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Is he up for it? >> im skeptical. it is not his area of expertise and this is probably most difficult foreign policy problem we have that no one has been able to solve. but i suppose he has as good as chance as anybody at this point. i dont know what to say, im trying to be nice. >> i could tell. i saw the fluttering of the eyes and think the answer was no. anybody else care to answer the question? is he up to it? >> listen -- >> could be brilliant. >> could be a brilliant stroke. who knows. eve...

He boasts about not doing his homework, he comes into a room, he tries to read the room and then by the seat of his pants, take control of it. i believe thats a lot of what were seeing here. it doesnt work for a president of the united states very often. and what were seeing today, especially, but also throughout these first weeks is evidence that this seat of the pants approach to being the president of the united states doesnt serve governance or the people of the country very well. >> kirsten...

Chip in trade deals. the official statement from chinas foreign ministry said we are extremely concerned. the taiwan issue is related to chinas sovereignty and territorial integrity. and had the phone call and then came tweets about chinas currency and south china sea and now this and all without any clearly stated plan of how it will form actual policy and not just continue to mount into a foreign policy problem even before his inauguration. >> janice, can you clear up, this was a report about ...

Dont forget romney was the one who said that russia was the number one foreign policy problem facing the united states and if you look at what donald trump has said about vladimir putin i think hes kind of at the other end of the spectrum. so there would be issues upon which they might have very, very difficult time dealing with each other. >> well, lets also throw under the republican establishment columns south carolina governor nikki haley. not only that, ryan lizza, she was the first indian ...

Domestic taliban and in fact, that offensive killed a very senior al qaeda leader several days ago, which is something that obama officials were pretty pleased about. i think theyve either killed or captured some other al qaeda leaders from region recently as well. so its a horrible byproduct of something that does fit with our basic u.s. policy goals, but its clear that pakistan does not really have its arms around this problem. when youre talking about a country with nuclear weapons, i think i...

Domestic taliban and in fact, that offensive killed a very senior al qaeda leader several days ago, which is something that obama officials were pretty pleased about. i think theyve either killed or captured some other al qaeda leaders from from region recently as well. so its a horrible byproduct of something that does fit with our basic u.s. policy goals, but its clear that pakistan does not really have its arms around this problem. when youre talking about a country with nuclear weapons, i th...

National syrian rebels. two years theyve been saying that. the president has done nothing. so that passivity, has let our enemies grow and grow in power. >> all right. real quick now, what can we do, what do you suggest that the united states do to fix our foreign policy problem? >> the first thing we need to do, i think, is really iraq, syria, is one theater, get behind those rebels in syria who are in a fight. these isis jihadis. get behind them now, and in a serious way. but as i said in the ...

National syrian rebels. two years theyve been saying that. the president has done nothing. so that passivity, has let our enemies grow and grow in power. >> all right. real quick now, what can we do, what do you suggest that the united states do to fix our foreign policy problem? >> the first thing we need to do, i think, is really iraq, syria, is one theater, get behind those rebels in syria who are in a fight. these isis jihadis. get behind them now, and in a serious way. but as i said in the ...

National syrian rebels. two years theyve been saying that. the president has done nothing. so that passivity, has let our enemies grow and grow in power. >> all right. real quick now, what can we do, what do you suggest that the united states do to fix our foreign policy problem? >> the first thing we need to do, i think, is really iraq, syria, is one theater, get behind those rebels in syria who are in a fight. these isis jihadis. get behind them now, and in a serious way. but as i said in the ...

Whats the most important foreign policy problem for the obama administration? >> well, bill, lets not forget that john kerry was for many years a politician and like most politicians i would say his mind at least to the mind of a reporter is somewhat opaque. if i had to surmise i would say that john kerry like barack obama is motivated by some, perhaps vaguely defined notionof social justice. and in the foreign policy realm, this is to be extended to other countries and other players on the worl...