the national security adviser sits as the chairman of the -- of one of the four committees, the principals committee, one of the four committees that keys up the issues just before the full nsc where the president is present so the national security adviser has to have direct access to the president of -- obviously you keep appropriate people informed. the vice president, the chief of staff and so on and so forth but that relationship has got to be very strong and very direct and i think the national security adviser has to have the confidence of the cabinet members and has to be fully aware of what their views are on each of the important subjects that are being discussed so access and confidence, trust and confidence on the part of the president far national security adviser is absolutely key. >> i want to turn to the deployment of u.s. -- >> by the way, there's a wohl