National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They`re not there to be partisans, they`re not there to be ideologues. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I`m just learning that according to a source familiar with the transition process, President-elect Donald Trump intends to select Lieutenant General Michael… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Michael Flynn not exactly cut from that cloth. Someone who has very strong views about almost everything in the realm of national… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
National security advisors, like White House Chiefs of Staff, their job generally if they`re - if they`re competent and qualified and effective… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I agree that we have to have the toughest screening and vetting that we can have, but I don`t think a halt… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Bill O'Reilly is a socialist. He is in favor of Medicare, he is in favor of Social Security. Those are socialist programs. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Daily Beast reports today that if Steve Bannon is denied a security clearance, the President could simply overrule that denial and… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
[Michael Flynn is] controversial among many people in the national security establishment, many people in the Republican mainstream. The thing about this… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Under the old rules, Steve Bannon could never get a security clearance. But there could be a new rule, the Trump Rule. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Michael Flynn was one of Trump`s top national security advisors throughout the campaign. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
National security adviser is not a position that requires confirmation. This is a pick that like [Donald Trump] Chief of Staff, he… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use? — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions` nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I've never understood the value of putting someone on television to lie, knowing that they're going to lie ahead of time, knowing that that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I don`t think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was.… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing that makes… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They`re not there to be partisans, they`re not there to be ideologues. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility to serve… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
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