farage, aeet by nigel supporter president trump, who says i said it before and i will say it again, our track record of intervening in syria and the middle east is terrible. the u.k. was one ally joining the strike yesterday. calling from maryland on the independent line, what are your thoughts? never: i do not like war, have never will. there are times we have to get involved in conflicts like this. i remember several years ago we drew a supposedly red line in the sand, which led us to where we are today. i think we shouldn't make any mistake about that. we can talk to death and nothing will get accomplished. sometimes, unfortunately, it takes a precise strike to deter. -- i think back to a former president who said peace through strength. that can be a deterrent. as i stated, i do not like or, but there are times -- i do not like war, but there are times we need to show strikes to deter these radical regimes from killing people in mass attacks. of ourot forget, a lot young people don't even remember what auschwitz was. perhaps it is time to educate them as well. host: we did hear gene

in brussels, pompeo headed for the middle east, arriving in saudi arabia today where he began with aeeting with the foreign minister, adel al- jubeir. secretary pompeo's three-day stay in the region willtr inclue el to jordan and israel. the upcoming u.s decision on whether totay in the iran nuclear agreement is expected to top the agendas. to put all of this foreign policy news into perspective, i am joined now from washington by reuters diplomatic correspondent, arshad mohammed. arshad, mike pomo was confirmed as secretary of state 57-42, and just 12 hours and 34 minutes later, he was addressing nato in brussels. so what are we to take away from the speed of that and what does it signal? ell, a couple of things. one, he's hit the ground running. at, when you look secretaries of state, i always think about two things-- one, to what extent do they have a selationship with the exprt to what extent d the president actually delegate to them? in this case it seems fairly clear that pompeo has a closerla onship to president trump than his predecessor, rex tirl son, ever did. wand secondly, pomp

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