dr. kissinger? >> i i don't look at the state department primarily in terms of its size, i would look at it in terms of its missions. and of course it's missions should be to supply us with a correct analogies of where we are functioning, of developing a group of people that can think strategically side by side with the pentagon. so this must have a minimum size, and i would not make downsizing in the abstract a principle objective. when one looks at the organization chart of state department, there are a lot of special interests and of technical assignments that can probably be dispensed with. i have not thought that the size of the state department is the principle obstacle to foreign policy. >> dr. schultz -- i'm sorry. >> so i think we should staff it to the level that will we think is needed for our general foreign policy. i think this year is -- it's a little hps it's too dramatic. >> thank you. secretary schultz. >> you told me, rich, earlier when we discussed this that the cuts that were pro

dr. kissinger. we pause for a moment here.e have a quorum, and so i ask d the committee to consider a list of 1056 pending military nominations. all these nominations have been before the committee and require, and the required length of time because her emotion in favor to support his list of 1056 pending military to the senate? is there a second? all those in favor say i? the ayes have it. secretary shultz, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, i'd like to pay tribute to senator mccain. like henry, i've known him a great long time. he fought for his country in combat. he endured terrible suffering and starvation as a prisoner of war and he managed to handle himself with dignity and pride. then he has served here as senator and presidential candidate. i remember those days and theit slogan country first. that was john mccain, is john mccain, country first, always. so senator, sorry you are not here, but i want you to know how much i admire what you have, how you have served our country. i'd like

dr. kissinger put it. >> can you put where things are in the planning stages with the , president? sec. mattis: i think we are all aware in this country of the president's affection and respect for the military. we have been putting together some options. we will send them up to the white house for the session. >> following up on north korea. he laid out the argument for funding the military, why every dollar counts. why diverge time and resources to a parade, as the president said? sec. mattis: my responsibility is to make sure i lay out the strategy and for the oversight of congress to make a determination of fully funding us. as far as the parade goes, the president's respect and fondness for the military is reflected in asking for these options. >> can i ask you whether you war is actually nearer, or closer with north korea, than it was when the administration took office? do you support any communication between vice president mike and north korean officials? sec. mattis: vice president pence is quite makeable -- is quite capable of making the call. as far as theas far as the situh

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dr. kissinger's meeting, president trump tweeted about china and other areas. can you tell us more about that meeting? mr. shah: we will have more information later. asked question. as a willing to meet with kim jong-un's sister adela becks? -- at the olympics? mr. shah: there are no plans for a meeting. i do a lot everyone. -- thank you a lot, everyone. announcer: hearing from the white house earlier today, we will show president trump from earlier at the national prayer breakfast. update you onto where things are at capitol hill. facing another government shutdown three hours from now, midnight eastern time. the senate trying to make some headway earlier today on a continuing resolution that was passed in the house earlier this week and also on a full, two-year budget deal. -- $300 billion over those caps of the next two years, funding the pentagon for a year and some domestic programs for two years. that is stalled in the senate right now partially because of rand paul. congress is stumbling towards a second shutdown with resistance from rand paul and house

dr. kissinger. i go over and i said, dr. kissinger, colonel ken carlson, united states army. you may remember me when you came to visit the school of advanced studies and you talked to us when we were in washington. yes, i do, ken. what are you doing now? still in the army? no, i'm a banker. he said, congratulations. i said i'm here with thompson electronics and they would like to -- they would like to meet you. can they come over and shake your hand. he said, absolutely not. i said, i'm sorry. i didn't mean to interrupt. no, no, i will come to them. henry kissinger pulls up an extra chair, chats these guys up for five to ten minutes, signs their menus and tells them how lucky they are to be able to deal with a guy with the integrity of a former military officer. >> wow. >> i'm sitting there -- and my boss is drooling. at the end of this thing, the bill came for the four of us, $1,500. i said -- i didn't say anything. i didn't have a visa -- i didn't have an american he can press card so i signed a visa card i was sharing with my wife and i had to call her long distance and s

dr. kissinger. so i go over and i said, dr. kissinger, colonel ken carlson, united states army, you may remember me from when you came to visit the school of advanced military studies and you talked to us when we were in washington. he said, yes, do, ken. what are you doing now? are you still in the army? i said, no, i'm a banker. he said, congratulations. i said i'm here with thompson electronics and they would like to meet you. can they come over and shake your hand? he said, absolutely not. i said, i'm sorry, i didn't mean to interrupt. he said, no, no, i will come to them. so henry kissinger gets up, comes over, sits down, and chats these guys up for the better part of five to ten minutes, signs their menus, and tells them how lucky they are to be able to deal with a guy with the integrity of a former military officer. >> wow. >> you know, i'm sitting there going -- and my boss is -- he's drooling. so at the end of this thing, the bill came for the four of us, $1,500. and you know, i said -- well, i didn't say anything, sign

