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Said basically how uncomfortable they were with secretary mattis, with general kelly, with general mcmaster, with this administration. i don't share that comfort. i think jim mattis has been extraordinary in terms of his ability to lead the pentagon and certainly lead in what is a very chaotic administration in very, very challenging and dangerous times. that said, what i worry about over time is that we -- to the degree we are active on the political side, if you will, without being a politician, without running for office, we actually undermine institutions we care the most about, you know, ...

George washington. this setting will serve as a beautiful reminder as france's unique status of america's first ally going back to the revolution. general mcmaster's last day in the white house. on a personal note it's been a privilege to serve alongside him and travel around the world, advancing the president's american first foreign policy. his decades long service to our nation is an inspiration to us all and we know he will do well wherever he lands next. the president misses him well. he will miss working with him but will continue to be great friends and no doubt will continue to see e...

Congress -- and really it's the responsibility of people in both parties without regard to party -- need to speak up to the press but those who have a link to the white house need to be making the case to the president and folks at the white house but ultimately there has to be a check and balance on the president who is determined to go to war and you'd like to see people around the president who aren't just yes men or women. the clearing of the white house, whether it be secretary tillerson, general mcmaster and others is that the president is clearing out anybody who isn't subservient or ob...

Announces his new national security adviser, john bolton to replace h.r. mcmaster. do you get a sense this is a way to distract from this fight that he is engaged in? >> i don't know. it's bad either way. if he's picki ining bolton beca he wants to distract from the fact that his team got caught red-handed paying off porn star, that's not that great, but if he's picking bolton because he likes bolton's ideas, that's even worse because bolton is a warmonger as best i can tell and is not afraid of getting into a nuclear exchange or doing preemptive nuclear strikes in north korea or iran. so eith...

Security adviser, john bolton to replace h.r. mcmaster. do you get a sense this is a way to distract from this fight that he is engaged in? >> i don't know. it's bad either way. if he's picking bolton because he wants to distract from the fact that his team got caught red-handed paying off a porn star, that's not that great, but if he's picking bolton because he likes bolton's ideas, that's even worse because bolton is a warmonger as best i can tell and is not afraid of getting into a nuclear exchange or doing preemptive nuclear strikes in north korea or iran. so either way, picking bolton is ...