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Also someone who has been a sharp critic of the president. with one of the most thin-skinned politicians i've ever seen not bad to have someone in the cabinet who will say, mr. president, i don't agree with you. >> it goes against this caricature we've thought of of donald trump. one thing donald trump has said is that he'll bring back water boarding. listen to what donald trump told the "new york times" about a conversation that he had with general james maddus. >> general maddus is a strong, highly dignified man. i met with him at length and asked him that question. i said, what do you think...

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General james maddus. donald trump had nice things to say about im. a lot of people think he can end up as secretary of defense. michele rhea. what do these picks say? >> he'll have a very combative administration. you go person by person, actually, starting with that and right on down the line with the sole exception of reince preibus. you have people who have built in constituencies who are going toe to toe. this in pi minute a sign that he's not really looking to do all that much compromising when it comes to sort of the core issues that he wants to fight about. keep in mind these are not p...

James maddus, head of u.s. joint forces command. there you go. a lost lot of names. you know the article, the quotes, and the set-up for today that's going to lead us to the next 20 minutes, bottom of the hour. let's go ahead and bring in our -- whoa. we're not going to them yet. but we do have our folks standing by. i got it. we got them standing by. our barbara starr is standing by. we have our best political team, which includes suzanne malveaux at the white house, trying to see exactly what the president is going to do with this general. quick break. we're right back.