Keeping the lens on National Security, the importance of National Security and the context of a transition that has been stalled by politics. Talk us through who we learned the president elect is going to put into these roles and who they are and why they matter. Well, i think youre exactly right to point out the importance of him focusing on National Security and Foreign Policy right now. It only seeks to underscore further that there are National Security implications to the fact that this transition is still hanging in bureaucratic limbo. Keep that screen up there right now paubecause this is the grouf people we are learning about today. Tony blanken is someone who is a longtime adviser and Jake Sullivan under Hillary Clinton as well as someone who worked in the Obama Administration. Hell be National Security adviser. Linda thomas greenfield, as u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Were told that is going to be a cabinet level position. John kerry, special envoy on climate and Alejandro Ma
We begin tonight with the crisis between hamas and israel. President obama spoke with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netten yahoo today. The u. S. Is willing to broker a cease fire, and stand with its long time ally. For the Third Straight day, attacks by both israel have been unreleapting. So far no israelis have been killed by hamas rockets. Once geoff, seven years of paying the pry for the continuing connect. Theres only one way out for palestinians that want to escape the violence. Egypt opened it this morning for injured palestinians. Our stephanie deckser there. 24 boy has shrapnel in his head, his mother highs in the next ambulance. An israeli strike lift them with serious wounds. She was often con, for three days and had some surgery, but it hasnt helped. Egypt should have opened this border earlier, the hospitals are struggling. They are now allowed to cross into egypt to be treated. Be uh the paperwork still needs to be processed and it is a short stop before they are reloos
Going to the operation on what day . In august we were confirmed in the prior august. 2012. Yes and shortly thereafter we would be sworn in. There is an idiosyncrasy to the statute that i would point out which is only the four parttime members were confirmed in august of 2012. Only the chairman has the statutory authorization to hire the staff or the executive director. And mr. Medine wasnt confirmed until may of 2013 so we didnt have the statutory capacity to hire the staff or an executive director to say nothing of our intent to find office space or intranet, everything that needs to be done for an agency. So, that takes me to the question of an independent advocate who could appear in the court representing a Public Interest. Of how that individual gets managed and supervised, i get more anxious. I think if the person is an appointee of the chief judge of the court or chief justice of the United States, they risk becoming the pet lawyer of that individual. I think if the court can c
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