retired lieutenant general michael flynn: it is interesting. the military has probably become -- we are always sort of very well organized bureaucracy. we can organize ourselves, we plan very well, we do different things. and i would just tell you that -- personally, the roles should be sort of a lowercase m. it is not decisive. it should not be a decisive element. we absolutely have to go and support, you know, our friends. and, i mean, there is a lot of killing and capturing that will happen, that still needs to happen, and i would just say that i think our military is doing what they are being asked to do. i know they are very much constrained. they are not capable, they are not allowed to use the tools that they have as effective as those tools were designed to be used for. if that makes sense. that is a fact. just a fact. so, i do think that we do have able. we are sort of late to the party because this has bring ongoing for many years now. -- this has been ongoing for many years now. maybe something will change. maybe we will kill another

[applause] retired lieutenant general michael flynn: ok. let me get this gentleman and then i will try to do really quick answers here. yeah. >> carl, a retired u.s. customs agent. i was a health secure trading with iran back in 1994. i was puzzled in 2010 that we have done $100 million of trade with iran. a couple of timeline points. 1953, the u.s. destabilized the democratically elected leadership of iran. was that a mistake? and under reagan, we traded missiles with iran. i am puzzled by that in retrospect. the issue of oil -- since we have ended our obligations under the agreement, we have kind of backed our dollar with opec oil. is the real issue that for iran to be selling oil for something other than u.s. dollars undermines the dollar? for example, iraq has begun selling its oil before we invaded iraq. and wanted to sell his oil -- and oil isn't really inherently scarce. retired lieutenant general michael flynn: i am going to probably not answer all of that because of time. very thoughtful, each one. the very first thing he talked ab

general michael flynn director of the defense intelligence agency from 2012-2014.ll have that life starting at 11:30 eastern. later, president obama will address the u.s. conference of mayors annual meeting. it will focus on the economic health of the city. see the president's remarks at 5:15 eastern right here on c-span. >> here are some of our featured programs this weekend on the c-span networks. saturday night at 8:00, ruth bader ginsburg on national issues like gay rights, race relations in america and the production of a new movie about her life and career. sunday night at 6:35, a profile interview with presidential candidate ted cruz. on book tv, saturday morning at 10:00 eastern, we are life for the annual roosevelt reading festival. authors include christopher o'sullivan, harry hopkins sheila collins and molly manning. on sunday night at 9:00, the need of a sexual revolution in the middle east. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3 we are life from the gettysburg college civil war institute annual summer conference on the civil wars and an afterma

is that enough to satisfy general michael flynn.se 450, whatever we're calling, i use the word advisers is that an accurate description to the best of your knowledge? >> to the best of my knowledge, it is. we have to step back and take a look at really what is it we're trying to accomplish in the middle east. this trickle effect of sort of strategic drips, if you will just doesn't appear to be working. and as i said earlier in some testimony i made today, i was a bit surprised that the president's statements you know and waiting on the pentagon for a plan is not where it should begin. where it needs to begin is it needs to begin at the white house. the white house needs to state a clear policy strategic policy that has a long term framework that can get us to a place where we can at least create conditions for stability. i think that this addition of more troops out into the middle east is just -- it is sort of a drip effect of strategy rather than actually having a long clear policy objective we need to achieve. >> as you know bett

this issue but the person that i particularly am please who has been able to join us is general michael flynnat the end. [applause] general flynn is a lieutenant general in the air force. he stepped down as head of the defense intelligence agency last year. everyone is familiar with the cia. no one has heard of dia but the defense intelligence agency provides intelligence and analysis to the military. not -- it not only identifies military threats we face down in the future but it recommends but we need to do about them. general flynn is probably one of the two or three most well-respected senior military and foreign-policy national security analysts in the country. for decades he did not speak to the public this like being a living legend in an spell -- intelligence circles. he was known for being accurate, effective, and blunt. he was really considered one of the great national security analysts certainly of his generation. he has now emerged from the shadows and he has become one of the countries leading spokesperson -- spokesman on national security and savings in a way that everybody und

