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Against assad. >> i think the israel list didn't admit to it, that there was kinds of things that they say is that they feel oppressed from some of the drones and various things that are coming out that are being supported as one reads about this by hamas or iran. and that there had to be some way of saying this is unacceptable. but the israelis did this, again, they never had admitted it, erpler in terms of stopping a threat to what they consider their security. basically coming from forces that are being supported by iran. >> dana: also, i wanted to ask you about north korea. in your book yo...

Tour of africa right now. has he become irrelevant? is he even clued into what's happening? >> even beyond his own position in the administration and in public life now, it's an illustration of in any previous administration, just the ranks of experts and people to try out all the different approaches, ideas, and subject them to questioning and to draw on the history of how things went when bill clinton was trying to deal with north korea and how things went for either of the presidents bush. and the fact that the secretary of state apparently was not aware of this and that there is no ambassa...

Tillerson saying, trump's decision was not a surprise. he's on a tour of africa, has he become irrelevant? is he even clued in to what's happening? >> even beyond his own position in the administration, and in public life now, it's an illustration of in any previous administration, just the ranks of experts, and people to try out all the different approaches. it will draw on the history of how things went, when bill clinton was trying to deal with north korea, and how things went for either of the president's bush. the fact that the secretary of state was not aware of this, and that there is n...

Against all of the past knowledge, all the past best practices? >> right. north korea is no one incredibly difficult foreign policy problem. no political party or administration really has a monopoly on good or bad ideas. when she said that north korea is a agreeing to things it's never agreed to, they haven't agreed to anything it. they haven't publicly confirmed the south korean depiction of it. but everything they reportedly said to the south koreans has been part of agreements in the past or called for under existing u.n. resolutions. >> you're skeptical of this. >> yes. >> let me read a p...

Tax reform victory. infrastructure. he's going to call on congress to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure package. immigration reform. that's the big fight. just last week president trump unveiling his plan that would give dreamers a pathway to citizenship in exchange for funding for his border wall. and of course national security. you can expect a key focus on north korea. the most pressing foreign policy problem the white house is facing. now, this is an unconventional president who is going to be stepping in to what is arguably a time-honored tradition here in washington and for the commande...