DAN: PLENTY GOING ON EVEN OVER
THE WEEKEND.
THE PRESIDENT DOES WORK EVERY
DAY.
THE DAN YORKE STATE OF MY
PROGRAM BROUGHT TO YOU BY
LOOKOUT RHODE ISLAND AND
SOLUTIONS.
DAN CANNOT DENY HE IS WORKING
EVERY DAY.
THOSE WHO
THINK THAT DONALD
TRUMP IS OFF THE RAILS TOOK A
DEEP SIGH OF RELIEF THIS MORNING
ON THAT CHOICE.
WE WILL EVALUATE THAT WITH OUR
GUEST, AND THANKFULLY WE HAVE
GOT PLENTY AROUND HERE.
SENIOR
FELLOWS, FOLKS FROM THE
NAVAL WAR COLLEGE.
WE HAVE RESOURCES TO BREAK DOWN
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TONIGHT.
LET'S GO TO THE RUNDOWN AND
CHECK ON THINGS HERE.
THE GOVERNOR IS JUST HAVING A
LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE RIGHT
NOW.
CHECK THIS HEADLIGHT OUT.
THIS HAPPENED ON FRIDAY.
THE GOVERNOR WENT OUT TO
CALIFORNIA TO PARTICIPATE IN A
GIRLS WHO CODE CONFERENCE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS,
IT IS A GOOD ORGANIZATION.
IT IS DESIGNED TO GET LITTLE
ONES, FEMALES, YOUR DAUGHTERS,
INVOLVED IN TECHNOLOGY.
IT IS A GROWING GROUP WITH TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS.
IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE
INTRINSICALLY VERY GOOD.
THEY HAD A BIG EVENT IN
CALIFORNIA, AND THE GOVERNOR,
WITH CONSIDER -- COMPUTER
SCIENCE FOR RHODE ISLAND, WAS
ONE OF THE MAIN SPEAKERS.
THE OLD PROBLEM IS, IT IS
SPONSORED BY DELOITTE.
DELOITTE IS A BIT OF A SITUATION
WITH OUR GOVERNOR, AS THIS
HEADLINE WILL INDICATE AND ALL
OF LAST WEEK'S HEADLINES TOLD
YOU.
AND THAT IS THE BIG MONSTER
COMPUTER PROGRAM, $346 MILLION
DEDICATED TO THAT SO FAR,
TRIPLED THE ORIGINAL PLAN, HAS
BEEN SPITTING AND COUGHING ALL
SINCE ITS INCEPTION LAST
SEPTEMBER.
LAST WEEK WE CHRONICLED THE
GOVERNOR'S EFFORTS TO FINALLY
COME CLEAN ON THE ENTIRE THING
AND PUT THE BLAME ON DELOITTE.
IF YOU ARE IN NEGOTIATION WITH
DELOITTE, IF YOU ARE NOT PAYING
DELOITTE, IF YOU ARE THREATENING
TO SUE DELOITTE, WHY DO YOU SHOW
UP AT AN EVENT SPONSORED BY
DELOITTE?
YOU KNOW, I AM NOT BIG ON
SHOVING POP STICKS AT
POLITICIANS.
SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO DO THINGS
BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO, BUT THAT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.
THE GOVERNOR HAS SOME EXPLAINING
TO DO THIS WEEK IT SEEMS TO ME.
I ASKED A QUESTION LAST WEEK.
WE PLAYED HERE AND ON THE RADIO,
WEEKDAYS THREE TO 6:00, HOW DO
YOU WORK WITH SOMEONE AND SUE
THEM AT THE SAME TIME TO SOLVE A
PROBLEM?
IT IS NUANCED.
IT IS NOT HELD BY GOING TO
CALIFORNIA TO A SPONSORED EVENT.
ANYWAY, MORE ON THAT AS WE GO
THROUGH THIS W
IN THE MEANTIME, THIS IS THE
WORST HEARTBREAK OF THE WORLD.
IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE, THE
HEADLINE, AND IS ENOUGH TO DROP
YOU TO YOUR KNEES TO PRAY.
ROLL IT.
IT IS AN UPDATE WE NEVER WANT
TO HAVE TO GIVE.
GET EXPERTISE LATER IN THE WEEK
BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY IS A LIFE
ISSUE.
GOD BLESS HER IN THAT FAMILY.
KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS.
ALL RIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT WAS BUSY THIS
WEEKEND AND THIS MORNING AS
WELL.
WE WILL TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A
TIME.
HERE IS THE HEADLINE ON THE NSA
CHOICE, JOHN MCMASTER.
RELIEF.O BE EVERYONE SIGH
REPORTER: TRUMPED SUNDAY AT THE
WINTER WHITE HOUSE, INTERVIEWING
SEVERAL CANDIDATES TO REPLACE
HIS OUTGOING NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR.
A VICE ADMIRAL TURNED DOWN THE
OFFER LAST WEEK, REPORTEDLY
AFTER A STAFFING DISPUTE WITH
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE NEW DIRECTOR CAN DO
WHATEVER HE OR SHE WANTS TO DO
WITH THE STAFFING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THE WHITE HOUSE
IS MOVING SO SMOOTHLY.
REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT HELD A
CAMPAIGN RALLY IN FLORIDA FOR
HIS 2020 REELECTION DURING WHICH
HE FALSELY SUGGESTED A TERROR
ATTACK IN SWEDEN AS A RESULT OF
TAKING IN REFUGEES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: YOU LOOK AT
WHAT IS HAPPENING LAST NIGHT IN
SWEDEN, THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS
LIKE THEY NEVER THOUGHT
POSSIBLE.
REPORTER: AFTER MAJOR BACKLASH,
HE SOUGHT TO CLARIFY SAYING IT
WAS IN REFERENCE TO A STORY THAT
WAS BROADCAST ON FOX NEWS.
MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY RAISE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
RECENT SWEEP CALLING THE PRESS
THE ENEMY.
JOHN MCCAIN: THAT IS HOW
DICTATORS GET STARTED.
I AM NOT SAYING HE IS TRYING TO
BE A DICTATOR.
WE NEED TO LEARN THE LESSONS OF
HISTORY.
DAN: SO THAT WAS THAT.
SWEDEN, WHAT?
AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY IT WAS
PART OF WHAT HE KNEW.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT WITH OUR
GUEST HERE.
HE HAS WRITTEN AN INTERESTING
PIECE ON SECURITY MATTERS.
THE HEADLINE, RETHINKING U.S.
NATIONAL SECURITY, BOUND TO GET
EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
J. BRIAN ATWOOD, WELCOME.
J. BRIAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DAN: THANK YOU FOR COMING.
BEFORE I GET INTO ANYTHING
SPECIFIC, CHECK ON THE FIRST
MONTH?
J. BRIAN: THERE WILL BE TIME IN
THE TRANSITION, BUT IT MADE --
IT SEEMS MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE
THE PRESIDENT IS SHOWING --
USUALLY PEOPLE UNDER HIM, WHO
ARE COMPETING WITH ONE ANOTHER,
IN THIS CASE IT IS THE TWEETS,
THE VERY DANGEROUS TALK.
HE IS SAYING THINGS THAT ARE
CAUSING NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
TO SAY, MY GOODNESS, CAN WE
DEPEND ON THE UNITED STATES?
DAN: I DON'T KNOW WHEN GUYS LIKE
YOU AND ME, BECAUSE I'M WITH YOU
, ARE GOING TO GET OVER THIS
TWEET THING.
J. BRIAN: CERTAINLY.
DAN: IT SEEMS THIS WILL NOT
CHANGE.
J. BRIAN: RIGHT.
DAN: SO THIS WHOLE, YOU WANT TO
RETHINK THE U.S. NATIONAL
SECURITY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT YOUR TALKS.
WE HAVE TO RETHINK ABOUT THIS
PRESIDENT.
WE WILL HAVE TO PUT THAT IN AS A
COMPONENT WITH THE WAY HE WILL
DO BUSINESS.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY INFLUENCING
HIM ANY OTHER WAY.
J. BRIAN: HE IS TAKING LITTLE
SNIPPETS OF NEWS FROM FOX OR
OTHER STATIONS.
HE IS LOOKING AT THINGS, YOU
KNOW, ONE THING AFTER THE OTHER,
THEN EXTRAPOLATING AND SENDING
OUT A TWEET THAT HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH REALITY AS IN THE CASE
OF THE SWEDEN THING.
WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO IS
SURROUND HIMSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARE FEEDING HIS BRAIN WITH
THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT, GIVING
HIM THE RIGHT ADVICE.
