dunford: honestly, i don't know. i don't know. my point in highlighting that is that operations have already begun. there is a lot of unknowns as you start the operation chris what is the -- as you start the operations. what is the enemy going to be, what is the support going to be, those kinds of things. rather than project when this is over, we have to set the conditions now to isolate mosul and make sure with successful operations in mosul. i would not at all be in the business of predicting when mosul would be secured were seized -- or seized. reporter: general dunford, given the high rate the release of guantÁnamo detainees return to the battlefield, are you concerned that these released detainees will go back to the battlefield until americans again -- and kill americans again? gen. dunford: first of all, we are not releasing detainees from guantanamo bay. there is a plan that would cause them to be relocated. i'm concerned about three things. whether it is the military tribunal or otherwise, that they are properly adjudicat

general dunford: honestly, i don't know. i don't know.y point is in highlighting that operations have already begun. there's a lot of unknowns, as you part the operation. what's the enemy going to be, the support going to be? my point is rather than trying to project when this is over, you know, we ought to focus on setting the conditions now to isolate mosul and make sure we have successful operations in mosul. so i would not at all be in the business of predicting when mosul would be secure or seized. >> one more question. reporter: general dunford, given the high rate in which released guantanamo detainees return to the battlefield, are you a little concerned that these released guantanamo detainees will go back to the battlefield and kill americans again? general dunford: first off, we're not releasing the detainees from guantanamo bay. there is a plan to cause them to be relocated. from a military perspective, i'm concerned about three tains. one, to make sure they're properly detained. whether it's the a military tribunal or otherwi

chairman dunford, general dunford, thank you for being with us.and thank you for your remarkable career. >> chairman, ranking members, chairman rogers, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. i'm honor toed to represent the extraordinary men and women of the joint force, our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines and civil servants remain our single most important competitive advantage. thanks to your support the united states military is the most capability fighting force in the world. with your continued support the joint force will continue to adapt, fight and win in current operations while simultaneously innovating and investing to meet future challenges. i don't believe we ought to ever send americans into a fair fight. rather, we must maintain a joint force that has the capability and credibility to assure our allies and partners, deter aggression and overmatch any potentialed aer ed adversary. and we need to develop the leaders who will serve as the foundation of the future. united states

carter was joined by joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford, junior -- earlier today. both agree the fight now turns for control of mosul -- in northern iraq. ash carter, sec. of defense 1:03 at the same time we're bombing isil's banks as well as oil wells they've taken over... or coerced others into operating on their behalf. we're also using cyber tools to disrupt isil's ability to operate and communicate over the virtual battlefield." 1:17 when it comes to the war in syria -- general dunford said ultimately a political solution is what's needed for any "lasting peace" to take hold. ten at five- thirty - developing news out of ohio -- an eighth grader opens fire on his classmates. the serious charges he's now facing. plus -- he's accused of taking part in the murders of thousands of people. why the trial of a former nazi medic -- may not the suspect accused of shooting and killing a police officer in prince william county - had his first court appearance today. 32 year old ronald hamilton will remain behind bars without bond. investigators say he also killed his wife

general dunford, do you support allowing u.s. troops or the intelligence community to use torture to exact information from suspected terrorists? does the use of torture advance the military or national interests of the united states? >> congressman, before the chairman answers your question, i really need to say something, and it's -- the question is a fair question. i want to say something about the framing of it that i believe in very strongly however. >> please, sir. >> which is, this is an election year. we'll have a new president. i recognize that. i feel very strongly that our department needs to stand apart from the electoral season. so i respectfully decline to answer any questions that arise from the political debate going on. i just don't think that's appropriate, and i want general dunford especially even more so than me not to be involved in political debate. i think if you address the general question of how we try to conduct ourselves as a military in the air in syria, you were a commander in afgh afghanistan that'

he has been fully supportive of everything that you and general dunford have recommended? sec. carter: i would go for them that. using is encouraging us to look for opportunities to do more. i say opportunities because our strategy is let me take iraq first, is to enable the iraqi security forces. that is a process that involves training them, equipping them and when they go to battle helping to make them successful as we did in ramadi. why is that the strategic approach? because it takes capable motivated local forces that we know from experience in iraq and afghanistan to take territory, hold territory, and govern territory and prevent the reemergence. charlie: only locals can provide the maintaining and keeping? sec. carter: we cannot substitute for them but we can enable them and help them. we are constantly looking for ways to do that. so just in the last few months to give you an indication, we have introduced some additional strike forces in the region. charlie: what does that mean? sec. carter: some special forces capable of doing raids and strikes and assisting the ira

