them. that was a speech of real outreach. everybody felt it. i went back and looked i surprised myself by how positively i respond to the speech. in print there was none of that today. i want to score something from david, this is substanive about america standing in the world. i think he they are a lot more nerving nervous now than before the speech. not only the slogan of america first but the message about foreign policy about national interest. and the united states is depend on a lot of aalliance that have kept us strong for a long time. and i think he could have used grace
that remark. but russia siding with the president-elect, slamming nato as confronting aal. let s go to barbara starr at the pentagon. barbara, trump s comments are in direct contribution to his own nominee for defense secretary, general james mattis. what was the global reaction to the comments here? here hearingite away from the germans, brooke. and remember germany is one of the u.s. military s closest allies in the world. and the german foreign minister today said there was bekilleder men and agitation about what the president said about nato, that nato as an aalliance is obsolete. it does put mr. trump at direct contradiction with both his incoming secretary of state and with his incoming secretary of defense. let s just go back and minute and listen to what james mattis, the incoming defense secretary had to say about nato at his
southern iraq, shiite militias have responded to a call to arms by their clerics to fight to the death. it s unclear if the ragtag al qaeda offshoot that swept from syria through western iraq with amazing speed can threaten to topple baghdad anymore. but the islamic radicals aren t fighting alone. they ve been joined by sunni tribesmen and former members of saddam hussein s regime. they re all sunnis. it s aalliance of convenience against the u.s.-backed shiite government that s kept sunnis from power. the iraqi government has asked washington for help. if the u.s. gets involved in this fight now, it s helping to save an ally, to stop a terrorist group s advance, and diving back into a sectarian war. if the u.s. does intervene militarily, it will be entering an odd alliance, backing nuri al