I THINK MCMASTER IS A GREAT
CHOICE.
I THINK THE FORMER
VICE ADMIRALE TO TURN HIM DOWN
BECAUSE HE IS NO LONGER IN
ACTIVE SERVICE WHEREAS MCMASTER
IS IN ACTIVE SERVICE.
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF SAID THIS
IS THE JOB YOU WILL HAVE, IT IS
THE JOB YOU WILL TAKE.
HE HAS A GREAT REPUTATION.
DAN: PEOPLE ARE NOT FOLLOWING
THAT.
THERE IS A MANDATORY NATURE.
J. BRIAN: I AM NOT SURE HE HAD A
LOT OF CHOICE.
BUT PROBABLY AFTER
HARWOOD, HE
THAT WILL WORK WITH HIM.
I THINK MORE GOOD PEOPLE AROUND
THE PRESIDENT, THE MORE LIKELY
HE WILL FIND SOME DISCIPLINE,
AND HIS TWEETS WILL BE RELATED
TO REALITY.
DAN:
IT SEEMS THIS HARWOOD THING
IS INTERESTING IN THE SENSE HE
WAS CHOSEN, THEN DONALD TRUMP
HAD HIS 75 MINUTE PRESS
CONFERENCE WHICH SET THE WORLD
ON FIRE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS A
STAFFING ISSUE.
I WONDER IF ADMIRAL HARWOOD JUST
LOOKED AT THAT AND SAID, I DON'T
KNOW.
J. BRIAN: I WOULD.
I WENT THROUGH THREE SECRETARIES
OF STATE AND THREE PRESIDENTS.
I HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE CONFIDENCE
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE ME
A BETTER PERSON.
I THINK IN THIS CASE, PEOPLE
HAVE REAL DOUBTS WHETHER THEY
CAN ADVANCE THEIR CAREER.
WE HAVE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS HERE
IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
AS WELL IN THE PAST, BUT NOTHING
OF THIS.
I WONDER HOW LONG MCMASTER WILL
LAST.
HE HAS GOT TO GREAT
ADULTS.
REX TILLERSON AND GENERAL MATTIS
ARE ADULTS, BUT THEY ARE NOT
INVOLVED IN THESE MEETINGS.
REX TILLERSON WAS NOT IN THE
MEETING.
THEY ARE NOT GETTING REPORTS
AT
THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE PUSHING THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OUT OF THE WAY.
MAYBE THEY ARE UPSET WITH THE
DISSENSION AND THE MESSAGE OF
THE OUTGOING SERVICE OFFICERS.
I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS THE
REASON.
BUT IT IS NOT SERVING THEM WELL
HERE IS A PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND
THE DIPLOMATIC SIDE AS WELL AS
INTERNAL.
DAN: YOU ARE DEFINITELY, AND I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS NEXT
WITH YOUR ARTICLE, YOU
DEFINITELY REEK, AND I MEAN
RESPECTFULLY, OF ESTABLISHMENT.
HOLD YOUR THOUGHTS, I WANT TO
LET YOU KNOW BEFORE WE GET BACK
TO THAT, THE CREDIT UNION HAS A
NEW PARTNER PROGRAM.
YOU CAN DEPOSIT CHECKS, MONEY,
YOU CAN SET LIMITS ON YOUR SPEED
-- ON YOUR SPENDING.
ALL OF THIS WITH THIS APP
, AND
IT DOES A LOT MORE.
YOU HAVE GOT TO CHECK IT OUT.
ANY ONE OF THE 15 BRANCHES.
DAN: OUR GUEST HAS WORKED FOR
THREE PRESIDENTS, CLINTON,
PRESIDENT CARTER, AND THE THIRD
WOULD BE --
J. BRIAN: THE REAGAN
ADMINISTRATION.
DAN: THAT HELPS YOU AS NOT ONLY
AN ESTABLISHED BUREAUCRAT BUT
ALSO WHEN YOU ARE MAKING TRUMP
ARGUMENTS.
AT LEAST YOU HAVE WORKED FOR
REPUBLICAN.
YOU END UP GETTING PAINTED AS A
DEMOCRAT, LEFTY, TYPE OF THING.
THAT IS SOMETIMES PROBLEMATIC.
