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The normal situation if they are gone. is that safe to say? and the u.s. would only deal with a regime that does not improve either of them. >>. >> i will not comment on the hypothetical of that. the president is clear that the existing situation is unacceptable. if they restore the appropriate democratic processes, this is not about leadership, its about restoring the democratic process and rule of law. >> mr. secretary, can you talk about restructuring. low it impact on the ability to do debt ...

Shake-up, of course. it certainly feels like republicans are setting up very high bar for general kelly. do you think hes going to be able to clideliver? >> based on his career and history, many people hold him in high regard and say he is someone who is capable and competent and most importantly has the trust of the president. that theyve built a relationship over these last several months. and trust is important and the respect of the president is important. and we have seen that the president...

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Of elevated into what appears to be a more senior strategic role. presently in the absence of a communications director, mike dupkey left a matter of weeks ago. we are told by white house officials that sean spicer in effect has been overseeing both the community cases shop and the press shop here, the future role would focus on sort of overseeing those two departments. but be clear, craig, weve witnessed over the course of the last several weeks a real restructuring, a shift in the way this whi...

Rupert murdoch could walk in and layout the paper any moment. that was not the way things were. when i was at the post, murdoch has a history. having all of his media children fighting. fox news and post were not in sync. the post was a different entity. to be fair, i dont think this was a fox problem. i dont know this was necessarily a news corporation problem. >> i agree with that. >> the proof is in the change. dont just remove ailes. if you are around any corporate restructuring, it is not j...

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Security council. whats behind the move? heres abcs senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: at the white house today, a staff shakeup. president trump, reversing his controversial decision to put his chief strategist, steve bannon, on the national security council. bannons presence on the council drew harsh criticism, a lightning rod, his right-wing views on nationalism and islam no secret. >> its pretty dark here in europe right now, but theres something actually much darker...

Saying all of this. nobody thought that was ever realistic. i spoke to a source yesterday that spent some time with the president yesterday and they said that the earliest they could conceive of it happening is november and they are concerned about it being not as big and bold aax reform as they originally conceived but perhaps something slimmed down with some tax cuts and not major restructuring. >> can we talk to you about the trump budget which is just out this morning? you got that federal h...

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52 billion being spent on the agency. also increases homeland security by $3 billion. makes good on the presidents pledge to take care of veterans adding hrt $4 billion to the bug there. where it takes away though is in the department of state, particularly the foreign aid budget. thats going to be cut across the board. state department by 21%. thats a little more than $10 billion. the epa will also get cut by 31%. and there are plans to eliminate 3200 positions there. then the health and human ...