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Problem as a leader is not that hes naive, its not that hes inexperienced crude and outside, it is that he is weak in snibling. thats about as hard-hitting a statement as i have seen coming from conservative quarters, we will find out in the coming weeks and coming months where general kellys reputation for instilling discipline works upwards as well to the commander in chief. kelly, thank you. kelly: always good to see you. julie. julie: with secretary kelly comes more than 40 years of military...

Debate. i left off general mcmaster as the national security adviser. the question in addition to this, world view, is enough non-military world view going to get through to the president as what looks like a war cabinet to me. were about to talk about north korea which is heavy through sea power. is this a war cabinet thats forming up? >> i know all of these officers extremely well. take john kelly as an example, his principle four-star command was u.s. southern command, everything south of the...

>> how much is it going to be a challenge for the general, if at all, without the political experience? just the leadership experience. his resume is great. border patrol feels reinvigorated. we know what is happening around the country with sanctuary cities. does he have a big adjustment? >> yes. look at the roll-out of the effort to kind of crack down on, remember, the muslim nations that -- the nations on the list, that they wanted to do the first executive order. when that happens, the way i...

People with special interests and idealogical levels believe different things. you cant lead somebody to believing different things. >> okay. were going to bring back bret baier in washington d.c. bret, i can only imagine what this is like in washington d.c. are people shocked or in awe? was this anticipated? >> i think there was an anticipation that it would happen over a number of days. im getting messages from different sources. some saying that kelly has a lot of d.c. experience. he was a fo...

The president chairman joe dunford knocked on his door and general kelly saw him in uniform, he knew his son was dead. before leaving at the head of u.s. southern command, bret, general kelly spoke to reporters at the pentagon and to give an indication of how he thinks how u.s. advisors -- take a listen to what he said. >> this more stuff is hard. its not for the untrained. the mentorship, the advising is what makes -- the equipment is important but it doesnt come close to having people that are...

80s. the bottom line of it is he was perceived accurately by 1988, 1989 as a threat to the panama canal. he was a threat to americans. there had been americans killed by his defense forces. something that would never have happened before. and when this guy came to power, we had 30,000 plus americans in the u.s. southern command based in panama. two major installations. it was the headquarters of the u.s. southern command. and it was a final intelligence collection place because of what was going...

Deploy, russia as an example, but the minute, i would tell you, dana, the minute north korea gets a missile that could reach the united states and put a weapon on that missile, a nuclear weapon, the instant that happens, this country is at grave risk. >> how far away do you think that is? >> i think mr. trump will be dealing with this in real terms before he starts his second term. >> i want to ask something about what you said when you were stepping down from the u.s. southern command. you pond...

There are countries on the planet that could overwhelm any defense that we would employ, russia, for example, but the minute north korea gets a missile that can reach the united states and put a weapon on that missile, a nuclear weapon, the instant that happens, this country is at grave risk. >> how far away do you think that is? >> i think mr. trump will be dealing with this in real terms before he starts hiss second term. >> i want to ask something about what you said when you were stepping do...

President-elect trump has asked general kelly to lead the department of homeland security and help keep the american people safe from those who wish us harm. its work hes obviously well qualified for. he fielded three towers of duty in iraq, was a key figure in helping sustain the anbar awakening, tumpbld around a war that we were near to losing n that role he lirnd the value of developing local relationships, based on mutual respect. a lesson that served him well in future commands. as southcom...

Office after having already devoted many decades of his life to the distinguished service of our country. when he retired from his last command, commander of the u.s. southern command, general kelly was the longest serving marine corps general still on active duty, having worn the uniform for almost half a century. he was the longest serving active duty general in marine corps history. i believe i think he was the second longest serving general officer in the entire armed forces, only the late g...