security council joined him. was pompeo the right person for the secret session or was the president positions pompeo for guaranteed confirmation as secretary of state come monday? >> he didn't achieve a guaranteed confirmation because we're not there yet. and there's a good story about this on "wall street journal".com. there was clearly an effort to position him as a diplomat. this is what the democrats are concerned about. he's too hawkish, we're not sure he's the right guy for the job. that is a diplomacy job, not a cia job. he's going to be in tandem in the white house with john bolton, who is also a hawk. that concerns some republicans and a lot of democrats. also, look, some of the democrats are opposing him because they oppose president trump. so there's that element as well. but he comes with some baggage, and that's what's being lit imaited nolitigated through the.