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Process, to get to the floor so he or she can be considered by the full united states senate. and so i have allowed that process to go forward. i have stated my intentions. and i hope that other colleagues will make clear their positions and mrs. devos will either move forward with the support from the advice and consent process or -- or she will not. >> speaking of the advice and consent process, i want to ask you something that i have been noticing. and i dont know whether this is legal preced...

Will jim mattis be heard? >> i think they will, or they will have to leave. i think it is a sign onto the presidents team. thats a commitment. mr. president im going to serve. there may come a time when i find that i am not able to do my job effectively that i can no longer carry out those responsibilities. im not sure that will happen in the up front. they will wait to see what kind of role they are playing and if theyind themselves marginalized or diminished or in any way cut out of the proces...

Wake up and just today im going to do x, y, or z. and you throw in the additional conversations the president has been having with foreign leaders that seem completely off message and insulting in some cases. i just hope we are not going to stumble into a war in the process. but a lot of concern about the shoot from the hip foreign policy weve seen over the last few days. >> the conversation with the australian prime minister and the presidents tweet last night saying that hes going to revisit t...

Intentions and poses no threat to the united states. so he has ensured that while he has respect for the australian people and respect for prime minister trum bull that we do not pose a threat to the united states of america, in a the deal at he was -- was cut by the last administration is something that he is extremely, extremely upset with. he does not like it. but out of respect for him, he is going to allow that process, continue to study it and allow it to form under the conditions that had...

>> there are a lot of ideas being floated out. i mentioned this the last couple of days. but that doesnt mean -- part of it, as the president does all the time, he asks for input and asks for ideas. on a variety of subjects. there are staffing procedures that go on where people have a thought or on idea and it goes through the process. until the president makes up his mind and gives feedback decides thats final there is nothing else. >> in light of the tgedy that happened in quebec city last wee...

Confirmed. i have never seen that before. i have never seen nominees who have not yet gone through the process and gotten confirmed and sworn in participating in the work of government. >> well, i do think that the effort to ensure that a president has his full cabinet, has that compliment, has his am in place as quickly as possible is important to just the day to day operation and functioning of what has to happen. if you will look at the rate within which the nominees have been delayed by the ...

Between immigration and nexus between immigration and national security and personal security. that he has to look at. it is a multitiered step. you look at the borders, who we are letting in. then you look at what we are doing internally with the intelligence agencies with the fbi up to make sure we are looking at whether its the cyber threats that we face or other terrorist activities but making sure we are working with the nsa and the fbi to be ahead of the curve, if you will. >> if i may, ok...

Decide the chairman of the joint chiefs really doesnt need to be here. why not? let me point out you were a freshman house member in the impeachment of richard nixon. you had to deal with this in real time and had to deal with the challenge of the impeachment of your own president. >> i did. i am hoping president trump issing go to be successful. i dont want to see him fail. i know hes carrying out promises that he made. but i think he has to carry them out in a way that respects the process whe...

Go into a dive, deep one. we have to take care to make sure we have lines of communication, where we are, where they are, whats acceptable or not. the way to do it is through diplomacy. it shouldnt be conducted by a bull horn. it needs to be conducted with an amount of discreteness, behind close doors with an agenda that has been fully vetted by your team. namely state department, defense department, your cia, et cetera. all the players of the team have to be involved on theame page. we found fr...