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0 >> i was going to say something about brian shactman but i'm not going to. what time is it, mike? >> normally it's time for "morning joe" but right now it's time for chuck todd. >> thank you, team. m.g. there's one tegame with no cuts to report, the blame game. that's if both parties don't immediately leap into mid-term madness. also this morning, a deep dive into a remote corner of max with even pakistani troops don't go. and traditional man of mystery. the worm wiggles his way onto the global stage. is there anything to take away from dennis rodman's adventures in north korea? >> good morn...

0 you didn't deserve it. and i have made, like you have made a new year's resolution, to see more movies, i made three. >> what are yours? >> one, i'm not going to do that ever again. >> okay, that's good. i don't know if anyone knows what you're talking about, but that's okay. >> well, i was kind of -- i was in a bad place. >> he's got to hash something out. >> i was in a bad place. two, and this is important, too, i'm going to try to interrupt you less. in the new year. >> oh, that won't happen, but okay. >> and three, the next time we go to the white house, i'm going to try very hard not to...

I mean, obviously i think you touched on it, chris. the miscalculation here was thinking that in a post-conflict environment like libya, the same normal rules of the vienna convention apply, that the host nation can provide for security. so i think much as the military learned from experiences like beirut in 1983, khobar towers in 1986, that when you deploy people in dangerous situations, you have to concentrate on force protection and bring the resources with you that can provide an adequate level of protection. the state department has to rethink how it operates in these kinds of environment...

Convention apply, that the host nation can provide for security. so i think much as the military learned from experiences like beirut in 1983, khobar towers in 1986, that when you deploy people in dangerous situations, you have to concentrate on force protection and bring the resources with you that can provide an adequate level of protection. the state department has to rethink how it operates in these kinds of environments. >> i still remember '83, and i think that was the wrong decision to put our troops there with no purpose but to guard the airport. it was a symbol of strength, not streng...

Today's house hearing on this matter. let's watch gary ackerman. >> this might be my final six moments to speak in my 30-year career here, and i want to first start by apologizing to the deputy secretaries because you have been brought here as a ruse. you are being used as foils to the conflicting intentions of some people on our committee and others in washington for partisan, political purposes. >> i have always liked gary ackerman. i went to ethiopia with him. i like him even more now. what do you think of these assessments? are these hearings a witch hunt? what are they about? >> they're a...