joining me from washington is tom donilon, he was national security adviser for president obama from 10 to 2013. i am pleased to have him back on the program. tom, welcome. tell me what this trip is about in the significance of vietnam. tom: thank you, charlie. as you said, this is the president's 10th trip to asia and it's part of what is become known as the rebalanced asia. which is one of the most important geostrategic initiatives of his presidency. it's rooted in the belief that the future of asia in the united states are tightly tied together going into the 21st century. it involves investment across the board in terms of all elements of national power, diplomatic security, and military. and in terms of his time which is the most important asset that the president has come day in and day out. it is meant to reinforce the leadership role that the united states plays in asia. it is meant to extend the fact that the united states has provided the platform for their social economic development for records of a century. the president came into office believing we were underinvested,

tom donilon for your years of public service. this is a real opportunity befoe our committee so that we can gain from your experience and try to do what we can to make america stronger. thank you both very much for being here today. this hearing is titled america's role in the world and we certainly have enough challenges and there is certainly a need for u.s. leadership. when i looked at america's strength, i see oliver military, the best soldiers in command, the best military equipment, but to me, the strength of america and its influence is in our ideals, what we stand for. our standing for democracy and good governance. we look at some of the actions we have taken during my years in congress -- i have been very active in the osce and a look at the founding principle that a country's security is more than protecting its borders, economic opportunities, and human rights. to need to, that has been a guiding principle -- when you look at other countries that are flexing their military, to me, they will never succeed in accomplish

tom donilon weighed in on the issue ahead of the referendum on if britain should stay in or exit the he joined figures in signing an open letter saying that leaving european union would diminish britain's place in the world. thank you for joining me. of republicanroup and democratic senior foreign-policy officials in the anted states weighed in on internal british decision over whether to stay in europe or not? tom: because of the stakes for u.s. interest, and the historic ties between the united states and united kingdom. the united states has a deep interest, strong, prosperous united kingdom. we have a deep interest in seeing the united kingdom involved in europe and the world. we have an interest in the integrity of european institutions. it is our judgment that those interest would be harmed by the brexit. katty: the national security adviser to the president, how would britain pulling out of europe materially change the relationship with the white house? tom: britain will be the first call that the united states makes to respect to global issues or a crisis, but they will have

joining me now from washington, tom donilon. he was national security advise tore president obama from 2010 to 2013. i'm pleased to is him back on the program. tom, welcome. >> thank you, charmie. nice to be with you. >> tell me what this trip is about. and the significance of vietnam. >> yeah, thank you, charlie. as you said, this is the president's tenth trip to asia. and it's part of what has become known as the rebalanced asia. which is one of the president's most important geo strategic initiatives of his presidency, frankly. it is rooted in the belief that the future of asia and the united states are tightly tied together going into this, the 21s century. it involves an investment across-the-board in terms of all elements of national power. diplomatic, security and military, economics through the ttp which we can talk about. and in terms of his time which of course is the most important asset that the president has day in and day out. it's meant to reinforce the leadership role the united states plays in asia. it's meant t

donilon. >> let me echo what tom just said. i couldn't agree more with the north korean comments. . if we have a chance of getting this done sort of some sort of a military response which would be unappealing at best, it's going to have to be with china. china's the only country in the world that's going to have any real influence on the north koreans. >> yeah, secretary baker, mr. donilon, thank year fou for tha. would love to continue this conversation with both of you about what more could be done le fact, trade has increased and not decreased. that's powerful leverage they seem to be heading the wrong direction on. >> thanks for your leadership on that effort. senator udall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this committee has been discussing this for a long time. we've talked about sanctions. i'd like to follow up a little bit on the north crkorea part o this. you talked about how important it is that we address the issue. what steps, specifically, do you think congress should take in this conflict we have going on? and then what the executives should take. on north korea. with what'

