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Or drone, i didn t like it. that came from an attorney in the pentagon? no, that came from me. it did but it was given to me by a general. i had a long talk, he s a great general. he was, dunford did a great job. dunford is a terrific man and a terrific general. yeah. i ll be talking about iran at camp david, yeah, we have a series of meetings and more importantly a series of very well-connected phone calls. we have a great phone system up there as you know, so i ll be doing a lot of work. we may release it later. look, iran right now is an economic mess. they re going through hell. the sanctions have hit them hard. more sanctions are going to be put on, a lot more. it s hard to believe you can ....
It was given to me by a general. i had a long tialk with him,a gentleman. dunford did a great job. dunford is a terrific man and a terrific general, yeah. (inaudible) i ll be talking about iran. we have a series of meetings and more importantly, a series of very well-connected phone calls. we have a great phone system up there, as you know, so i ll be doing a lot of work. (inaudible) we may release it later. we may. look, iran right now is an economic mess. they re going through hell. the sanctions have hit them hard. more sanctions are going to be put on. a lot more. it s hard to believe you can even put on, but it s a mess. all i want is no nuclear weapons. under the horrible obama deal, he gave them 150 billion, he ....
It will on an enemy or adversary. i ve done that myself. sometimes it was preplanned and cooked. sometimes it wasn t. sometimes it was simply the result of decision making that we felt was beneficial to get that context of why we were doing what we were doing in order to affect the behavior. it s interesting. we should assume this morning because they didn t push back on the story that they re okay with all of this being out there and being reported. and my second question is, we are between acting defense secretaries. you know, we had planes in the air ready to strike iran late into the evening last night. we don t have a defense secretary. how do you think that is playing into this? so on a tactical level, i don t think it had a major effect. i mean, you got chairman dunford at the joint staff. you ve got a confident commander in tampa, general mackenzie who i ve known for years. i m not worried there were any ....
For instance, having these militias attack forces in iraq and afghanistan. the pentagon knows that. i suspect that was part of the idea to be reticent before this. admiral, we don t have a permanent defense secretary. is the department of defense such a big juggernaut it can do all this and doesn t need a defense sec stair right now? no. of course we need a defense secretary. a senate confirmed cabinet official that can have the influence and ear of the president. inside the institution too. i mean, one of the reasons why there s so many vacancies at the pentagon is nobody wants to work for an organization when they don t know who the boss is going to be from month to month. it matters strategically. did it matter tactically yesterday? i m not so sure. you ve got a very competent general dunford. you re not going to find a more sober serious officer. and both mr. esper and mr. shanahan, the incoming and ....
Iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false. the general did not take any questions. iran s revolutionary guard announced they shot down the drone after the drone crossed its borders. we do not have any intention for war with any country. but we re fully ready for war. the para military guard answers to suprethe supreme lea. iran released this video of a truck-based missile system that can fire up to 18 miles in the sky. shepard: what kind of options has the pentagon has presented to the president? we know general dunford took military options. the president gave himself and iran s leaders an out perhaps to get them to the negotiating ....