bringing various agencies, departments, all together to the table. >> so we used to sit in the window of the situation room with members of the national security council, secretary of state and secretary of defense, sit at the head of the table and ask everybody what their analysis was as member of the intel community and what their recommendation was for the president on a key issue, for example, like negotiating with the taliban or a draw-down strategy in afghanistan. that way the secretary of state to opine on the diplomatic track, secretary of defense could talk about drawdown options. secretary of treasurer rof treak about sanctions options. all then presented by the national security adviser to the president. that is the honest broker role. i will say, brooke, i'd been with national security advisers asked for a personal opinion which they've given. but the foremost job is