leo shane writes for the military times. roxana is a bloomberg government covering defense and foreign policy. we want to start our conversation with the developing situation with north korea but there are reports from multiple national news sources the white house is set to make a long rumored move with secretary of state tillerson, replacing him with mr. pompeo from the cia, and replacing mr. pompeo with senator tom cotton. this is part of the national security team. i am wondering if you have a reaction to those names and those particular cases it rep. smith: i don't know that it changes anything. my biggest concern and that is the state department. whether it is secretary tillerson or secretary pompeo, the state department has not been engaged. diplomacy has fallen off significantly. morale at the state department is terrible. i think they have a third less people. there just does not seem to be a diplomatic focus. diplomacy is governed by the president's tweets. the secretary of state is forced to react. however they do

leo shane writes for the military times. roxana is a bloomberg government covering defense and foreign policy. we want to start our conversation with the developing