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The problem mayor had and we talked about this. she worked for me and michelle re. you have got to hug people while you change them. can't ram it down their throat. that's one thing about betsy devos' leadership. i have worked with her around the country. she is a consensus builder. she is going to be a star in this cabinet because she believes reaching across the aisle and working with democrats and building consensus around collaborative ideas that help build kids. that's the problem when people try to ram school choice. similar to common core down the threat of people not ready for it. that...

They resented the approach. the problem mayor had and we talked about this. she worked for me and michelle re. you have got to hug people while you change them. can't ram it down their throat. that's one thing about betsy devos' leadership. i have worked with her around the country. she is a consensus builder. she is going to be a star in this cabinet because she believes reaching across the aisle and working with democrats and building consensus around collaborative ideas that help build kids. that's the problem when people try to ram school choice. similar to common core down the threat of p...

Who pervert it like al qaeda and isis. a lot of his statements of inflammatory playing into the narrative isis has that it's the west against islam. very concerned about that and profound questions about his temperament. someone i think at d.i.a. had a reputation being hot headed. not a consensus builder. in this position you need to bring together disparate voices within the national security infrastructure to come together on tough policy. those aren't really his skills. i think he was widely thought of, praised in his role with general mcchrystal and gathering intelligence. >> in afghanista...

I have not seen anything like this before but let's change the conversation for a second, chris. >> no, answer my question. what are the issues? >> well, will you be quiet? the big ugly -- you need to be quiet, son. i'll give you an education. >> go ahead. go ahead. >> here's the deal. the president-elect has key advisors who have helped him during the campaign. in this case those advisors happened to be his kids and his son-in-law. they go to the intelligence community and say i want these advisors with me during a national security briefing. what's the intelligence community supposed to say?...

State did, that we have a first lady of many talents but who most of all can bring people together around conflicts and difficult issues, to hammer out consensus and get things done. >> what we are trying to do -- >> she traveled across the country, learning about the health care problems that faced patients, doctors and nurses. but when she returned to washington, she retreated with a tight circle of trusted advisers to privately draft the legislation. >> her management of health care is really clumsy. her secrecy, her combativeness, her insistence on my way or the highway. >> critics say she...