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Spent more than three decades at boeing and is currently the point man for the presidents base force proposal. the presidents top envoy brett mcgurk also now says resignation one day after mattis, the president responding in a tweet that he had never heard of brett mcgurk and called him an obama holdover. >> leland: he replaced both men. lucas, thank you. michael hamlin writing in an op-ed about mattis and his two-year tenure. i will miss him even more for being an adult in a city that loses its...

>> yes. russia is saying it wasnt us. and effectively there is some wriggle room for them. saying, well, this stuff came from your labs so tell us if it is stolen or lost some way how and when. and show to us this wasnt an act that was sanctioned by the russian government. its that request if you like that russia has refused to answer. russia on the other hand saying why dont you involve us in the investigation? youre not involving us in the investigation. in a sense if you believe the british, ...

First talks in more than two years. >> you have certainly problems with north korea but a lot of good talks are going on right now. a lot of good energy. i see a lot of good energy. i like it very much what im seeing. i think that we will have peace through strength. our military will be stronger than it ever was in a very short period of time. and thats my opinion. thats not the generals opinion but i think my opinion counts more right now. >> julie: joining us now michael hamlin director of fo...

Russia. he is playing the nationals cords, and the problem on the side of the united states is that president obama is being called weak by republicans. theyre going into crucial senate race this is fall. there are mixed signal from the white house. they dont want to let russia define the remainder of obamas presidency, but this administration needs a strategy. are they going to contain putin or confront him? are they going to ignore him? were not hearing that very clearly from the white house. ...

Are not abandoning the buildings theyve taken over, and theyre basically flaunting, you know, the u.s. and bidens visit saying force us out of these blz. so its dangerous situation. >> michael, i mean, you are one person who has written advocating that perhaps the united states actually should send a life force to the region, sort of a show of force to try to back russia down. now that you see that there are these military exercises taking place in the region, a, is that a smart idea? are they d...

Attack. now, regardless of who did what to whom with ukrainian elections just about a month away, vladimir putin seems set to press ahead with whatever advantage he can get to bolster russian influence over its neighbors. st russia flounss it plans to make it ease wrer for russian speakers in former soviet republics to gain russian citizenship. meanwhile, the pentagon this week is expected to announce military drills in poland as well as the former soviet republic of estonia. david rode is an in...

after what happened you just feel like its not -- >> the whole country coming together and standing up and saying, you know, were going to run regardless. >> we both go to northeastern, and we had some friends at the finish line last year, so were running for them. >> we want to kind of show them, you know, were not going to be intimidated or back down from doing what we love. >> while something like 750 national guardsmen are working on the ground at todayss, security was also on disp...

Research for the foreign policy -- michael, i know you worked with susan, and was her spirit and what can her defenders do since she is not officially a nominee? its awfully hard to -- for her to mount a defense. >> hi, andrea. those of us who are also admirers of john kerry have a complex position, but i think theyre goet both amazing american patriots and have done a great deal of good for the country. either one would be excellent. i guess the specific thing i would contribute today on this t...

Going to do with cia director, with national security advisor, if any changes coming there, and maybe by presenting a whole team, including a new defense secretary nominee at the same time. some of the attention from this back and forth in a more partisan sense can be deflected in a more positive direction. >> thank you very much. michael, thanks for giving us real perspective on that op ed from the "new york times". appreciate that vemp. >> thank you, andrea. the music world has suffered a nu...

In the next three years and attending. as you mentioned, the president of pakistan did pledge $10 million towards that efforts towards reform in his country. its very necessary there. the education gap is quite apparent in pakistan. the country currently ranks close to the bottom when it comes to global education attendance rankings, but also a piece of good news from pakistan. the two girls who are with malala when she was injured, we have poken to them recently. they were also shot and injured...