Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170317:13:36:00
Take. 29% is that a sustainable cut to the department's budget? >> no, it's not. it will be a catastrophic loss. you decimate and cripple the foreign and civil service. state department doesn't have weapons systems that can be put in moth balls or ships for budget hawks to save money. we have people. we are a small agency. my former agency, i should say. it needs support. you have to train those people and sustain them in the fields. i hope secretary tillerson will fight for his budget. i don't think it's logical or wise to assume a one-third cut can be sustained. it's been good to see so many...