. i have expressed these grave concerns with the chairman. i only learned about this the way that all of you did. when the chairman briefed the press in advance of briefing his own committee members. and that is a deep, deep problem. i think it does underscore the importance of establishing an independent commission. a body that is fully independent of any political considerations including those that may emanate from the white house. that would certainly give me a lot of confidence that in addition to whatever work our committee does and the senate intelligence committee does that there is a truly independent body that is looking into the grave issues that have been raised. second, with respect to the intercepts themselves that the chairman referenced, those have not been provided to the committee for evaluation, but on the basis of what the chairman has said and the basis of my conversation with the chairman, i can say this, there is still
i have expressed these grave concerns with the chairman. i only learned about this the way that all of you did when the chairman briefed the press in advance of briefing his own committee members, and that is a deep, deep problem. i think it does underscore the importance of establishing an independent commission, a body that is fully independent of any political considerations including those that may emanate from the white house. that would certainly give me a lot of confidence that in addition to whatever work our committee does and the senate intelligence committee does, that there is a truly independent body that is looking into the grave issues that have been raised. second, with respect to the intercepts themselves that the chairman referenced, those have not been provided to the committee for evaluation. but on the basis of what the chairman has said and on the basis of my conversation with the chairman, i can say this.
carolina had democratic governors. but enter the first republican governor of 14 years, pat mccrory, three months after taking office he closes it down. that s republican outreach to the fastest growing ethnic community in the state of north carolina. that s how that goes. the republican party has a deep, deep problem. an image problem, a deep problem with latino voters. the the base problem, it isn t the real don juans of the world. although that is a problem. but they don t like what republican party is offering. didn t like what the republican party is offer og as politics. doesn t like what the republican party is offer og as policy. la teen yoes support it by 57%. republicans just marked their 39th attempt to repeal obama care. republicans are dead set die on a hill opposed to taxes being any part of bringing down the debt and deficit. that s what they most want to be known for this year. while lat tinos who disagree say
affairs, which is the office that they are now closing. the reason they are now closing it is because now north carolina has a republican governor. governor pat mckrorry elected just this past election has decided that now he s the governor there and there isn t a democratic in the governor s office anymore that latino office has to go. the north carolina office of hispanic and latino affairs was founded in 1988 when the governor was a democrat james hunt. the office survived just fine for 14 years for the 14 years that north carolina had democratic governors. but enter the first republican governor in 14 years, pat mckrorry, three months after taking office, he closes it down. so that s republican outreach to the fastest growing ethnic community in the state of north carolina. that s how that goes. the republican party has a deep, deep problem. not an image problem, a deep problem with latino voters. at base level, the real problem is not the don youngs of the world. although that s a
alisyn: we re back now with former defense secretary donald rum fed, the author of known and unknown: a memoir. and we are talking about security concerns in libya ahead of the terror attack that killed four americans on 9/11. mr. secretary, you mentioned pram ma s trip president obama s trip to las vegas on september 12th. chief white house adviser david plouffe defended that decision this weekend, and he said that, basically, president obama is the president 24/7, he can multitask. what do you think of that? if you were secretary of defense today, what would you be advising the president to do about this benghazi situation? i think that the benghazi situation is a part of a pattern that we re seeing in the not just the arab world, but the islamic world. and it seems to me that the people in the white house including the president have a responsibility to the country to focus on what is apparently a very serious and broad, deep problem.