to stand on principal sometime. dana has dedicated most of high school his life to foreign affairs. he got elected to congress in 1988 and he foughthighschool hi affairs. he got elected to congress in 1988 and he fought against the the russians in afghanistan. is he a preeminent expert on that part of the country. but he s also the fair of young tr father of young triplets and he loves his family, loves california.of young father of young triplets and he loves his family, loves california. knowing him, i don t know that he wants to go through the rigors of being secretary of state knowing that that would do to his family. but i m sure he finds to be a great honor to even be considered for that position. you get on the phone with him and then come back. i want to call him. he makes good personnel decisions clearly when he hired tara. well, thank you, paris. that s right. meantime something else.
trump is a businessman and then an entertainer and now the president-elect. but to your point, when it comes down to the type of people that the president-elect is trying to assemble, congressmanro will hbacker is a fine candidate. you want somebody who has the experience but is not a washington insider. and it s true mr. trump lacks the political insight of being a d.c. person. so these advocates are qualified candidates and smart selections. and tara, you are the former communications director for him. what instincts to you see in rohbacker to be secretary of state? yeah, i was with dana for seven years. and he is a wonderful congressman and he really is a man of the people. he is certainly an outsider. he s always food on principal and what he believes, contrary to the popular sentiment. that has worked both for and against him, but never popular
and washington attorney donald mcgan as white house counsel. the announcements coming a they debate the choices for u.s. secretary of state. trump s campaign manager kellyanne conway tweeting this, receiving deluge of social media and private comments regarding mitt romney. some trump loyalists are warning against romney as secretary of state. i want to bring in tara seth mire and paris ginard to discuss this. paris, why would kellyanne conway tweet out something like this about someone under consideration for this u.s. secretary of state post? you know, i ve said this before, one of the things that campaigns to and political operatives do is they test the waters. and so they put out names, they float names and they put things out there to get a reaction. and i believe what kellyanne conway did, former campaign