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Up the iran deal, regime change there as well, military action against iran. so what is the brake? >> yeah. i think as we look internationally at this, andrea, i think this diminishes the chances of peace on the korean peninsula. it raises exponentially chances that the iran deal goes away which will create maximal tension in the middle east. it raises chances of tension in china and the south china sea. it raises tensions of a hard line with russia which is probably the only area i can agree on with john bolton but i'm not sure the president agrees on russia. so look for more confusion and la...

Croft or steve hadley. defense interelect ums and neutral umpires and trusted by the ints -- interagency process and thoughtful and ambassador bolton is not that. and the thing that most concerns me about him is i don't think he understands the uncertainty of when you embark on military action. and so i think this is not going to turn out well. >> well let me ask you this. is this really about ambassador bolton or is it about the president? and the thing that i'm curious about is the president -- i know people are focused on ambassador bo bolton's point of view but if you've agreed to take thi...

Cia, a tough bureaucracy, get it back in play. because maybe you saw henry kissing quoted in the "new york times", he understands the linkages being close to this president. that may be better for capacity. what john was alluding to in national security, you have to have good lines of communications and good interagency process. how does state deal with the defense, deal with the cia, the national security adviser and ultimately the president. what worries me is what the president is doing is purging people who can effectively say put the brakes on this, think about this differently. he may no...

We find out that the commander in chief of the united states of america fires his top diplomat via twitter in a disrespectful way and cowardly? >> i hate to do with this jon meacham watching but i'll pull something out of history which is back in the 17th century occasionally the british royal navy would literally shoot an admiral who lost a battle to encourage the others. and i think that a lot of the international reaction to this is there will be others shot before this is over so that revolving door hurts us diplomatically. look, what's important here is where will secretary pompeo, where ...

Of the secretary to deputy secretary of state solomon. my commission as secretary of state will terminate at midnight march 31st. between now and then, i will address a few administrative matters related to my departure and work towards a smooth and orderly transition for secretary of state designate mike pompeo. i'm encouraging my policy planning team and undersecretaries and assistant secretaries, those confirmed, as well as those in acting positions, to remain at their post, to continue our mission at the state department and working with the interagency process. i will be meeting members o...