values, but we also heard brennan say that it saves lives. he s clearly going to have to address what he thinks of the report. in addition, we have to look at this in the context of not just what happened in the past but what is going to happen going forward because john brennan has been one of the president s national security advisers obviously they have a couple of enormous things on their plate. one is what was the winding down of afghanistan and the fight against isis. and so this is also going to set the stage in some ways for where he sees the agency going forward. greg. chris, can we expect that women is going to represent the administration s final word on this? the final word comes from the president, and as far as torture goes he s been clear what his position is and in fact has been from day two when he made the
and hagel will understand like the people in afghanistan now you re not really spending your day involved in geopolitical abstractions of foreign policy debates, you re there for your own survival and survival of the man or woman next to you, it s focused on day-to-day realities something hagel underwent in vietnam unlike afghanistan unpopular. vietnam wildly controversial. iraq and afghanistan, more importantly, the whole relationship between american society and the military has changed, far more positive in the way we look upon these people who made this extraordinary sacrifice and extraordinary commitment. still, this is a difficult time. chuck hagel will be there and i think he will be there, get confirmed and be there for most of the winding down of afghanistan, a residual force, a few thousand people. more important, just as important, he will be there for serious budget cutting. the biggest challenge facing the secretary of defense how to go