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What i want to see most is the person most qualified get the job. >> here's something to put it in perspective. who you name first is about priorities. donald trump one being a pop list and the economic woes of the rust belt and a lot of people feeling left out of the global economy. when barack obama faced the financial crisis in 2009, his first appointment was the treasure secretary so that set the tone for where his priority would be. the first hundred days it was about the stimulus and bailout and the economy. i don't think it should be ignored this is the route he chose to take with these...

Sec-def, secretary of defense and national security adviser. that group of three really, as barbara described, create the pattern for decision making for the commander in chief, for the president. so how well -- >> i'm so sorry to interrupt you. i only interrupt you because the secretary of veterans affairs is speaking right now at the veterans day ceremony. let's listen in. >> -- captain miller's grave. captain miller gave his life in combat to save private ryan's. ryan says to miller and all veterans, i have tried to live my life the best i could. i hope that at least in your eyes, i have ea...

Could get drawn into combat at any given time is pretty high. and, you know, a few weeks ago we had a special operations soldier killed in an operation with the kurds in iraq. and it was ash carter, surprisingly, while the administration danced around the issue, was this or was this not combat, it was ash carter, the sec def, who said openly to a question of mine, well, yeah, it was combat, and we're going to do more of these operations in the future, brian. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon where there's been this debate over the use of forward air controllers. these are members of the mili...

Some breaking news that the secretary of defense hagel has now made some comments while traveling in brussels and he has directly referred to the bowe bergdahl situation, saying it is, quote, unfair, referring to sergeant bergdahl, to him and his family, to presume anything about his motivations for leaving his base in afghanistan back in 2009. as you look at this most recent taliban video released this morning of the transfer of bergdahl from taliban forces to american special ops landing in those afghan hills, the sec-def also said he did not know of specific circumstances or details of u.s....

>> i don't know. >> well, why would you say it? >> i didn't have in mind a specific person. >> name one dumb thing we've been goaded into doing because of the pressure from the israeli or jewish lobby. >> i have already stated that i regret the terminology used. >> but you said back then, it makes us do dumb things. >> well, i can't give you an example. >> thank you. >> bob woodward, you've been around washington for a long time. can you think of a nominee that has fared as poorly, for one of the top positions, attorney general, sec def, secoretary of state, that fared as poorly as chuck hagel...