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If you look at what happened since bolton was appointed, after he was appointed that we pulled out of the deal. it was after jim mattis resigned as secretary of defense six months ago that we saw this ervegilation take off and we know from reports that mattis was a break at the situation room table in saying we shouldn t pull out. we should be cautious in how we approach this. sincery have been without a secretary of defense for six months which never happened before, this has taken off and john bolton has the controls of the plane and is i flying it. what we know is he is committed to regime change in iran. we re have no defense secretary and a new acting one who is maybe taking over tomorrow. that vacuum within u.s. leadership in terms of the absence of mattis and the type of role you are describing. given that chain of command and the way these decisions are ....
We know from reports that mattis was apparently a break at the situation room table in saying, we shouldn t pull out of the iran nuclear deal. we should be cautious. since we ve been without a secretary of defense for six months which never happened before in the history of the united states, this has taken off. and john bolton has controls of the plane and he is flying it. john bolton is committed to regime change in iran. we have no defense secretary, as you said, we won t have a defense secretary for a long time. we have a new acting one, who maybe is taking over tomorrow. that sort of vacuum within u.s. leadership is felt, specifically in terms of the absence of mattis and the type of role you re describing, given that chain of command and the way these decisions are being made, how do you think the government should proceed? what do you think this administration is going to do next? it s simple. you have a debate around the table. this is john bolton and mike pompeo wanting to ....
Americans, a sign that the iranians are belligerent and fomenting instability across the region. from the iranian side they ve denied all responsibility and simply said the iranian attacks here in the gulf of oman and rocket attacks need investigation and are suspicious. all part of that growing sense of suspicion and unease. such a critical time. and now the acting defense secretary is out, and this is time when we really need stability. and another acting one. sam, thank you. under fire the president s own hand picked head of the federal reserve now once again feeling the heat. the president suggesting the wrong decision from jero jerome powell on interest rates or one the president dubt like could cost him his job. mower. built to mow better, faster. ....
These hearings to confirm the new department of defense head would even get some pushback from republicans in there asking some serious questions about how this person would counter the president if they think the president is wrong on something like syria in the future. vivian, what do you know about the defense secretary, the new acting one and currently deputy patrick shanahan? so patrick shanahan was an executive with boeing prior to taking any role. he was looked at in 2017 as a possible candidate for the defense secretary job, essentially being passed over and mattis taking the job as a decorated dpen r ed general. but he is described as being more of a businessman than a policy guy. i was going to ask. does he have any military experience himself? some, yeah, but ultimately it s really his business experience that paints his reputation in this town. ....
Obviously that dealt with things like iran-contra and the monica lewinsky episode under bill clinton. the act generally worked but was allowed to expire in 1999 and hasn t happened seriously since then. the process now of picking a special prosecutor, if that s going to happen, maybe the deputy attorney general will take this over. we only have an acting one right now. one has been nominated to be the new one. but they would just pick somebody? they would and that s why the old process is so much better. the trump administration the past few days have been very hands on in choosing deputies that are very loyal to them. there s a very good chance that with attorney general sessions recusing himself goes to a deputy, how are we sure that that deputy is also going to be independent of the white house? michael beschloss, nbc news, presidential historian raising very difficult questions tonight. michael, thank you for being ....