WE’RE STILL GETTING TO KNOW A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES SEEKING STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICE IN NOVEMBER. IN THE CONTEST TO TAKE ON JEANNE SHAHEEN A LOT OF REPUBLICANS HAVE THEIR EYE ON RETIRED GENERAL DON BOLDUC. HE’S OUR GUEST ALONG WITH HIS SERVICE DOG VICTOR. THERE IS THIS PESKY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY THAT S-- SUCKED UP A LOT OF THE ATTENTION. YOU’RE GOING TO BE UNVEILING A COMPACT WITH YOU HAVE TO. TELL US WHAT VOTERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOU. >> RIGHT. SO , ON MONDAY, TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A KICKOFF TOUR. THAT TOUR IS GOING TO BE IN WINDHAM. AND I’M GOING TO UNVEIL WHAT I THINK IS USUALLY IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. CONTINGENT -- CONSTITUENT SUPPORT, NUMBER ONE, PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION NUMBER TWO. BITE DOWN -- BUY OUR SPENDING AND DEATH IN DEFICIT WHICH IS A HUGE PROBLEM IF WE DO NOT GET FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN PLACE. AND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL DEFENSE. HUGELY IMPORTANT, SAFETY AND SECURITY OF AMERICANS. ADAM: WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO CUT? WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO GET THE DEFICIT, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE GO TO WASHINGTON, THEY END UP INCREASING THE DEFICIT NOT DECREASE IT. >> OUR GOVERNMENT IS WAY TOO BI-- TOO BIG. IT INTERFEREST WITH OUR COMMUNITIES GETTING THE JOB DONE. ACROSS THE BOARD. IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. WE NEED TO LESSEN WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING. WE NEED TO DO BROAD AND DEEP CUTS. WE NEED TO REFORM OUR GOVERNMENT ALONG THE LINES OF REFORMING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IN HOMELAND SECURITY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRIVATIZE TSA. TSA, HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE AIRPORT LATELY? 95% OF WHAT THEY DO IS UNNECESSARY, WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. THE PROCESSES ARE SUCKING MONEY OUT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY BY PRIVATIZING, COMPETING IT. THE SECURITY WILL BE MORE FOCUSED AND WE WILL GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF AIRPORTS QUICKER. THEY WILL BE HAPPIER. IT IS A FRUSTRATING PROCESS. WE HAVE TO BE VIGILANT ON SECURITY. I GET THAT. BUT WE CAN PRIVATIZE IT. IT WORKS VERY EFFECTIVELY AND IT SAVES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT A LOT OF MONEY. ADAM: YOUR. BACKGROUND IS MILITARY AND THAT IS NONPARTISAN A VERY ATTRACTIVE THING FOR CANDIDATES IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF FIELDED TO THE CONSTITUTION RATHER THAN PARTY BUT WASHINGTON IS SO PARTISAN. IT’S ALMOST LIKE PEOPLE WANT TO SEND THE MOST ACTIVE PARTISAN FIGHTER DOWN THERE. HOW CAN YOU CONVINCE REPUBLICANS YOU WILL BE THE GUY, THAT CONSERVATIVE THAT IS NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOCRATS? >> MY 33 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE AND THE FACT THAT I STOOD UP AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE MILITARY IN 2013 AND 2014 WHEN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO CHANGE THE STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN, I WAS ONE OF THE FEW GENERAL OFFICERS IF NOT THE ONLY GENERAL OFFICER THAT STOOD UP AND SAID, LISTEN, WE HAVE 80% OF AFGHANISTAN’S SECURITY IN THE RURALS AREAS, THE TALIBAN IS ON RUN. WE NEED TO STICK WITH THIS STRATEGY. IF WE GIVE UP, IT IS GOING TO REVERSE CASUALTIES ARE GOING TO GO UP. WHAT DID WE DO? WE CHANGE THE STRATEGY AND CASUALLY SWING -- AND CASUALTIES WENT UP. NOW WE ARE IN THE SITUATION WE ARE IN IN, YOU KNOW, IN AFGHANISTAN. SO, I’VE STOOD UP AS A GENERAL OFFICER ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT I WORKED FOR AND I SERVED. SO KNOW I CAN DO THAT IN THE SENATE AND I CAN DO IT EFFECTIVELY. THAT GODT ME A FOUR YEAR TOUR IN AFRICA BUT THAT WAS OK BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT AFRICA IN THE INSTABILITY IN AFRICA AND THE INSECURITY THAT THAT PRESENTS FOR OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR PARTNERS IN AFRICA AND EUROPE. THE MIDDLE EAST. ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA. ALL TOUCHING AMERICA. I CAN GO DOWN THERE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ADAM: YOU MENTIONED YOUR SERVICE IN AFRICA WHICH I BELIEVE YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE EBLOA OUTBREAK WAS HAPPENING -- THE EBOLA OUTBREAK WAS HAPPENING. WHAT ARE SOME LESSONS YOU CAN APPLY TO THE CORONAVIRUS? >> I WAS THE LEAD GENERAL OFFICER ON BEHALF OF GENERAL RODRIGUEZ, THE AFCOM COMMANDER AND PUTTING TOGETHER OUR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY IN OUR RESPONSE TO THAT. AND SO, HEY, THE FIRST THING IS BEING PREPARED TO PREVENT THE WORST OUTCOME. WE HAD BEEN PREPARED FOR THAT. WE CONSTANTLY WATCH PANDEMICS, WE CLOSELY WATCH MILLER, -- WATCH MALARIA AND EBOLA. WE WERE PREPARED TO STEP FORWARD, BRING TOGETHER A REGIONAL RESPONSE, WORK WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT. SET UP A TASK FORCE IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE. BRING UP THE AWARENESS, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, BRING -- TAKE AWAY THE FEAR FACTOR AND ALLOW THE GOVERNOR’S TO PROTECT THEIR STATES AND MAKE DECISIONS IN A VERY DECENTRALIZED WAY. AND I THINK ALL OF THAT TOGETHER FOCUSING, ON THE AFRICANS AND WHAT THEY UNDERSTOOD FOCUSING ON THE REGIONAL ISSUES, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THE KITS. HEY, NOT EVERYBODY HAS ALL OF THE KITS. YOU JUST GET MORE KITS. THAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO DO BUT YOU HAVE A RESERVE AND YOU HAVE TO BUILD UP THAT RESERVE. WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING IS PRUDENT. WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS DOING IS PRUDENT. LEADERS TO KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED. AND DO THE NEXT RIGHT THING. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. ADAM: WHEN YOU ARE IN AFRICA YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF SPECIAL FORCES. A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE NOT UNDERWEAR OF THE EFFORT TO PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACKS AND STOP SOME OF THESE ATTACKS BEFORE THEY GROW. ON THE FLIPSIDE YOU HAVE A LOT OF VOTERS SAYING THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT BE ON EVERY CONTINENT TRYING TO STOP, BEING MILITARILY INVOLVED, POTENTIALLY TAKING LIVES, PUTTING AMERICAN LIVES AT RISK. IS THAT A NECESSARY FORCE, OR SHOULD WE PULL BACK FROM THINGS LIKE THAT? >> GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. MOST OF MY SERVICE IN THE MILITARY HAS BEEN IN WAR, MOST OF MY SERVICE HAS SEEN DESTRUCTION, HAS SEE DEATH. IT HAS ALSO SEEN A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND THE GOOD THINGS WE CAN DO BUT WE HAVE A TENDENCY IN OUR GOVERNMENT TO PUSH THE MILITARY EASY BUTTON. . THESE REQUIRE GOVERNANCE OF APPROACHES AND AFRICA IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF LEADING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, MEETING WITH OUR AFRICAN COUNTRIES, HAVING VERY SMALL FOOTPRINTS OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES THERE TO WORK THROUGH, WITH AND BY OUR PARTNERS, USING DIPLOMACY FIRST, POLITICS SECOND, ECONOMICS THIRD, THEN BUILDING A CAPABILITY SO THEY CAN FIGHT THE VIOLENT EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS. BECAUSE THERE IS 14 OF THEM THERE. THERE ARE A DANGER TO AMERICA AND A DANGER TO EUROPE. WHAT IS GOING ON IN MALI, THE FRENCH BELIEVE IS THE FRONT