a clear white house message on their strategy to stop it. listen. our approach is through quiet, intensive diplomacy. we are engaged in quiet, but very intensive diplomacy. this was patient quiet and effective diplomacy, led by the president. my administration will continue our quiet, relentless diplomacy toward that end. here to share her thoughts on a week in foreign policy that was anything but quiet, cnn global affairs analyst, and contributor to time magazine, kimberly dozer. always a pleasure to have you on. we appreciate you sharing part of your sunday with us. let s start on israel. here is president biden explaining why he believes his strategy on the conflict worked in comparison to his two predecessors. one of the reasons why we re table to get a cease fire in eleven days, we didn t do what
other people have donement i don t t done. i don t tell people what i talk about in private. i can assure you the last time it took 56 days to get a cease fire. i m praying it will hold. administration officials have acknowledged the conflict wasn t a top priority when he was entering the white house. there were a lot of fires to put out here a home. nevertheless, no one really expects that this relative peace is going to be long lasting, so kimberly, what do you make of biden s approach, especially given that more and more voices in his party are calling for a reimagining of the u.s. s relationship with israel. it was seen as a frozen conflict that wasn t worth putting political capital into, at the beginning of the administration, so much to look at domestically and bigger foreign policy problems, like the withdrawal from afghanistan, trying to renegotiate a deal with iran.
with us now, james spider marks, kimberly dozer and tim nefta neftali. you have people upset, he s leaving all together because he was the adult in the room. we are a superpower without a strategy. what s clear from the reporting is that mattis left because the president was impulsive about dealing with syria and afghanistan which means we have a commander-in-chief who doesn t have a strategy. yes, america first. it means defending our. mattis letter made it clear there is no security strategy of the united states and with mattis gone, i asked what s mike pompeo up to? who is making foreign policy for this government? general marks? i agree with tim that when you lose someone like jim mattis, you lose an incredibly
cnn national security analyst, a former cia analyst and cnn global affairs analyst kimberly dozer. good evening to both of you. kim let s start with you. we have been hearing from the chiefs of all six intel agencies and they re unanimous. there should be no doubt that russia will continue the efforts to disrupt the u.s. elections. it s been a year since this assessment is first made. yet lawmakers still have to ask the question, why? well, i think everyone knows why russia is doing it. i also think it s instructive for the american public to hear that all of the intelligence chiefs back this assessment. but it is disturbing for their people carrying out the intelligence collection not to hear it from the commander in chief.
some of those people are state security. they will be watching for the ring leaders and in the weeks and months to come, those people will be taken away for questioning to make sure they never protest again. again, a fifth day of protest is under way right now across iran. kimberly, thank you for the analysis on both fronts. back to u.s. politics, the president needs democrats to push forward his ambitious agenda for the new year. we re going to get reaction from a democratic lawmaker who says she is open to working with the president. also, is this month make or break for president trump? former white house chief strategist steve bannon certainly thinks so. california is lighting up the new year in a different way, pot shops, set to sell recreational weed starting today. our miguel marquez takes you live inside. life happens.