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Control of foreign policy. they don't expect a strong personality to be nominated. i hear veteran secretary robert willky. on the short list. a low key person. they think it's bolton. he has a bit of a tense relationship with the president at the moment. secretary pompeo driving lt discussions on iran along with president trump. and the pentagon is not expecting the coming year or two to be a major force on the front. >> shanahan came from boeing. and while mark the army secretary running the pentagon on acting basis, did lobbying for in addition to that he had a life prior to that. he fought ...

Itself out with regards to leadership on this acting basis. they don't have permanent people being appointed to these positions. and very frankly, if you're secretary of defense, the reality is if you're just acting it's viewed as a temporary position. and you have to make important judgments, you have to deal with the military who are all career individuals. you've got to be able to develop strategy. you've got to speak with one voice. you've got to ultimately face the president of the united states and possibly tell the president that the decisions he's thinking about are not the right decis...

He is a great patriot and i want to personally thank him for his service. mick mulvaney is a guy who we see fairly often here at the white house. obviously he has served in the number of capacities for this administration and now it appears he will be serving in yet another, at least, on an acting basis as we get more information and perhaps some sound, i'll pass it along. but now back to you. >> kevin, thank you so much. mika brzezinski coming under fire for using a homophobic slur earlier this week attacking mike pompeo for defending the saudis crown in the killing of jamaal khashoggi. >> he...

Override law, there is law against torture, but somehow george w. bush could order people tortured. let me read from the a.g.'s statements, he said the courts are supposed to be the inferior branch of our three branchs of government. i got to tell you notwithstanding russia and everything else, it is wild to see a lawyer now leading the justice department, even on an acting basis, who says that when we all know everyone knows the supreme court is a co-equal branch which also has the last word on what the law means. >> right. and the significant advances with we protect the unions to include wo...

Theories the idea of president on near own can make law, override law, there is law against torture, but somehow george w. bush could read people tortured. let me read from the ag's statements, he said the courts are supposed to be the inferior branch of our three branchs of government. i got to tell you not withstanding russia and everything else, it is wild to see a lawyer now leading the justice department even on an acting basis who says that when we all know everyone knows the supreme court is a co-equal branch which also has the last word on what the law means. >> right. and the signific...