attention. in fact he's used the president to gain that. and nothing -- and so i don't think that we should resume our -- our mission of having war games in the area with our allies, i think that is important also because the president delayed them. >> quickly, i'll give you a yes or no because i want to do a rapid fire here. do you think there is a chance that the president would change course at this point? >> with his behavior, no. >> let's move on to afghanistan and what is happening there. the president making a surprise visit to troops on thanksgiving day yesterday. but during that visit also surprising folks with the news he had reopened talks with the taliban which seemed to come as a surprise as members of his own administration. as i mentioned, you serve on foreign affairs and senior member of the committee were aware of a restart? >> no. and you might not be surprised to learn that the president lies. and he lies to try to help his campaign. you heard the taliban say that there is nothing there.