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An agreement. the congress gets an up or down vote. it's what's gotten us so far in trade. it's important to keep it going. i don't think anybody bolts. it's a signal to the trading partners that the united states is de-emphasizing trade. and it raises broader questions about whether there's still a trade consensus in washington. to my mind, it's presidential leadership. george w. bush had to do this for drkafta. and reagan had to do it for canada. because we've got the populist where there's this undercurrent in the general electorate not for trade, but leadership tends to get it. >> ron, the...

Well, mcdonough seemed to downplay the report a bit on sunday. take a listen. >> his view is that if this is to go forward, it should not significantly exacerbate the climate -- >> you have a state department study -- >> we have one department with a study. now we have other expert agencies -- the epa and many others -- who have -- the energy department -- an opportunity to look at this and make their determination. >> well, mcdonough is particularally correct on the bureaucratic hoops the administration has to jump through, but the white house message sounds muttled. reject keystone and he wi...

Platform. working with your partners, whether it be on the intelligence side, on the training side, on the equipment side, working with them to the extent that they are comfortable and can really utilize those moneys in a way that does build those institutions, does assure security and integrate some more into the north american -- securing the north american perimeter. so i would say absolutely. >> quickly, on nieto and his politics, this was a one-party rule that the country experienced for nearly a century. is this a new pre? >> i was asked that question quite a bit at the time of his inaug...

Well, president obama's already facing long odds on everything from tax reform to climate change. now, here's one more reason to be a bit skeptical that anything will get done at least this year. even when the president finds an issue that has republican support, he can't seem to get democrats on the same page. case in point is trade. president obama's calling on congress to give him trade promotion authority, which would essentially allow him to fast track some trade agreements. two of the largest trade deals in u.s. history they're working on now, promoting them as badly needed job creators....

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