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Whether he it is in our own interests to intervene. we must be strong, smart, and hard-headed. and we must demonstrate the resolve necessary to stand up for our interests. and whether it is the security of israel in the middle east or the baltic states in eastern europe, we must always stand up for our friends and allies in democratic countries that find themselves in tough neighborhoods too. [ applause ] we each have different political traditions. we will sometimes pursue different domestic policies. there may be occasions on which we disagree but the common values and interests that bring

James mattis, retired general, who's been considered the front-runner as the potential head of the pentagon, the defense department. that was floated in a couple of news -- from a couple of news sources. the trump campaign knocked it down and said no decision's been made. but i still think it seems like he is the front-runner for that job. i find that one most consequential and potentially most interesting. mattis is obviously very conservative, but many people in the military think he is imminently qualified for that job. the question, though, is whether if he were head of the defense departm...

One of the things i insisted on the day i walked into the oval office was that i don't want intelligence shaded by politics, i don't want it shaded by the desire to tell a feel-good story. we can't make good policy unless we've got good, accurate, hard-headed, clear-eyed intelligence. >> welcome back to "hardball." president obama wants to get to the bottom of reports u.s. military officials may have altered intelligence reports on isis after "the new york times" revealed the inspector general is widening a probe into that matter. there is special concern that analysts at u.s. central command ...

Intelligence shaded by politics. i don't want it shaded by the desire to tell a feel-good story. we can't make good policy unless we've got good accurate hard-headed, clear-eyed intelligence. i believe that the department of defense and all those who head up our intelligence agencies understand that. and that i have made it repeatedly clear to all my top national security advisers. that i never want them to hold back. even if the intelligence or their opinions about the intelligence, their analysis or interpretations of the data contradict current policy. so that's a message that we've been ad...

Bombardment campaign. if eve an few hundred are killed in syria, this will be covered up. he's not looking to put a full scale thing in place. i think we have to be much more hard-headed in the approach here. he's not had his moment yet. this is what i'm trying to get at. >> it is stunning, the manner in which putin has been able to line up intelligence sharing with iraq and iran in the urn, and the action so quickly. great to have michael on. our viewers can google his name. he's a writer for the daily beast, taking interesting angles on this. thank you for your time and if our viewers want t...