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In his dealings with nato countries. browbeating them to come up to their commitment of 2% for nato. more so than that, sometimes being somewhat denigrating to some of our allies. also, mattis writes "similarly, i believe we must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach to those countries whose strategic interests are increasingly with ours. its clear that china and russia want to shape a world consistent with their authoritarian model, getting veto authority over other nations economic, dipl...

See. >> and let me read that to you and analysis on anything from your reporting about the shutdown and this is breaking news so we dont have all of it up on the screen but folks could follow as i say what the secretary told donald trump to his face in this letter after what weve been told is an ousting. i believe we must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach whose countries are in tension with ours and said it is clear china and russia want to shape a world consist went their authoritaria...

Instructions out of the white house while still remaining respectful to the commander in chief. i think he just got pushed way too far. he was on ground he could no longer accept. >> how do you, general, can you imagine after you read this letter, and i want to read you one part of it to me, as important as any, he writes we must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach to those countries who are intention with ours. it is clear that china and russia, for example, want to shape a world consis...

Close the deficit and suggest doing so would be disservice to troops and the american people they serve and protect because we all know here today that america can afford survival. we are in era of great power competition but as president trump has said competition hostility nor conflict. if we continue to invest in strength, this is true of americas relationship with china and seek constructive result relationship with beijing but we do not have economic practices or coercion of smaller states,...

Re-elections. in other news we have a fox news exclusive. you know five years ago was that terrible attack in benghazi when ambassador chris stevens and three other individuals were killed. well, there are two men, they are contractors. they did fight for our country. one was a green beret and one was an army intelligence agent. they started their own company. they are private contractors. they say they cant stay silent anymore about what happened over there in benghazi. steve: thats exactly rig...

Domestic policy aid. it didnt involve any of the key people from the key agencies because folks arent there in leadership positions. its about priorities and whats clear is by putting people like steve bannon on the principles committee, the white house has sent a signal that politics trumps expertise for them, at least in the early days of this administration, when it comes to making senate security decisions. hopefully with the appointment of h.r. mcmaster thats going to change. >> one of thei...

Know, you have a majority that wants to go ahead and move with the confirmation, and there will be an administration that wants a cabinet in place, and at some point people will say enough is enough and we have to fill a cabinet for the executive branch to function. >> you feel good about these cabinet picks? some want to slow down because they want to slow down the control of steve bannon last week. >> i would be among them, and i think it was weird and difference to replace, for example, the c...

Talking about it or sharing it is breaking the law just as he, you know, talked about hillary clinton sharing classified information on her e-mails. so if donald trump wants to talk to his kids about decisions, important security decisions he is making, he has to protect himself and have them have security clearance. >> its an interesting idea. i mean, dana, do you think theres some truth to that, that in free-willing discussions, this protects him in case he says something? >> no question. like...

To protect himself in a way or ask for it to protect himself because he talks to them about everything. hes used to consulting them about everything and there is this matter of talking about classified information when youre not supposed to be talking about it or sharing it is breaking the law just as he, you know, talked about hillary clinton sharing classified information on her e-mails. so if donald trump wants to talk to his kids about decisions, important security decisions he is making, he...

You probably had to deal with a lot of security decisions. how do you read whats happening in los angeles? >> well, listen. im not an expert on school superintendents. >> sure. >> i think chuck is right that you always want to default to the safety position. the problem, obviously, no coordination of l.a. and new york and then pointing fingers which happened on occasion. the house and the senate and anthrax and leads to embarrassment and other issue here is it really gives the terrorists a road ...