mr. mclaghlin, as well. the "washington post" reached all 26 members of the senate armed services committee and sexes was the only one that met with kislyak from russia. does that raise any flags? >> no, because he met also with 20 or 25 other ambassadors. i think the reason they sought out those meetings and it was kislyak who sought out the meeting, as did the other ambassadors, because that time senator sessions was involved in the campaign. they wanted to know what the american foreign policy would be, and all of those ambassadors met sequentially one after another with senator sessions to scope out what the foreign policy of a trump administration would be if mr. trump were elected and to see if they could press their points of view. apparently kislyak pressed his point of view on the subject of ukraine with in great success, as was reported today by the attorney general. >> sreenivasan: mr. mclaghlin, i want to ask you, what about reports that members of the obama administration made sure that certain