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general petraeus. general petraeus: let me offer a couple of different comments. it has always been the fact, even during the various afghan policy reviews that were published, it has always been true that what we were seeking to do was to help the afghans develop the capability to secure themselves and to govern themselves to a good enough -- and -- fashion. that has always been the core of our effort. it has always meant you cannot do this with just counterterrorist force operations. we are designed at times to circumscribe what we are doing, describe it as a counterterrorist and pain. it has always been more than that. it has always required more than that. one of the paradoxes of the fight against the islamic state right now is that countering terrorism in the form of the islamic state requires more than counterterrorism force operations. it requires a conference of approach. this is what each of us participated in in afghanistan and in iraq. it requires a conference of approach. not justnd all these, limiting this to afghanistan, is to craft strategies that a

you look at general petraeus. he was severely sanctioned.s, his life was destroyed for doing a tiny infraction of what hillary clinton did. cartwright and general petraeus. these are great men. look what happened to them. they did nothing, nothing compared to what hillary clinton did. look at the other people who have suffered grave consequences. they did nothing compared to what she has done. hillary's plan includes an open border with the middle east, leading radicalism and terrorism, spreading drones within your communities and near your families. most people don't even know where they are going including governors and senators. nobody knows. this is going to be the great trojan horse. you have to say i have been very good at predicting things. let me state this as clearly as i can. if i'm elected president, i am going to keep radical islamic of our country. [crowd chants "usa"] mr. trump: we will also stop the crisis of illegal immigration. we will secure and defend our borders. i said before we will build a wall. we will do more than bu

>> well, general petraeus is very knowledgeable about iraq and particularly about mosul. anding general in iraq in '07 and '08 when i happened to serve there but he was the general in charge of northern iraq right after the 2003 invasion. he was responsible for pass fieing mosul. he nows how hard it is to do that and contend with the different groups inside mosul and how hard it is to fight door to door inside mosul. what perhaps you didn't get a sense of with your excellent interview with him is how high the stakes are in iraq. i just returned from iraq. i saw all of the different groups there putting aside their differences, at least temporarily to work together to try to take back mosul. that means the iraqi army, the sunni arab militias and they were really have to show the population in mosul that they're not just being liberated by shiite arabs. there are peshmergas that play an important role and even ore religious militias like christian militias and yazidi malit m militias. it's complicated to get all of them working together that ieer going to approach mosul and

you know, we bring up general petraeus and the crime that he was charged with.ny different from, you know, the mathematical probability that huma abedin has classified information on that laptop? >> far worse than what general petraeus was charged with for which he pleaded guilty. general petraeus's matter were in loose leaves in his guarded and protected home. he was director of cia he shared them with another person, his biographer who he apparently had relationship, who herself had national security clearance. that is the extent of the david petraeus situation. now we're talking about the many, many national security secrets put into insecure place, called espionage. same crime for which hillary clinton investigated and mysteriously exxon rated by same jim comey. kennedy: does that set precedent for huma abedin? >> i hope not. i hope jim comey's announcement on july 5 was aberration, not a precedent. that remains to be seen. harris: one size fits all just for hillary clinton. so the potential for bribery with anthony weiner given his past and present, his pro

stomach thinking of voting for general petraeus and right now he's not a registered candidate. i realize m my run and wouldn'te effective for general petraeus and i think for him as the victor it's difficult to see why he was prosecuted for the misuse of classified material and i think we should highlight the bravery. >> what did you make of the story over the weekend trump either taking advantage of the loophole of the texas where do you come down on that issue? spirit i assume that it's way too complicated for me to tell what's going on there and assume he has an incredibly complicated tax situation. >> but does that play into the narrative to close some of the loopholes if in fact the nominee didn't pay taxes but the rest of us flex to be complex >> you would want a nominee to pay federal taxes. it's embarrassing if we didn't pay federal taxes at all. two over the tax rate to the united states didn't have the highest in the industrialized world and if we could lower that rate, the president has identified this as bipartisan cooperation. if we lower the rate we would have com

and that ideology seems to me attacks in places of vulnerability as general petraeus says. those areas of vulnerability happen to be for the most part countries with names, although the enemy per se does not have an address. so, the question it seems to me, if this is about the importance of an enduring commitment, the importance of a communication that makes clear to people why that commitment should be enduring, et cetera, it seems to me there are two things that must be present and i'm not sure whether we've touched on them. one is, some form of metrics. something that says to people, we told you this was to be enduring, and there are certain guide posts, certain metrics that we will determine, much as an oncologist would determine with a cancer, and we'll tell you when they have been met. second, so that if that is done, that heightens the level of domestic support that would be essential under any set of circumstances for america, for any president forks any congress, to do what this group of experts has said we need to do. >> let's take that third question and then go