again, i like the viewpoints that secretary baker laid out and, candidly, much of what tom donilon said today. they seemed to be in agreement on many things. but in particular i really think what i've heard from the campaign is something that really does embrace much of what secretary baker said today. and with that, i've got to go. thank you all. >> who was the russian leader? >> yeah, yeah, i probably shouldn't have said that, should i? [laughter] /. [inaudible conversations] >> a house panel looks at the iran nuclear deal and how the obama administration communicated details of the agreement to congress. live coverage from the house oversight committee today starting at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later, officials from the tsa and homeland security department testify about possible security risks involved in resuming air travel to cuba. they're in front of a house subcommittee hearing on transportation security at 2 p.m. also on c-span3. >> this sunday night on q&a, "vanity fair" columnist and slate magazine founder michael kingsley talks about his new book, "old age: a beginner's di

and the fact of the matter is, as tom donilon has said, the biggest challenge i think facing the country today, the biggest foreign policy challenge or any challenge, is our economy. you cannot be strong economically, politically, diplomatically if you're not strong economically -- if -- militarily if you're not strong economically. in his first term president obama asked me and a couple of other people what is the biggest -- what should be my number one priority. i think you were there. and i said, mr. president, in my view your number one priority -- i think he thought i was going to come back to iran or north korea or something, having been a secretary of state. but i've also been secretary of the treasury, and i said, mr. president, i think your biggest -- your number one priority ought to be the restoration of our economic strength. i still believe that. i still believe that we will not be able to do what we need to do around the world, we will not be able to remain this uniquely preeminent world power, we will not be able to continue to lead internationally if we -- if our economy

again, i like the viewpoints that secretary bakker laid out and much of what tom donilon said, they seemed to be in great on a lot of things, but in particular, what i've heard from the campaign is something that does embrace much of what secretary bakker said today. i've been to go. >> who is the russian leader? >> i probably shouldn't have said that, should i? >>> on the american history tv on c-span3. >> there has never been a full public accounting of fbi do mist ig intelligence operations. therefore this committee has undertaken such an investigation. >>> saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern, the commission questions committee staffers frederick schwartz and kurt smothers detailing fbi abusing includes teameded intimidation. >> king, there's only one thing left for you to do, you know what it is. you have just 34 days in which to do it. this exact number has been selected for a specific reason. it is definite practical significant, 34 days before the award. you are done. >>> then associate fbi director james addams admits to some of the excesses while defending a number of other fbi p

. >> on thursday, james baker and tom donilon testified before the senate foreign relations committeethey discussed international affairs and issues for the next to administration to consider. this is two hours and 10 minutes.

he goes on to say that he would like to believe that tom donilon, then national security advisor, and hillary clinton, then secretary of state, had a chance to work on the offer they presented. mr. doran, let me begin with you. is there any information confirming that mr. donilon or secretary clinton worked on those letters? michael s. doran: none that i know of. jody b. hice: ok. mr. rubin, is the circumventing -- let's use that word -- of relevant department and agency heads in major foreign policy decision typical behavior for members of the national security council and other white house staffers? michael rubin: it has become a problem that has grown with time dating back administrations. jody b. hice: so this is common practice, these days? michael rubin: this has become all too common. yes. jody b. hice: mr. hannah? john hannah: i do think something has changed in that regard, just the fact that we have a deputy national security advisor for strategic communications whose job is both to help develop policy, it seems as close as a foreign policy aid to the president, and the guy

he goes on to say that he would like to believe that tom doni n donilon, then national security adviser, and hillary clinton, then secretary of state, had a chance to work on the offer they presented. mr. doran, let me begin with you. is there any information confirming that mr. donilon or secretary clinton worked on those letters? >> none that i know of. >> okay. mr. rubin, is the circ circumventing -- let's use that word -- of relevant department and agency heads in major foreign policy decisions typical behavior for members of the national security council and other white house staffers? >> it has become a problem that has grown with time, dating back administrations. >> so this is common practice these days? >> this has become all too common, yes. >> mr. hannah? >> i do think something has changed in that regard. just the fact that we have a deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, whose job is to both help develop policy it seems as close to foreign policy aide to the preds as the guy selling it i think is worrisome. i have got to say, in our administration, y

james baker and tom donilon testified before the senate foreign relations committee. mr. baker says the world would be less stable if the u.s. left the north atlantic treaty association. the hearing runs just over two hours. sen.ke