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Thank you. why? because we think theres been emission creep, we think there are things outside their core function. we think theres room for savings. a couple facilities be combined and cost savings from that. this comes back to the presidents business person view of government. if you take over as a ceo and look at this on a spreadsheet and say, why do we have -- why do we have seven when we can do the same with three, wont that save money? yes. part of your answer is focusing on efficiencies a...

The soft power. theres a deliberate attempt here to send a message to our allies and our friends like india and adversaries with other countries, shall we say. this is a hard power budget. this administration tends to change course from a soft power budget to a hard power budget. thats a message that our adversaries and allies will take. ill take more. yes, maam. >> explain more about what message the trying to send by eliminating a lot of funding for science and climate change research. just to...

First candidate. we now have an america first president, and we have an america first budget. the president believes in diploma diplomacy, we believe this budget protects that core function of the state department. >> when the presidents credibility is down, should the united states be retracting from its role abroad? im joined by the round table. former state department spokes american, mark jacob sell, senior fellow with the pell center. and normer secretary of defense. i dont really like the ...

Attempt to send a message to our allies and friends, such as india, our adversaries, this is a hard power budget. this administration tends to change course from a soft power budget to a hard power budget. thats a message our adversaries and our allies would like. ill take one more. yes, maam. >> can you explain a little more about what message the president is trying to send by eliminating a lot of funding for science and climate change? >> a couple different messages. when we talk about scienc...

>> what does it mean as -- the national security council is in some ways for people inside the government so central and so important. to people outside the government it seems obscure. what does it mean for american security and preparedness to have this level of turnover, dysfunction in that core function of the white house? >> since world war ii, the national security council has become the central place where presidential decision making with regard to foreign and security policy takes place...

Us domestically like chaos. >> youre right, chris, i was just in paris and in paris i was meeting with germans, french, british, belgians, and i got to tell you, the degree of concern in their minds about where america is going, where its headed, who its being led by, what its policies are is as deep as ive seen it in some 45 years of working with european allies. its serious. >> what does it mean as -- the national security council is in some ways for people inside the government so central and...

You actually have been forced to learn some things that are going to be essential to your job. and its a pretty unique situation. this is the biggest business in the world. and we dont even make decisions timely. were still working on last october 1sts spending billings. there are things that have to be changed and some of them youll be in a position to do. ive been impressed with the knowledge youve already shown with this committee on different things that most of us have never had any experie...

Learn some things that are going to be essential to your job. and its a pretty unique situation. this is the biggest business in the world and we dont even make decisions timely. were still working on last october 1sts spending bills. there are a lot of things around here that have to change and some of them youre going to be in a position to do and ive been really impressed with the knowledge that youve already shown with this committee on different things that most of us have never had any exp...

This stuff? >> he drained a swamp with alligators and replaced it with equally dangerous snakes. we have the billionaire corps, we have people placed in charge of agencies that they dont believe in the basic core function of the agency, and weve got people who have been connected in politics for years and years. weve got operatives. no, he hasnt drained the swamp at all. if anything, hes just exchanged the dangerous creatures in the swamp. yeah, i think his base and his supporters will give him ...

>> from yabbly to poachable. but the name was just the start. they actually changed the entire company. they shifted from providing a service and product for consumers, to job hunters. >> it allows employed people to explore new opportunities without revealing their identity. >> shifting the business or pivoting from consumer advice to job hunting, was a huge change. but its not as random as it seems, because the core function connecting people with common interests, is still the focus. >> a piv...