no one know that is potential for chaos better than general david petraeus who commanded u.s. forces in iraq and drove out isis' predecessor al qaeda in iraq. general david petraeus joins us. great to have offthis morning. we have spend many years in mosul from early in the war throughout t even watch what has gone on there for the last two and a half years. the effort to take mosul, take back mosul is imminent. what will that look like and what are the complications in holding it? >> well, it's going to be orders of magnitude larger than any fight that the iraqis with our assistance and the coalition support have taken on. there will be a ring of fire. bombers, improvised explosive devices. the iraqi forces will prevail. the islamic state fighters in mosul are dead men walking and i think they know it. they're trying to desert and being executed. there's no question about the outcome of the fight. the challenge here is actually after the fight. it's governance. can a government be established that is representative of and responsive to the most complex human terrain in all of

man with detailed knowledge of the city and its ethnic and sectarian crosscurrents: retired general david petraeus in charge of the 101st airborne division in mosul in 2003. he went on to command the entire multi-national force in iraq and also served as the top general for u.s. central command. he also ran nato and american operations in afghanistan and, from 2011 to 2012, he served as director of the c.i.a. he joins me now from new york. general general pa traition thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: donald trump criticized the probe information for telegraphing ahead of time the plan to go into mosul. does donald trump have a plan about not letg the in me what you're going to do. >> what's isate strategic surprise which is not possible when you're moving tens of thousands of troops and thousands of vehicles and logistics and everything else. and then tactical surprise which i think probably was achieved to some degree. when the iraqi forces launched the operation several days ago and have continued as new fences, if you will, from the north and the northeast in addition to t

i think we have a sound bite from general petraeus. i don't know if you want to play that now.e don't have it? one of the things he said is that it will be a tough fight, of course. he said that's not the real battle. that comes after the islamic state has cleared out. because how do you hold those areas? there's been some criticism of the united states and the government of iraq for the telegraphing that this battle was coming. i think it's important for people to remember that sometimes when you are on the battleground, one of the things you have to do is -- you want to encourage the rebels or people there protecting the cities and churches that we're -- help is coming. hang tight. you want to discourage the enemy, hopefully they will leave. you want to warn people so they can get out of the way and be safe. >> you have a situation here, eric, where obviously it's very important trying to get back. that's right up your field. >> kirkuk where there's oil production. that is more easily defended. you have to worry about the southern part of iraq where the oil fields and access

general petraeus' life has been destroyed over doing nothing compared to what she did. she's going to run for president. when i say the system is rigged, part of what i am meaning is the fact she shouldn't be allowed to run. >> in the trial of former aides to chris christie, multiple witnesses have refuted the claims that he was unaware of this scheme to punish a mayor who refused to give christie his endorsement for re-election. do you have confidence in governor christie to lead your transition team? >> i have great confidence in him. i have not been following the trial. >> back in the primary you said -- >> i haven't been following the trial. the trial is almost over. it will be interesting to see what happens. i like him very much. i have confidence in him. i hope it all works out well for him. >> i realize you are confident on victory. on the other hand, if you do lose, what does donald trump do? does he lead a movement? does he go back to business? >> i can tell you, this has been one of the most incredible parts of my life. there's never been anything like this.

general petraeus' life has been destroyed over doing nothing compared to what she did. she's going to run for president. when i say the system is rigged, part of what i am meaning is the fact she shouldn't be allowed to run. >> in the trial of former aides to chris christie, multiple witnesses have refuted the claims that he was unaware of this scheme to punish a mayor who refused to give christie his endorsement for re-election. do you have confidence in governor christie to lead your transition team? >> i have great confidence in him. i have not been following the trial. >> back in the primary you said -- >> i haven't been following the trial. the trial is almost over. it will be interesting to see what happens. i like him very much. i have confidence in him. i hope it all works out well for him. >> i realize you are confident on victory. on the other hand, if you do lose, what does donald trump do? does he lead a movement? does he go back to business? >> i can tell you, this has been one of the most incredible parts of my life. there's never been anything like this.

