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Said basically how uncomfortable they were with secretary mattis, with general kelly, with general mcmaster, with this administration. i dont share that comfort. i think jim mattis has been extraordinary in terms of his ability to lead the pentagon and certainly lead in what is a very chaotic administration in very, very challenging and dangerous times. that said, what i worry about over time is that we -- to the degree we are active on the political side, if you will, without being a politician...

George washington. this setting will serve as a beautiful reminder as frances unique status of americas first ally going back to the revolution. general mcmasters last day in the white house. on a personal note its been a privilege to serve alongside him and travel around the world, advancing the presidents american first foreign policy. his decades long service to our nation is an inspiration to us all and we know he will do well wherever he lands next. the president misses him well. he will ...

Congress -- and really its the responsibility of people in both parties without regard to party -- need to speak up to the press but those who have a link to the white house need to be making the case to the president and folks at the white house but ultimately there has to be a check and balance on the president who is determined to go to war and youd like to see people around the president who arent just yes men or women. the clearing of the white house, whether it be secretary tillerson, gene...

Announces his new national security adviser, john bolton to replace h.r. mcmaster. do you get a sense this is a way to distract from this fight that he is engaged in? >> i dont know. its bad either way. if hes picki ining bolton beca he wants to distract from the fact that his team got caught red-handed paying off porn star, thats not that great, but if hes picking bolton because he likes boltons ideas, thats even worse because bolton is a warmonger as best i can tell and is not afraid of gettin...

Security adviser, john bolton to replace h.r. mcmaster. do you get a sense this is a way to distract from this fight that he is engaged in? >> i dont know. its bad either way. if hes picking bolton because he wants to distract from the fact that his team got caught red-handed paying off a porn star, thats not that great, but if hes picking bolton because he likes boltons ideas, thats even worse because bolton is a warmonger as best i can tell and is not afraid of getting into a nuclear exchange ...

Based on, quote, ties to russian allies of vladimir putin. what are you referring to there? >> john bolton i think is a disastrous pick. first, letting h.r. mcmaster go, general mcmaster is an american patriot who speaks truth to power and thats why the president didnt like him. john bolton when he was nominated to be ambassador to the u.n., by a republican president, with a republican-controlled senate, he couldnt get confirmed because of real concerns about both his rhetoric, but also about hi...

Obama and his team put together thats americans find offensive? >> obama is giving them billions of dollars of cash and they are not scared about that. >> we dont want a nuclear capable iran who is pointing that at israel and its sights. i dont believe the president is making his personnel decisions based on what the reaction will be from his detractors. hes making the states on folks who will support his agenda. i want to say general hr mcmaster is retiring after 34 years in the army and that d...

Deal that president obama put together that many americans find offensive? >> obama gives billions of dollars in cash and we dont want a nuclear capable iranian that houses real insight but that is the hypocrisy i dont think the president is making his personal decisions from the reactions of his detractors or mainstream media but based on a way to support his agenda and general hr mcmaster is retiring after 34 years in the army and that deserves a great deal of respect with the afghan policy wi...

Obama and his team put together thats americans find offensive? >> obama is giving them billions of dollars of cash and they are not scared about that. >> we dont want a nuclear capable iran who is pointing that at israel and its sights. i dont believe the president is making his personnel decisions based on what the reaction will be from his detractors. hes making the states on folks who will support his agenda. i want to say general hr mcmaster is retiring after 34 years in the army and that d...

>> and talking to white house officials over the last few days, they say bolton will be an ally of mike pompeo, the nominee for the secretary of state. theyre going to be a partnership inside of this administration trying to nudge the president forward. its not so much an ideological case theyre making, a personality mesh with the president. he never got along with general mcmaster. general kellys influence has faded a bit. inside of the west wing. pompeo, bolton, kudlow, the tv personalities, t...