problem. it s hard for me to believe that the white house it s not the pentagon. it s not $30,000 people that somebody didn t realize, hey, this is a red tpwhrag. we have to deal with this one way or the other. we re going to go ahead and go, as somebody pointed out earlier, the president can do that. just to ignore it raises serious issues about national security and about management. cnn s reporting is that many people knew about this including don mcgahn, white house chief counsel, including john kelly, chief of staff. should john kelly keep his job? that s up to the president. i m giving the same answer jim jordan gave. that s the president s call. i worked with him when he was commander of south comm in the military. he needs to be clear about how all of this happened, what did
is there something the state can do to go, hey, landlords, back off for a little bit? what do we do? we ll just keep working with our partners on that to figure out a smart answer and we owe you and them that answer. let s work on it a little bit. two more before we ve got to go. that is governor abbott of texas with a number of military, coast guard, national guard folks representing south comm, so the impression there is this isn t just a national guard issue, the u.s. military is fully involved with this. we ve seen this in the last few days with naval rescues and army rescues and the helicopters come in. interesting comment by the governor that people shouldn t worry because there s no shortage of gas in the united states. and a reporter asked him, well, people are going to gas station and they re out of gas. there are red tags on the gasoline, so there s no shortage of gas in the united states. i don t think there was anybody who thought there was a shortage. people in texas
other democrats and republicans, john mccain and john kerry to normalize relations. today we re the top trading partner and people of vietnam have great affectionor our country and we get alo well with them. the question is can we do something similar with the iranians and it starts with the nuclear agreement. they want to buy a lot of airplanes from us, billions of dollars worth of boeing aircraft from us and the president wasn t sure whether we should do that. we should do that and look for economic cooperation and at the same time expressed disagreement with the other behavior. you mentioned earlier you hope that the president listens to general kelly now his chief of staff. general kelly was already head of home larland security. what gives this confidence or hope that things will change? homeland security a few years ago when general kelly was in charge of south comm, southern hemisphere. i traveled with him before, know
had some time, as you probably all know i came from before i retired 39 months in southern command went there and talked to admiral kirk tid and engaged with him about the partnership that frankly is very strong between homeland security and south comm. i m proud to say that developed very closely between myself when i was in command and my good friend jeh johnson and we want to continue that. but no, i didn t learn about it on an airplane. how much guidance were you able to give specifically when it comes to green car holders or people who have visas and work with the u.s. military. loft the problems encountered could have been easily foreseeable. i think from our perspective again, people like me are expected and not just because of my military background, we are the, the departments are the implementers of the policy obviously, developed by the white house, approved by the
do not have enough experience with the variety of leaders the president has to use. so, that s the question i think we should ask. not the credentials of the individuals. their credentials are terrific. the plus side is the strength, the orgizational and the narrow tool box that these gentlemen would have served in service. i went around in a minor role in europe dealing with other governments, i understood as i went into embassies and talked with other governments and agencies i understood the trade and the commerce and the other issues of society as you get from that country team. guys like john kelly who commanded south comm, i know him well. he was literally leading a lot of initiatives not only from a military perspective, but a governmental and an economic perspective in south america when he was the south comm commander. they do know a lot more than just the military tools. but i take phil s point that