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Clearly, mikhail gorbachev was a different kind of russian leader, blazing new paths and building new bridges for the west could reagan keep up with gorbachev. >> hes younger, smarter, better read, traveled to the west. more willing to engage in argument, but hes also the last true believer. bret: a true believer in marxist-leninist ideology that held communism would bury the west. and while soviet central casting ordered up a new style leader, the wardrobe department didnt get the memo. >> gorb...

Will lose it. >> colin powell, then chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, believed in exerting maximum power on the ground so that you wouldnt be fighting a prolonged war, that this would be quick, decisive. it became known as the powell doctrine. >> the ground war started this morning as the americans and their allies attack with massive fire power that shook the earth. >> were about 15 1/2 hours into a ground war that from all of the sketchy reports that were receiving is going well. so far t...

>> hugh sloan, he was right out of republican central casting. clean cut, seemed to always have a shirt and tie on. but he was troubled because he was the one who was giving out the money. >> i was fine with everything up to the point i was directed to give cash to specific individuals. >> sloan would soon learn that some of the campaign money raised by the re-election committee had found its way into the hands of the watergate burglars. >> the key was the money and finding these people who cont...

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>> he was central casting. >> no, but theyre central casting. >> these are central casting. >> oh, central casting. >> and he is central casting, do we agree? central casting. >> rex tillerson was someone trump described as central casting. that is until last week when he called him lazy and dumb as a rock. we know people who arent central casting in his mind. john boltons mustache was reportedly a factor in trumps decision not to maim him secretary of state. janet yellen was a problem at the fe...

Central casting. >> rex tillerson was someone trump described as central casting. that is until last week when he called him lazy and dumb as a rock. we know people who arent central casting in his mind. john boltons mustache was reportedly a factor in trumps decision not to maim him secretary of state. janet yellen was a problem at the federal reserve because she wasnt tall enough. so as he looked for a new chief of staff, the president settled on 36-year-old chief of staff to vice president mi...

So theyre back to the drawing board and there is a number of names, some of which are familiar, you know, and some of which are new like matt whitaker, for instance, who may be in the running for the job, but its going to be really hard to fill this position after seeing what happened to the presidents first two chiefs of staff. >> trump always talked about my generals, he would call them my generals and it was so important to him to hire generals. you have a piece on nbcnews.com about how the g...

All of that taken together, yes, there are those who are making that suggestion. >> julia, nick ayers taking over an office like this, its very much a white house in turmoil. hes going to be taking on a lot. hes also a political operative, a washington insider. we know president trump has always tried to distance himself from washington insiders, drain the swamp. talk to us about what nick ayers is really taking on here. >> thats an interesting point. when the president came on, he campaigned on...

He is not drawn to the diminutive. hes drawn to the opposite of that. looks and bearing tend to matter to him in ways that allow him to overlook a lot of substance. so here is this guy, whitaker, who looks like he could start at right guard with any number of of nfl teams. >> and he was a star football player in college. so he is very much out of central casting. and this is a president who goes for people who have a certain look. and hes someone who goes with his gut. he really moves and makes ...

Political friend and i lally fr iowa but also happens to be a witness in the mueller probe. the other piece of this is people in the justice department dont feel hes qualified for this job, that he simply doesnt have sort of the qualifications and experience to be the attorney general. hes not been before senate confirmation. theres a question out there about the constitutionality of even having him as the acting attorney general, given that hes not been senate confirmed. he was a staffer, a chi...