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Do you now see a nomination fight over key security post depending on who the president puts forward, particularly with the immigration debate, a key component of what the secretary of homeland security does? >> well, guys in your line of work tend to use the word "fight" when we're having a debate. some of the president's nominees have been quite controversial. i mean, that's what we do in the senate. we have big debates over big issues. but they've all been confirmed. we'll take a look at whoever the new secretary of homeland security is. i can't guarantee you there won't be a spirited debat...

Fight over key security post depending on who the president puts forward, particularly with the immigration debate, a key component of what the secretary of homeland security does? >> well, guys in your line of work tend to use the word "fight" when we're having a debate. some of the president's nominees have been quite controversial. i mean, that's what we do in the senate. we have big debates over big issues. but they've all been confirmed. we'll take a look at whoever the new secretary of homeland security is. i can't guarantee you there won't be a spirited debate. look, we have over 300 mi...

Don't see any key component where it gets broken. >> senator blumenthal, i want to play an exchange that you had with mr. clapper last week. let's listen to that. >> you spoke about the challenges of recruiting and keeping the best minds in america which all of us want to be available to the american intelligence community. is there anything that we can do to encourage or support that effort? >> well, sir, it would be nice if they would get a pay raise occasionally, and it would be nice not to be threatened with furloughs. >> i take that to heart and to mind. >> senator, you raised such a very...

I am glad it didn't pass in some ways, because we are able to try to continue to work toward slg that made sense. as far as having a gun in the household, i agree with the gun rights advocates. i think that's a good thing to have but that's not what we are talking about. we are not talking about your second amendment rights. we are talking about curtailing violence. >> quickly, would you like to respond to that? >> i think l.z. is right. i think it wasn't the right approach for dealing with the aftermath of the newtown tragedy. also, look, the white house took ownership of this bill and they f...

That are out there is that their targeting capabilities not that robust. they can throw the missile up in the air and it will land somewhere generally where they want it to land, but their precision targeting is not that great and they won't be able to hit targets exactly the way they want to unless they get very lucky. jon: kim jong un is a relative here new leader, very young, very inch tested. is this all about him trying to prove his toughness to his own military? >> it's part of it, jon, and i think that that becomes a key component of everything that we've heard so far. you have internal...