defense, how is the government running? >> it's a great question. here's the thing, the national security council and all of its processes are the center of gravity for making foreign policy and when it's out of whack the policy will be out of whack. it starts with the personnel and the process. and there are four thing this is administration hasn't done and needs to do if it wants to get this back on track. they need a national security adviser and somebody who can bring people together who's an honest broker. they need to get all of the agencies in the room, state department, department, joint chiefs, energy, you name it, everyone has to be at the table. third, they need to listen and loop in the national security council staff. these are career professionals who know exactly what they're doing who have been marginalized to date and finally they have to check politics at the situation room door. this is one of the most troubling aspects. mr. bannon seems to be running a parallel processed divorced from the national security council to try to formulate policy.