HERE IS THE LATEST WITH DONALD
TRUMP.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT
TRUMP TOURED
THE SMITHSONIAN AFRICAN MUSEUM
AND GIVE REMARKS ABOUT
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I AM DEEPLY
PROUD WE HAVE A MUSEUM THAT
HONORS THE MILLIONS OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN
WHO BUILT OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE.
REPORTER: HE ALSO DENOUNCED
RECENT THREATS AGAINST JEWISH
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: A SAD REMINDER
OF THE WORK THAT STILL MUST BE
DONE TO ROOT OUT HATE AND
PREJUDICE AND EVIL.
REPORTER: AT THE SAME TIME, THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
UNVEILED SWEEPING GUIDELINES FOR
THE DETENTION AND DEPORTATION
OF
IMMIGRANTS.
THOSE INCLUDE THE IMMEDIATE
RETURN OF MEXICAN IN THE RINSE
-- MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS
APPREHENDED AT THE BORDER,
HIRING THOUSANDS OF MORE AGENTS
FOR THE ICE AND BORDER PATROL.
PARENTS CAN BE PROSECUTED FOR
BEING SMUGGLERS TO BRING THEIR
CHILDREN ACROSS THE BORDER.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
PROGRAM WHICH
ALLOWS PEOPLE TO OBTAIN WORK
VISAS WILL REMAIN.
THE GUIDELINES INCLUDING
DIRECTIVES TO SHIFT MONEY FOR
THE IMMEDIATE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL.
SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT INSISTS
MEXICO WILL PAY FOR.
MEXICO SAYS IT WILL NOT PAY FOR
THE WALL.
PRESIDENT NIETO WILL
REITERATE
THAT WHEN HE MEETS WITH REX
TILLERSON AND JOHN KELLY.
DAN: THOUGHTS ON THIS
IMMIGRATION ASPECT?
J. BRIAN: I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT WE SEND THE RIGHT
KINDS OF MESSAGES TO THE REST OF
THE WORLD.
WE NEED ALLIES AND THE SUNNI
MUSLIM COMMUNITY, AND THE FIRST
MESSAGE WAS ALL THE WRONG
MESSAGE IN TERMS OF OUR OWN
SECURITY.
THIS IS A SECURITY ISSUE AS MUCH
AS ANYTHING.
THE MINUTE WE START DEPORTING A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY,
WHICH UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA, WE
DEPORTED MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER
BEFORE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO
THIS.
IT WILL MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A
POLICE STATE.
WE HAVE GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
DAN: PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ABLE
TO
TAKE A LEVEL OF DEPORTATION
ALMOST TO A RECORD CASE WITHOUT
DRAWING ATTENTION TO IT.
THERE WAS NO MARKETING OF IT.
IT WAS KIND OF DO.
THE PRESS WAS PROBABLY EITHER
COOPERATIVE WERE COMPLICIT IN
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON IT.
HE DID NOT WANT ANY SIGNATURE ON
IT.
HE JUST DID IT.
DONALD TRUMP HAS GOT ALL THE
RHETORIC, LESS ACTION.
AT LEAST ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER
ISSUE.
J. BRIAN: AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL
ISSUES, WHICH PREVENTED HIM FROM
MOVING AHEAD ON SOME OF THIS.
YOU HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS TWO
WAYS.
DAN: YOU TALK ABOUT -- WE HAVE
GOT
GOT A LATINO-HISPANIC THING THAT
IS A PART OF THIS, AND WE HAPPY
OVERSEAS REFUGEES SECURING THING
-- WE HAVE THE OVERSEAS REFUGEE
SECURING THING.
COMBINED --
J. BRIAN: IT IS A FACT THERE ARE
FEWER PEOPLE COMING ACROSS THAT
BORDER THAN EVER BEFORE.
THERE ARE MORE MEXICAN-AMERICANS
OR MEXICANS GOING BACK TO MEXICO
BECAUSE THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN
FAIRLY GOOD.
IT IS THE 15TH LARGEST IN THE
WORLD.
WHY WOULD YOU ALIENATE MEXICO
FOR NO GOOD REASON BECAUSE THEY
ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ELECTION
NEXT YEAR.
WHAT THEY WILL DO IS ELECTED AND
ANTI-AMERICAN LEFTIST AS
PRESIDENT.
WHAT WILL THAT DO?
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CHEERING
ABOUT THIS, IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY
SENSE.
