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Position in a meeting with the president. at least in the 21st and 20th centuries. does he stand by that statement completely? did the senator ask to be named to position of secretary of state? >> i haven't talked to him specifically about that. i would imagine the president whole heartedly stands by his statement on that. >> the other thing i have was, last sunday before the tragic events in las vegas, catalonia had its vote. the president said the week before when he was with spain's prime minister he supported a unified spain. today the president of the state of catalonia said he would not ...

Actually ask for a cabinet position in a meeting with the president, at least in the 21st and 20th centuries. does he stand by that statement completely that senator asked to be named to position of secretary of state. >> i haven't talked to him specifically about that. i imagine the president stands by his statement on that. >>. >> the other question i have was last sunday before the tragic events in las vegas catalonia had its vote. the president said the week before he supported a unified spain. today the president of the state of catalonia said he would not declare independence but would s...

United states senate or the house went around a sitting president to foreign leaders? >> i can't offhand. the idea though that politics stops at the water's edge, a familiar thought from the 19th and 20th centuries never really been true. foreign policy has always directly affected our domestic politics. pretty clear the debate over iran is being shaped by tensions here and -- >> can you give us some specific examples, any that come to mind of how the congress has been less-than-respectful to a commander in chief at a time such as this? >> you had people arguing -- i don't want to link these t...

The soviet union. he has re-established his view, i think it is totally misguided. but his view is one of the great disasters of the 20th centuries is when the soviet union went out of business. that is not the case, it is a great success story meaning that people in western europe and the republics of soviet union now live in freedom and a lot of them are under democratic governments. and they're sovereign, independent states and he needs to recognize that and clearly has failed to do that. the consequences are not addressed by those of us who have supported europe and nato in the past and th...

>> the national park service created controversy over hosting an an anti-muslim video. take a listen. >> people think it's not -- and there's no equality but there's wrong. there's equity. >> in some case, western women acquired later in the 19th and 20th centuries. >> yes, the parks department that posted this video is the same one who claims to be broke. closing national parks due to sequester. >> we'll see a lot of nervousness. have to shut down because of the sequester. it is curious what they are able to spend their time on and the government's ban on these types of things. >> huge questi...