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According to a senior administration official, this timing is no mistake. it allows tom donolan to oversee the trip we have been reporting on for several days. at the end of the week, the president set to meet with the president of china in southern california at the end of the week. it is a chance for the two leader to strength then their relationship personally. and talk about issues such as cyber security. as we have been talking about, tom donolan helped lead the large in terms of shifting u.s. foreign policy to the asia-pacific region. so heç will be there. he will be there through the ...

All of the key members. these are people who are incredibly loyal to him. everyone seems to be on the same page. however what i do think is interesting when it comes to susan rice and samantha power, both of these people are interventionists. these are the ones who pressed president obama it get involved even in a very limited way in libya. and some chief critics that came during the benghazi situation about susan rice are those same type of interventionists. i'm talking about republican senators lindsay graham and john mccain. >> mark, way on to the dive deeper on what the susan rice means. n...

You help red store our nation's prestige and standing in the world. you positioned us well to continue to lead in the years ahead. i think that tom donolan has been one of the most effective our country has ever had, and without a lot of fanfare or fuss. thank you for your extraordinary service. [ cheers and applause ] now, i am proud that this work will be carried on by another exemplary public servant, ambassador susan rice. [ cheers and applause ]ç susan was a trusted adviser during my first term of president. i am absolutely thrilled that she will be back at my side leading my national s...

Been affiliated in some way are in power. bill daly, former fanny board member, now chief of staff, tom donolan, head of affairs for fanny, now deputy national security advisor. talk about those two. what should people understand? >> fannie mae was a hugely powerful company in the hay day, in the 90s, as it is building itself up. it had a powerful reach. it knew how to dispense favors. they are protecting government subsidy. protecting the implied guarantee. they knew it was crucial. so they built up an operation all about that. protecting that. so it meant dispensing favors to the right peopl...

Today. t.j.? >> stan grant for us, islamabad, let's continue on following a busy day at the white house. the libyan opposition leader and senior white house correspondent ed henry is at the white house. hello to you. what should we be reading into this meeting? >> reporter: the meeting is going on right now as we speak. it's with tom donolan. the opposition leader from libya, the significance is that while the white house tells us that president obama has no plans to drop into this meeting, which would be a high level of endorsement if he showed up, this shows that the opposition leader is now...