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War in syria is john bolton. >> it sounds like he is advocating for that very wide threat. >> thats the point. hes the biggest war hawk. coming back to the whole question of obstruction of justice, this country was attacked. we were attacked by the russians who tried to subvert our election and our democratic system. comey now reveals that when the president was apprised of this, his reaction was political. his reaction was how does this affect me and my legitimacy. it had nothing to do with how...

Made anti-muslim stations. they consider him a war hawk in some way. hes working hard as rich edson described to overcome that characterization and say that he puts diplomacy first and he will rehab this sort of eviscerated state department. hes talked with former secretaries of state to prepare for these hearings and to present a genuine earnest in the job. i think hes -- in the eyes of some democrats, he can be described as controversial but theres a bipartisan consensus that hes knowledgeable...

But that deconfliction remains open. u.s. officials calling their russian counterparts. so communication, at least at the tactical level, is alive and well. at the strategic level, you have tweets from the president and response from pestcof coming out. so thats the level. >> certainly this is going to give senators plenty to talk about. mike mpompeo is going to appear for his confirmation in an hour from now. hes got a reputation as a hard-liner, even a war hawk, but he says its a title he no l...

Gotten us into the pickle we are in and that is kind of some diminished power of america that president trump is trying to grow for the right reasons. >> you like his recent appointments, his national security adviser. >> i dont know either one personally, but reading a lot of the past work and what he is a proponent of, i am thankful that hes all about u.s. sovereignty, im not the war hawk that maybe some people would think that hard-core republican would be, and thats because i see what war do...

Gotten us into the pickle we are in and that is kind of some diminished power of america that president trump is trying to grow for the right reasons. >> you like his recent appointments, his national security adviser. >> i dont know either one personally, but reading a lot of the past work and what he is a proponent of, i am thankful that hes all about u.s. sovereignty, im not the war hawk that maybe some people would think that hard-core republican would be, and thats because i see what war do...

Both is seen as the keen advocate of military power. >> mr. bolton didnt see a war he didnt like. >> he was once rejected by north korea as human scum the bush era war hawk just last month called for a preemptive strike. he says it is causing anxiety in seoul the former ambassadors tough talk could create a make or break situation. boughten urged aggressive actions against iran, iranian officials slammed the former ambassador, saying the decision to hire him was quote shameful, ashic website say...

>> hes been the key war hawk, war manager. >> other than the other republicans, he thought that the iraq war was a terrible decision. >> he was involved with changing the evidence of the war in iraq. what advice would the president give his 25-year-old seven? >> dont run for president. >> there is a lot to unpack there.

Lets not forget iran was responsible for the majority of the road -- the majority of the roadside bombs that were killing american soldiers in iraq at the time and he did say we need to hold them accountable. >> and he was opposesed to iran deal. >> go ahead. >> he wrote the op-ed saying we should bomb iran three yearsing a. oppose ds to the iran deal. >> im omnibused to the inner deal as well. >> the he said the only way to get iran to agree to anything with military action. they agreed without...

Surrounding himself with yes men yes women getting rid of people who are opposed to him to my interject other viewpoints she says this is troubling. it is it is highly troubling there was a there was a hope in the last well in the first year of the trump administration that the foreign policy realists like monster like john kelly perhaps even jim mattis would tame the president and would organize american foreign and security policies in in a meaningful way it was quite obvious for a while that ...

Corralling advice for the president. >> its something watching the mounting criticism since the appointment was announced. democratic senator ed markey using the opportunity to tweet. he wrote this. with the appointments of mike pompeo and john bolton, real donald trump, the president, is successfully lining up his war cabinet. bolton played a key role in politicizing the intel that led us to the iraq war. we cannot let this extreme war hawk blunder us into another terrible conflict, paul. >> cr...