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>> the choice of when and where to do this was not a good one. it reflects the visions within the administration. pompeo more open to negotiations and diplomacy. john bolton is dead-set against any of this. and this is playing out on the public stage. most dramatic is the way the president has handled it. hes tweeting about it. hes talking about it in real-time. you cant do that with something this sensitive. it leaves a terrible after-taste. and the negotiations are in a dangerous state right n...

Any given day, any given moment, without the benefit of the input and wisdom of his national security team and the experts in the interagency and that is exceedingly dangerous. >> her comment when i was questioning the way john bolton is running the national security team where youve got people from the pentagon to the state department actually being shut out of the conversations before decisions are made. >> andrea, this is the craziest foreign policy process ive seen in my lifetime at the whit...

We are on a collision course. no one wants war, including mr. trump. the iranians will be devastated by a conflict in the gulf as will the saudis and gulf coast states. time for negotiations. >> the former secretary of defense made a big claim on msnbc earlier today. let me play that. >> this is the craziest foreign policy process ive seen in my lifetime at the white house. youve got national security adviser who is not working with the national security team. they are not presenting options to ...

Four star general, jill colvin, in the trenches for the associated press these days. thank you both very much for coming on. general, just last night, you said of jim mattis he wont quit. you talked about his service to the marine corps. my question to you is how bad do you think it got to lead general mattis to leave? >> well, i dont think it was syria. i think the bottom line was weve had over the past two years of the trump administration an increasing sense that there is no national securi...

Distinguished service cross, former battle field commander in the gulf war, retired u.s. army four star general, jill colvin, in the trenches for the associated press these days. thank you both very much for coming on. general, just last night, you said of jim mattis he wont quit. you talked about his service to the marine corps. my question to you is how bad do you think it got to lead general mattis to leave? >> well, i dont think it was syria. i think the bottom line was weve had over the p...

Four star general and jill colvin, in the trenches for the associated press these days. thank you both very much for coming on. general, just last night, you said of jim mattis, he wont quit. you talked about his service to the marine corps. my question to you is how bad do you think it got to lead general mattis to leave? >> well, i dont think it was syria. i think the bottom line was weve had over the past two years of the trump administration an increasing sense that there is no national secu...

It say everyone? >> the red line was a terrible mistake for all the reasons you said. given the facts and circumstances we have in ukraine, what would you do to solve this problem. >> id have a strong nato response. >> what does that mean? does that mean sending ships in there? >> you could send ships in there and help ukraine defend themselves more aggressively. im not an expert -- if we had a normal foreign policy process we would have the state department, treasury department having meetings ...

The republican party was not pleased. here to talk about all of it, retired four star u.s. army general barry mccaffrey, happens to be former u.s. drug czar and a man with extensive experience around the world. general, if i hired you to give the president the iran brief about the country and about rouhani, what would you tell him? >> well, look, a couple of concerns. first is ive worked for both republican and democratic administrations. i think one of the concerns is that we have a national se...

Our language, malign behavior, you heard it here first, and second, that was the secretary of state after the president said he would demand no preconditions. you might remember back when president obama suggested meeting with an iranian leader, the republican party was not pleased. here to talk about all of it, retired four star u.s. army general barry mccaffrey, happens to be former u.s. drug czar and a man with extensive experience around the world. general, if i hired you to give the preside...

You might remember when president obama suggested meeting with an iranian leader the republican party was not pleased. here to talk about all of it, retired four star general mccaffrey, former battlefield commander, happens to be former u.s. drug czar. general, if i hired you to give the president the iran brief about the country and about rouhani what would you tell him? >> a couple of concerns. first is i work for both republican and democratic administrations. i think one of the concerns is t...