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>> senator, i learned about this memo. i think you shared it with me. i was unaware of that. i promise ill work alongside you to get you that information. if its a classified version of it, you have a right as a member of the legislative branch. ill work to get you that. if its an unclassified version, well work to achieve that as well. >> excellent. thank you. >> before i turn to senator young, so then specifically, a surgical strike against, lets use the last one that occurred with 59 tomahawk...

Picture of what bolton and pompeo are going to be focusing in on their recommendations to the president. >> what are you hearing from the white house on both how pompeo is doing and any plans for syria? >> well, i have been in the west wing. this is all through the different offices on television and favorable comments about the way he has possessed himself and responded. also important to remember mike pompeo, unlike prior cia directors, spent part of every day with the president, just about ev...

Diplomacy although as the washington post points out they frequently do. >> and back here in the u.s. bob corker of tennessee made this surprising comment about his vote for last years tax bill during a senate budget committee yesterday. >> this congress and this administration likely will go down as one of the most fiscally irresponsible administrations in congress that weve had. youve talked about the cost of this tax bill and if it ends up costing what has been laid out here, it could well be...

Lawmaker is calling this one of the most fiscally irresponsible administrations and congresss ever. were back in a moment. thatll crack this case wide open! turns out the prints at the crime scene- awwwww...did mcgruffy wuffy get a tippy wippy? im serious! we gotta move fast before- whos a good boy? is him a good boy? erg...im just gonna go. oh, you wanna go outside? you gotta go tinky poo-poo? i already went, ok? in the bathroom! as long as people talk baby-talk to dogs, you can count on geico ...

Thank you. theres no one who came better prepared and always looking for a creative answer and the diligence he pursued is something i admired about his work in the house. i know that continued. i have one request that is very important to me. as secretary of state, kansas will have no greater authority over water than they do right now. any way, we wont get into water fights between colorado and kansas. i would like to submit for the report consent to submit a letter written by former senior go...

Largely -- not entirely but largely because of the tax cuts, take a listen to republican senator bob corker. he said, quote, this congress and this administration likely will go down as one of the most fiscally irresponsible administrations in congress that weve had. do you disagree. >> i do disagree. if you look at the projections and ive seen them from cbo, i was a budget chair and we knew we would have pressure on deficit hitting because of the baby boomers anden titlement which is two-thirds...

>> no, and i think thats an absolutely ridiculous question. [ overlapping speakers ] were moving on. >> its not ridiculous. >> why did you ask that question? >> why did i ask the question? first of all, after 21 years, ive watched -- ive been there for various issues, to include monica lewinsky and the impeachment of bill clinton. around issues like this, and when presidents are in the throes of issues of people talking impeachment or investigations or things of that nature, and the turmoil that...

Story. these multiple hundreds, apparently come of requests came between november and january. that is a very short. lack of time in between the two administrations, during this transition process. apparently, to undermined in some cases the incoming administration. i think if nikki haley, the u.s. ambassador under trump, were doing something similar about it and coming democratic administration, they would be some hot questions asked about the left. its also strange that ms. powers a position w...

Against. >> this congress and this administration likely will go down as one of the most fiscally irresponsible administrations and congress as we have heard speak without confession after the congressional budget office chief said the bill will cost deficits to grow by $4 trillion over the next ten years. corker is not the only one flummoxed by the 1-2 punch of the forecast. the presidents new economic chief is sending congress a package to return back to what it budgeted last month. >> we are ...

That bashar al-assad can withstand a strike. what we trying to do with the strike? are we sending a message or do we have a sense of where we want syria to go what our interests are. it seems to me that you can do a military attack very easily, but the real question is what is your desired effect. having a desired effect requires not just the strike but a strategy and a follow-up and a goal. im not sure that all of those pieces have been line up yet. >> shepard: theres seven or seven wars going ...