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Post" reports that under the rework organization of the state department tillerson is considering eliminating from the state department's mission promoting and supporting democracy around the world. joining us now, david ignatious. he is also an msnbc and nbc news political analyst. also, senior counsel and former secretary of defense responsible for policy on russia, msnc analyst. the delay in signing the sanctions bill, not one word from the president about 755 americans from the moscow embassy. and what rex tillerson said today about how disappointed he and the president were about the russ...

World. >> as former defense department and former senate staffer i view that with a lot of concern. because you know, we've never dropped democracy from our mission even when the united states as most isolationist. we said we will stand as the city on the hill. example for the world. so we're not going to intervene or try to tell people how to run their lives. what we want to still be an example of them of how to be prosperous. i think taking this out of the equation is a mistake. the administration could have said, we won't force demock roocy on people. that's one thing. but to say, to actual...

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David, welcome back, sir. >> good to be with you, chuck. >> so, first of all, what do you make of this story and as you just heard and i know you guys are dealing with the same thing, we're getting three different versions from the same source. >> this needs to be unravelled. this is why it's important to have investigations conducted by fbi or other law enforcement. if there's a question of violation of laws or committees of congress. just to get a clear account. this is the kind of thing that's alleged. the meeting, people trying to influence u.s. policy flowed a peace plan for ukraine throu...

The downside i think is, these white house jobs involve political skills that military officers shouldn't develop. politicized military officers i think are a bad idea, you know, we have a history with al hague that gets into problems with that. he doesn't have those political skills and i think it's going to be hard for him to run and inner agency process that's supple, that represents all the parties, all the different cabinet agencies. that said, the mcmaster appointment is i think the first thing in some weeks that got almost universal praise. he so well known, so well respected, he's a ra...