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Post. He recently traveled to Northern Syria and iraq with the command of the u. S. Central command, i am pleased to have him on the program. Welcome. David thank you. Charlie tell me about the trip and what you saw. This, as you suggested, the first time a centcom commander has done this in six years. David this is a very unusual opportunity for me and three other reporters to travel with the general, the commander of centcom, in that role as overall supervision of the war in syria and iraq against isis. This is the First Time Since i think 2010, roughly, that a centcom commander has taken press with him. Under general austin, a predecessor, that was out. They did not want the press tagging along. He decided the American Public needs to know more about the wars, if people are going to understand and support them, so he decided to take us a long, not just to baghdad or kurdistan, but into syria. We were not allowed to disclose where we were going. We were not allowed to file anything u
Syria and iraq with the command of the u. S. Central command, i am pleased to have him on the program. Welcome. David thank you. Charlie tell me about the trip and what you saw. This, as you suggested, the first time a centcom commander has done this in six years. This is a very unusual opportunity for me and other reporters to travel with the general, the commander of centcom, in that role as overall of the war in syria and iraq against isis. This is the First Time Since i think 2010, roughly, that a centcom commander has taken press with him. Under general austin, a predecessor, that was out. They did not want the press tagging along. He decided the American Public needs to know more about the wars, if people are going to understand and support them, so he decided to take a salon, not just take us along, not just to baghdad or kurdistan, but into syria. We were not allowed to disclose going. E were we were not allowed to file anything until we had gotten out of the country, and we we
Really are not part of normal political conversation. I asked him in our interview about the 1993 death of vince foster, the former white house attorney just to see where he was on that, he said it was very suspicious, fishy, he said he wont make a central case in his campaign about it, but its striking we have a republican, Major Party Nominee who edges toward consideration with some of these things. Rose we continue with a streetcar named desire, starring gillian anderson, ben foster and vanessa kirby. It certainly feels insurmountable. It feels impossible. Until you get your rhythm in it, if the play can sit on your shoulders and you are under it and it is a terrifying feeling. Rose accompanying and leading general to syria and iraq, bob costa on donald trump, and a streetcar named desire when we continue. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following. Rose we begin this evening with the fight against i. S. I. S. , an operation to recapture the city of fallujah led by iraqi
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