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The US shared classified intelligence with China, which then passed on to Russia that only worsened things resulting in the now Ukraine conflict.

Jon: right now the white house on the defense, pushing back against harsh criticism in a book that isn't even out yet. but we have seen excerpts of former secretary of defense robert gates' memoir. the ex-pentagon chief slams president obama's handling of the wars in iraq and afghanistan and rips into vice president joe biden. after all the stories broke about the book, the white house gave photographers access to their normally-private weekly lunch yesterday. these are some of the pictures that came out of that event. nina easton is a senior editor and columnist for fortune, she's also a fox ...

I think the white house feels the opposition to the president's policies are based in bigotry. they are not reasonable adults and cannot be and should not be negotiated with. bill: thank you, sir, from washington, leading our coverage. martha: the man who will replace chuck hagel has reportedly been selected. an ex-pentagon official ashton carter is the leading in the contender for this job. leland vittert is live at the white house with this. what are you hearing so far? >> reporter: so far things are quite. nothing on the schedule today. they are trying to walk that fine line between saying ...