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Results, b, the decision making process was improper and, c, if you pull out immediately, you lose the good you accomplished. there was no rational for the decision. would we all like to finish the job, of course. we have you shall shah, we have iran, israel, saudi arabia, turkey. those 2,000 troops and back-up support in iraq for those troops are critical to the united states having leverage to deal with the larger, strategic issues in the region. simply to announce a pullout by tweet, not to n...

Hes someone who democrats could have got behind. but now theres a cloud over him because hes written this 20-page memo saying that trump cant be subjected to obstruction of justice charges. it somehow found its way into the justice department and even into the white house. and so even if he has the purest of motives, even if his actions as attorney general are to be above reproach, there will always be lingering questions. and we are at a point in this country where we cant afford to have those ...

Integrity. we need someone who can rise above. we need some form of just unquestionable integrity in all of the further decision-making process surrounding the mueller investigation, the southern district of new york case, and all of the other work that the justice department does. so meaning no disrespect to former attorney general barr, unfortunately, he needs to take himself out of the running in this case for the good of the institution. >> in separate news and i cant believe im going to bri...

Decisions with syria. when it comes to syria, if that is how it played out, in what the president just said in that sound bite that we ran, which is i gave them time. they asked for six more months. i gave them more time, so on and so forth, what do you think of that decision making process by the president? the generals were saying they need more time, and he says no. >> well, sometimes it happens, kate, that the president steps in and says no, youve had enough time. you know, this is not the o...

Havent heard any mention of afghanistan. thats americas longest-running overseas conflict. some 17 years. there are 14,000 u.s. troops there that the white house has signaled it wants to cut in half. but there was no mention, no advanced warning, to nato partners. dozens of them in afghanistan working alongside the u.s. and when president trump talks about burden-sharing with allies and they need to pay, some of them are. but theyre not being brought in, into the decision making process when pre...

These decisions, this decisionmaking process, which is so vital to the security of the world, differently now that hes visited a war zone? >> well, this is precisely the big major problem confronting, frankly, the entire world. the united states is the strongest, most influential and most lethal country in the world. we need to use our military with extraordinary wisdom. we need to use our diplomacy and our international relations similarly with wisdom, with long-term thought and plans and strat...

He cared about us in iraq in 2003 at thanksgiving and now he cares about the troops on the ground now. i would make one observation, though. the decision making process that was just described by your previous guest is absolutely incorrect. most of these decisions are typically made back in washington, d.c. with general bowtel and the entire chain of command talking about these issu issues. the commanders on the ground are consulted, but typically in private, because obviously, what you dont wan...

Whip. he issued this statement. after the new democratic majority begins, the house will hold hearings on this young boys death and the death of 7-year-old jakelin caal earlier this month, as well as conditions under which thousands of children are being held. jake, january 3rd, in addition to maybe being when all of this starts to potentially get settled in terms of the shutdown, also welcomes in a whole new era in how the house is going to handle these kind of things. >> absolutely. and its no...

Its unclear whether he would listen. >> john, what does it mean from your perspective. the decision making process. the formal process the same as laying out. if it has completely broken down, what does it mean? >> misinformed or ill-informed and policy being made. the reason they described it is it allows all voices to be heard to present their challenges and their ideas and advice. then you sort of integrate that and the president makes a decision. it can be overdone and president obama was so...

It did come to a head after many weeks over the issue of withdrawing troops from syria seen by the secretary as not being well thought out and well planned and being something that mr. trump apparently decided upon when he had a phone call with the turkish leader who wanted u.s. troops out of northern syria and mr. trump agreeing. jim? >> barbara starr, happy holidays to you. >> you, too. >> well see you soon. a frightening new revelation about the process that goes into matters of national se...