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The ig reviewed 47 contracts that they had with the pentagon and according to the reports there were excess charges and 46 of the 47 contracts reviewed. in a may hearing members of congress from both sides of the aisle were on the same team. >> if youre looking for feedback, you better pay the money and start giving us the cost. >> why should we give you another dime? >> we believe we provide the government with well-designed, well manufactured, high quality products. >> according to the ig repo...

Like the shadow national security advisor. hes not a big fan of bolton. bolton has been going far out to try to push the iranians so he can justify a strike. you put mike pompeo in that category, he was fine with the strike. he did make the point that those sanctions were working against the iranians and we should let those play out a little bit more instead of having the strike that maybe the europeans would have condemned. people from the military, the dod officials, they were also raising con...

Looks at the secretary and has this sense that this is just going to be a temporary individual. that person has to deal with the military, they have to speak with one voice at the white house and that individual may very well have to look the president in the eye and say that hes going to make a terrible mistake. in toward to do that, youve got to have a confirmed secretary. thats what we need right now. >> and the president seemed to push pause last night because air strikes didnt happen but ju...

The constitution or the law, theres plenty of indication in his recent history that thats the case. however, in this situation, were talking about war. were not just talking about a border wall and moving money with or without the approval of congress. clearly the constitution says that only congress can declare war. that doesnt mean that the defense -- the department of defense, the army, navy, air force cannot defend themselves against an attack. however, were now talking about a retaliation, ...

Dissension. what are they telling you? >> reporter: let me read you this statement from an senior administration official. this official does underscore that point, which is, quote, there was complete unanimity amongst the presidents advisors and d.o.d. leadership on an appropriate response to irans activities. the president made the final decision. so broader context here. we know that there are various different perspectives here behind the scenes of this administration. the president has talk...

Is, okay, lindsey, you be the first one over the trench. >> if there were a scenario where dod could come up with a strike zone that would not have any casualties, would you support that kind of military response? given how provocative iran has been? >> clearly there has to be a response. there are many different kinds of responses. your captain sitting next to you, retired, said elicited probably five or six within three or four seconds. i dont need to repeat all of them, there are many differe...

That would have taken place within a half hour after i said go ahead. and i didnt like it, i didnt think it was -- i didnt think it was proportionate. >> but a source tells cnn, just because the administration didnt follow through with the strike, it doesnt mean there wont be a response. this as iran continues to broadcast imagery of the drones wreckage on its state run media. the incident could have been a lot worse. he says they had a u.s. navy plane with 35 crew members on board in their sigh...

Hillary clinton famously said he cant be trusted with the nuclear codes because he could be baited by a tweet. after a handful of attacks, do you commend him for having some restraint last night? >> i think the problem is not whether to commend him or not, but to take a look at the chaos within this administration. take a look at the fact, the leadership the department of defense is turning over. all of it is turning over to say nothing of the secretary of defense. thats a chaotic situation, man...

With his confirmation. instead hes naming mark esper the new secretary of defense. what do you think of that? >> i think mark esper is a great choice. hes a west point classmate of mine, as is secretary pompeo. i think he will do a fantastic job. >> melissa: why do you think there was that change, if you had to guess? i just want to be clear, naming him as the new acting secretary of defense. >> its really hard to know, getting to those nomination processes. there are so many different things th...

What i want dod fto do for our country that ill start to rise in the polls. two days ago, i saw this nbc poll from june 22nd, 2015 and the headline on it was that jeb bush had just surged to his biggest lead yet. he was at 22% and donald trump, who had just announced his candidacy was at 1%. its not uncommon for folks to start off near the bottom and actually end up getting the nomination. im going to work hard and go everywhere and talk about my vision for the future of the country and i believ...