general petraeus and many others. perhaps finally justice will be done. [cheers] >> and we are awaiting the beginning of his rally, donald trump's rally in cedar rapids, iowa. we'll be going there as soon as he takes the stage. tony perkins, president of the family research council, one of the country's leading evangelicals joins us here next. we're awaiting that rally in cedar rapids. stay with us. iowa republican congressman ron blum, you may have just seen him. can we go back for a second, congressman blum warming up the crowd. a lot more coming right up. a lot more coming right up. don't miss a seconds, we'll be this is my retirement. retiring retired tires. and i never get tired of it. are you entirely prepared to retire? plan your never tiring retiring retired tires retirement with e*trade. i'm in vests and as a vested investor in vests i invest with e*trade, where investors can investigate and invest in vests... or not in vests. sign up at etrade.com and get up to six hundred dollars. you took away my strongest ally -- my father. but you didn't kno

general milley, the "wall street journal" published an article by general petraeus last month. it was entitled "the myth of the u.s. military readiness crisis." in it he characterized army's weapons inventory in the following way. while some categories of aircraft and other key weapons are aging and will need replacement or major refurbishment soon, most remains in fairly good shape. according to our sources, army has mission capable rates today exceeding 90%, and that is historically high level. general, do you believe that general petraeus was correct in that assessment to that -- the equipment and mission capable rates are what he says they are, and what does that tell us, or possibly what does it not tell us about this state of the army? >> thanks, senator. i've got -- i know general petraeus and i have a lot of respect for him, along with the co-author. both are very talented. but as you might expect, i don't necessarily agree with that. the readiness issue, you know, the title of the article, i don't know if crisis is the right word. that's packed with emotion, but there

they didn't roll over for general petraeus. the many other people that are now in ose lives have been -- w she's allowed to run for office, the fbi rolled over. >> you could lose this election and it not be rigged. >> i'm having a hard time myself getting by the fact that the fbi took $675,000. the man that is in charge of her case took $675,000, let her off scott free. >> you know they say that had already happened, they tried to separate the two. >> give me a break. >> i'm just telling you. >> give me a break. >> governor pence, you told chuck todd that will we will accept the results of the election. four days later you said if the vote is fair i'm convinced we will accept it. are you worried it could be invalid? >> i think we will win this election. i really do. >> in which case we will accept -- >> when donald trump talks about a rigged system, it's a national media with present company excepted, a national media that has been hostile to my running mate and has been practicing willful ignorance on most issues emanating out

general david petraeus on the battles facing the next commander in chief. from abc news, it's "this week." here now coanchor martha raddatz. >> good morning. 23 days from the election. it has come to this. the republican nominee for president of the united states flatout saying at rally after rally and with increasing force that the election cannot be trusted. that hillary clinton belongs in jail. it's a fundamental challenge to a pillar of democracy, free and fair elections, shaking confidence in something we all take for granted, the peaceful transition of power. it's not a new thing for trump but over the last 72 hours trump has dialed it up. his anger rising with the volume of accusations from women who say groped their bodies. kissed their mouths against casting himself as a victim of corrupt politicians, global financial interest and the press all conspiring to tear him down and rig the election. >> there's a whole sinister deal going on. the clintons are criminals. remember that. they're criminals. the election is being rigged by corrupt media pushin

general petraeus and many others. perhaps finally justice will be done.cheers] >> and we are awaiting the beginning of his rally, donald trump's rally in cedar rapids, iowa. we'll be going there as soon as he takes the stage. tony perkins, president of the family research council, one of the country's leading evangelicals joins us here next. we're awaiting that rally in cedar rapids. stay with us. iowa republican congressman ron blum, you may have just seen him. can we go back for a second, congressman blum warming up the crowd. a lot more coming right up. don't miss a seconds, we'll be right back. you pay your car insurance premium like clockwork. month after month. year after year. then one night, you hydroplane into a ditch. yeah... surprise... your insurance company tells you to pay up again. why pay for insurance if you have to pay even more for using it? if you have liberty mutual deductible fund™, you could pay no deductible at all. sign up to immediately lower your deductible by $100. and keep lowering it $100 annually, until it's gone. then conti

general petraeus propose zed that. we need refugees in these areas, protect them and feed them closer to home so they don't become refugees here. the no fly is a recipe for conflict. the no fly zone was the thing to do before they got there, not the right thing now unless we coordinate. >> we need the no fly zones and make it clear we are going to enforce that against asaid. against assad. the diplomatic efforts in geneva have stalled. i think we have to make it clear to the russians we are going to protect civilians in safe zones, but also by enforcing a no fly zone so assad's air force is not out in the field going after our sunni partners, but also the civilian population. obviously the 250,000 people who died and the tragedies of aleppo need to be, in my view, stopped. >> you are going to have to coordinate with the russians on this one. they are flying every day. it's a recipe for conflict. the no fly zone should have been there before the russians got there. our president was too weak. now it's too late to do tha

