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Tillersons closest allies like bob corker say they need more answers, that they want him to promote pore people, they want to fill more positions, they want to keep those senior levels of the foreign service. now the numbers dont necessarily right now indicate any kind of mass exodus, although a lot of people at the senior ranks have left, but i think that there is really a morale problem at the state department, erica. a lot of people dont feel secretary tillerson appreciates that long-time exp...

Of that, $60,000 alone on golf cart rentals, think of those secret service agents following the president around on his golf rounds. this applies to his childrens trips as well. eric trump went to uruguay a short time ago. and just on hotels, the bill for the secret service there, $100,000. if the secret service cannot pay these agents for the rest of the year because of this budget going over the top what do they do? >> well, it becomes a morale issue. so you have to address the morale before y...

President trump inherited a situation that is dire. this is more serious and complex than it was in more and any time in the last 75 years. thank you for joining us this morning. what do you think, that this is to blame on the past administration? >> we lost a large number of good troops, and we lost the current political climate to fight this war. the fact is, it was a morale issue. when you have the united states military doing things like nationbuilding, the u.s. militarys job is to go after ...

It could be hard to recruit. it lets everybody knows to include our adversaries the quick reactions of those in the field is picked up considerably because you dont have to run things by the white house before you decide what youll have for lunch. >> shannon: i know personally some really good folks who left the military over the last couple of years because they felt like it was a morale issue that they were being micromanaged. any decision or choice they tried to make was triple second guessed...

Intelligence community credibility both in the united states with americans, it undermines it with our allies. and it undermines it, i think more importantly, with our adversaries who use those statements to put out propaganda in their own nations. and then at home, the morale issue, its so important that these people are sacrificing their lives, dedicating themselves to keeping america safe. and when theyre challenged in a public forum, in a way that is -- appears to be critical, i think that r...

And it undermines it, i think more importantly, with our adversaries who use those statements to put out propaganda in their own nations. and then at home, the morale issue, its so important that these people are sacrificing their lives, dedicating themselves to keeping america safe. and when theyre challenged in a public forum, in a way that is -- appears to be critical, i think that really hurts. and its not helpful, brian. >> katy tur, controversial story where you are the president has commu...

Demoralizing the cia but from my experience theyre not snowflakes and professional in their position and will continue to do their job regardless of what the incoming administration would be saying about them publicly. i worked with administration who was disagreeing most of the time with our bottom line analysis up to the iraq war, but at the same time we held our own and remained professional. i have every faith that people still there will do the same thing. >> nada, what do you think of the ...

Demoralizing the cia, but i do know from my experience, they arent snowflakes. theyre very professional in their position. and they will continue to do their job regardless of what the incoming administration would be saying about them publicly. i mean, i worked with an administration who was disagreeing most of the time with our bottom line analysis, going up to the iraq war, but at the same time, we held our own. and we remained professionally. i have every faith that people who are still ther...

I mean i live here in pennsylvania. hillary clinton lost pennsylvania because she was hillary clinton. she didnt lose because it any russians hacking in here. she lost because she didnt appeal to the working folks here in pennsylvania. >> just to jump in. >> zeke, jump in. these are two different things blaming the loss of an election or being just concerned that an aggressive foreign actor would have their thumb on the scale. >> thats exactly right. both of these things can be true. hillary cli...

By this. this is real. this is 300,000 people who will be told to work and not get a salary. its just a silly and dangerous way to deal with homeland security. >> there are a number of conservative republicans in the house sticking to their -- for lack of a better word, sticking to guns on this one. we heard over days now them saying its not going to have an impact. you all say the sky is falling when its not. i want you to separate fact from fiction. we did have the sequester. >> if the departm...