THE OTHER THING IS WHAT HE IS
DOING IN EUROPE.
IT IS THE SAME POLICY PUTIN HAS.
PUTIN IS TRYING TO UNDERMINE
EUROPEAN UNION, SO THE PRESIDENT
SAYS IT IS NOT IMPORTANT
ANYMORE.
I DON'T CARE WHETHER THEY STAY
TOGETHER AS A UNION.
THAT HAS BEEN OUR SECURITY
STRATEGY FOREVER SINCE WORLD WAR
II.
THEY WILL UNDERMINE THAT?
UNDERMINE NATO?
IT IS CORRECT WHAT HE SAID, AND
IT SEEMS CONSTANT.
DAN: THE NEW DEFENSE
SECRETARY
HAS BEEN AN INDEPENDENT THINKER
ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THIS PAST WEEKEND HE SUGGESTED
THE MEDIA WAS NOT THE ENEMY,
WAS
NONPLUSSED ABOUT THIS ASSERTION.
HE HAS BEEN MORE BULLISH ON NATO
THEN DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN.
SO I WONDER
AS YOU WERE ASKING,
WHAT ARE THESE TOP GUYS GOING TO
FIND THEMSELVES RUNNING AT A
DIFFERENT RACE THEN DONALD TRUMP
IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
J. BRIAN: IT CANNOT LAST.
THE REASON OLD LINE WHICH IS
THERE SHALL NO -- THERE SHALL BE
NO LIFE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE
PRESIDENT.
THEY CAN'T ALLOW LIGHT BETWEEN
THE PRESIDENT AND THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE GOT TO GET INTO THE
WHITE HOUSE ON OCCASION TO HAVE
MEETINGS WITH HIM AND INFLUENCE
HIS BEHAVIOR.
THAT IS TRUE.
IT CAN PLAY IT
-- PLAY A
POSITIVE ROLE AS WELL.
THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT HAD A LOT
OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
HE CAN DO DEALS.
HE IS A TRANSACTIONAL GUY, BUT
THERE ARE NO WINNERS IN LOSERS
WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO -- AND
LOSERS WITH THESE COUNTRIES FEAR
THEY ARE SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES.
YOU CAN'T SAY, I WILL WIN
EVERY
TIME, BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE
COMPROMISED.
CHINA ISN'T GOING TO ALLOW THE
UNITED STATES TO WIN A
NEGOTIATION OVER TRADE, BECAUSE
THEY ARE PROUD AS WELL.
THEY HAVE GOT THEIR OWN PRIDE
AND POLITICS EVEN INTERNALLY.
DAN: YOU ARE FEEDING TRUMPS
BEAST WITH YOUR DISCUSSION HERE.
HE BELIEVES PEOPLE LIKE YOU --
AND AGAIN, I AM PLAYING THE
GAME, ARE WEAK.
WHO CARES IF CHINA HAS PRIDE?
J. BRIAN: YOU HAVE GOT TO BE
TOUGH, BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO BE
CLEVER AND ON STATUS -- AND
UNDERSTAND THE OTHER SIDE.
YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A GOOD,
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE THAT YOU
WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN ANY
NEGOTIATION, AND YOU HAVE TO TRY
TO GET THERE BY BEING AWARE OF
WHAT THE OTHER TEAM'S STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVE IS.
THAT IS WHY THE PATRIOTS WON THE
SUPER BOWL.
[LAUGHTER]
DAN: WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
THOUGHT HERE ON RETHINKING
NATIONAL SECURITY.
DAN: AND THERE IS STEVE BANNON,
WHO IS, FOR A LOT OF THOSE WHO
UNDERSTAND DOMESTIC SECURITY AND
MILITARY ISSUES, WAY TOO CLOSE
TO THE CONCEPT, HAVING BEEN PUT
ON THE NSC AND WITH REINCE
PRIEBUS TALKING ON FOX NEWS, I
SAW HIM ON SUNDAY, SUGGESTED
THAT IS THE NSA DIRECTORS CALL.
THIS WILL BE VERY INTERESTING.
I HOPE THAT IS THE ACTUAL CASE.
WE MIGHT HAVE OUR OWN VERSION,
NOT NECESSARILY THE MIDDLE
EASTERN VERSION, BUT A MIDDLE
MILITARY TO IF THEY CANNOT GET
THEMSELVES TOGETHER.
