secretary of state.ough staff up and running over at the department. being led around by the white house. wasn't his own man. he is over in russia right now looking like his own man. brian: he definitely looks composed and looks like he has been doing it for 25 years. definitely in his element. is he dramatically under staffed. that is true. they are still missing hundreds of people in these positions. >> you were talking to steve bannon. when when i talked to advisors. what they also admit they have to plus up if they will at a lot of these departments because they are behind in filling these posts. steve: donald trump a day or two ago blamed the democrats because he said they are not letting his people through. ed, thank you very much for joining us today. ainsley: thanks, ed. brian: somebody has to say you're hired. ainsley: the government you have to go through certain protocol to hire people. you have to have background checks. steve: plus, donald trump has said the government is too big and is he trying to make it smaller.