diplomatic positions not filled. when tillerson is fired over a tweet, others who are qualified don t want to get involved. people going out like star trek tlt red shirts or spinal tap drummers, doesn t attract the right people. north korea, meeting, pompeo stepping into that. and pompeo is a hard liner. more immediate question is he going to blow up the iran deal? he s been talking about that, been critical of that. how does that affect the north korean deal? why would the north korean sign a deal with trump in may if he s just blown up the iran deal? and north korean swone is much more complicated and they re further along in nuclear program
ironically, from the chase department in charge of mitigated risk. my colleague, christine romans watching this hearing from her post in new york. the department that s supposed to mitigate risks made these risky trades and now he is having to answer questions. it s obvious why congress wants to know why these stupid trades were made. yeah. he says, you know what? i m not going to defend it, because it violates common sense. it shouldn t have happened. what was, maybe should have been a legitimate, bona fide macroeconomic hedge, morphed into something else, he says, and he did not defend it. talk about, you say a grilling. a civil discussion. in part because he is so contrite here. the conversation just now turning into something more about what do you think about dodd-frank and the volcker rule and new regulations he has been vocal against. but as far as that trade, he says, no, you re right. it shouldn t have happen and we re sorry for that. in particular, let me tell you