president obama's former military intelligence chief retired general michael flynn blasted a nuclear deal as wishful thinking. >> once the sanctions are lifted as we've seen since 2013, the genie's out of the bottle, and the phrase snapback sanctions that's wishful thinking. >> it's clear that the nuclear deal is not a permanent fix but merely a place holder. lou: a place holder, but not so clear apparently to the obama administration's cia director john brennan last week made a secret trip to israel. he met with prime minister netanyahu and the head of the mossad trying to persuade them to accept the agreement with a deadline of june 30th rapidly approaching, and joint chiefs of staff chairman martin dempsey showed up part of the obama white house nuclear charm squad urging israeli officials to line up with this president. in doing so, just risk israel's very existence. they're not so easily reassured. the former director of the defense intelligence agency general michael flynn warning our allies saudi arabia jordan the emirates kuwait and egypt are turning to adversaries russia and

michael flynn calls the administration's policy one of willful ignorance. catherine heritage keeping an eye on that from washington. >> reporter: the hearing today is examining the intelligence picture leading up to a potential nuclear deal with iran at the end of the month and the focus this morning is on the delivery system for a nuclear weapon and how far iran has come in what is often described as a second track for development. former head of the defense intelligence agency is laying out publicly is concerned that a deal with iran, what he describes as a high level of risk to verify any agreement with the regime in tehran. in his prepared testimony michael flynn said u.s. policy is adrift in the middle east. the obama administration is sacrificing longstanding regional partnerships to get a deal before the june '32 deadline. >> the middle east struggling to be born and if we are not careful the united states will be left out of the growth of this region and our security at home will be placed at further risk. >> reporter: a senior republican on the hou

of the panelists is the former director of the defense intelligence agency lieutenant general michael flynn. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we are going to get started here. we need a live mike. we need a live mike here. so this is yours here. i'm going to put it right here. is that on? there we go. could i get everyone's attention up here? i know lunch has you very excited. i always get excited about lunch, i know that. thank you very much. thank you all so much for being here. it's great to have this packed house for a really important event today. for those of you who don't know me my name is matt schlapp and i'm the chairman of the american conservative union and a little over a year ago i was elected chairman of this the nation's original conservative organization. we were created to unite conservatives to attain greater political and policy victories and we need them now more than ever. it has been a great honor to work with their team to help restore our financial health and reimagined this year cpac. i hope many of you are this ear cpac and to make it clear t

the former director of the defense intelligence agency general michael flynn warns our middle east allies are already reaching out to russia to help them develop their own nuclear arsenals. obama administration's policies are driving other countries into the arms of vladimir putin. in november of 2013 secretary kerry proclaimed the era of the monroe doctrine is over. the russian response was to set about establishing military bases in central and south america as quickly as possible. mr. obama increasingly looks like an isolationist. one however who is not only withdrawing american influence and power from around the world, but opening this hemisphere to the expansion of both the chinese and russian interests and power. >>> our quotation of the evening. this one from founding father alexander hamilton and fierce federalist. he said -- including vladimir putin. we're coming right back. stay with us. >>> republicans galore for 2016. two more republicans inching closer to an announcement. >>> and the high-energy folks who bring you the most extravagant death defying stunts outdoing themselve

