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Places, im consistently amazed by the willingness of our diplomatic corps to put their lives at risk. and i wonder how do you balance that very difficult decision? because, frankly, what ive heard more often from that diplomatic corps is that they chafe at the restrictions. i mean, i remember vividly being, you know, i didnt like the ride from the airport to the embassy which was ten minutes, and we were there for, i dont know, a few hours and then out. you know, the state department personnel, ...

Have traveled to pakistan and afghanistan, yemen and other places, i am consistently amazed by the willingness of our diplomatic corps to put their lives at risk. and i wonder how do you balance that very difficult decision? because frankly, what ive heard more often from the diplomatic corps is that they chafe at the restrictions. i mean, i remember vividly being in peshawar which is -- i didnt like the ride from the airport to the embassy, which was ten minutes, and we were there for i dont kn...

Consistently amazed by the willingness of our diplomatic corps to put their lives at risk. i wonder how do you balance that very difficult decision. what ive heard more often is they chafe at the restrictions. i remember vividly being in peshawar, which is, you know, i didnt like the ride from the airport to the embassy, which was ten minutes, and we were there for, i dont know, a few hours, and then out. you know, the state department personnel, they live there. and went out amongst the communi...

How do you think the admission has handled it? how do you defuse this crisis? >> i dont have much qualms with the way theyve handled it, to be quite frank. i think theyve taken the right steps to protect the united states and to make very clear that we are going to live up to our security obligations to our allies in the reswron. the truth of the matter is that i think its a mistake to view north korea can as a government. it is more like a criminal syndicate. and this young man now in charge of...

Launch from kim jong-un. how do you think the admission has handled it? how do you defuse this crisis? >> i dont have much qualms with the way theyve handled it, to be quite frank. i think theyve taken the right steps to protect the united states and to make very clear that we are going to live up to our security obligations to our allies in the reswron. the truth of the matter is that i think its a mistake to view north korea can as a government. it is more like a criminal syndicate. and this y...

Would support that. but the proposals i have seen so far, and i havent fully read the toomey/manchin compromise but all the proposals do not reach that. we are missing a golden opportunity to have an important debate about violence in our society. violence in our society is the problem. >> i want to ask you about north korea can as the administration waits for a potential missile launch from kim jong-un. how do you think the admission has handled it? how do you defuse this crisis? >> i dont have...

Implications of his budget plan are, 20% cuts for education and research and development and manufacturing, all areas where were investing and we believe that that will create good paying jobs for the middle class. >> ben, fair enough, the -- its worth noting, though, two thing. one is the latest quinnipiac poll shows, the president having strong leadership qualities 67% to 54%. i have to bring up the libya question. that would seem to play directly to this. the white house has had quite a mess ...

Action. shortly in response to the events overseas in the past week, weve seen the president ensure that our diplomatic boosts and american personnel in the region are secure, reached out to international leaders to ensure that they were condemning the violence that they saw in the regions and meeting their security obligations to our embassies. again, i think youve seen that the presidents been steady and governor romney is somebody who weighed in as the situation was developing, without a full...

We have to act in our national security, what protects american people. the first responsibilities to keep them safe. but the fact is we cant afford this war endlessly unpaid for. in addition to the other security obligations. at some point there is going to have to be a moment where we say can we do this better another way or are we getting results? its controversial. >> you think we are capable of having a robust debate without it being party line and partisan? >> i think so. i certainly hope ...

More on defense or else. president trump has written letters to germany, belgium, norway and canada, taking them to task for spending too little on their own defense and warning the united states is losing patience with their failure to meet security obligations. as hans said, theres nothing wrong with encouraging them to spend more. but diplomacy is usually about talking to your friends in private and harassing your adversaries in public. president trump has it inverted. he harasses our friends...