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Control of foreign policy. they dont expect a strong personality to be nominated. i hear veteran secretary robert willky. on the short list. a low key person. they think its bolton. he has a bit of a tense relationship with the president at the moment. secretary pompeo driving lt discussions on iran along with president trump. and the pentagon is not expecting the coming year or two to be a major force on the front. >> shanahan came from boeing. and while mark the army secretary running the pent...

Itself out with regards to leadership on this acting basis. they dont have permanent people being appointed to these positions. and very frankly, if youre secretary of defense, the reality is if youre just acting its viewed as a temporary position. and you have to make important judgments, you have to deal with the military who are all career individuals. youve got to be able to develop strategy. youve got to speak with one voice. youve got to ultimately face the president of the united states a...

He is a great patriot and i want to personally thank him for his service. mick mulvaney is a guy who we see fairly often here at the white house. obviously he has served in the number of capacities for this administration and now it appears he will be serving in yet another, at least, on an acting basis as we get more information and perhaps some sound, ill pass it along. but now back to you. >> kevin, thank you so much. mika brzezinski coming under fire for using a homophobic slur earlier this ...

Override law, there is law against torture, but somehow george w. bush could order people tortured. let me read from the a.g.s statements, he said the courts are supposed to be the inferior branch of our three branchs of government. i got to tell you notwithstanding russia and everything else, it is wild to see a lawyer now leading the justice department, even on an acting basis, who says that when we all know everyone knows the supreme court is a co-equal branch which also has the last word on ...

Theories the idea of president on near own can make law, override law, there is law against torture, but somehow george w. bush could read people tortured. let me read from the ags statements, he said the courts are supposed to be the inferior branch of our three branchs of government. i got to tell you not withstanding russia and everything else, it is wild to see a lawyer now leading the justice department even on an acting basis who says that when we all know everyone knows the supreme court ...

John conyers in michigan, there are examples, megan berry in nashville, the mayor of nashville, there are democrats -- al franken resigned his office amid allegations, youre right, kate, there is a tendency to tabulate, there is this -- we have these eight versus these five. im a political reporter. i get it. there is political scoring that goes on. i just -- as a human i wish that we did less of that and we could say, look, there is -- lets say there is eight over here and ten over here, thats ...