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general dunford: congressman, thanks for the question. first of all, i agree with you our logistic capability is one of our competitive advantages. i also agree from a power projection perspective the chinese capability is relatively immature. however, if we're talking about within the pacific, they do have one advantage which is sbeernl lines. from a geographically perspective, if we talk about a conflict in the south china sea, in taiwan, those logistic challenges is significantly less than the challenge we would have as we project power to places like the middle east or to the pacific. i do see, you know, from my own personal experience when you talk about putting equipment at sea, when you talk about employing sea-based capabilities, when you talk about logistics over long distances, that takes many, many years. we have maritime preposition ships. i was around in the early days of maritime preposition ships when we put equipment aboard a ship, six months later try to take it off the ship and all the fuel would turn to sludge. we had t

general dunford even more so not to be involved in political debates. if you address the question of how we conduct ourselves as a military in the air, that's fine. >> we respect your decision. >> we had discussions on the political nature of guantÁnamo. a blanket statement as to the military's role of the use of torture? we have had a lot of hearings on this. we went through one administration. as far as i know wei know we are working to stop and ban the use. >> let me answer the question broadly. one of the things that makes me proud is that we represent the values of the american people. when young men and women go to war they go with our values. this reflects that young men and women bring values with them. when we find exceptions you can see how aggressively we pursue. we should never apologize for going to war with the values of the american people. >> thank you, mr. secretary. >> am concerned with the timeline from the reduction. the timeline for ioc is gone from 2002 and the reason -- the existing fleet lifecycle cost is going to go through the

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[applause] [cheering] martha: ongoing news conference right now with general dunford and the pentagonief ash carter. moments ago ash carter is saying he believes momentum is on our side in the fight against isis. it has been an uphill battle in many ways. we know more than 70 people were killed over the weekend in iraq, at the hands of isis and another 24 at least today at a suicide bombing at a funeral. so that situation on the ground continues to be extraordinarily complicated. more on that as we get it. bill: in the meantime the state department now releasing the final batch of hillary clinton emails, one day before super tuesday. over the past nine months state department released more than 48,000 pages of clinton emails. the total number of emails containing classified information now said to be more than 1800? judge andrew napolitano, fox news senior judicial analyst. good day to you. what is in the latest group here? >> emails about drone strikes which by definition are on the highest category of protection called top secret. mrs. clinton will say, you know what, it didn't top

secretary, general dunford, thank you. thank for being here, and thank you for your years of service to your country. we appreciate that very much, and we thank you for being here this morning for what is the first hearing of the subcommittee for fiscal 17. we have 21 hearings across the committee this week. fifth year in a row, this has been able to be passed out of the house. i am confident we can do the same this year. we know our troops and their families are depending on it. our only hope is that when we pass a bill service committee and on the floor of the house and send it to the senate that they act. which they have refused to do for the last several years. consequently, we get into an omnibus negotiation to keep it from closing down the government. it's time the senate acted on a bill. amazing. menr your leadership, the and women who serve in the u.s. military answer the call time and again, leave their loved ones, put themselves in harms way, execute challenging abroad. we are mindful that i responsibility is to

i thank president obama, secretary carter, general dunford and general milly for their support for mynomination. i also wish to thank my friend general john campbell for his outstanding leadership in afghanistan and for his long service. and if confirmed it would be a tremendous honor to follow him in this critical position. as you mentioned, sir, i would like to introduce my wife, noreen, my daughter caroline and my other family members, my uncle jim, my dad, stepmother for their presence here today and for their love and support of me throughout my career. >> welcome to the family members. i know this is a proud time. >> thank you, sir. my father and uncle are vietnam veterans, and their service has been an inspiration to me and my generation and our family for years. so much so that three of my cousins and my daughter are all in the family business in the service of our country. most importantly i would like to thank the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines with whom i've had the honor to serve chlgt their selfless service to our country and to each other is a testament to the streng

