trump rougher or is he going to act whiacquiesce to the preside on russia? i think north korea and iran are at the top of his list. i think something david said earlier about the role of the national security sad advisor is important. i worked at the national security adviser for three years. some people in that job bring ideas together and tee up options for the president. mr. bolton is not one of those. he has very firm views about iran and north korea, i think he is taking this fro job job to a his views. if he needs to give up russia to give him leeway on iran and north korea, i think that s a trade he s willing to take. not to mention his zionist organization of america praised john bolton as an excellent pick for israel. ambassador, michael mcfaul, david ignacious, great to have both of you with us this hour. thank you. a plea for action from
secretary of state rex tillerson have admitted that the iran deal is working. frankly so have many four star generals and admirals at the pentagon. i hope they approach this with care and caution. let me ask you, the job of the national security adviser, though, not just to perpetrate his or her views. it is to be the filter. it is to present the many views in the national security community. that could be a concern with john bolton. we just don t know if that s something he will do. that s right. it is a job that is a facilitator. your job is to help engender debate and discussion, inside the agency, tee up options for the president and help him or her make decisions about the best way forward. he is not really had to do that. even as u.n. ambassador, he was the ambassador, he was the voice of foreign policy and reported to condoleezza rice. this is a different role for him. even though i m troubled by many views, we need to give the guy a chance to get in the job and see where it
in libya and then it just spirals out of control and the aftermath can be far worse than what we originally went in there to combat. and rick, speak to that point because the military precision and ability to hit a target and the and of our military to tee up options for a president is a nonpartisan proficiency.bility tee up options for a president is a nonpartisan proficiency. the whouts ite house is often responding to an option set. how do you contrast take that withnickki haley and rex tillerson seemingly at odds? i think all of us agree that there is no defined policy, no defined doctrine. president trump reacted emotionally. but the actual strike is something that i do support and i would support obviously tries to come up with a policy and