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And around the world, who share an interest with others in preventing afghanistan from once again becoming a breeding ground for terror. and i think anybody in government in kabul is going to recognise that the west, the uk, have a permanent interest in making sure that that does not happen, and so we are going to use our diplomatic, our political, our overseas development aid budget leverage to make sure that we exert what pressure we can, and we will continue to do that, but i think the idea of a military or a combat solution is not one that we should be pursuing right now. it's a grim reali...

Retired four star navy admiral. he is chief international security in diplomacy analyst for nbc news and msnbc. also members of the armed services and veterans affairs committee. richard blumenthal of connecticut. good to have you both. i'd like to ask you about james baker's comments. he talked a lot about message discipline and how there was a lack of that in this white house, but he also mentioned bolton not so bad. what do you make of that? >> i think the issue with john bolton is going to be that he instinctively reaches for the hard power instrument. in other words, the combat solution. ...