right so we've just been listening to defense secretary marc asprin chairman of the joint chiefs of staff joseph dunford provide giving a media briefing there at the pentagon saying that u.s. president donald trump has approved the deployment of u.s. forces to the middle east this after the attack on saudi oil infrastructure on oil processing plants that are absolutely crucial to riyadh's oil infrastructure the finger of blame that firmly pointed at iran and so in response to this we hearing esp and dunford saying that they will apply they will provide in hans to defensive capabilities to saudi arabia and they also mention that the united arab emirates had requested similar support as well they spoke about a moderate deployment so it would not be in the fowls and but saying that really this is not the time to provide precise numbers the specific details are going to be confirmed after consultations with centcom so mike hanna joins us now he's been following this very closely and why it's very interesting that we were hearing. i think just saying towards the end of the briefing that the saudis are very m

chief of chaplains. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joseph f dunford jr. > te secretary of defense, mark ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states -- mrs.es melania trump melania trump. ♪ >> ♪ oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in a prayerful moment of silence. past. our help in ages our hope for years to come. our shelter from the stormy blast. and our eternal home. loving god, 18 years ago terrorists sought to crush and divide us. witnessed theorld true american spirit. survivors andth shed tears for people we never met. we gave thanks for the men and women who put their lives at risk in an attempt to rescue and aid total str

ryan mccarthy, acting secretary of the air force, matt donovan, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joseph dunford, and congressman mike turner. we are especially grateful to welcome the new leader of space com, general j raymond, highly respected man within the military. joined this afternoon by his wife, molly. thank you. thank you, molly. congratulations, molly. it's great. their wonderful family and several of their friends. general raymond, congratulations. so important. i know he is going to do a fantastic job. thank you very much. [applause] pres. trump: the united states combatant commands were developed to join branches of our armed forces in common cause across diverse fields of battle. each of the united states military is combatant has an area of responsibility from centcom, which oversees our mission in the middle east, to our most recent cyber com which we established last year to protect americans from the most advanced cyber threats, and also to create very, very severe and powerful offensive threats, should we need them. the dangers to our country constantly evolve, and so must we

and i think that's the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff joseph dunford there alongside him let's listen then is waging a deliberate campaign to decide as the middle east and impose costs on the international economy in recent months iran has increased its military activity through direct attacks and support to its proxies in the region in the persian gulf and gulf of oman which are vital waterways for global commerce iran has threaten the safe passage of ships by tech and commercial vessels and eve legally seizing a british oil tanker in yemen iran is perpetuating war by providing sustained financial support and advanced weapons to the who the insurgency. and on june 20th iran shot down a united states unmanned aircraft that was flying over international waters despite repeated calls from president trump to begin diplomatic talks iranian aggression continues to increase in the face of the sustained malign behavior the united states and other countries have demonstrated great restraint in hopes that iranian leadership would choose peace and reverse iran steep decline into isolatio

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford jr. >> ladies and gentlemen, the secretary of defense, dr. mark esper. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. melania trump. ♪ ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in a prayerful moment of silence. o god, our help, in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast and our eternal home. loving god, 18 years ago terrorists sought to crush and divide us. instead the world witnessed the true american spirit. we rejoiced with survivors and shed tears for people we never met. we gave thanks for the men and w

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. >> joint chiefs of staff chair general joseph dunford discussed u.s. foreign strategy at the council of foreign relations. in a conversation with david times,of the new york general dunford talked about the strategy has changed since his tenure as the joint chiefs of staff chair. this is one hour. [applause] >> thank you, richard. thanks to all of you for coming out. thanks, richard for your nice timeses of the new york columnist. general dunford, thank you so much for taking your time to do this. orm sure in the last month so in your long service, you have got a lot of demands on your time, so your willingness to come out and talk about the world here, we really appreciate. gen. dunford: i questioned my judgment when i looked at the schedule this morning. [laughter] david: at the end of the hour, you may question it again. but for different reasons. [laughter] dunford: undoubtedly. today, as youplan can see from the many cameras best year -- our plan is that the general and i will have a conversation for about 30 minutes and then open it up for questio

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. >> joint chiefs of staff chair general joseph dunford discussed u.s. defense strategy at the council of foreign relations. in a conversation with david sanger of "the new york times," general dunford talked about the strategy has changed since his tenure as the joint chiefs of staff chair. this is one hour. t chiefs of staff chair. this is one hour. [applause] >> thank you, richard. thanks to all of you for coming out. thanks, richard for your nice memories

joint chiefs of staff chair general joseph dunford discussed u.s. foreign strategy at the council of foreign relations. in a conversation with david sanger of the new york times, general dunford talked about the strategy has changed since his tenure as the joint chiefs of staff chair. this is one hour. [applause] ut the strategy has changed since his tenure as the joint chiefs of staff chair. this is one hour. [applause]