LINE OF THE WAR ON TERROR. UP NORTH, THE BRITS, THE DUTCH, THE GERMANS, THAT IS THEIR FRONT LINE. REFUGEE ISSUE SPIRIT WE HAVE TO STABILIZE THAT. -- THE REFUGEE ISSUE. WE HAVE TO STABILIZE THAT. THE MILITARY HAS A ROLE. IT IS NOT A SOLUTION. WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE SENATE, 33 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE, A GREATER PUNISHMENT -- GREAT APPRENTICESHIP TO DRIVE THE RIGHT RESPONSE AND FORCE A CONFERENCE OF SOLUTION. ADAM: THE PRESIDENT MADE THE AIRSTRIKE AGAINST SOLEIMANI, THIS WAS A DECISION THAT ENDED UP IN. THE POLITICAL REALM PRETTY QUICKLY THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY GOING ON. IN RESPONSE THE PRESIDENT CAME OUT AND SAID, WE HAVE SOME AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS INJURED. THEY HAD 11 MEMBERS AIRLIFTED SOME WHICH ARE MEDICALLY INJURED. HE DESCRIBED THE INJURIES AS HEADACHES AND SAID I DO NOT CONSIDER THEM SERIOUS. YOU HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS, IN THE TBI. WERE YOU DISAPPOINTED AT ALL IN THE PRESIDENT’S WORDS? >> I WASN’T DISAPPOINTED. WE DO CONTINUE TO INFORM PEOPLE AND GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE PROBLEM IS. DRAMATIC BRAIN INJURY CAN BE AS SEVERE AS ANY PHYSICAL INJURY. AND WE HAVE ACROSS OUR SOCIETY TODAY A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, AND WE CONTINUED TO STIGMATIZE IT. WHAT I DID TO THAT RESPONSE OF THE PRESIDENT WAS OFFER HIM MY HELP AND MY EXPERTISE, WHICH I WILL DO AS A CENTER, TO -- AS A SENATOR TO INFORM. WHAT DID THAT RESULT IN? THAT RESULT IN HIS SENIOR ADVISOR FOR BRAIN HEALTH CALLING ME UP AND ASKED ME TO PARTICIPATE THIS SUMMER IN A NATIONAL CONFERENCE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE. COMING TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER, INFORMING PEOPLE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE CAN HELP OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AND OUR VETERANS DEAL WITH THIS MENTAL INJURY. ADAM: IN TERMS OF AFGHANISTAN, IT IS TIME FOR THE MILITARY TO GET OUT. >> YES. I’VE BEEN ADVOCATING THAT EVER SINCE I HEARD CANDIDATE TRUMP SAY THAT. WE DO NOT HAVE A STRATEGY THAT SUPPORTS ANOTHER BODY BAG. HAVING SAID THAT WE NEED TO TRANSITION CAREFULLY, DO IT THOUGHTFULLY. FIRST THING WE NEED TO MAKE A POINT IS THE MEN AND WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN THAT HAVE SERVED THERE FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS HAVE DONE THE JOB. THEY’VE DONE IT WITH HONOR AND THEY HAVE DONE IT WITH INTEGRITY AND THEY HAVE MADE AMERICA PROUD. THAT’S THE FIRST POINT WE NEED TO MAKE. WE HAVE BROUGHT THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND THEIR MILITARY AND THEIR POLICE AS FAR AS WE CAN BRING THEM. IT’S TIME TO BRING OUR MILITARY HOME. TIME TO FOCUS ON THE REAL THREAT WHICH IS A COUNTERTERRORISM THREAT OF ISIS AND AL QAEDA. IT’S TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GAIN REGIONAL STABILITY WITH INDIA, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, UZBEKISTAN. IRAN. WE HAVE TO START THINKING RECENTLY I-- REGIONALLY. THE MILITARY HAS A ROLE NOW IN AFGHANISTAN. IT’S SMALL. WE NEED TO STOP ADVISING AND DOING THE JOB FOR THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND THE AFGHAN MILITARY AND POLICE. LET THEM DO THEIR JOB AND FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT THEY WANT. NOW, THE TALIBAN AND HAS BEEN IN THAT GOVERNMENT SINCE 2004. THEY HAVE AN OFFICIAL POLITICAL PARTY. TALIBAN AND THE GOVERNMENT ISNT’T NEW. A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE NOT AWARE OF THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THAT. THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, AFGHANS HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT, NOT AMERICANS AND NOT 37 OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. ADAM: GENERAL