to consult him. he was not involved in the china trips. so i think it's been a graduate buildup of centralized control in the white house, where presidents like to be able to exert control. >> how does that face off against the articles in "newsweek" and "the new york times" about the team of rivals, and the tension within the administration and top advisers about his foreign policy moves of the past year or two, especially the ones that have taken lives? >> you mean things like libya or the afghanistan surge or what are you referring to? >> the drone strikes, killing osama bin laden. >> the kill list meetings and leaking it no"the new york times." >> i think there are clearly disagreements with the security team. i don't know it's between and among cabinet secretaries. in fact, people tell me there's remarkably little interdepartmental squabbling and feuding with the departments, and they really get along. there's nothing like the tension between colin powell and don