harris: we have some buddy the democrats have embraced in the past, unanimous is an embrace. that s not just a few people taking it for the team. as you go forward, i love what kennedy is saying if everybody s steps up and does their job, and gets the answers, we might be able to move on with a quick confirmation of someone who could pull some things together in this country. is that too optimistic? jessica: a little, but i so thick it s feasible. i think william barr has a role to play in that because he could show up to his confirmations hearing and in his opening statement he could address the comments he s made about the miller probe head on to say i made these comments, perhaps they were hasty. i will support the probe no matter what. i m not looking to get in their way. and their people, lawyers are saying that the miller probe will keep going no matter what. jim comey said that in his testimony, there is nothing it was going to stop it at this point. i think william barr
in december and we all know that petraeus is going to say in december we can t start a withdrawal at that time, or it s going be completely a matter of symbolism and not real. obama is going to have to acquiesce. i think that is what they are winking now. i think everybody here understands that. the problem is i m not sure that the afghans know that. so i think it does hurt us in the field. but it s clear the administration is getting ready for a retreat on the timeline. that is all petraeus doing and also general mattis. the confirmations hearing are an opportunity to end the winking. enough with the winking. we need to say it clearly and mattis is the person to say it. he can say this is i said in 2006, this is what i believed then. it worked in iraq. say it here and in this context. remember, democrats have elections so it won t happen
there is going to be a review in december and we all know that petraeus is going to say in december we can t start a withdrawal at that time, or it s going be completely a matter of symbolism and not real. obama is going to have to acquiesce. i think that is what they are winking now. i think everybody here understands that. the problem is i m not sure that the afghans know that. so i think it does hurt us in the field. but it s clear the administration is getting ready for a retreat on the timeline. that is all petraeus doing and also general mattis. the confirmations hearing are an opportunity to end the winking. enough with the winking. we need to say it clearly and mattis is the person to say it. he can say this is i said in 2006, this is what i believed then. it worked in iraq. say it here and in this context. remember, democrats have