the clinton and obama administrations, whether you worked for president reagan, bush 1, bush 2, clinton, obama, there was a national security decision making process that we all tried to adhere to where tough issues were worked from the bottom up with facts, with analysis, with intelligence with policy options that were debated and assessed on their merits, recommendations made from principals to the president of the united states in a thoughtful and accountable way and when the president makes a decision, there's a plan for how it's communicated. it's not tweeted out at some odd hour with exclamation points. there's a thoughtful communication strategy that involved consulting with our allies, that involves, you know, ensuring that congress is briefed. all of that has broken down. and i think it's really important for the american people to understand that this