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He's not afraid to confront orthodoxy, a first-rate pick. >> he's written a book critical of u.s. generals for not taking a tougher line with political bosses during the vietnam war. i'm wondering how that may play out. >> i think he's going to have three challenges as he assumes this job. one is to make sure all the other agencies are really around the table. the state department, joint chiefs, energy, they haven't been there to date. second, he needs to make sure that the national security council staff is looped in and listened to. they've been marginalized. but third, they need to check po...

What the court is doing is reviewing the justice department's evidence and whether this is related to that or not. we have a co equal branch of government to look at it. there are decisions that are on the book that history has not been kind to even though they rested on security judgment. there was a proceedduresal ruli there is a court saying the balance at harm went in the favor of the challenges that washington state and its citizens would be hurt by instituting this ban than by

Powerful than it was in the era of nixon, it's probably more powerful than it's been in the history of the american republic, particularly as regards to national security. >> that's very true. post-watergate, the president didn't lose power, the congress started exercising its power and becoming more of a constitutional co-equal. but what's happened post-watergate and during the bush/cheney years is powers have been added to the presidency. congress has started relinquishing its responsibilities. the media has become weaker as a check as well so the office itself has filled that void and artic...

-- his revenge, his dark thinking, his thinking out loud when he should be thinking things through before he makes a statement he's just out there. that's what's given me problems. i know the sensitivity of the job, even a person who's experienced in washington -- which trump is not -- it's a delicate and difficult job. that's what's given me nightmares. >> one of the points in the piece that i thought about is that the presidency is more powerful than it was in the era of nixon, it's probably more powerful than it's been in the history of the american republic, particularly as regards to nati...

Bossert receiving co-equal. it is unpredictable how that will shake out and how they will work together or against each other. the critical question, and the wild card in all this, is who will ultimately have president trump's ear for now? because that's ultimately what matters most. he is the last word. the buck stops with him. if michael flynn continues to have his trust, then maybe bossert won't be as controversial. if he is more influential, then maybe flynn won't be as much and won't present some of the challenges he has so far. >> bossert served under george w. bush, who as you know, tru...