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Leverage that's been discussed in terms of the amount of aid and military systems we give them. their statuses as nonnato alliance partner, all of that can be put on the table. at the end of the day, pakistan has to decide what is in pakistan's best long term interest from a security standpoint for themselves, and for their people. quite frankly as i evaluate pakistan's current situation, if i were the pack stan government, i would have growing concerns about the strength of the taliban. and other organizations inside the taliban. at some point they become a real threat to the stability of the...

Status as a nonnato alliance partner. all of that can be put on the table. but the end of the day, pakistan has to decide what is in pakistan's best long-term interest from a security standpoint for themselves and for their people. quite frankly, as i evaluate pakistan's current situation, if i were the pakistan government, i would have growing concerns about the strength of the taliban and other organizations inside pakistan who seem to be growing their numbers in their presence to the point that at some point they become a real threat to the stability of the pakistani government themselves. ...

We have some leverage that's been discussed in terms of the amount of aid and military assistance we give them, their status as a non-nato alliance partner. all of that can be put on the table. but you know, at the end of the day, pakistan has to decide what is in pakistan's best long-term interests from a security standpoint for themselves and for their people. quite frankly, as i evaluate pakistan's current situation, if i were the pakistan government, i would be -- i would have growing concerns about the strength of the taliban and other organizations inside of pakistan who seem to be growi...

How bad is it? from a security standpoint given your background of cutter intelligence. >> some have been really bad over the last couple years. to the point, we are losing capabilities, platforms, our global soup privacy and intelligence operations. we look at that and bring our troops in harm's way around the globe, it becomes very difficult to justify that somebody with that security clearance would be willing to lick that cover damage. >> trish: you think have a new chief of staff would help? >> as a whole government issue, the disclosure of unclassified and classified information is reall...

Government to -- they disagreed about price. they disagreed about some other conditions of the lease. and so the secret service left. now the trump organization is encouraging them to look elsewhere in some other building. >> i mean, do we know exactly what the sticking point was? do we know what the price, if it was just about price, what the difference was? i think a lot of people were be surprised that the secret service has to pay rent in trump tower to protect the president. >> it is surprising. we've asked that question from the gsa, the government agency that handles leasing and the tru...