watching and thinking, i m hoping no one is confusing a pro-promotion with a vet. vetting is a term of art in washington and usually means an fbi full field investigation and they take a good hard look at your life. working in proximity of the president, we ve seen known about all kind of bad characters who have worked around this president and others. so does this point out a vet problem and perhaps now a procedural problem that this has been allowed to hang out there for enough days to attract even more allegations as it did tonight? well, clearly, brian, there is a vetting problem in the white house if these allegations about dr. jackson are just now coming to light and were not known to the white house before president trump tweeted that he would be the nominee to head the department of veteran affairs. sarah sanders said at the briefing this afternoon that there had been four separate background checks, investigations. at one point she used the phrase
announce the withdraw for nomination yesterday. after what the president said at the press conference at the white house with french president macron. where he said he stood by him and then he said i don t know why he wants the job and why he wants to go through process. it seems like an invitation to withdraw and it is astounding. phil, i know this came up in the briefing today and as i m watching i hope no one is confusing a promotion procedure with a vet. vetting is a term of art in washington and it means an fbi full field investigation and they take a hard look at your life. working in proximity of the president we since known about all kinds of bad characters who worked around this president and others. does this point out a vet problem and a procedural problem
president macron. where he said he stood by him. and yet he said i don t know why he would want the job or why he would stay why he wants to g o through this process. it s astounding that he hasn t withdrawn yet. any other administration, he would be gone by now. at the briefing, i was watching and thinking, i m hoping no one is confusing a pro-promotion with a vet. vetting is a term of art in washington and usually means an fbi full field investigation and they take a good hard look at your life. working in proximity of the president, we ve seen known about all kind of bad characters who have worked around this president and others. so does this point out a vet problem and perhaps now a procedural problem that this has been allowed to hang out there for enough days to attract even more allegations as it did tonight?