that. one of the most important things the president has done is dedicate the resources necessary to begin rebuilding our defense department, rebuilding our military. under barack obama, you had eight years where our military did not get the resources it needed, while our adversaries built, deployed, and in some cases now have weapon systems we cannot defend against. so there's no question, but that the world is safer. that we're in a situation where american leadership has come back. and it's important that we continue down that path. >> if america leadership has come back, why are india and pakistan closer to a hot war than they were before? why is japan and south korea -- that would be a situation, frankly, that i don't think any previous president would have allowed to fester the way it has festered. that's the type of things that you would wonder if maybe that's why we had so much trouble keeping a national security adviser. does none of this trouble you? >> look, first of all, well, first of all, with respect to ambassador bolton, you know, ambassador bolton has served his