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Would at a minimum have their clearances suspended. the only positive for chuck grassley is there is no longer a democrat at the state department. have you rex tillerson. if they have these documents about why she retained this rets clearance, and for example does she still have the clearance today. a lot of former officials get to keep these clearances for years, even when they are consult-ins. ainsley: why though? >> some like to retain it because they say look, i was in the middle of all these important issues. i need to keep abreast of it some of these folks in washington talking about dra...

Monk my guess no general you have enjoyed having off-the-record conversation with you, then the warrior monk general mattis because he is well read and intellectually curious. >> rich conversations. he is probing. he is reflective and always willing to criticize conventional wisdom, political wisdom. one really good thing about general mattis i would note and not widely understood. he had been willing to fire subordinates. the military too often has a log rolling and get along and go along culture. bob gates is great strength as secretary of defense was that he fired people. >> two generals. >...

Republican congressman tom mcclintock, he's a member of the house budget committee. one person's earmark is another person's very necessary program, i mean salmon useful why not spend a few million bucks tries to regenerate the pacific salmon population? >> necessary programs don't need earmarks necessary programs can compete very well on their own merit. earmarks are what are used to specify specific dollars for a specific beneficiary made by a specific congressman. that was corrupt in congress it was promoting cronyism, log rolling, and we've made huge progress. there were 24,000 separate ea...

You helped that singular person. i do want to mention to viewers you are an amazing person. you not only served our country after 9/11 but you are the world title champion in log rolling as an amputee after you lost your arm. >> yes, i guess i'm one of those unique people with a niche in life, competing in lumber jackson. before i went to iraq i won six log rolling titles. i always said regardless of what happens to me in iraq as long as i come home with my legs i'll be happy because i can logroll. the way fate would have it, i ended up losing my arm. one of the first things i said to the medi...

That ensures that voters are enfranchised around the country? >> yes, but it may be such a small number of bipartisan people. the question is -- here's the problem. every time congress has in modern times reauthorized the voting rights act, it's log rolling. i'll keep your state and your county out if you'll keep my county out. and that's the problem they're going to face the next time. that's why they're trying to come up with something they don't fully have their arms around yet, which is is there some way of say, okay, we're not going to cover entire states, we're just going to say there's ...