i asked him about the article and who michele flournoy is. >> she, by all accounts, is the clear frontner to be the pentagon chief under hillary clinton. she was probably the second place finisher the last time that president obama chose a defense department chief, when he chose ash carter.r. she is sort of this prototypical pentagon technocrat who is integrated into bipartisan military policy for a long time so very much along the lines of how hillary clinton views foreign policy and military policy. one of the most notable parts of clinton's approach that has gotten little attention is that one of the few areas where she has been openly critical of president obama has been by complaining that he has been insufficiently militaristic or belligerent or aggressive in a number of areas, in particular in syria met where she criticized him in her book and also in various interviews for not doing enough in syria to stop the syrian dictator al-assad from brutalizing the syrian people. she has advocated -- secretary clinton has -- a no-fly zone which could lead to military confrontation with r

the first woman as defense secretary, michelle flournoy and maybe treasury between the two diplomaticer deputy secretary of state. >> well, andrea, you're deeper in the parlor games than i am. i've mentioned some of those names but not all of them and you're absolutely right and the issue with the state department is because hillary clinton was secretary of state, there's a sense that she might not go for a sort of another celebrity figure, a major political figure like she was or john kerry is. she might want a trusted, reliable person she knows well and bill burns, former deputy secretary of state and nick burns, a close adviser to her, an undersecretary of state, would both fit that bill. but you're absolutely right. at the pentagon, michelle flournoy's name perhaps the most clear name come out in this whole process of guessing. >> guessing game beginning already. thank you so much, mark. and we have much more ahead. , g. i am proud of you, my man. making simple, smart cash back choices... with quicksilver from capital one. you're earning unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase,

so if michele flournoy were not the choice of hillary, they may choose to stay with the current situation. if she does not go with those two choices, i think the guy to my far right would be a good choice. thank you all for being here. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> with the house and senate returning from summer break next p.m. weursday at 8:00 will preview for key issues facing congress. the zika virus. bags women in america today want to make sure they have the ability to not get pregnant because mosquitoes ravage pregnant women. >> today they turned down the very money they argued for last may and they decided to gamble with the lives of children like this. annual policy and programs that bill. >> all of these are very vital to the future of this nation at a time of turmoil and a time of the greatest number of refugees since the end of world war ii. >> every member of this body, every republican and democrat, w

assessment -- so if michele flournoy were not the choice of hillary, they may choose to stay with the current situation. if she does not go with those two choices, i think the guy to my far right would be a good choice. thank you all for being here. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> if you missed any of this discussion from the brookings institution, we will have it online. you can check it on c-span.org. a discussion on sharing intelligence and counterterrorism, hosted by the center for strategic and international studies, starting at 1:00 eastern, here on c-span. at noon, join us live with a member of the turkish parliament on combating terrorism live on c-span three. and a discussion on chronic health problems and their cost, hosted by the alliance for health reform, also live at noon on c-span 2. looking at congress. house speaker paul ryan tweeted a video about his thoughts on the health care them in the u.s.

no-fly zone which could lead to military confrontation with russia, who is flying over syria, and michele flournoyinterview made clear that she not only believes in a no-fly zone, but also more active boots on the ground in syria, american boots on the ground. and given the russians are already there, that there is isis there, that there are al qaeda elements, there is still a civil war ongoing, it would be extremely dangerous to involve the u.s. further and military involvement in syria and yet you president obama who himself has been very militaristic -- he has bombed seven predominately muslim countries and the last seven years -- and yet secretary clinton's critique of his foreign-policy is in every case he is not aggressive enough, not militaristic enough, and in syria in particular, they seem to really be itching to involve the u.s. a lot more directly and a lot more aggressively in that conflict. amy: how do you think donald trump's foreign policy would be carried out? >> it is always difficult to say what donald trump's policy would be because he is very few cogent ideas that remain consta