these kinds of things. i was on a staff that was doing these kind of plans. this was not done freequently bt it s one to ask for plans and another one to act on them without the consent of congress, because it is the declaration of a war event and it would have been a proportional response but a response to notify several people within the administration that is going to take place. we will hear from mike pompeo in a moment. let me read you from a couple of sentences right from the the wall street journal. it s unclear with the proposals were provided to the white house or whether president trump new of the request. let s listen to the secretary of state. we will not let iran get away with using a proxy force to