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Shinseki firing seem less and you will see the attention shift to this. and like governor richardson said, the disagreement of tom donlan said. and i think that there are a number of questions that jay carney is going to have to answer in the briefing in an hour. and this is a legitimate debate on both sides. the president, we are hearing the argument from the white house is that they had to act. the congress said that even though the president needed to noti notify them in 30 days, he issued a ...

They are absolutely terrified because theyve never been through anything like this before. ukraine has never faced this kind of a crisis since it was established as an independent nation and no one at this stage knows what is going to happen next. wolf? >> arwa damon reporting from donetsk, thank you. joining is tom donlan. thanks for coming in. is this definitive proof that the russians are responsible for the unrest in eastern ukraine right now? >> i dont think theres any question that they ...

Washington that there was a protest in connection to a youtube video? >> no. the only report that our mission made through every channel was that there had been an attack on a consulate. >> 4:05 p.m. washington time. an internal state department ops alert reports that the benghazi special mission is under attack. >> i was notified of the attack shortly after 4:00 p.m. i spoke to the national security adviser, tom donlan. he was my first call. i instructed our senior department officials to consi...

>> did you report to anyone in washington there was a protest in connection to a youtube video? >> no, the only report that our mission made through every channel was there was an attack on the consulate. >> reporter: 4:05 p.m. reports that benghazi special alert mission was your honounde. >> i was notified of the attack shortly before 4:00 p.m. tom donlan was my first call. i instructed our senior department officials to consider every option to just break down the doors of the libyan officials...

Security adviser, at least in terms of its proximity to the president, is a more powerful job. >> absolutely. >> given her background, what weve seen both at her time in the clinton administration, her time at the u.n., the way that she handled the whole benghazi controversy, deserved or not, do you think that substantively we should expect a shift in national security strategy and approach with having susan rice there as opposed to having donlan there? >> the interesting thing, she has been in ...

>> in some ways, national security adviser, at least in terms of its proximity to the president, is a more powerful job. >> absolutely. >> given her background, what weve seen both at her time in the clinton administration, her time at the u.n., the way that she handled the whole benghazi controversy, deserved or not, do you think that substantively we should expect a shift in national security strategy and approach with having susan rice there as opposed to having donlan there? >> the interesti...

Than tom donlan, certainly, closer@president. has a deeper relationship with him. john kerry, by the way, made a statement in guatemala, had a news conference in guatemala where hes at the organization of american states tonight, was not here for these announcements and described her as brilliant, top diplomat, someone who he is quick to point out has worked for him and supported him in his 2004 presidential race, so he is applauding these new colleagues. >> in terms of the samantha power nomina...

I could not. i cannot overstate my disgust and disappointment over the continued reports of sexual misconduct in our military. >> so what senator mccain said, i mean, that pretty much sums it up. that incredible for him, by the way, to share that. this is -- this store is stunning to me we are dealing with this in day and age. we are breaking news to get to but quickly. >> thank goodness for the women on the senate armed services committee. once they acknowledged will do anything to fix it. they...

Just sent tom donilon to prepare for this china summit. he was in china last week doing the prep work with his counterparts in china for the summit that is taking place at the ends of the week, yet they are doing this switch today so donilon is not involved. its susan rice. that part of it seems a little whiplashing. >> robert gibbs, what do you think is i didnt understand the announcement now behind the timing? >> tom has been there a long time and been in this administration the first term and...

She of course withdraw for that consideration from that position five months ago. as for now, tom donlan has announced his interception to leave the post but it has been assumed that he would leave about a year into the second material of obamas presidency. what do you all think of this? yes, yes, yes and yes. i think thats how she wrote it. >> i dont think thats how she wrote it. >> i was trying to get her energy. she did not deserve, i hope potus does name her. laci, i can feel your excitement...