuate the family rule at the expense of the north korean people. >> yeah. >> that's a pretty stunning thing to come out of trump's own pentagon at this time, isn't it? >> well, with you knoyou know, history, though, erin. we've seen that. i think the kim rulers have realized that destitution is actually good for kim family rule. because when people are weak and scrounging for food, they don't have the means to resist. people who resist authoritarian regimes are often middle class, got a lot of money, got a lot of property, and have influence. so the kim family has sort of looked at this and

been involved in torturing detainees in secret prisons in yemen as seen congress vote to demand the pentagon investigate now a un report says suspects at the sides were exposed to beatings electrocution and sexual violence some were imprisoned in a metal cell in direct sunlight those that supported were denied medical treatment there are reportedly eighteen secret torture prisons in yemen and neighboring countries the sites are mostly run by one of the main u.s. allies in the region the united arab emirates these prisoners were reported in an investigation by the associated press their sources at the pentagon acknowledged that the u.s. forces had been evolved in interrogations but they denied any participation or knowledge of abuse even so american personnel could still be liable for complicity in torture if they question to detainees who had also been subjected to torture human rights advocates accuse the u.s. of inertia of all this the u.s. hasn't learned the lesson that cup orating with forces they're targeting detainees and ruling families apart is not an effective way to fight extremist

for instance, encouraging the use of initiatives models on the successful hack the pentagon ogram to explore ways to safeguard the integrity of increasingly globalized supply chains that support critical technologies. as we look to protect our country from threats beyond this -- the next ridgeline it's essential these science and technology initiatives remain priorities. we won't defeat next generation threats rest thing success of our past. i want to thank and congratulate chairwoman steph nick -- stefanik. with that i want to thank the gentleman for yielding and again both the chairman and ranking member for their outstanding leadership of the committee. i look forward to voting in favor of this bill and yield back. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the entleman from texas. >> i yield two -- mr. thornberry: i recognize the gentleman for two minutes. >> i thank chairman thornberry and the defense hawks so this number will make the difference and change the direction of our national security. mr. turner: i want to also recognize and thank our subcommittee rankin

navy's general counsel when the plane slammed into the pentagon on 9/11. take us back to what was the state of people's minds and their reaction and their fears at that time? >> the atmosphere was, particularly among the intelligence community and the national security community which i was a part of, the atmosphere was one of fear and fury. the fear was of course that the second al qaeda attack might occur at any given moment and more americans would die. that was a very palpable feeling that possessed all of us. there was also fury that this savage murderous attack had taken place, and there was fury at those who had perpetrated the attack and desire to defend the country, but also to bring them all to justice. so that was the atmosphere at the time. it was for some time after 9/11. >> well, i ask you this because evan yesterday, i mentioned a lot of former cias, those who really have not spoken, have not come out of the shadows have been rolled out to defend her nomination. and she does seem to be universally liked amongst korea's cia, including a forme

i mean the problem for the for the pentagon is that they can't really go to war the consequences are they are too but found too difficult to gain because they could only be the only reason that they will go to war against north korea is if they decided this time for an attack on china i don't think that's base so you know that the pentagon and foreign defense minister matters i'm going to put their foot down and i hope there won't be in the any attack but they still like the still light tension the. the buildup to war and all that sort of thing i mean that is their business. has been so i think we can expect continue. briefly here i'm running very very low on time but you're a specialist on aging you're coming to us live from new zealand in your personal opinion what's going to happen with north korea what do you see happening. well i think. hopefully in the summer in trying. i think it will be be our exercise everybody very concerned with tragic shock to consult think they combed talk about. the north koreans we very cagey iraq east. but not peace at any price so we're going to get

the 23-minute video seen by congress was given to cnn by the pentagon. it contains drone footage of the body of sergeant ladavid johnson retrieved from under the thorn tree. this shows troops who escaped the isis ambush and escaped into a swamp. they were going after a nearby isis commander. the stated mission was to survey the area. the military record concluded the team was not authorized to kill and capture in missions. >>> a school resource officer hailed as a hero for stopping a former student who opened fire at the graduation rehearsal. that's next. ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventure with audible. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. if you don't like it exchange it any time. no questions asked. you can also roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them.

