generals who have committed treason by fighting in the confederate army against the united states of america. the biggest u.s. military base in the world, the one with the biggest military population is in fort hood in texas, named after treasonous confederate general john bell hood. but the military s most important names, the names that are designed to deliver a message sometimes subliminal, sometimes very direct are the names of weapons. the military s best names for weapons humanize the weapons. that is what they are intended to do. the gbu-43, the biggest nonnuclear bomb the united states has never, ever used until today, april 13th, 2017. the gbu-43 had to wait years for its first use. during the bush administration, it replaced the blu-82, which until then was our biggest bomb. the blu-82 was used frequently in vietnam.
there? reporter: south korea is used to these sort of crises. they happen in cycles. as recently as a few years ago. the real crisis back in 1993-94 when the peninsula was also at the brink, eventually led to talks. there is the assumption that this will take the same avenue. the other key in this is the role of china. we ve not seen the chinese leadership stepping up the way now the way they have before. so, that is being seen as significant and could be the deal breaker. live from seoul, thanks, janis. officials in afghanistan say as many as 36 suspected isis fighters were killed after u.s. forces dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb there yesterday. in fact, pentagon officials say that the gbu-43 bomb, nicknamed the mother of all bombs, was used on tunnels and caves used by the terror group in the eastern part of afghanistan. white house officials did not answer questions yesterday on what exactly led to this strike, deferring any questions to the defense department.
but the military doesn t want us to call it the gbu-43, or the moab. names are important to the military. they name their bases after war heroes, after general, including generals who have committed treason by fighting in the confederate army against the united states of america. the biggest u.s. military base in the world, the one with the biggest military population is in fort hood in texas, named after treasonous confederate general john bell hood. but the military s most important names, the names that are designed to deliver a message sometimes subliminal, sometimes very direct are the names of weapons. the military s best names for weapons humanize the weapons. that is what they are intended to do. the gbu-43, the biggest nonnuclear bomb the united states has never, ever used until today, april 13th, 2017.
you look at the president s position, where he wanted to see nato in particular evolve to, and it is moving exactly in the direction he said it was in terms of its goal of increasing the amount of participation from other member countries and having a greater focus on terrorism. something that was reinforced by the secretary general himself when he was here. i think when you look at these issues in you recognize the direction in which they are moving, they are moving in a direction the president stated very clearly. reporter: on the gbu-43 bomb, it s never been used. why did you choose this particular location, and would you say that this bomb will not be used again in a flashpoint around the world like syria, like north korea? press secretary spicer: as i noted at the beginning, i would refer you to the department of defense on the specifics. reporter: a separate matter, you mention what you see as a win as the u.n. security council.
cabinet of top-notch national security experts in general james mattis, general kelly, general mcmaster and others, and they continue to but mack provide him the best advised toe best decisions for the country, and he continues to rely on them, director mike pompeo or dn coats, they continue to give him sage advice about how to best position the united states. reporter: follow up on that, did the president simply authorize the use of this gbu-43? press secretary spicer: i m not getting into details right now. as i mentioned, i will let the department of defense handled the lead on this one. reporter: follow-up, you did not insert specifically what has changed about the ex-im ban bank. press secretary spicer: i will get back to you on that, it is a very complex issue. reporter: two questions about the budget. are you all prepared to bolt things up, we ve got a couple