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I urge him to select a leader who shared secretary mattis understanding of these vital principles and his total commitment to americas service members. the president used to talk about how much he loved the generals. my generals. so far the generals that have come into his administration, general kelly, who is the chief of staff who is out going. general mcmaster who is no longer the national security adviser and now general mattis who will no longer be the defense secretary. seems like he hasnt...

That secretary mattis has. >> who else could stand up in the national security ka cabinett? would bolton or pompeo stand up? because we have not seen any sign of that as something as important as the khashoggi issue? >> no, they dont have the gravitas except for general dunford, but his role is more operational role in many ways, though he is very blunt. general dunford if you ask him bt, and months ago we did if we should stay in the iran deal or exit, and he said my military judgment is to sta...

Force. what do you know as a member of the senate and foreign relations, what do you know about what happened that led to the decision to pull the 2,000 troops out of syria? was that something so abrupt that he couldnt call up his pentagon chief and tell him, guess what, im thinking of withdrawing our troops from syria? how did it happen? do you know? >> what i know is that a number of my more senior colleagues were not informed and were not consulted and my strong hunch from this resignation le...

Thats lieutenant general mike flynn who was the military adviser throughout the campaign and then was unceremoniously fired after lying to the vice president. so its general flynn, general mcmaster, general kelly kind of tossed over the back end of the ship floating along in the wake. the only one left is general mattis. if he departs, i would be seriously concerned. lets talk about kelly for one second. general kelly has deep knowledge of the middle east, iraq, syria, afghanistan. he knows that...

Generals are going to keep us so safe. this is central casting. if im doing a movie, id pick you, general. my generals and my military, they have decision-making ability. all i can do is ask my generals. now central casting is admiral mcraven. >> yes. oh, absolutely. until he is not in line with the president or criticizes the president. the president shoots back at the people who dont agree with him and criticize him. even his generals. look at general mcmaster. he was one of his generals behin...

President. the president shoots back at the people who dont agree with him and criticize him. even his generals. look at general mcmaster. he was one of his generals behind him until he wasnt. the president, i think youre exactly right. its the president sees things as transactional. he sees other people as either political allies or adversaries. theres not a lot in between. no matter who you are, whether you are an american hero, whether you are in a gold star family, whether you are a grieving...

>> kevin tweeted last night, how do you prove youre a citizen. wow. coming up, former national security adviser h.r. mcmaster speaking out for the first time since leaving the trump white house. in an exclusive interview with our colleague andrea mitchell, general mcmaster will reflect on the legacy of his friend, john mccain, next on "andrea mitchell reports" right here on msnbc. mil reports" right here on msnbc school... grade... done. done. hit the snooze button and get low prices on school...

On one second, april. im saying to steve, like a hostage-reading situation. he seemed extremely uncomfortable reading that. >> its also against the backdrop, people at cia who remember him referring to the agency as, you know, nazi-like and all of this thinking, people dont forget these things, especially the people doing the hardest work which is against these hard targets like the russians. its just really debilitating, i think. >> april? >> erin, day one this president has had a hard time dea...

On capitol hill, theres a bipartisan regard for her and the work shes done at this point, that youre in danger of getting burned. you add the staff issue, you add the russia issue in general, and youre wandering into a lane that could blow up into your face. >> yet silence from the president on twitter. when he sees these media stories, he often intervenes. he did this to general mcmaster, forgot to say the results of the election were not impacted by the russians. the president off jumps into t...

Perhaps a carefully worded, carefully prepared, vetted by his national security team statement delivered at 4:00 eastern time on national television or something like that would be far more dignified, far more careful and far more thought out because they would actually take the time to do that. >> of course it would. its funny he puts smart in quotation marks it sure wasnt. rule number one, dont get into a twitter war with russia as weve seen the last four years. their kremlin is way better at ...