the pentagon has released its most detailed account yet of the surprise attack that claimed the lives of four american soldiers. while the report cites a series of failures, ultimately it does not assign any blame. we get more from hans nichols with reaction from the widow of one of those fallen soldiers. >> reporter: the pentagon admitting individual, organizational, and institutional failures caused the death of four american soejz in niger last october. an unclassified report faulted a lack of training and bad command oversight at every level. but in the end, isis simply surprised a 12-man green beret team and over 30 nigerien partners. >> the direct cause is that the enemy achieved tactical surprise there and our forces were outnumbered three to one. >> who's to blame? >> i have responsibilities as a combatant commander. the service has responsibilities. >> reporter: the pentagon laid out the heroics of the outnumbered soldiers including la david johnson. he unloaded mounted machine gun on his vehicle and then picked up a sniper rifle. he was separated and tried to sprint to safet

it's quite a military machine we have we have two countries we have the pentagon and we have the u.s. . which country m i n i remember. that one great british newsman had said when he seen seeing film. from vietnam which was at that time uncensored people could go you know all over vietnam a shooting film and you could see you know like a child running down the street on fire from napalm these are the images that americans were beginning to see about vietnam and alastair cook said that's the end of war because once people with television and cameras now in the field no one's ever going to support a war when they see the horror show that it creates the misery and the horror and terror and the murder of civilians and children that that are just an automatic adjunct of war war is over after the first world war the british established the tavistock clinic to study shellshock and other psychological conditions experienced by returning veterans being to much work in theory in the field of social and group control the tavistock institute for example which dealt a lot of social engineering pr

who isn't funny now could be anyone in the oval office in the pentagon madison square garden. can years recent coordinations with trump along with his use of infamous or rhetoric and symbols confederate flag reek of products here just join up the dogs can year endorse trump publicly their friends. i'm not saying can you west is involved at all in the trump russia scandal but i am saying he has russian ties and was there right after the twenty sixteen elections scott did walk in or perhaps work in a contributor for the us news channel m.s.n. b c and also founder of russia gate agrees there are just too many dogs not to connect them kanya west went to russia he went to russia he literally flew to moscow and walked around the jew see what he got up to i sure didn't get to be doing anything it's now so or vs why didn't we see it before we see it now and there are more of them clint eastwood openly backed trump and the russian connection is blatant clint eastwood speaks russian. pretense. oh and robert de niro he hates trump or so he says but look at the fact he owns a chain of all

let's turn our attention to the mideast where the pentagon has admitted that u.s. soldiers are directly helping saudi arabia protect its border with yemen that's after u.s. officials had said their militaries role was limited to sharing intel on refuting saudi or. the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia. you're hoping security or. service. but do support the saudi led coalition with intelligence your military advice and logistical support the priority is the fight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and isis in yemen the extent of our support is refueling and sharing intel samir a cow now reports on the pentagon's mixed messages concerning its rule in the yemen conflict. this latest development contradicts the pentagon statements that indicated that u.s. military assistance to the saudis in yemen was limited to intelligence logistics and aircraft refueling but so far what we do know is that a team of a few green berets apparently arrived on the south of the u. many border sometime last year and according to the pentagon they've only been there to p

house of representatives has voted to demand the pentagon investigate the alleged involvement of u.s. military personnel in torturing detainees at secret prisons in yemen according to a un report suspects that the sites were exposed to beatings electrocution and sexual violence some were imprisoned in a metal cell in the sun others were denied medical treatment now there are reportedly eighteen secret torture prisons in yemen and neighboring countries the science are mostly run by one of the main u.s. allies in the region and that's the united arab emirates now those prisons were reported on an investigation by the associated press and their sources at the pentagon acknowledged that u.s. forces had been involved in interrogations but denied any participation or knowledge of abuse however even if that was the case this could still amount to complicity and torture if american personnel interrogated detainees who had been tortured human rights advocates have condemned the reported methods of interrogation the u.s. hasn't learned the lesson their corporate in with forces that are torturin