president reagan said when you negotiate or if you negotiate you need to do so. that s what we re seeing. under scoring nations inhaeurpb right of self-defense, making certain military decisions to communicate a position of strength to the iranian. from the democrats perspective, it is interesting they had a separate briefing, like a point counter point. they were less hearing from the policy makers who have been on the front lines as opposed to john brennan and other folks from the obama administration. let s hear from secretary mike pompeo. my expectation is that every member of congress will join in our effort not only to deter iran from taking action against american interests in iraq and elsewhere in the middle east, but be very supportive of this administration when we take action that are consistent when protecting americans wherever they are serving. leslie, how is it in the