official described it like this, the wheels are coming off. here s leader nancy pelosi tonight. i m shaken because of the patriot secretary mattis is. i think everybody in the country should read his letter of resignation. it s a letter of great patriotism, with respect for the president but also a statement of his values. secretary mattis is leaving at a critical moment for this administration. just yesterday the president announced a troop withdrawal from syria, and there are new reports that the president is considering withdrawing troops from afghanistan. retired general barry mccaffrey put the situation like this to chuck todd. there s only two people in national security that are vital to the safety of the american people. one s the secretary of defense. and the other is the homeland security secretary. the latter probably is about to go also, and so losing secretary
national security advisor. it just seemed mattis ability to reign in the president just sort of withered away. the president was bought into this decision and that was pretty much it. evelyn, if we get a letter of resignation like this from the congress secretary, the hud secretary, none would be that worried about it. there are people who are are worried, who have used the expression it s a national security concern or even a crisis. tell me as somebody who has spent time in the department of defense what you think about this. i think it s shocking because the letter clearly was first of all a letter of protest. it was a protest resignation and then secretary mattis felt the need to spell out for the president exactly what he stands for, why our alliances are important, to remind him there are 28 countries in nato standing with us in afghanistan and elsewhere, that they re part of the 74-nation coalition
manager back then. he went to atlanta and rebuilt that whole franchise. he wrote a letter of protest, read the letter and agreed with it, overruled it and about a month and month and a half later when he had an off day and the yankees had an off day, we had to fly here on the way to baltimore for four outs, we played the game. i was kicked out of the game for some stupid reason. i have no idea. must have been something i said in the newspaper. when a great promotion on may 5th to recommemorate that game. you re not going to advocate that kind of behavior when you re the honorary person at the all star game. the ambassador. yeah. which is coming to kansas city this year. and i am so excited about that. of course it is. and of course, missouri has been through so much recently and you ve been involved with habitat for humanity. talk about rebuilding baseball organizations, you had an opportunity to help rebuild joplin, missouri, devastated, of course by the tornado. that
one day after 90 faculty members wrote a letter of protest. i also brought a copy of my budget with me, so that we can have a fact based conversation on the facts as they are, not as some have reinterpreted it. ryan says he wanted a fact-based conversation. he should know that 60% of cuts come from programs like food stamps, medicaid, pell grants and job training. ryan has run right into a conflict with the catholic church. leaders understand how draconian these cuts are. keep in mind this budget was passed in union this is what they want. protesters were outside toot, they said the dignity of the poor should be at the forefront of our minds. if paul ryan new what poverty was, he would not be hiding behind this speech. he was sharply critical of president obama today. here is what ryan saidรง about s
the republican embarrassment on the student loan debate gets uglier. the president keeps attempting to make these fake fights. the emperor has no clothes. we will set john boehner straight. we can t go back to a policy that has america go it alone. vice president joe biden is lighting him up on the stump, and scott walkers december picture ration is reaching a new level. small business doesn t want uncertainty and we saw it back then. good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. leave it to the church to find the underbelly of the republican party. paul ryan tried top defend his budget. one day after 90 faculty members wrote a letter of protest. i also brought a copy of my