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Thats a perfectly legitimate subject for a democracy to debate and argue about, but there was no process here. there was no evidence of any kind of advice, no interagency process. the president basically got on the phone apparently, from what we can reconstruct of this mess, that the president got on the phone with the president of turkey and said, okay, im out. and even the president of turkey at that point said, well, wait, dont do anything precipitous, dont do anything crazy here, while the p...

I can tell you, juan, that the mood here at the pentagon at the senior level is one of great frustration. that their views are not being considered. that the interagency process is not being followed. that the is tweeting out policy rather than going through the normal process of sending over orders as commander in chief. its a very disorganized process in which they are getting word from the white house as to how to proceed and move troops around. >> juan: let me ask some of my colleagues, begi...

But done without any interagency process. catching his closest advisers, off-guard and coming just a few days after this branding deal apparently was cut in indonesia with the chinese government, funneling potentially $500 million into this project that will directly benefit trump. do you see a connection? does congress have any plans to look into whether there is a connection? >> i think its awfully suspicious and its happening time and time again, where president trump is trying to represent o...

Jump on this. this is the product of the president speaking out loud on what he wants to see happen. >> it has been pointed out, george w. bush and barack obama at different times sent thousands of national guardsmen to the border. there was communication with mexico and an interagency process. not the way this is being done. >> and there was a mission. any time youre deploying troops, that is necessary. to her point, im not sure theres a mission there that is clearly defined and would it need t...

A consensus builder. now we have someone close to the president whose instincts are very much is like the presidents. >> to your point there, one of the things we are hearing is he has made clear to john bolton and he has said to these terms that it is the presidents words. he will say, yes, youre my adviser, but im not necessarily bringing in h.r. mcmaster anymore to perhaps offer different viewpoints to give me a better sense of whats out there. we are going with my way or the highway. >> isnt...

Up the iran deal, regime change there as well, military action against iran. so what is the brake? >> yeah. i think as we look internationally at this, andrea, i think this diminishes the chances of peace on the korean peninsula. it raises exponentially chances that the iran deal goes away which will create maximal tension in the middle east. it raises chances of tension in china and the south china sea. it raises tensions of a hard line with russia which is probably the only area i can agree on...

Croft or steve hadley. defense interelect ums and neutral umpires and trusted by the ints -- interagency process and thoughtful and ambassador bolton is not that. and the thing that most concerns me about him is i dont think he understands the uncertainty of when you embark on military action. and so i think this is not going to turn out well. >> well let me ask you this. is this really about ambassador bolton or is it about the president? and the thing that im curious about is the president -- ...

Cia, a tough bureaucracy, get it back in play. because maybe you saw henry kissing quoted in the "new york times", he understands the linkages being close to this president. that may be better for capacity. what john was alluding to in national security, you have to have good lines of communications and good interagency process. how does state deal with the defense, deal with the cia, the national security adviser and ultimately the president. what worries me is what the president is doing is pu...

We find out that the commander in chief of the united states of america fires his top diplomat via twitter in a disrespectful way and cowardly? >> i hate to do with this jon meacham watching but ill pull something out of history which is back in the 17th century occasionally the british royal navy would literally shoot an admiral who lost a battle to encourage the others. and i think that a lot of the international reaction to this is there will be others shot before this is over so that revolvi...

Of the secretary to deputy secretary of state solomon. my commission as secretary of state will terminate at midnight march 31st. between now and then, i will address a few administrative matters related to my departure and work towards a smooth and orderly transition for secretary of state designate mike pompeo. im encouraging my policy planning team and undersecretaries and assistant secretaries, those confirmed, as well as those in acting positions, to remain at their post, to continue our mi...