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And continue to train and equip the ukrainians should an insurgency or counterinsurgency be required. i think putins hesitated and hes talking to his counterpart in china during the olympics, trying show case unity. if theres an off ramp, its going to be people like macron and xi jinping saying theres a way out. you dont needed to invade to guarantee russian security. you should pull your troops back. thats the way for deescalation. but if he chooses not to, it seems the united states and the we...

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First, i did some reporting to see how often this kind of consultation happens with foreign nations and i came up with almost identical example of what milley did, done by predecessor general dunford in 2018, they got jittery, worried of some incidents, dunford called his russian counter part and ended up cancelling and delaying a natos exercise thats been planned at the time. this questions the larger group within the trump administration who were quietly and visibly setting guard rails against...

The fact that there is in this big resistance, i havent in my reporting, come to see that yet. >> do you think that the author is withholding their identity because theyre still active in the administration at the senior level. >> not knowing who "anonymous" is, its hard to say. i think anonymous is with holding their identity for a variety of reasons, including bringing attention to the book. >> jonathan allen, alayn alayna treene, good to see you guys. new transcripts are giving us a better ...

Like any good investigation brooke, facts dictate how long this process goes. if people keep coming forward, evidence keeps coming forward, documents eventually produced this will move quickly. if the administration fights back, dont cooperate, dont send documents some has to go to court. theyll have to sue to try to get the administration people to come forward. white house counsel, secretary pompeo declared the state department wont cooperate until a vote on impeachment. a lot of this is unkno...

National security adviser john bolton. and john bolton said he quit and either way he is out. lets bring in our national security experts to discuss. gloria, the tweet was stark. i informed john bolton that his sefss are no longer needed at white house and i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions. bolton 12 minutes later said he resigned. >> this whole scenario is a little sessions like. and maybe even ruder. he might have been more rude to john bolton than to jeff sessions if that is p...

Inch, and mcconnell. >> depend what you mean by an inch. >> based on my reporting red flag law is dead on arrival. you have a member of the leadership saying he has due process, and senator ben sasse up for reelection. being championed by senator graham, talking to president trump on the goflf course about it. the only game in town if you want gun control based on my conversations with top republicans, toomey manchin, it has to be revived. >> it doesnt threaten the nra much but it does widen the...

All the actings we have here. its going to take a while. we can start talking while people see here. these arent small agencies either. this competency question. >> the president doesnt mind it, though, chuck. he thinks -- and based on my reporting, the president truly believes he has more flexibility when he has more all these acting positions in place. he has a new acting position, obviously, with the labor secretary, who just stepped down two days ago. when i talk to folks in and around the w...

On the shutdown, a national emergency should only be used if were actually willing to start moving dirt and putting up the barrier. >> what about the acting chief of staff mull sv mulvanemulvane? do we know where he is on this? >> mulvaney, from my reporting, has been, i would say, among the most consistent and most persistent, if not loudest voices in favor of this. and that goes back -- this predates his new title of acting chief of staff, goes back to when he was omb chief, office of manageme...