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Problem as a leader is not that he's naive, it's not that he's inexperienced crude and outside, it is that he is weak in snibling. that's about as hard-hitting a statement as i have seen coming from conservative quarters, we will find out in the coming weeks and coming months where general kelly's reputation for instilling discipline works upwards as well to the commander in chief. kelly, thank you. kelly: always good to see you. julie. julie: with secretary kelly comes more than 40 years of military experience. he retired last year after a three-year stint as head of u.s. southern command. co...

Debate. i left off general mcmaster as the national security adviser. the question in addition to this, world view, is enough non-military world view going to get through to the president as what looks like a war cabinet to me. we're about to talk about north korea which is heavy through sea power. is this a war cabinet that's forming up? >> i know all of these officers extremely well. take john kelly as an example, his principle four-star command was u.s. southern command, everything south of the united states. that's not a war portfolio. we're in the going to go to war in latin america and t...

>> how much is it going to be a challenge for the general, if at all, without the political experience? just the leadership experience. his resume is great. border patrol feels reinvigorated. we know what is happening around the country with sanctuary cities. does he have a big adjustment? >> yes. look at the roll-out of the effort to kind of crack down on, remember, the muslim nations that -- the nations on the list, that they wanted to do the first executive order. when that happens, the way it was handled, john kelly was learning as he was going about washington. he's very accomplished. he ...

People with special interests and idealogical levels believe different things. you can't lead somebody to believing different things. >> okay. we're going to bring back bret baier in washington d.c. bret, i can only imagine what this is like in washington d.c. are people shocked or in awe? was this anticipated? >> i think there was an anticipation that it would happen over a number of days. i'm getting messages from different sources. some saying that kelly has a lot of d.c. experience. he was a former marine legislative liaison, an aide to gates and panetta, testified as the commander of sout...

The president chairman joe dunford knocked on his door and general kelly saw him in uniform, he knew his son was dead. before leaving at the head of u.s. southern command, bret, general kelly spoke to reporters at the pentagon and to give an indication of how he thinks how u.s. advisors -- take a listen to what he said. >> this more stuff is hard. it's not for the untrained. the mentorship, the advising is what makes -- the equipment is important but it doesn't come close to having people that are just with them over time. >> born and raised in boston, before the age of 16, general kelly hitch...