don t get a job, i wouldn t want them answering for that. but, yes, i can see democrats entering the administration at the undersecretary level. you know, who knows. even at a secretary level. but certainly as the deputy or somewhere as an undersecretary, there s very good i have a lot of good friends who are democrats. we just agree to disagree on national policies. some of your best friends are democrats, right? thank you, congressman chris collins. they truly are. i appreciate that. okay, don, you, too. all right. secretary of state john kerry today set to lay out the obama administration s vision for middle east peace this amid the context of rising tension between the united states and israel up next, former senator george mitchell who served as the u.s. special envoy to the middle east under president obama will join us with his thoughts.
to carry out the nefarious plans as easily. resistance is easier. it s easier for reporters to get stories about what s going on when people are squabbling at each other s throats this way, so all in all a good deal. the governing is not done much at the secretary level, the cabinet level. there are the undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, hundreds of those that need to be chosen in this administration. is there any progress at all in this transition beyond the cabinet-level positions? it s unclear. you know, it feels as if they re pretty consumed by these cabinet-level positions, and technically the secretary of state choice which now is going on for weeks on end. there s some indication that that search may now be coming to an end, perhaps as soon as this weekend, perhaps later, early next week, but look, this is a transition that s been fairly consumed by these major cabinet
romney and others who have plainly expressed some of those sentiments that the pugh poll reveals. what i really like about alex s story and the other stories about chaos in the trump camp, and they are the only good stories in a week of terrible ones about a destroyer of the environment being head of the epa, a destroyer of labor becoming labor secretary. what s great about these stories is that when you have this kind of chaos in the ranks, you don t have efficiency, you re not able to carry out the nefarious plans as easily. resistance is easier. it s easier for reporters to get stories about what s going on when people are squabbling at each other s throats this way, so all in all a good deal. the governing is not done much at the secretary level, the cabinet level. there are the undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, hundreds of those that need to be chosen in this administration. is there any progress at all in
for or against sanctions. this administration imposed the most crippling sanctions in history against iran. we appreciate the leverage those sanctions have given us and we appreciate the partnership congress has given us in that effort. but this is a decision to support diplomacy and possible peaceful resolution to this issue. jay carney on the defensive as the administration has been since those talks with the iranians and the rest of the western powers collapsed on saturday night. joining me now is anne gearan, diplomatic correspondent from washington post. we saw the lead person on negotiations go to israel trying to mollify israelis. secretary went to abu dhabi trying to calm down arabs. a lot of crick over this of they are supposed to get back to the talks not at secretary level next week. we re now being told they are going to have to try to quiet the critics on the hill.
press secretary that, yes, it is standard protocol that all cables going out from the department of state and foggy bottom here in washington quote unquote carried the signature of the secretary of state as a matter of formality, her name is typed there he repeated it only went to the sent a secretary level. bill: it s auto penned signature not hillary clinton taking the no spin pen and putting it on there. that s the apparent claim. let me tell you this about this report by the house republicans. i think they let secretary of state clinton off the hook in a very key respect. she told the senate foreign relations committee during that sworn testimony back in january that she was aware of no reports prior to the ambassador to the u.n. susan rice going on television september 16th. the famous tour of the sunday shows. she secretary clinton was aware notify reports that stated anything to the contrary to what ambassador rice said which this was spontaneous protest that got under hand