Page 3 - Leon Pinetta News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Your voice. i know you have been fighting. since you've left congress i'm sure you're still watching saying you're still in this fight. let me tell you who is kind of in this fight with you, oddly enough? obama era leon pinneda says it's obvious something needs to be done. the intelligence committee ismi going to have to look at this. leon pinetta. >> yeah, he was testify pentagon, the cia, congress. when congress issues a subpoena, in the world i come from, that's not an optional activity. but you know what? the only one that can enforce a subpoena on the department of justice is the departme...

So, these things are all very interconnected to the extent that we project real strength, the ability to stay involved, i think we have a much stronger hand to speak with the russians about pulling back from what they're doing. >> i want to ask you, leon pinetta spoke after the president gave his speech and he said one of the things that concerned him was the president talking about winning this war. he said this is not a war to be won in the traditional sense. that shouldn't be the focus. what is your take on that? >> pam, that's a really good question. the trouble is, it doesn't fit very wel...

Adroit ways to try to manage their boss. kenny o'donnell didn't really have a full chief of staff position but he was a gatekeeper. he worked closely with bobby kennedy to limit some of president kennedy's liaisons with women because they were causing a problem for the white house. h.r. haldeman knew that nixon loved -- haldeman knew he couldn't control every meeting that nixon had with coalsoleson he had staffers call him when coulson would walk across the street so he would know in advance. >> how about that. and apparently general kelly is making sure he is keeping those oval office doors c...

We saw some disappointments over the weekend. and we want to continue to work with the white house to solve the problems when it comes to our broken health care system, our broken tax code. and i hope he can convince the president and the administration to really put forth a good infrastructure plan. >> do you have reason to believe this president is the kind of guy who's going to listen to people the. >> you know i do. i've been with the president. we saw the health care bill in the senate fail this week. i hope the president and his administration does what he did with us, they sat us down, ...

But there are others that are not caught that he reacts to, chris. and many of his supporters believe them as fact when it is in fact fake news. >> yeah, one of the critical things the chief of staff has to do is be the honest broker, teeing up information on every side of a difficult issue, making sure only the toughest decisions get to the president. the most important asset any administration has is the president's time. and, you know, this is clearly a president who's completely undisciplined. presidents come into office with a kind of hubris, and they think they have all the answers. as s...