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Fighters. so the situation in iraq is clearly not stable. they'll never be a unitary state in syria, iraq, lebanon, afghanistan. we're just presiding over these terrible, internal comments did you find it notable that neither mattis nor mcmaster was in on the trump talks with putin? >> simply astonishing. i doubt that that's ever happened before. first of all, you want a note taker that can back brief the officials of government who were not present and who has a recommend random of record for it. in addition, the whole notion of not having mcmaster or mattis or

Worn stars on your shoulder, did you find it notable that neither mat his nor mcmaster was in on the trump talks with putin. >> simply astonishing. you know, i doubt that that's ever happened before. first of all, you want a note taker in there that can independently backbrief the senior officials of government who weren't present and have a memory randa of record of it. but not having h.r. mcmaster or mattis or tillerson present at all these significant meetings is shocking. again, it goes back to this notion that mr. trump does not appear to trust his own government, his own officials. they ...

Conflicts that are primarily ethnic and religious as you know. >> because i try to follow issues that are important to all of you who have worn stars on your shoulder, did you find it notable that neither mattis nor mcmaster was in on the trump talks with putin? >> simply astonishing. you know, i doubt that that's ever happened before. first of all, you want a note taker in there that can independently back-brief the senior officials of government who weren't present. but in addition, you know, the whole notion of not having h.r. mcmaster or secretary tillerson or mattis present at all these s...

Gone. this is remarkable. very small u.s. military footprint. 5,000 to 7,000 people in iraq and maybe 500-plus m syria. and they've actually started to deprive isis of the caliphate, which will have a pretty substantial impact. now, mosul, this tragic situation -- by the way, the iraqi army got run out of there, two divisions' worth, by maybe 800 isis fighters. so the situation in iraq is clearly not stable. they'll never be a unitary state in iraq or syria or lebanon or afghanistan. so we're just presiding over these terrible internal conflicts that are primarily ethnic and religious as you k...

U.s.-russian issues. >> david, you are right to say he spoke of this on the campaign trail. he said we need a better relationship and told supporters he would be the one to do that and he would get along with putin and putin would respect him. he had nothing but warm words for him throughout the campaign when he was quick to attack absolutely everybody else. i found it notable, tillerson said there's no use relitigating the past. the issue of russian hacking is stra intractable and the two leaders with the most nukes in the world, need to find a way to move forward. >> in a sense, i wouldn't b...