today's strike comes three weeks after general joseph dunford, chair of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff, said he wants to begin taking "decisive military action" against isil in libya. in news from the campaign trail this weekend marks the south , carolina primary for republicans and the nevada primary for democrats. on thursday, pope francis criticized republican front-running donald trump, suggesting the real estate mogul's plan to build a wall across the u.s.-mexico border means he is "not christian." pope francis spoke to reporters aboard the papal airliner. >> a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, not building bridges, is not a christian. amy: donald trump file back sing his comets were disgraceful and unbelievable. become it commented on the use of birth control in areas where zika verse has led to public health emergencies. scientists say the zika virus may be linked to microcephaly, which causes infants to be born with unusually small heads. the pope appeared to make an exception for the use of birth control in such cases, say

we have a -- again dunford. we have a greater exercises and encouraging environment for increasing information flow between the three countries. >> thank you. this is for admiral harris. the actions of north korea have been particularly troubling and especially with their so-called hydrogen bomb test and do you see north korea as nuclear state and what does it mean for the u.s. and the u.n.? >> they clearly have some nuclear capabilities. i'm not convinced that the bomb that went off was a hydrogen bomb but they clearly have some degree of nuclear capability. they pose a distinct and real threat not only to peace and stability on the korean peninsula but globally. as they develop the nuclear capability and, as i have said before, they're on a quest for nuclear weapons, means of minute rising them and means of delivering them intercontinentally they pose a threat to the west coast of the united states and soon to the entire u.s. they pose a threat today where there are hundreds of thousands of rockets, within roc

joint chiefs of staff, general joseph dunford, says he wants to begin taking decisive military action against the self-proclaimed islamic state in libya. ahead of the republican south carolina primary saturday, ted cruz and donald trump are feuding over a cruz campaign tv ad that accuses trump of having been pro-choice in the late -- in the past. the ad, airing in south carolina, features a clip from a 1999 trump interview on nbc's "meet the press." in the interview, trump says he is "pro-choice in every respect." in response, the trump campaign sent a cease and desist letter to the cruz campaign. trump has also threatened to sue cruz for defamation if the campaign continues to air the ad. a recent bloomberg poll shows donald trump with a 19-point lead over cruz in south carolina. in more news from the campaign trail, the biggest labor federation in the united states, the afl-cio, says it is withholding an endorsement for an individual candidate, a move that's being seen as a victory for democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders. the afl-cio was expected to announce its endorse

city k carter and chairman dunford on our military campaign. our special envoy to the coalition.set this remains difficult fight. the situation in syria and iraq is one of the most complex the . rld has seen in recent times aisle is entrenched. even in places where isil has been driven out it leaves behind utter devastation, communities in ruin that need to be restabilized and rebuilt which will take years and tremendous international resources because certainly in iraq they are hard pressed to come up with everything that they need to rebuild and in syria the regime there still is not constituted in such a way that it is investing in civilian populations. countries communities and groups that agree on fighting isil in the short term often don't agree on broader long term goals. indeed, the fight in syria is not only a civil war but it is also a proxy war between regional powers

. >> reporter: general joseph dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has said military actiontart by sending in drones to locate isis targets. >> you can then map out where they are and how they conduct business. once you do that, you can figure out what amounts to a pattern of life analysis and when you know their pattern of life, then you can target them much more easily than if you didn't have that intelligence. >> reporter: for now, many isis fighters tend to be around the central coastline. they can expand and control the coastline from tripoli to benghazi, giving them unfettered access to shipping in the mediterranean. what about those 6,000 isis fighters in libya? some in the u.s. government don't think the number yet is quite that high. tonight, libya appears to be a third isis front after syria and iraq. wolf? >> after gaddafi, there was so much hope. barbara, what about concerns that isis fighters in libya may be able to get relatively easily italy, spain, and france? >> they believe now there is a, quote, major risk that isis will, in fact, try to do it. think about

secretary carter and chairman dunford updated us on our military campaign, and brett mcgurk, my special envoy to our coalition, helped lead a review of our overall strategy. at the outset, i want to say, again, that this remains a difficult fight. the situation in syria and iraq is one of the most complex the world has seen in recent times. isil is entrenched, including in urban areas, using innocent civilians as human shields. even in places where isil has been driven out, it leaves behind utter devastation, communities in ruin that need to be stabilized and rebuilt, which will take years and tremendous international resources, because, certainly in iraq, they're hard-pressed to come up with everything that they need to rebuild, and in syria, the regime there still is not constituted in such a way that it is investing in civilian populations. countries, communities and groups that agree on fighting isil in the short term often don't agree on broader, long-term goals. indeed, the fight in syria is not only a civil war, but it's also a proxy war between regional powers, reflecting deep s

