continuing the conversation on the e-mail controversy and more i'm now joined by joel reuben he served as deputy assistant secretary of state legislative affairs in the obama administration and is president of the washington strategy group of global governmental affairs advisory firm he joins me from washington joe what's the international end tact of the. controversy larry it's great to be with you and the international. the national weather service in sterling virginia has issued a special memory warning for it but he could be from drum point maryland to smith point virginia chesapeake bay from north beach to drum point maryland chunk and river cambridge maryland and the little town and river banks and river two booms island maryland ten years sound and inland waters pounding bloodsworth island title potomac from crime island maryland to smith point virginia title potomac from indian had to come island maryland until one am it eleven thirty seven pm a strong thunderstorm was located seven nautical miles west of broome island moving east at twenty knots hansard wind gusts thirty four

welcome back to politicking i would talking with joel reuben he formally served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration and is president of the washington strategy group he's joining us from the nation's capital should we be concerned steve bannon jarrad meeting with private military contractors about the white house privatizing the afghanistan war well the overall frame on afghanistan is very troubling this is the longest war in american history over sixty just about sixteen years now it's cost over a trillion dollars we've lost several thousand lives and we need a real policy on afghanistan that wins that get success that helps to defeat the taliban in a manner where the afghan government can sustainably maintain security in its country and help improve the lives of its of its people we don't need to process these though to get there in terms of internal american government decision making we have a national security adviser and master who's very adept highly regarded across the national security community and in the military he needs to kn