. >> reporter: retired general michael flynn who led the defense intelligence agency until august 2014arned lawmakers the flawed strategy was fuelling a nuclear arms race with long-standing allies lining up with russia and china. >> we're going to see proliferation in the region because we just -- we took this -- we looked at this too narrowly. >> reporter: with the june 30th deadline looming, another witness said the white house was too eager to make a deal. >> the principal flaw is that we did permit iran enrichment in the first place. >> reporter: today the state department did not deny the three hotels used for the nuclear talks were targeted by a computer virus linked with israel's most sensitive intelligence operations. >> they haven't been compromised. you can't say that. >> i don't have anything more to say about this. >> reporter: by coincidence or by design in april, one day after the framework for a final deal was agreed the u.s. treasury department quietly lifted sanctions on a known nuclear proliferator stunning critics. witnesses warned today the nuclear blackéí u)qá is t

michael flynn delivered a pointed apackttack on the iran deal calling it nothing more than a place holder thinking. >> we are obtained an advance draft of the opening remarks. christen fisher is live. what should we expect to hear? >> he said obama's attempt at a nuclear deal is facing in insufficiency. he will say the timeline only makes sense if a wider reconcile is made with iran. critics are highly unsure if iran will agree much less comply with a deal and a self imposed deadline is three weeks ago. >> what about the big picture in terms of the white house strategy and the reason that is under fire? >> according to the written testimony he will blast the united states on having no policy with conflict that has no end in sight. this comes as the pentagon is putting forth a new plan in iraq calling for sending 400 troops military advisors to a new base in anbar province with the goal to train more sunni's in the fight against isis. this is only a recommendation from the pentagon. we are waiting for the final decision from the white house. >>> back to the manhunt for the two wanted kille

michael flynn participates in the panel and at 5:15 cspan will have live coverage of president obama in san francisco addressing the u.s. conference of mayors. this year's meeting focusing on the u.s. health of cities. >>> here are some of our featured programs this weekend on the cspan networks. on saturday night at 8:00 eastern, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg on national issues like gay right, race relations and the production of a new movie about her life and career. and sunday night at 6:35, a profile interview with ted cruz. on book tv on cspan 2. saturday morning at 10:00 eastern, we're live for the annual roosevelt reading festival. authors include christopher o'sullivan harry hopkins sheila collins and her book when government helped and molly manning on how books help the moral of our military in world war ii. on sunday night at 9:00 -- and this weekend on american history tv on cspan 3, we're lived from the gettysburg college war institute, saturday morning beginning at 8:30 eastern, with the university of california los angeles history professor -- on abraham li

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. >> tomorrow, a discussion about the iranian nuclear negotiations with lieutenant general michael flynn. live coverage from the american conservative union starts at 11:30 eastern. brazil's president will visit the u.s. at the end of the month. on c-span3, a discussion on u.s.-brazil relations at 9:00 eastern. here are some of our featured program this weekend. on c-span saturday at 8:00 eastern, ruth bader ginsburg on national issues like race relations in america, and a production of a movie about her life and career. sunday night at 6:35, an interview with ted cruz. on c-span2 saturday morning at 10:00 eastern, we are live for the roosevelt reading festival. authors include christopher o sullivan on roosevelt's role in world war ii. sheila hawkins, and molly manning, on how books helped morale in world war ii. sunday night at 9:00, a sexual revolution in the middle east. on american history tv on c-span3, we are alive for the gettysburg conference on the city wars -- civil war's aftermath. beginning at 8:30 eastern. at 11:00, abraham holter. on saturday morning, we continue coverage

. >> lieutenant general michael flynn is set to testify before the house foreign affairs committee.rs that the white house has no clear policy on issues from iraq to syria to the iran nuclear battle all of which could put american security at risk. >> that's huge. because he insinuated that with us about a month ago. 2016 republican hopefuls are making their own stance on foreign policy. kristen fisher joins us right now from washington. >>> between russia isis the recent cyber attacks from china, foreign policy is sitting front and center on the campaign trail. jeb bush is on day two of a six-day trip to europe with stops in poland germany, and estonia. bush used the location to say what he would do as president to stop aggression from russia. he said unlike president obama he would confront vladimir putin. >> who can doubt that russia will do what it pleases if aggression goes unanswered? our alliance our solid dart and our actions are essential if we want to preserve the fundamental principles of our international order. >> jeb bush is hoping his european turp -- tour will help b