i think it s opportunity lost, but putin has doubled down. and if before he was playing defense, now he s playing offense, including in the cyber world and we have done almost nothing to increase our resilience the next time around. that s absolutely right. and i fear that we re going to experience these things in the future. by the way, russia is not the only one with this capability. why we are being so slow i can tell you why, because our president doesn t want to admit that this happened. but it s not fixing the problem. with respect to us, it is a bizarre situation that there is lots of consensus in my world and with friends of mine, in the administration that this threat is real, that it is not going away, that it has multiple dimensions. but there s one person in the white house, the president of the united states, that refuses to recognize it. that is really abnormal, and that also, by the way, cuts against the grain of a lot of tradition in american foreign
i think it s opportunity lost, but putin has doubled down. and if before he was playing defense, thousand he s playing offensive including in the cyber world and we have dpon almost nothing to increase our resilience the next time around. and i fear that we re going to experience these things in the future. russia is not the only one with capable. why we re being so will slow. i can tell you why pause our president doesn t want to admit that this happened, but it s not fixing the problem. with respect to us, it is a bizarre situation that there is lots of cone sonsz in my world and with friends of mine in the administration that this threat is real, that it is not going away that it has multiple dimensions. but there s one person in the white house, the president of the united states that refuses to recognize it. that is really abnormal and that also, by the way, cuts against the grain of a lot of
opportunity lost. president trump asking about his power to pardon aides and family members and even himself, aiming to discredit robert mueller. you re a congressman, a republican congressman with a republican president with an agenda you d love to get to and this is what your president is focused on. well, first of all, let s be clear that we re talking about once again that famous source of the washington post named unnamed. and until such time there s a legitimate source or evidence we re talking about a resumer. we re not with respect to the president talking to the new york times, he said it to the new york times, talked about robert mueller not crossing red lines and jeff sessions, we re not making this up sir, let s assume you re talking about pardon you re talking about the pardon, the issue of the pardon is a rumor and it s been denied by counsel. all of that said to your point about lost opportunity, i would
the pay for person? because she s not. she s a democrat. i think you saw with that performance, that sterling performance. she out lawyered they dismantled her. i don t know what hearing you were watching jack but the performance she gaev today under fire from the republicans trying to change the subject. i think she should be the next attorney general. wrap it up because i have to go. one thing i want you to remember. the hearing today, mrs. susan rice, i don t know what she s hiding. another opportunity lost the hearing today was not
that russia has stepped into? well, i would say, again, the void created is created by assad, and not the united states. it is not like he was an ally of the ud and now russia is coming in. russia has been a ally of syria for many decades. when i was a part of the government, i should have pushed ha harder for a coalition government in 2011 when there were peaceful protesters on the streets, and hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters, and isis didn t exist in syria, and that is an opportunity lost, and you know, we are now paying the consequences now. that doesn t give guidance as to what to do now, and as the obama administration has said, and the other coalition forces have said, the only way forward is through the sunni opposition, and the modern opposition, and until putin begins to engage in