the story is nobody's looking for them. dehydration, sharks eat them. >> on c-span's q&a. jordan, defense secretary james mattis took situation inut the afghanistan, confirming the president has made a decision on u.s. strategy after rigorous review by military and national security officials. reports suggest the trump administration has been considering an increased -- secretary mattis to not go into any detail during this five minute exchange with reporters. >> go ahead. >> i would like to ask first

about afghanistan because it is timely. wrote on twitter he made a decision about afghanistan and camp davis. given that you have told us in the past -- although you have -- i'mhe authority to wondering if you feel you are at the state we take this kind of move? >> i might make minor changes. 75 engineers were working the project coming out. a very strange procedure i inherited.

it's more thought i what i read in the newspaper when i got here. i was not willing to make significant -- until we know what was a strategy and what was the commitment. he wants to be the one to announce it to the american people. >> i'm asking you where there -- whether it urges you to move ahead with something. >> i can't right now because you would have to fill in the blanks and i would prefer to keep this rather methodical due to the gravity of the situation. >> part of this is south asia strategy.

obviously your predecessors have pushed to take action. how do you believe this administration actually has an impact? >> it is not an afghanistan strategy. we will be addressing those issues in it. it can get more precise on afghanistan. the president had to make strategic decisions. he delegated to me when he came in. not one ounce of the strategic decision.

no sweat. in with adid come different course of action. andhe process was rigorous it involved all members of the national security staff. state department and treasury department. the natural security adviser and the chief of staff cornet to make certain everyone who has

equity is heard. i'm very comfortable that the they did notcess go in with a preset condition in terms of what questions could be asked. >> you mentioned you are 58 -- you are fine tuning several options. >> there were several options. cause us to great the answers more. it became about what he would look at.

and whatever is needed in the cost, the financial cost. i think he put something out and he's going to talk to the american people. >> history unfolds 80 -- unfolds daily. created as a public service by america's cable television companies. services secretary tom price has been with the trump administration since february. his --down to talk about

tough price talked about his opposition to the football care act and priorities for the department of health and human services. >> how to somebody from dearborn michigan and up in atlanta georgia? sec. price: i did my undergraduate at the university of michigan, but my mother's family is from roanoke. so when i was a kid we would take summer vacations down in roanoke and virginia beach. and my mother told me that at the age of six i announced that there was no reason for us to live here, we needed to live in virginia or the south. when i finished my medical school i interviewed for my residency from richmond south, in richmond and charlotte and