J. BRIAN: I THINK
YOU WILL GET
DISSENSION, BUT I REALLY RESPECT
TO THE MILITARY, AND THE
RESPECTIVE CIVILIAN CONTROL OVER
THE MILITARY.
I THINK THAT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
I DO THINK YOU WILL GET --
DAN: SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
LINE,
THREE OF THEM SAY,
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?
AN INTERVENTION, WITH THE
ALCOHOLIC, THE FAMILY COMES IN
AND SAYS, SIT DOWN.
AT SOME JUNCTURE, DO THEY CHARGE
THE WHITE HOUSE, SO YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, WE WILL
START SAYING IT OUT THERE IF YOU
DON'T LISTEN TO US?
J. BRIAN: THEY CAME CLOSE TO IT
IN THE NIXON YEARS.
HE WAS DRINKING HEAVILY.
PEOPLE LIKE GENERAL HAIG AT THE
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AT THE
TIME AND KISSINGER AND OTHERS
WERE VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT
HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BUTTON.
SO THEY WERE MEETING CONSTANTLY
AND SENDING MESSAGES TO
JIM/INJURE IN SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE -- JIM/INJURE --
SCHLESIN
GER -- THAT WAS ABOUT AS
DANGEROUS AS IT EVER WAS.
I THINK I COULD SEE THE
POSSIBILITY OF PEOPLE AGAIN -- I
WANT THIS GUY TO SUCCEED FOR ALL
OF US.
BUT THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF
TALK IN WASHINGTON ABOUT THE
25TH AMENDMENT.
IT IS NOT IMPEACHMENT, BUT IF
TWO THIRDS OF THAT HOUSE SAID HE
IS INCAPACITATED, AND THE ONLY
WAY THAT WILL HAPPEN IS IF
REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO GET
REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS.
DAN: TELL ME ABOUT
-- WE WILL
LINK YOUR ARTICLE ON FOX.
RETHINKING THE U.S. NATIONAL
SECURITY, QUICK NOTE ON THAT.
J. BRIAN: WE HAVE HAD A CONCEPT
OF A 3-D NATIONAL SECURITY
CONCEPT, DIPLOMACY, DEFENSE AND
DEVELOPMENT.
THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE IS THE
PREVENTION.
IF WE ARE INVESTING DEVELOPMENT,
YOU WILL SEE ISSUES NOT BECOME
AS SEVERE AS THEY ARE LIKE ALL
THE REFUGEES THAT ARE
THREATENING EUROPE AT THIS
POINT.
WE HAVE GOT TO INVEST IN THIS.
EVERY PRESIDENT HAS DONE THIS
SUCCESSFULLY, WITH THE HOPE THIS
IS A BIPARTISAN ARTICLE, AND
GEORGE BUSH'S ADMINISTRATOR OF
AID, AND I WROTE THIS ARTICLE
SAYING WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE
THIRD D.
I HEAR ABOUT THE BUDGET COMING
DOWN, WE WILL WEAKEN THE THIRD D
.
THAT IS NOT MAKE ANY SENSE IN
TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS,
INFECTIOUS DISEASE, THE
INSTABILITY IN THE DEVELOPING
WORLD.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
IT IS A HARD CASE TO MAKE, BUT
YOU CAN SEE THAT INVESTMENT WAS
MADE OVER THE YEARS.
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT IN TERMS OF
DISEASES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT
WE FACE.
IT IS AMERICA FIRST.
IT WILL BE UNDER THIS
ADMINISTRATION, BUT WHEN YOU
CONSIDER AMERICA FIRST, YOU HAVE
GOT TO CONSIDER THESE THINGS
LIKE PEOPLE AND HIV-AIDS.
DAN: IT WILL GRAB THE ATTENTION
WHEN IT COMES UP.
WHAT A PLEASURE, THANK YOU FOR
COMING.
DAN: THE DEATH OF EXPERTISE IS A
NEW NOVEL.
TOM HAS BEEN HERE ON A NUMBER OF
WE WILL TALK ABOUT HIS BOOK AS A
RELATES TO THE WAY EVERYONE
THINKS WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS
COUNTRY, DONALD TRUMP AND
EVERYONE.
STATE HERE.
WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW AT
2:00.
3:00 ACTUALLY.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.
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