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Quite striking, and theres kind of three quick pieces to hit on here. first is, john brennan. i know him extremely well. he is as straight at the gate. an absolute public serve enned great thinker. two, why do in have security clearances after out of office? to go back to consult and help government. we see that example again and again and many on that list do exactly thatsand people in office need that. i needed it when i was supreme allied commander and able to consult with my predecessors in ...

A political fuss. we dont want to share im sorry moni my son is not a truly to be paraded before the public his funeral is for those who love him were not blind both this government and its predecessors lack of interest in their citizens its clear. and its not just the victims families who are angry this tragedy has raised serious concerns about aging infrastructure nationwide people here tell me that worried its lee has neither the money nor the capacity to make some crucial changes and theyre ...

Underscores just how critical it is to confirm judges who will support our constitution. and remember this so we have a pick to come up, we have to pick a great one. we have to pick one thats going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. we need intellect. we need so many things. you know, theres so many elements go into the making of a great justice of the supreme court. youve got to hit every one of them. >> well, now, president trump has a chance to fill his second supreme court vacancy with some...

Great. reporter: so president trump not here today, but three of his predecessors sat in a pew together inside the national cathedral, barack obama, president bush and president clinton. >> in recent years, we sometimes talk of that intense period like football players, remembering a big game. in the process, rivalry melted away. reporter: one of the many prominent democrats in the cathedral today was one of the other lawmakers who defeated john mccain in an election, former president barack oba...

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Like frankfurter before him, justice stewart did not provide substantive answers to their questions. when they wanted to know how he would rule, he appropriately declined as his predecessors had. 28 years later, 28 years after justice stewart came through this committee. they considered robert bourks nominati nomination. this was a turning point and in my view remains a rock bottom moment for the senate and for the senate judiciary committee. without getting into the gory details here, it suffic...

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Sanders named yesterday have been critical of the president. susan rice has as recently as sunday when she was criticizing the president. but sarah sanders also said that this was about former officials monetizing their public service. of course, none of these officials have used their security clearance as a way to get more money, but she was talking about monetizing public service in general. and for that, sarah sanders may want to talk to one of her former predecessors in the white house brie...