Leon Panetta actually said...

If you develop that trust and respect that can give you a lot of leverage to be able to get things done.

Panetta explains how trust and respect among staff and Congress are crucial for a president's effectiveness.

07/26/2017

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I have never in my lifetime seen an administration that is presenting such a confused message when it comes to a national security threat.

This has gone on too long to be just the consequence of incompetence. I think this is deliberate.

No, not at all. And if you listen to both the Republicans and Democrats who came out of those briefings, they basically said there's nothing...

No, not at all. And it really raises concerns about how you handle highly classified information.