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and i think it's yet another example of how every turn -- at every turn, every stone that gets overturned in this investigation can lead to something else, particularly financial relationships that are going to be problematic for everybody circled around this thing. >> what's unfortunate about this is lieutenant general flynn is a patriot and he has served this country with distinction, and it looks as though he's got his political ambitions and the desire to get involved in this area has really -- he's had a laps in judgment here and it's going to get him in some serious trouble. last summer i was at the convention sitting in that arena listening to a lieutenant general lead a chanlt of lock her up. and i thought to myself what are you doing? this is going to sully your reputation as an american hero here -- >> and loi lot of the people he sefbld with in the past -- >> what is he doing, right. so he kind of got sungd into that vortex of prosecutedel
know, this whole situation with the supposed leaking of information, intelligence from israel. i think that israel realizes their best friend that they have in the entire world is the u.s. so there might be a little bit of a strong conversation at some level, but i think that's going to be anotherreat stefor american/israeli relations. i love the fact that he's going to the vatican. i think it's a big signal that he's going there on his first foreign trip. >> tony, new york, times reports during a meeting with the saudis he picked up the phone called the ceo of lock heed martin and asked to bring down the radar system. he said, i'm going to be the president who's going to get business done? >> no doubt that was a deal and i think in the context of what's going on i think some deal making here and there may not be a bad thing. i've reviewed what's in the larger package and it's all about trying to give the saudis a more comprehensive, collective