Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170228:17:18:00
A big theme tonight from the president is to boost the defense budget hugely and slash the state department for diplomacy. exactly what the president's own defense secretary retired general james mattis warned against when he was centcom commander back i 2013. >> i would start with the department of state bget and frankly they need to be as fully funded as congress believes appropriate. >> and joining me now is one of the retired admirals who signed that letter, admiral james stavrides, what general mattis went on to say is that you need more ammunition if you don't fund the state department f...