which his replacement will be announced to the public assuming, of course, he is confirmed the the senate, wolf. and, barbara starr, it is a little awkward also. ch chuck hagel will remain the defense secretary until ash carter is confirmed by the senate. that could take a few months, right? well, several weeks to say the least and secretary hagel continuing with his duties even as we speak, he is scheduled in the coming hours to begin an overseas trip. cnn will be with him. our own jim sciutto will be with him on that trip reporting on what hagel is doing so he is working around the clock on the war on isis, on the defense budget, on spend iing on signin orders to deploy troops. all of this. but these are things that will confront ash carter when he comes to the pentagon. the white house made the public claim it was time for a transition to new leadership.
by the facts. all five of these were senior members of the taliban, which was intertwined with al qaeda, who i know no one needs reminding on september 11th, 2001 murdered people on the american homeland and these terrorists, our young men and women, soldiers went and expended blood to capture them. they were high priority targets. we captured them and by releasing them, you know, the president made one very candid admission. he said it was quote absolutely possible that these five senior terrorists would return to actively waging war against america. we re still fighting the war. the taliban today is fighting against the men and women of our military trying to kill americans today. but possible isn t the same thing as probable. what hagel said today, what secretary hagel said today there was complete unanymorety on this
by the facts. all five of these were senior members of the taliban, which was intertwined with al qaeda, who i know no one needs reminding on september 11th, 2001 murdered people on the american homeland and these terrorists, our young men and women, soldiers went and expended blood to capture them. they were high priority targets. we captured them and by releasing them, you know, the president made one very candid admission. he said it was quote absolutely possible that these five senior terrorists would return to actively waging war against america. we re still fighting the war. the taliban today is fighting against the men and women of our military trying to kill americans today. but possible isn t the same thing as probable. what hagel said today, what secretary hagel said today there
identified. what we found our young men and women in virginia personnel it shows with the americans they treat for the world. a gap for vulnerability. america going back to v vulnerabili vulnerability. ? we are in tr retreat. the big part of that is moving america away from super power status. the most efficient way you move the u.s. to that status is gutting the military. what hagel announced waudz part of something already underway with massive budget cuts to the military. we are just getting going. we have plenty of time. we will take a break. coming up next tonight on manity. we have to pass a bill to find
for spare parts, all that was bad, but the single thing we found was the young men and women, the junior enlisted men and women were on food stamps. and it showed. reagan got it back. reagan called it the gap of vulnerability. monica is america going back to vulnerability? we are certainly in retreat, and again this is part of the fundamental transformation of the nation of which he spoke. remember, a bit part of that is moving america away from super status to also ran status. and the official way you move the u.s. to that status is by gutting the military. what hagel announced this week is something under way already with massive cuts to the u.s. military. all right, we ll take a break, we re just getting going. we ll come back, and coming up next tonight here on hannity. but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the