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>> it was a mistake. he said, look, hes had a very good trip. >> laura: but he has apologized and clarified. >> he has done good things overall. trump is a little bit like a baseball player who strikes out but also hits a lot of home runs but theres some balance in there. thats part of his style. >> laura: and he is relatively new, a year and a half into this and still a lot of successes. and still lots of successes. the criticism of the president and i have to play this, tom donalan today on cn...

Know what was going on. the video tory proved to be plain false. i think tom donalan made a decision to isolate the president. we heard that thats effectively what happened. >> this was a purely political calculation. this took place weeks before the presidential elect. their whole campaign slogan was bin laden is dead. they could not have this on their plate because it ruined their entire political calculations going into the election. >> i talked to the president at the end of the day, but i h...

As evil. they refer to him as a liar. ive got to believe its ethnic with these people. they got a problem with this guy being president, is there any other evidence to justify why they keep calling him a bad man? thats what they do. >> on benghazi, theyre up against a desperate to believe that barack obama doesnt take terrorism seriously. it plays into that narrative. i think thats why benghazi is so appealing for them. because it plays into a larger narrative. despite the fact that he killed bi...

Happen, how dynamic the situation is throughout the world, its important to have somebody thats running a process for the president to make the types of decisions that he has to make with a broad amount of input. tom donalan, dennis mcdonough, they teed up a process so that everybody would be involved in being able to have a say before the president made all of these important decisions. >> very briefly, robert. doesnt she now have more power than john kerry? >> i dont think thats true. look, if...

Security team. to keep our nation strong and safe. >> reporter: rice, a tough, no-nonsense policy wonk is replacing tom donalan resigning from the post. the president seemed ready to nominate rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. block her nomination because of comments on sunday talk shows about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. replacing her samantha power, former assistant to the president and director at national security council. power will need se...

The backdrop aimed at fostering a personal connection between these two leaders. there will be some important issues on the table, including cyber attacks, as well as north korea and human rights abuses. so i expect all of those issues to be on the table. going back to the appointment of susan rice, it allows national security adviser tom donalan to oversee that meeting. >> kristen, you will be covering that meeting? >> i will be. >> well be right back. can become major victories. im phil mickel...

One of the insiders saying that this is something we need to do, given slaught theyre we have seen. if you ask about the messaging the message is rather muddy on this point because it has not been clear, except for the president statement that gaddafi must go. larger point and one were meshed in now in terms of the confusion this military mission is in support of the u.n. resolution. while many americans say really if we are there, lets get gaddafi out, lets not waste time. that is not what the ...

One of the insiders saying that this is something we need to do, given slaught theyre we have seen. if you ask about the messaging the message is rather muddy on this point because it has not been clear, except for the president statement that gaddafi must go. larger point and one were meshed in now in terms of the confusion this military mission is in support of the u.n. resolution. while many americans say really if we are there, lets get gaddafi out, lets not waste time. that is not what the ...

Good trip -- >> laura: and apologized and clarified. >> he has done good things overall. hes a little bit like a baseball player who strikes out but also hits a lot of home runs and theres some balance in there and i think thats part of his style. >> laura: hes still relatively new a year and a half into this and still lots of successes. the criticism of the president and i have to play this, tom donalan today on cnn former security adviser for president barack obama. >> i think you would tell h...

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