that's not a new position for tom donilin.o. >> he was a personal adviser. was there any dissatisfaction on the part of the president about tom donilin? >> there is -- in that job, you can always get reports from somebody who's unhappy about the way the national security adviser is doing their job. and so there's been some reporting about his sharp elbows, but there are also a lot of people in the white house who say there's absolutely no disappointment from the president, vice president, chief of staff dennis mcdonough who used to work under donilin, so there's very strong pushback from people from the white house. >> john, do you think this move is more about susan rice than tom donilin and does it possibly send a message to republicans who came down hard on susan rice during that benghazi hearing? >> the president, as we know, ever since susan rice worked on his campaign and by all accounts from those inside the white house sees the world as the president does, they have a very good relationship, he was disappointed during

she will replace tom donilin in a job that doesn't require senate approval. this is a reminder of what she told the american people five-days after the benghazi terrorist attack. >> the best assessment that we have today. in fact, it was not a preplanned and premeditated attack. what happened initially, it was a spontanous reaction to what had just transpire in cairo as a consequence of the video. months later ambassador rice was forced to admit there was no protest outside of our consulate. president obama plans to nominate samantha power for rice's job. she quit the president's 20088 campaign after calling senator hillary clinton a monster for remarks which she laterr apologized. joining us now is jown sununu. governor, good to see you again. your reaction to the move to elevate susan rice to a more powerful position. >> it is sort of a trifecta with donilin leafing and samantha power going offer to the un and ambassador rice coming in the white house. it is not a surprise in terms of donilin leaving. you get worn out there and i think there were hints of t

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