you look at general petraeus. he was severely sanctioned.etraeus, his life was destroyed for doing a tiny infraction of what hillary clinton did. look at general cartwright and general petraeus. these are great men. look what happened to them. they did nothing, nothing compared to what hillary clinton did. look at the other people who have suffered grave consequences. they did nothing compared to what she has done. hillary's plan includes an open border with the middle east, leading radicalism and terrorism, spreading drones within your communities and near your families. most people don't even know where they are going including governors and senators. nobody knows. this is going to be the great trojan horse. you have to say i have been very good at predicting things. let me state this as clearly as i can. if i'm elected president, i am going to keep radical islamic terrorism out of our country. [crowd chants "usa"] mr. trump: we will also stop the crisis of illegal immigration. we will secure and defend our borders. i said before we will b

absolutely ageless® from aveeno®. >>> with us now, very excited to exclusively have retired army general david petraeusrom 2007 to 2008. and general, obviously, order was brought to that region some time ago. it looks like we're going back to the future. isis goes into iraq and syria. now it looks like we may be seeing them clear out. but is it a foregone conclusion that we take mosul? >> yeah, no question about that. we have reconstituted the iraqi forces, retrained, reequipped, remanned them. we're advising and assisting and providing an armada of manned and unmanned aircraft over them with precision strike, great leaders like steve townsend who fath in mosul in the surge. i spent the first year in iraq there as the commander of the 101st airborne division. we have seen what isis is willing to do, use suicide bombers, tunnels, explosives, but at the end of the day, the iraqi forces will clearly prevail. that's not the real battle. real battle comes after the islamic state and after they clear out the rest of the province all the way to the syrian border. that's about politics in the most complex huma

the article that my colleague just about, much as, of of course we appreciate the service of general petraeus. for general miller, i've been monitoring the progress with the marine corps pacific lay down, including okinawa, guam, and cnmi. i know that it will be very important to have adequate facilities. general, can you talk briefly you have any concerns about the progress so far on the marine corps specific lay down plan. i just read an article recently about the governor of cnny and his position regarding training. >> senator, we are still in the execution of the current plan of the pacific laydown for marine forces. the futenma has been separated from guam. but from the very beginning, our movement to guam was contingent, and based on the fact that we could train once deployed there. and because of actions of others and environmental impact, right now that's potentially at risk and has pushed the time line to the right. we're still committed to go to guam, but to go to guam, we have to be able to sustain a readiness of the force, whatever that force is that we deploy there. i'm concerned

suffered for doing so much less, including just recently, four-star general james cartwright, general petraeus, and many others, perhaps finally, justice will be done. [applause] mr. trump: with that being said, the rest of my speech is going to be so boring. [laughter] mr. trump: should i even make this speech? we will talk about voters. right? we will talk about trade. we will bring back our jobs, we will strengthen our military. and let's get going, ok? [applause] mr. trump: how to check -- i want to thank general flynn. thank you for being here. just before general flynn was going up, we heard this news. i said general, get up there and keep them busy. we want to digest what just happened here. thank you, general. in 11 days, we're going to win new hampshire. [applause] mr. trump: the state of my first victory. and we are going to win back the white house. 75% of the american people think our country is on the wrong track, and we're going to fix it. we are to get our country back on the right track, and very, very quickly. real change begins with repealing and replacing obamacare. we can't

we know that that has been a tool that's been used against us terrorists as general petraeus and others have said. >> latest polls show the race is in a statistical dead heat. >> it always come down to there is the fate of uber and lyft in philadelphia will be in governor wore's this morning as a billheads to his desk. the pennsylvania senate approved senate that allows ride sharing companies to operate anywhere in pennsylvania. governor wolf has promised to sign the bill, the governor also said two thirds of revenue from ride sharing in philadelphia will go toward the school district. >> well, former pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, is out on bail. while her lawyers r appeal her perjury conviction. kane left court in handicuffs yesterday after a judge certain tensed her to ten to 23 months in jail. in august, jury convicted kane for leaking secret grand jury information, then lying about it under oath. she posted $75,000 cash bail hours later. once she was out, kane discovered a ticket on her car for a parking violation. >> four teens under arrest after series of violent a

