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President trumps former chief strategist steve bannon is back at his old job running the far right website breitbart news. he may have fired the first shot in his war against some of his former white house colleagues. bannon was against further involvement in afghanistan. breitbart posted articles last night calling the presidents position a, quote, flip-flop. president trumps america first base was the biggest loser of trumps speech on afghanistan intervention abroad and focus on nation-buildin...

With steve bannon, whether bannon will be someone in trumps ear on the phone or will just communicate to him via breitbart. i should point out, bannon has suggested he doesnt want to go after trump by name, yet. but in an article in breitbart right now about the potential immigration plan, he suggests if trump does away with his promises around dhaka, this could be, quote, his merkel moment. >> steve bannon didnt join the campaign until august of 2016 but had influence before that, he was on the...

Strategist doesnt make a good governance person in either your office or in this case, the presidency. and the president needs to make that determination. and thats where a good chief of staff can come in and sort of sort those things out. not just because they were there during the nastiness of the campaign, as i said, doesnt always mean, you know, theyre right for position a or position b. they all have a skill set and a talent set that the president should taken advantage of, but, again, i wo...

Through the ride with the candidate all along, versus people who are coming in, you know, in the latter days of the campaign, latter months of the campaign, or even now that east president-elect? >> you know, i think that plays into every candidate for office. sometimes your best campaign strategist doesnt make a good governance person in either your office or in this case, the presidency. and the president needs to make that determination. and thats where a good chief of staff can come in and s...

What is the white house saying about the issue? >> reporter: craig, they are saying that they are encouraged by the fact that house speaker, john boehner, is putting forward a proposal that increases the debt limit without an equal amount of spending cuts. that was his long-held position a and he is abandoning that position, and saying that he will increase the debt ceiling for a period of three months and in that timeframe, the congress has to come up with a budget and that is a win from the de...

that we seek. the question is, how do we reach that goal? and i am convinced that there is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. peace is hard work. peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. ultimately, it is the israelis and the palestinians who must live side by side. >> immediately after that speech, the president met with israeli prime minister benjamin net...

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