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10 Dec 2020 Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) on Wednesday struggled to defend his decision to nominate Army Gen. (Ret.) Lloyd Austin as his defense secretary, amid rising opposition from Senate Democrats at the prospect of another retired general at the helm of the Defense Department. In order to get Austin confirmed, Congress would have to grant Austin a waiver from a law that requires a defense secretary be out of uniform for at least seven years, aimed at upholding the principle of civili...

Weve heard mixed messages from president-elect trump and his picks to lead various national security departments including his defense pick. when it comes to the role of nato and russia, et cetera. nato is obsolete. its vital to american security. i asked vice president-elect pence, which is it? >> i think what the president-elect said in the course of the campaign is that nato has a role, but we need to do two things about nato that are very important. number one, we need to ask member nations ...

Politics with cnn politics reporter eugene scott right here on the set. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> lets talk what trump revealed last night about his defense pick. a controversial one, general james mattis. and its interesting because mattis is going to need a waiver from congress because the retired general hasnt been out of uniform long enough. but i want you to listen to what donald trump said and then well talk about it. >> okay. >> hell get that waiver, right? hes going to get tha...

The new pentagon chief hes going to put on parade tonight? >> reporter: yeah, the show is james mattis, james "mad dog" mattis. were in fayetteville. home to ft. bragg. a huge military veterans presence here. it is very intentional that drrp will be appearing with his defense pick. you talk about the razzle-dazzle and the art of making an announcement. it was only a few nights ago, his first stop on the thank you tour in cincinnati that he surprised the entire arena by basically prematurely anno...

In the confirmation hearing will be vital. you prejudged and said no. thankfully we have democrats who say we want to hear answers to this. im a democrat and give him the benefit of the doubt to many arctticulated by richard. he served in the military and has an open mind and supported things and you may disagree with him i give him great credit for having an open mind and being mature to saying i can evolve. >> at this point in confirmation hearings what we call the top four cabinet post, state...

Israel. in my view the united states should stand unshakably with the nation of israel. and he has consistently advocated weakness with respect to our enemy. >> i think it would be a lot of tough questions of senator hagel. but hell be treated fairly by republicans in the senate. >> i want to bring in matt welch, editor in chief for reason magazine and perry bacon, political editor for thegrio.com. president obama nominated john kerry for secretary of state before christmas. now hes running out ...