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Serves the public. i love debating, i will come answers questions in front of any audience and be candid. that's why we made that decision. >> the pentagon has pushed it off. matt tis says it is not that much, what is your reaction? >> cancel it. quite simply. i don't think it is a good idea. i don't agree it is a good idea. i serve a drik with more military veterans. i just don't think this is a good call. the war has not ended yet. i think it is a bad idea that should be canceled. >> great to have you here in studio with us, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> the world is mourning ar...

Analyst gloria borger. barbara, i want you to listen who-tto what the defense secretary general matt tis said. >> you are in a conflict situation. you have to delegate initiative to those that you consider competent to do so. to carry out the authorities that you're giving them. in this case in afghanistan they have been engaged in that fight up in that corner against isis elements up there for some time. i was kept informed sometimes on a daily basis of how the fight was going. of what the options were. >> and you were told beforehand about the -- >> i'm not going to get into the specifics, b...

Couple of days, we've heard from the u.s. defense secretary matt tis, from vice president pence, this message of support for the nato military alliance and repeated mentions, accusations that russia has been disruptive and not respecting international law particular lie with the annexation of crimea from ukraine in 2014. that is not what people here expected to hear from the trump administration. so we're starting to hear criticism from senior russian officials saying after all these promises from trump, now it's kind of reverting to the old u.s. foreign policy which was one of a much more ant...

Them over these cabinet nominees. that's because a lot of us on the democrat side are casting a spotlight on what they are doing. we're all in this together. here's what we think. here's what we think. the trump administration is posed to do horrible danger to our country, our values, our people and our reputation. and we are going to do everything we can in the courts, state houses, ballot boxes on line and in peaceful protests to make sure this administration doesn't hurt the country we love. >> does this mean you are not going to work with him where you can? >> well, let me tell you somethi...

Are others. we'll see how things play out. look, i hope he'll be blocked in the senate. i'm calling on americans to stand up -- >> you want to see tillerson blocked? >> yes, i would like to see tillerson blocked. it's not about him as much as it is standing u. ining up to donas alignment with president putin in russia. tillerson is a proxy for that. that's the issue. we cannot lose sight of that. that is what the issue is. now, as far as the broader cabinet, there have been many picks i'm neutral on. some picks i think are good. i think pompeo at cia will do a good job. i know him. i know he's...