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That in their portfolio. so there is a level of expertise where that can get accomplished. but what you have really is a very solid manager. and you look at the body of his work, the ark of his life as hes been involved in business. hes very much a manager. he leads organizations. he doesnt have the breadth of experience that a jim mattis had. and thats -- lets be frank, thats a difficult guy to follow. jim mattis was immensely qualified for the position. had to cross swords with the president a...

"spider" marks and sam vinograd, a former obama administration official who is now a cnn national security analyst. good afternoon to you both. general marks, you are talking to active duty military personnel who are concerned. what are you hearing? >> right after jim mattis took over as sec def, there were two majors, they were sitting in this cube l and they have the picture of jim mattis and they have underneath it the sign that says, "watch over us." sadly, that is gone. this tremendous comm...

Sec- sec-def. ash carter had been the deputy secretary and people thought -- they have the same fears, hes from the industry, an engineer, not somebody that was going to be in policy. but ash carter made a real point while he was the number two to go to afghanistan, around the world, to build up that portfolio that helped make the case to get that job. patrick shanahan hasnt done that. i dont think hes been down range to talk to the troops yet. so we dont know what were going to get yet. well se...

China. they have a marxist/lennonist regime. ceo, hollywood, media, universities. we -- any pick for sec def. >> i cant think of anyone who would take the job that i could recommend for it. >> bill cohen but hes not going to take the job either. >> laura: mine is jim webb. >> i like that. >> former assistant secretary of defense. he is my pick. and coming up, raymond arroyo and i are going to debate something that -- i love the hat. isnt that beautiful. plus more gross toys to buy kids this ho...

>> it really is going to get worse before it gets better. i take your point, chuck, that the power of a shutdown -- >> i forgot there was one earlier this year. >> it was over a weekend. it opened up by monday. its different when its like two weeks. >> the 2013 shutdown, which was supposed to have destroyed the republican party, led to massive wins in 2014. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> obamacare. >> the website blew up on this -- >> stuff happened in between. >> thats the point. >> thats going to hap...

Korea saying i have told them talk of appeasement with north korea will not work, they only understand one thing. then coming out of church in washington, d.c., this is the president when asked about the issue. >> mr. president, will you attack north korea? >> so these varying messages, whether it be by tweet or well see, then you have a very sobering message coming from the secretary of defense. is it that last word, is it that message from the sec def. >> i think many people may find themselve...

Footed like this and it looks like whats come out since is that he just decided to do this on his own without getting the advice of the military leadership who already had a process underway to look at this. >> and youve been one of the leading advocates forgetting agreements, youve argued strenuously about that. now weve got afghanistan policy sort of in limbo with a troop recommendation from the military that i understand involves several thousand more troops, the president resisting. >> right...

Military, who got released, if you will, through an ability that many in resource think was totally bogus. some call him a draft dodger. i would agree. hes going to say these 4,000 americans are not up to the job. it is outrageous. and how did he check with his generals and his military advisers when department of defense secretary is on vacation and the pentagon is saying they were not spoken to. and beyond that, this money argument is the ultimate of bogus. >> let me jump in. the defense secre...

And, of course -- bill: cant you make same argument for the head of cia? >> exactly. why donald trump is going there. donald trump is going there to wag his finger at democrats and i need my sec-def and dhs. bill: a lot of people concerned about the that speech was too dark by the mainstream media. this was a very telling line, mr. stirewalt, sir, flush with cash, deprived of knowledge, talking about education. >> yeah. >> but for for too many of our citizens a different reality exists. mothers ...

Noon today for his first full day as a civilian leader of the nations armed forces. the defense secretary was greeted by the chairman of the joints chiefs of staff fellow marine corps general joseph du photographs released by the defense department show the new secretary conferring with deputy secretary bob work a holdover from the obama administration and u.s. air force general paul selva among others. last night the new commander-in-chief told revelers at the freedom ball about his signing of ...