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on an oil facilities in the kingdom which affected 5% of the world's a global oil supplies general joseph dunford chairman of the joint chiefs of staff called the deployment mater. and said that it would not involve thousands of additional us troops. the us has blamed the attack on her. has denied responsibility. >>the wall street journal reports president trump urged ukraine's president to investigate joe biden's son several times. sources tell the journal trump made the request about 8 times during july phone call. and told ukraine's to work with his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. last night giuliani admitted to asking the ukrainians to investigate biden kaitlan collins reports. >>president trump's second state visit overshadowed today as he faced questions about a whistleblower's complaint he made an alarming commitment to a foreign leader just another. >>a political hack job. >>the president accused the whistleblower of being political but conceded he doesn't know who it is. >>i don't know the identity of the whistleblower i just hear it's a partisan person. he blasted the complaint as ridiculous even though he hasn't seen it. n

on oil facilities in the kingdom which affected a 5% of the world's global oil supplies, general joseph dunford. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff called the deployment moderate and said it would not involve thousands of additional us troops. the us has blamed the attack on iran but tehran has denied responsibility as he was preparing for a state dinner tonight with the australian prime minister president trump. >>was dancing around questions concerning a government whistleblower whose complaint is being buried by the president's administration and when pressed on matters by reporters the president repeatedly contradicted himself. >>all this comes as democrats raise more questions about weather. president trump cut a deal with ukraine's leaders to go after former vice president joe biden cnn's jim acosta reports tonight. >>sitting in the oval office with australia's prime minister the president struggled to get straight answers about the mysterious government official trying to blow the whistle on mister trump's interactions with a foreign leader first the president described the whistleblower as partisan. >>they should even hav

attack on oil facilities in the kingdom which affected 5% of the world's global oil supplies general joseph dunford chairman of the joint chiefs of staff called the deployment moderate instead it would not involved. thousands of additional us troops. the us has blamed the attack on iran but tehran has denied responsibility. the walk the top us general says the us will not send extra troops to syria to patrol a buffer zone along the syrian turkish quarter excuse me instead the new missions will be carried out by troops already in the country the buffer zone in northeast, syria is designed to reduce tensions with a. pardon me the turkish capital. it's a bid to prevent a military invasion into that area targeting syrian kurdish troops allied with the u s the gator general scott noman is the director of operations for the u s led military coalition fighting isis he says the patrols effort as directly linked to the mission to defeat the terror group. stockton man is back together with his best friend tonight after thinking that he might never see him again the 2 got separated when somebody stole the man's truck and his reporter sharmeen eur

of thing. here's what joseph dunford chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said about all this. >> the saudis askedes. we will take the president's decision. i will talk over the weekend. we will talk with our saudi partners and we will work the details of deployment and be able to share that with you next week. not thousands? -- >> not thousands? >> that's fair to say, not thousands. eric: here's what was also said. >> why would this be an effort to deter iran from further attacks >> we have to continually assess that. we think for now that would be sufficient. it doesn't mean there could be additional deployments as needed based on the changing situation. eric: talking about a few hundred, as you said, is that enough, or is it just enough that we are sending them as a message? >> whether it's enough or too little depends on what your objective is. i think the objective here is again reassure the saudis and also partially deter iranians or others who might strike again. they're not going to intentionally strike where there are u.s. troops stationed because that would really raise the level of conf

tonight, we are truly honored to welcome general joseph dunford, the 19th and current chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he has been chairman since 2015 and will complete his four years in the position this october. before becoming chairman, he was commandant of the marine corps and commander of the international security systems force in afghanistan, among other important assignments. over two administrations now, the term of the chairman is not coterminous with the terms of the president, he has been a studied, experienced voice to two presidents and the many around him. joining the conversation tonight author david sanger, the of a new book, cyber conflict the perfect weapon. he has written extensively on north korea and iran's nuclear program, russia, and the rise of china. hands. in good please join me in welcoming general dunford and david sanger. [applause] >> thank you, richard. thanks to all of you for coming out. thank you for your nice memories of west gelb. he was a great colleague. general dunford, thank you so much for taking your time to do this. i am sure in the last month or so of your