another one, four u.s. soldiers killed during ambush in niger sparking new debate on capitol hill as lawmakers were stunned to learn about the deployment. i didn t know that there was a thousand troops in niger. he didn t know there were a thousand troops in niger, did you? no, i did not. heather: i don t know whose fault that is, they should have known. some in congress calling as long as radical islamic terror is the target, congress doesn t need to sign off. secretary of state rex tillerson warning iran-backed malacias to get back out of iran after isis fight is coming to a close. the fight against daesh and isis, militias can go home. asking allies, saudi arabia and iran to join economic forces
both sides of the syria-iraq border and will be squeezed in a military vice. u.s. military officials say the aim is to make the war in afghanistan similar to the isis fight. more troops, closer to the front lines with the ability to call in air strikes and to get the taliban to the negotiating table. i d prefer not to go into those numbers right now. i have directed the chairman to put the plan together now. we have obviously been discussing this option for some time. when he brings that to me, i will determine how many we need to send in. he says a lot of this will rest with the state department. the plan is to get to the taliban in the negotiation table. shepard: what is different about the president s strategy? well, it s interesting. the centcom commander said that
what does this situation speak to in this regard. i think this is exactly what people are trying to figure out. i was in syria last week reporting on the front lines of the isis fight. and there you saw a lot of people who are fighting isis insi insi inside and you see this thread and influence going. the you talk to senior military leaders in the u.s. and what they will say is it is much easier to till a terrorist than it is to slay an idea. battling the ideology is the longest term and hardest fight. since we have the beauty of your perspective of the horror, frankly, in syria, the fact that isis is being weakened and has been so weakened on the ground, how does that translate to what we re seeing? for example, spain had been rather immune for over a decade. they had many fewer spaniards
what can you tell us on that? seven u.s. army soldiers were shot and wounded today. another insider attack by afghan forces that are supposed to be allies of the united states. this occurred in northern afghanistan where the army is training afghan forces. this comes one week after three soldiers were killed in a similar fashion. the pentagon is currently weighing a decision to deploy more american troops back to afghanistan to rollback taliban gains. secretary mattis will deliver a new plan in july which officials said will look a lot like the isis fight. the u.s. military s ramping up those strike, they dropped more bombs on the ground in afghanistan than any month since 2012. president trump before he left office cut 1500s from afghanistan. so some of these few thousand additional troops will make up the difference. thank you. julie: the president is
what can you tell us on that? seven u.s. army soldiers were shot and wounded today. another insider attack by afghan forces that are supposed to be allies of the united states. this occurred in northern afghanistan where the army is training afghan forces. this comes one week after three soldiers were killed in a similar fashion. the pentagon is currently weighing a decision to deploy more american troops back to afghanistan to rollback taliban gains. secretary mattis will deliver a new plan in july which officials said will look a lot like the isis fight. the u.s. military s ramping up those strike, they dropped more bombs on the ground in afghanistan than any month since 2012. president trump before he left office cut 1500s from afghanistan. so some of these few thousand additional troops will make up the difference. thank you.