the 2016 election meddling in the united states. is the shakeup about who is most loyal to the president? >> well, you know, again, i don't want to engage in speculation as to who will or won't take the place of the secretary of state. but, you know, mike pompeo is director of the cia. my view is that he's done a pretty good job with the cia but at the same time, the issue is going to be whether or not, you know, he can suddenly move to the position of secretary of state and do it is seamlessly. the concern you have right now is that we have a secretary of state who has been working hard at the job but, at the same time, the state department has been totally undermined in terms of personnel and support and he's not getting a hell of a lot