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Russia, thomas pickerling. kimberly, the first question a lot of people wondered when they read this, is the secretary defending his legacy, a legacy that he wants to continue or is he sort of writing his own ob obituary here? >> i think he's saying, i'm here to stay, i'm not going anywhere. and he's also messaging to future possible voters for the gop in the midterms, that the centrist republicans, the adults are in charge. the kind of policies he articulated match those in the national security strategy put out by h.r. mcmaster's white house nsc last week, that they're going to be tough on r...