there's no substitute for it. >> reporter: general petraeus would like to see more decisive action takenria. >> i have long advocated a safe zone, no-fly zone. we crater the runways. tell the russians that if you bomb our guys, the ones we are supporting on the ground, the opposition, we are going to bomb your guys, assad's regime forces. >> join us for how we fight. it remeres 8:00 p.m. eastern. we are down to a dozen days before election day. we will see where we are, what to expect and what's out on the trail today when the panel joins me after the break. we asked people to write down the things they love to do most on these balloons. travel with my daughter. roller derby. ♪ now give up half of 'em. do i have to? this is a tough financial choice we could face when we retire. but, if we start saving even just 1% more of our annual income... we could keep doing all the things we love. prudential. bring your challenges. you're a smart saver. you find ways to stretch your dollar. so why not compare your medicare part d plan with other options? call or go online now and see how aetna medic

there's no substitute for it. >> reporter: general petraeus would like to see more decisive action takensyria. >> i have long advocated a safe zone, no-fly zone. we crater the runways. tell the russians that if you bomb our guys, the ones we are supporting on the ground, the opposition, we are going to bomb your guys, assad's regime forces. >> join us for how we fight. it remeres 8:00 p.m. eastern. we are down to a dozen days before election day. we will see where we are, what to expect and what's out on the trail today when the panel joins me after the break. >>> i think we have had enough of the clintons, in all fairness. don't you think? had enough. at what point do we say it? hillary clinton is the most corrupt person ever to seek the office of the president. >> so i hope after all north carolina has gone through with the efforts to suppress people's vote, you will turn out in the biggest numbers ever to say, no, we demand the right to vote. >> when you hear folks talking about a global conspiracy and saying that this election is rigged, understand that they are trying to get you to

general petraeus has proposed that. we need to put refugees in these areas to help recollect them and feed them -- protect them and feed them closer to home. but a no-fly area with the russians is a recipe for conflict unless we coordinate with them. the no-fly zone was the thing to do before they got there, it's not right now unless we coordinate. ashford: i think we do need the no-fly zones and we need to make it clear that we're going to aggressively enforce that against assad. against assad. and i think diplomatic efforts in geneva have stalled. i think we have to make it very clear to the russians that we are going to protect civilians in safe zones but also by enforcing a no-fly zone so that as -- assad's air force is not out in the field going after our sunni partners, but also the civilian population. and, obviously, the 250,000 people who have died and the tragedies of aleppo need to be, in my view, need to be stopped. bacon: we're going to have to coordinate with the russians on that one. it's a recipe for con

that have suffered enduring so much less including recently four-star general james cartwright, general petraeushers, perhaps finally justice will be done. [applause] with that being said, the rest of my speech is going to be so boring. should i even make the speech? we will talk about voters, right? we will talk about trade. we will bring back our jobs, we will strengthen our military and let's get going, okay? [applause] i want to thank general flynt, great general. thank you very much. just before general flynt was going up we heard this news and i said general get up there and keep them busy. we want to digest what just happened here. thank you, general. in 11 days we are going to win new hampshire. [applause] the state of my first victory and we are going to win back the white house. [applause] 75% of the american people think our country is on the wrong track and we are going to fix fx it. we are going to get our country back on the right track and very very quickly. real change begin with immediately repealing and replacing obamacare. [applause] we can't forget how big bad news is. we can

i mean, look at general cartwright and look at general petraeus.is life was destroyed for doing nothing in comparison to what is -- what this crooked person did. at the very core of my contract is a plan to bring back american jobs. we are bringing them back. [cheering] mr. trump: we are going to stop the jobs from leaving our country. we are going to start making things again in america. apple will start building factories and plants in this country and will make their products in the united states, instead of china, vietnam, and all sorts of other countries. right now we are living through the single greatest jobs theft in the history of the world. that is what has happened. they are moving to mexico. it is a highway, one lane right into mexico. they get our jobs, our factories, our plants. they get everything. they get the cash. i always say, they get the cash, we get the drugs and unemployment. not going to happen. oh, we will build a wall, don't worry about that. [chanting "build that wall!"] mr. trump: who is going to pay for the wall? that's