just hosted a conference with two of the chairmen from the two countries, as well as with general dunford. and i think we have the foundation now to move forward in the future with greater mill to mill exercises as well as probably an encouraging environment for increasing information flow between the three countries. >> thank you. this is for admiral harris. the actions of north korea have been particularly troubling and especially with their so-called hydrogen bomb test and their rocket launch into space. do you see north korea as a nuclear state and if so, what does this mean for the u.s. and the un? >> well, they clearly have some nuclear capabilities. i'm not convinced that the bomb that went off was a hydrogen bomb but they clearly have some degree of nuclear capability. i think they pose a very distinct and real threat not only to peace and stability on the korean peninsula but globally. as they develop their nuclear capability and as i have said before, they're on a quest for nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them intercontinentally, they pose a real threat to hawaii and to

admiral harris just toasted the conference with the two chairmen as well as with general dunford andink we have the foundation now to move forward in the future with greater mill to mill exercises as well as probably an encouraging environment for increasing information flow between the three countries. >> thank you. this is for admiral harris. the actions of north korea have been particularly troubling and especially with their so-called hydrogen bomb test and their rocket launch into space. do you see north korea as a nuclear state and if so, what does this mean for the u.s. and the un? >> well, they clearly have some nuclear capabilities. i'm not convinced that the bomb that went off was a hydrogen bomb but they clearly have some degree of nuclear capability. i think they pose a very distinct and real threat not only to peace and stability on the korean peninsula but globally. as they develop their nuclear capability and as i have said before, they're on a quest for nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them intercontinentally, they pose a real threat to hawaii and to the west

light of that, colleagues should consider the following things we've heard in recent weeks: general dunford has spoken of the need for our military to take more agresssufficient action -- aggressive action against the isil group that's operating inside libya. general campbell has spoken of the need to retain a sizable enough force in afghanistan to accomplish the dual missions of both conducting counterterrorism operations and training and visiontheafghan security forces. secretary carter has requested money for the programs we'll need to balance against the region noel ambitions of china and russia u in other words, some of the most senior national security officials within this administration are already working to better position the next president for the national security challenges that we'll face in 2017 and beyond. and yesterday president obama seed seemseems to remain capture matter by a exrai campaign prome made back in 2008. his ill-considered decision to close the secure facility at guantanamo. today we received the descriptions of where the president would like to detain terror

i'm pleased to be here with chairman dunford to discuss president obama's 2017 defense budget which marks indicate a major inflection point for this department. i'm also pleased to be discussing the budget first before this committee which has been a leader in securing the sources the department needs. in this budget, we we are taking the long view. we have to. even as we fight today's fight, we must also be prepared for what might come 10, 20 or 3030 years down the road. last fall's budget deal gave us much needed stability. i want to thank you, all of of you, your colleagues for coming together to pass that agreement. the bipartisan budget act set the size of our budget which is why our budget submission and my testimony focus on its shape. changing that shape is fundamental if carefully considered ways to adjust to a new strategic era and sees opportunities for the future. let me describe the strategic assessment that drove our budget decisions. first of all, it's evident that america is still today the world's foremost leader, partner and underwriter of stability and security in every

secretary carter and chairman dunford updated us on our military campaign and brett mcgirt, special envoyur coalition, helped lead a review of our overall strategy. at the outset, i want to say again that this remains a difficult fight. the situation in syria and iraq is one of the most complex the world has seen in recent times. isil's entrenched. including in urban areas using innocent civilians as human shields. even in places where isil has been driven out, it leaves devastation. communities in ruin. that need to be stabilized and rebuilt which will take years and tremendous international resources. because certainly in iraq, they're hard pressed to come up with everything that they need to rebuild. and in syria, the regime there still is not constituted in such a way that it is investing in civilian populations. countries, communities, and groups that agree on fighting isil in the short term often don't agree on broader long-term goals. indeed, the fight in syria is not only a civil war but it's also a proxy war between regional powers reflecting deep sectarian and political rivalrie