categories. i suspect that we ll have further opportunities in the future and we re going to avoil ourselves. can you clarify the rules of engagement. it s my understanding the special operations commander on the ground when they fired to come to their defense entered call compounds in the middle of a fire fight. they can do it in self-defense. they can do it when their partners come under fire as well. if so, how would that i wonder if you think the president is being misleading when he says the u.s. forces are not this combat? let me explain what happened in this particular event. the plan was not for the u.s. add vvise and assist and
categories. i suspect we ll have future opportunities in the future. can you clarify the rules of engagement? it s my understanding that the special operations commander made a decision and entered a compound in the middle of a fire fight. they can do it in self-defense. they can do it when partners come under fire as well. if so, how is that not combat? i wonder if you think the administration is being misleading when he says u.s. forces are not in combat? let me explain what happened in this particular event. everything i know about this incident was that as the compound was being stormed, the plan was not for the u.s. advise
opportunities in the future and we re going to avail ourselves of them. jim? thank you, mr. secretary. can you clarify the rules of engagement? because it s my understanding that the special operations commander on the ground made a decision when the kurdish partners came under overwhelming fire to come to their defense. entered the middle of the fire fight over a walled compound. they can do it in self-defense, when the partners come under fire, as well? if so, how s that not combat? i wonder if you think the president, the administration is misleading saying that u.s. forces are not in combat. no. we have let me tell you, explain what this, what happened in this particular event. again, this is based upon the reporting that we have now, jim. but everything i know about this incident was that as the compound was being stormed, the plan was not for the u.s. advise and assist and accompanying
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reporter: the former head of joint special operations commander stanley mcchrystal weighed in during an interview with yahoo! news. well, we don t leave americans behind. that is unequivocal. there will be a lot of discussion on whether the mechanism for getting sergeant bergdahl was right and i ll leave it to people to argue that. reporter: this issue is a long way from settled. the closed door senate meeting was held in the hope the administration could tamp down some of the criticism for the prisoner swap but among those senators we heard from afterward it did not appear the white house was able to change any minds. joe johns, thank you so much and starting us off this morning. continue our coverage. we are learning the white house isn t just dealing with blowback from bergdahl s release but it prepared for the criticism but officials tell cnn the attacks on bergdahl himself and his family caught the administration by surprise. cnn s jim acosta is traveling with the presiden