general, he required pentagon approval, didn t get the pentagon approval and was scolded for it by his colleagues. at the lower level you had people like george papadopoulos and carter page who suspected of being close to russian intelligence in a way that raises questions about any american citizens. of course the fbi vetteinvestig. trump is asking for a grant of immunity that he has a right to operate his campaign this would happen with any institution, he alone should be exempt from the normal scrutiny. and it s pointed out in the washington post that the entire appointment of this confidential source was an issue in essence to protect trump and now we see where this is going with him. david frum, thank you so much for joining me.
syria, the action he took earlier this year in syria, pushing forward to put small tacticalsi nuclear weapons into our arsenal. i think president trump has had a strong foreign policy. he needs to make sure he continues that, following through in syria. john bolton comes on-board tomorrow. we ll see what hams. i thinknk trump has been tryingo pull troops out of syria without pentagon approval. chris: up next, our power player of the week. how the president of a major university here in washington works the campus like a big city mayor. john bolton comes on boar john bolton comes on boar to before discovering nexium 24hr to treat her frequent heartburn, claire could only imagine enjoying chocolate cake. now she can have her cake and eat it too. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn?
president trump credit for having a muscular and strong american policy toward syria. more importantly, toward russia which is backing syria in terms of antitank missiles. pushing forward to put small tactical nuclear weapons into our arsenal. i think president trump has haa strong foreign policyand he nee make sure he continued that with syria. chris: > john bolton comes on board tomorrow but i think president trump has been trying to pullout without pentagon approval. chris: up next, our power chris: up next, our power player of the week. have the wipresident of a major university here in washington works the campus like a big city mayor. kids: safelite repair, safelite replace
in afghanistan. [ inaudible ] he currently heads the joint forces command and was scheduled to retire this summer. gates called him a brilliant military leader and had this to say about the comments. appropriate action was taken at the time. i think the subsequent five years demonstrated the lesson was learned. apparently the pentagon learned a lesson from general mcchrystal s epic meltdown. they issued a memo on tightening up restriction to the media. for some time now, long before the rolling stone article i have growned increasingly concern we have become too lax, disorganized and some cases flat-out sloppy in the way we engage with the press. reporter: reporters were disturbed to learn it requires pentagon approval for every military interview that has national or
they could also do the for sure, they can do the booming, putting the booms out. they were doing some of that yesterday, but not as much as they would normally do and they were completely shut down on the skimming. also, the overflights that they would be doing along the coastal areas to see where the sheen is, where the heaviest of the oil is and also, the wildlife managers can finally get out. they know they have more problems than the one bird that has been brought in here to be cared for. they know there s a they suspect there are a lot of problems out there, but haven t been able to get out and check because of the weather. it s cleared up, so hopefully they can get a better look at it today. we can use every bit of good news for the poor people down there. it is spreading to so many states now. the pentagon approval of the national guard troops for