And when people say, well that doesnt necessarily make him a good candidate for secretary of defense, i will tell you who thinks that makes him a good candidate for secretary of defense, the men and women in the armed forces of the United States and their parents who know that this is a guy who will be very careful about putting their lives at risk, cause he put his life at risk. He know what is war is and he will fight a wars if thes necessary but a guy that will do it with great deliberation and care. Beyond that he went back to nebraska, ran for senate. Became a senator. Said he would only serve two terms. Only served two terms. And when he was elected the second time, he was elected with 83 of the vote. This is a guy respected by his fellow citizens of nebraska. Served here for a total of 12 years. And what did he do when he left the senate . He came became an ac testimony knick georgetown, school of foreign service, teaching the new leaders. He also has been cochairman of the pres
Negotiation. We have been ready to negotiate under the right set of circumstances with iran for the last several years with our friends and allies so, force is the table but im glad we have people like the president and like chuck hagel who will be very careful when you start throwing around the terms he says its not feasible. Do you agree it is not feasible. What is the not feasible . Military option . Military option is always feasible, you tell me what the option is. Are we going to blow up tehran or go after facilities that might be well protoerktd hidden . And i think bob gates, the previous secretary of defense, who pointed out the difficulty of striking these places is a real one. So any military option is feasible in terms of dropping bombs but what is the result of that military attack . With respect to the revolutionary guard, he has reasons for why he didnt go along with that resolution at the time and that will be explored in the confirmation hearings. The last three weeks,
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He has his limits. Speaking from a person familiar with attorney general barrs thinking, speaking from inside the attorney generals mouth suggests possibly, possibly. So there are so many possibilities with this, including that its real. Theres also the possibility that william barr just kind of wants this out there as a way of kind of declaring, this is as much independence as he will declare, get a headline saying hes thinking about quitting. Listen, the problem with whats going on here with the rule of law being shredded and made a mockery of is not that donald trump is tweeting witchhunt, witchhunt. That person should go to jail, this person the president has been doing that since before he started running for president. He did it all through his campaign. Hes been doing it the entire time hes president. The problem is not the president tweeting. At least thats not the new problem. The new problem is attorney general william barr doing what the president is tweeting at him to do. T
Said foreshadowing initial testify against him, that he will take care of them down the contron tags. Road. And with this package of pardons for people who have engaged in the third sentence, he has his limits, said one person, public corruption, lying to law familiar with barrs thinking. Wait, a person familiar with enforcement, extortion, other crimes that are akin to some of his thinking . He has his limits. Speaking from a person the allegations that have familiar with attorney general swirled around the president and his associates, theres no way barrs thinking, speaking from inside the attorney generals to take this other than as a message to people that he will mouth suggests take care of them as long as possibly, possibly. They dont stray from the fold. So, there are so many barbara mcquaid, the trump possibilities with this, including that its real. Rule of corruption seems to be theres also the possibility that william barr just kind of if i do it in public, if i wants this o