Of defeating jihad, why we fight. And most racially, the war for americas soul. The aand most recently. In your 2018 book, why we fight, you write the most significant threats we face today to not emanate from the world of nonstate actors. They come from old nationstate adversaries who have seemingly learned from the change wrought at the end of the 20th century and to understand the only way to defeat us is by using irregular or indirect means of attack. Could the assassination of general solar fit into that theory . It could because of who he was his official title. Thanks to having me on the show. He was the shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in a regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle for you face off in combat and everything is aboveboard and you know where everybody is. This isnt the battle of the bulge or the first gulf war. He used proxy forces including in the u. S. And the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage warfare by using means that th
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Outrageous comments from President Trumps nominee to lead the department of homeland security. Kirsten haglund says americans owe it to immigrant children to find a solution to daca. The battle over tax cuts. Senate republicans today unveiling their tax plan, legislation very different from the house version that passed out of Committee Earlier today. Now the hard work begins. Reconciling the measures if they are passed by both houses of congress. Mike emanuel with our report. The amendment is agreed to. Tax reform has taken a critical step in the house passing the ways and Means Committee 2416. We know we have more work yet to be done. But this is an historic step and we look forward to sending this bill to the house and ultimately to the president s desk this year. Reporter finance chairman orrin hatch rolled out a that republican thanks reform plan. The house would partially repeal state and local deductions, still allowing up to 10,000 for property taxes while the senate would tota