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Syria division will be an elongated in a way that helps us protect our honor to our comrades in arms. its a presidents prerogative to make these wartime decisions but we think we want them to be made and wound down in a sensible way so we can make our commitments. and at the russians and iranians dont come in behind us. im so glad president trump went, it means a lot for morale and a lot for the country. >> a lot of them were frustrate frustrated. im talking about republican members of congress....

Vladimir putin. because the powers that benefit from this are number one, iran, but number two russia. and i cannot help but think that that is related to his very weird, very uncertain relationship with vladimir putin, who is benefiting hugely from the chaos in our government, from trumps foreign policy, from his attacks on our allies. this is exactly what the russians have wanted for years. confusion, chaos, an america that is not willing to stick to its commitments, willing to turn on the kur...

2017 was if you dont do everything immediately, well go to war. and the extreme right now is to basically forgive the north koreans almost everything to show that his diplomacy is working. and so what hes lost is the happy medium and the north koreans recognize that he is unlikely to go to war with them and unlikely to really press the north koreans to fulfill the commitments that the president believes he set in singapore and to fulfill many human rights commitments, which is really what the wa...

President blistering the chairman of the fed. rotating a guy who has 85% approval president pentagon general mattis. as well as a trade war with china. these are all things that are causing people to say i cannot believe all these things are happening at once. >> brian, i ask you this, chaos assumes disorder. disorder assumes uncertainty. what were you not certain about? i mean, seriously did donald trump not run on this stuff? you dont have to agree with it, thats fine. you are all smart folks ...

That hes making. and the events of this last week were just another example of that, whether its sudden announcement of withdrawal in syria or the turmoil with his staff. hes just so erratic. so what i think youre seeing around the country is people who voted for him have begun to reassess him. and folks understand that we need different leadership and the sooner we get that the better. >> im just curious. on policy, would you have troops in syria right now if you were president? >> i think that...

Voted for him have begun to reassess him. and folks understand that we need different leadership and the sooner we get that the better. >> im just curious. on policy, would you have troops in syria right now if you were president? >> i think that many folks recognize that it was time for us to pull out of syria. however, heres the thing. once youre there, you have to make sure that you have a plan for your operations there and also for your withdrawal. so im not a big fan of the commitments amer...

To republican liberty. of course the point would be driven home after world war ii and after the korean war by president eisenhower who said we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the military industrial complex. now im not here tonight to say we shouldnt work with other countries, of course we do and we should and we should live up to our commitments to help our allies. but were not in a financial position to rev up the team american police ...

But i want to say the human cost, 800,000 federal employees and contractors involved who over christmas holiday wont get paid. lot going paycheck to paycheck. >> we did a fact check, theres a delay in processing, still get paychecks over holiday but not down the line if there is a shutdown. >> get the paychecks for the previous period but not for this time. for a lot of them already made commitments based on what they expect will happen. contractor for the federal government, may not get the mon...

Doesnt undermain ine it and be moderating force for president trump and understands when we make commitments to partners, like the syrian defense force, that we hold true to those commitments, someone who supports our soldier and not advising the president against military parades, against dubious missions like sending ak du -- active duty to the border. >> you have a long list. thank you for your time. coming up, richard lui is up next. lui is up next

I know you and your background. you served in the military. youre on the armed services committee. how do you respond to the resignation this week and reprimanding the president as he resigned of the secretary of defense and the other generals that have left this administration? what does that say to you as a military man and a member of armed services committee? >> i certainly have a lot of concerns. that resignation by secretary mattis was a clear rebuke of president trumps world view. or quit...