i mean, look at general cartwright and look at general petraeus.is life was destroyed for doing nothing in comparison to what is -- what this crooked person did. at the very core of my contract is a plan to bring back american jobs. we are bringing them back. [cheering] mr. trump: we are going to stop the jobs from leaving our country. we are going to start making things again in america. apple will start building factories and plants in this country and will make their products in the united states, instead of china, vietnam, and all sorts of other countries. right now we are living through the single greatest jobs theft in the history of the world. that is what has happened. they are moving to mexico. it is a highway, one lane right into mexico. they get our jobs, our factories, our plants. they get everything. they get the cash. i always say, they get the cash, we get the drugs and unemployment. not going to happen. oh, we will build a wall, don't worry about that. [chanting "build that wall!"] mr. trump: who is going to pay for the wall? that's

that have suffered, we're doing this so much, including a four-star general, james cartwright, general petraeus, and many others, perhaps finally justice will be done. >> in reaction to the news of additional scrutiny by the fbi, the chairman of the hillary clinton campaign john podesta released a statement, saying -- part of the statement from john podesta. >> later in the day, hillary clinton made a brief statement thees moines concerning fbi's announcement regarding the discovery of new e-mails. she -- she took a few questions from the news media. clinton: good afternoon. wordsd like to say a few and then take your questions. i have now seen director komi's letter to congress. we are 11 days out or perhaps the most important national election of our lifetimes. voting is already underway in our country. the american people deserve to get the full and complete fax immediately. saidirector himself has that he does not know whether the e-mails referenced in his letter are significant or not. i am confident that whatever they are, will not change the conclusions reached in july. therefore, it is

. >> you heard him bring up again, this is akin to general petraeus and look what he got as a result. there are a lot of differences there. he is going back to that line which he used a few months ago. thank you, sarah. let's talk this over with our panel. with me is josh, ryan, and laura coats, also a federal prosecutor. ryan lizza, the problem is the voters don't have much information at all to go on. in this letter, come acknowledges the fbi cannot assess whether or not this is significant. what are voters supposed to do with this? >> it is difficult. none of us have all the information. mort i have thought about this, i do believe it is an important principle here that the justice department has this rule, though it is not in law. it is a guideline that 60 days before an election, investigations that are politically sensitive are just not common. it has been said today that sometimes they don't even issue subpoenas, because they might leak out. this is an extraordinary circumstance in that comey, think about it, he is being told by the leadership of the justice department, includi

general petraeus and many others, perhaps finally justice will be done. [cheering] with that being said, the rest of my speech is going to it be so boring. [cheering] should iine make the speech? we will talk about borders, right? we will talk about trade. we'll bring back our job and strengthen our military and let's get going, okay. [cheering] i want to thank general flynn. he is a great general, and thank you for being here. thank you very much much. just before general flynn was coming up up, we heard this news, i said general, get up there and keep them busy. we want to digest what just happened here. in 11 days, we are going to win new hampshire! [cheering] the state of my first victory. and we are going to win back the white house! [cheering] 75 percent of the american people think our country is on the wrong track and we are going to fix it. we are going to get our country back on the right track and very, very quickly. real change with immediately repealing and replacing obama care and that is big news. that is good news. we can't forget how big

of these items where she is so guilty, he let her off the hook while other lives, including general petraeus many others have been destroyed for doing far less. this is a conspiracy against you the american people, and we can not let this happen or continue. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: this is our moment of reckoning as a society, as a civilization itself. i didn't need to do this, folks believe me. believe me. i built a great company. and i had a wonderful life. i could've enjoyed the fruits and benefits of years of successful business deals and businesses for myself and my family instead of going through this horror show of lies, deceptions, malicious attacks. who would've thought? i'm doing it because this country has given me so much, and i feel so strongly that it is my turn to give back to the country that i love. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: many of my friends and many political experts warned me that this campaign would be a journey to hell. they said that. but they are wrong. it will be a journey to heaven, because we will help so many people that are so desperately in need

and so, when admiral mullen and general petraeus came to congress and said, if you pull these people out before the fighting season is end, it puts people more at risk, that's the problem. yes, we drew 22,000 troops down last month, but the remaining troops that are there, who still have the same mission to prosecute counterinsurgency, are doing it with fewer people. that makes them less safe. v.p. biden: fighting season -- rep. ryan: we're sending fewer people out in all of these hotspots to do the same job that they were supposed to do a month ago. v.p. biden: because we turned it over -- rep. ryan: but we took 22,000 people out -- v.p. biden: -- we turned it over to the afghan troops we trained. no one got pulled out that didn't get filled in by trained afghan personnel. and he's -- he's conflating two issues. the fighting season that petraeus was talking about and former -- and admiral mullen was the fighting season this spring. that's what he was talking about. we did not -- we did not pull them out. rep. ryan: the calendar works the same every year. v.p. biden: it does work the