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He didnt think he was the smaefrt or most core ranges or heroic. he let other people leave and he mentored so many other service members, so many young foreign policy makers. the other thing is i used to see him driving around town in his gray corvette and even one time i saw him pulled over to the side of the road helping somebody change a flat tire. he loved automobiles. he loved to be a hands-on mechanic, and he loved to help people, and he was just a -- i think the best of america. as i said...

This rogue group of foreign policy makers with nobody failing to confirm the basic story that came out of the whistleblowers report. and so now the president and his team, they are on the defense and i suspect that this week will be even more damaging. and the president has added to the whole thing with that tweet the other day where he took the kind of action that is actually at the heart of the investigation. so hes not in go on shape and the president supporters have every reason to be worrie...

A complex problem even more complex for his successor. >> is he? >> well, i think any time you deal with an issue like this in the middle east, its a quagmire. this has been a quagmire for administrations for over 40 years and its hard enough without somebody playing games like this in the last three weeks. >> governor, we stood by israel and to your point and maybe a quagmire and the settlement issue may be difficult, weve stood by israel throughout and this -- at least in the israelis views an...

Fervent believe. >> the foreign policy makers were too busy signing letters saying they would never support him to actually go in and brief him. amazing what happens. >> isnt it his responsibility to be briefed and go out and get information? >> of course it is. a big pushback against him and he could have been far more intellectually curious. im saying you see the effect when he has people like general mattis around talking to him every day. >> thats the reassuring part of the meeting. this did...

>> fundamental strategic mistake that everyone on both sides clings to. that is that if theres any possibility in the lifetime of anyone here of having the iraqis get together, have a unity government in baghdad, that pulls the country together. that will not happen, george. it will not happen in the lifetime of anyone here. secondly, the point is that you have to separate the parties to give them breathing room. you have to get them out of each others face. >> whats your assessment? >> i actual...

>> admiral mullen, well be following it closely. thank you very much. >> thank you. coming up, our special coverage of libya continues. the view from capitol hill. well talk to the top foreign policy makers in the senate. chairman of the armed services committee, democratic senator carl levin, chairman of the foreign relations committee, john krir, and republican member of the armed services committee senator jeff sessions. >> announcer: "meet the press" senator jeff sessions. >> announcer: "m...

Embassy in cairo or outside or any american institution, there are quite a few american outlets, and even mcdonalds, and that did not happen. it might have and i missed it. but could that happen? >> im sorry? >>neil: is the antiamerican rap as strong as you experienced in iran? >>guest: certainly there are many more institutions in place in egypt in cairo that in tehran at the time the ayatollah took over and the shah want into exile. we will see a lot of uncertainty the next few days. it is imp...