Director and former secretary of defense and former white house chief of staff leon panetta. Before we begin, i want to tell you that we will have questions from the audience at the end of the session, and you can ask them by going to the rndf app, which is www. Rndf2017. Org, twitter is rndf, and we will take some of the questions from there at the end of the session, and we will hear from you. I want to start the questions. I was told i have Carte Blanche to ask anything. [laughter] dir. Pompeo dont forget, you have two italians. [laughter] dir. Pompeo i was also told i can refuse to answer any question. [laughter] bret let me start with this. If you were secretary of state for the trump administration, how would you handle all right. [laughter] dir. Pompeo my former friend, bret bair. [laughter] bret understanding with the president tweeted in, and understanding you serve at the pleasure of the president , have you had talks about another job . Dir. Pompeo i am very focused on doing
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