dr. kissinger put it.we have been listening to defense secretary general james mattis at the white house. among other things, he said they have been operating under "debilitating continuing resolutions" for the last decade. he says if there was a government shutdown, it would paralyze pretty much everything they do. at the remarks, general mattis that the president had already said the best way to avoid conflict was by having a strong military. let's talk about a place where there is conflict we are trying to avoid, and that is the korean peninsula. we welcome ambassador christopher hill. serving under george w. bush, and is now the chief advisor to the chancellor for global engagement at the university of denver. for coming, ambassador. let's talk about career for a moment. we will see opening ceremonies were the olympic games coming up in less than two days. the vice president, vice president pence will be over there. we are told kim jong-un's sister will be there. what are the chances that, at these oly

dr. kissinger put it. yes, ma'am?> can you talk about where things are in the planning stages for the military parade the president is seeking and what any cost estimates you have at this point are? >> i think we're all aware in this country of the president's affection and respect for the military. we've been putting together some options. we'll send them up to the white house for a decision. >> i have a question about north korea, a follow-up there. you laid out the argument for fully funding the military, why you think every dollar counts. so why divert time, energy, financial resources to the planning of a parade, as the president has asked? >> again, i think that what my responsibility is, to make certain i lay out the strategy and make the argument for the oversight of congress to make a determination of fully funding us. as far as the parade goes, again, the president's respect, his fondness for the military, i think, is reflected in him asking for these options. >> can i ask you whether you think war is nearer

dr. kissinger put it. yes, ma'am. >> can you talk about where things are on the planning stages for the military parade the president was speaking and what any -- this point are? >> as i think we are all aware in this country of the president's affection and respect for the the military, we have been putting together some options. we'll send them up to the white house for decision. >> mr. secretary, a question about north korea, a follow up on catherine's question there you laid out the argument for fully funding the military. why you think every dollar counts. so why divert time, energy, financial resources to the planning of a parade as the president said? >> again, i think that what my responsibility is to make certain i lay out the strategy and make the argument for the oversight of congress to make a determination of fully funding us. as far as the parade goes, again, the presiden president's respect, his fondness for the military reflected in him asking for these options. >> can i ask you whether you

dr. kissinger. colonel ken karlsson, united states army, you may remember me from when you came to the school of advanced military studies and you talked to us about military studies and he said what are you doing now? i'm a banker. congratulations and i'm here with thompson electronics and they would like to meet you. can they come over and shake your hand? he said absolutely not. i said i'm sorry. i didn't mean to interrupt, and henry kissinger comes up and sits down and chats these guys up for the better part of five to ten minutes, signs their menus and tells them how lucky they are to be able to deal with a guy with the integrity of a former military officer. >> wow! i'm sitting there going and my boss is just drooling. so at the end of this thing, the bill came for the four of us $1500, and you know, i said -- i didn't say anything. i didn't have a visa. i didn't have an american express card so i signed a visa card that i was sharing with my wife and i had to call her long distance and say i

dr. kissinger called surrender or suicide. we do not want even an ichnch o daylight to appear in how we look at the nuclear deterrent. it is a nuclear deterrent and must be considered credible. >> thank you. general selva as well, i mean, looking at that nuclear modernization, the cost, $700 billion, $1.5 trillion, is that something that, given the whole scope of what's needed in terms of our defense budget, that makes sense today? >> my response is, yes, it does make sense. it makes sense in the context that we're talking across about a 40-year time span. the cost of about $700 million to modernize the three legs of the triad, to make available to future secretaries of defense and commanders in chief a credible, secure, reliable nuclear triad that allows those individuals, 20 or 30 years into the future, to be able to tailor strategic responses as well as support the possibility of negotiating away entire types and classes of weapons. that process will have to continue over a long time span. the arsenal and weapons that we ha

dr. henry kissinger? i looked over and said, it is. would you like to meet him? they said, you know him? said, i would be so honored. you mayver and said, remember me when you came to visit the school of military studies. what are you doing? i said, i am a banker. he said, congratulations. here with thomson electronics and they would like to meet you. he said, absolutely not. he said, i will come to them. he pulls over and a sure chair and sits down and chats for the better part of 5-10 minutes and signed their menus and tells them how lucky they are to be able to deal with the guy the integrity of a former military officer. my boss is drooling. at the india of this, the bill ,ame, 15 -- at the end of this the bill came, $1500. with sharing my visa card my wife and i had to call for long-distance and say, i just put $1500 on the visa card. on the way out, i said, am i going to get in trouble? he said, you are not in kansas anymore. banking world now. we spend money like this all the time. you missede thing while you were trying to figure out how to sign your name

. >> we felt so strongly that we were dealing with a national security crisis, henry kissinger said that dr daniel ellsberg was the most dangerous man in america and he had to be stopped. amy: an excerpt from "the most dangerous man in america." while the nixon administration attempted to send him to life in prison, authorities never charged anyone with helping him. as interest in the pentagon papers gross thanks to the new steven spielberg film "the post," about the "washington post" role in revealing the pentagon papers, one of his co-conspirators has come out of the shadows. his name is gar alperovitz. for more than 40 years, he kept a close secret. helped, he clandestinely sectionslsberg deliver of the pentagon papers do newspapers. he kept his role in the pentagon papers leak a secret until this week, when he spoke to "the new yorker" magazine. the identities of who else worked with them remains a secret. daniel ellsberg says the secrece pentagon papers that he gave them a code name, "the lavender hill mob." alperovitz went by the alias "mr. boston." ellsberg told the new yorker, "he t