mr. simmons, good to see you. >> hi, harris. >> also the author of the directive.e general, you knew him. you were a supporter of his. you still are. were you surprised it hear the news about him resigning? >> and i'm sighing for the big sigh, but, yes, i do know him. he is an outstanding man. he is outstanding american. he he has led america through some very very very difficult times. i think many of us are surprised that these kind of things happen. i think as you know, harris, i think perhaps and certainly many of my friends here at fox news know i just lost my wife to stage 4 breast cancer in the last two months. and so i'm a little jaded to it. >> harris: hence the sigh. >> we are just a little shocked. here is what i can also tell you. i can tell you with absolute certainty that the -- there are very few at the cia, for whatever reason. that are shedding tears over this. it is not because they think less of general petraeus, it's that because the majority of those at the cia did not believe that he should have been in that position to start with. >> harris:

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mr. cohen was not accurate about this. would appoint almost a year ago michael simmons, affordable housing developer who lives and works in the western addition. i think that, it would seem to me that given the time that has gone by, and given that the lgbt center does provide an awful lot of services to extremely low-income people through both the economic know the programs and elsewhere, i would suggest that at a minimum would put this forward with no recommendation and see what the full board thinkgs. >> supervisor kim: i am not ready to do that now. i am open for a motion to continue. i would like to spend time speaking with mr. wolf. i would like to articulate what you would be representing and i did not hear that. maybe with time we can sit down and have that level of discussion. i would feel comfortable with the motion to continue; i would not feel comfortable with a recommendation. >> i am of the same mind. i would continue and seeif other applicants come forward. >> i disagree but given that i'm in the minority i will suggest we continue to the next rules committee meeting. >> supervisor kim: is the first thursda