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Lindsey Graham: Don't allow North Korea to get missile than can reach US

[On North Korea]: "If it gets to be a mature threat," Graham said, "don't let us (Congress) just sit on the sidelines and bitch and moan. If you had the evidence, the day that they come in and tell you that, you call the congressional leadership up and say, 'I may have to use force here. Let me tell you why I want your backing for authorization to use force against North Korea.' If we had a vote that was decisive and you had that authority in your back pocket, it may prevent you from having to use it."

"That'd be very provocative," Preibus said. "It's meant to be provocative, Graham said. You only do that as a last resort." "That will get everyone worried and excited, Priebus said." "I don't give a shit who I make nervous," Trump said. "You don't want it on your resume that North Korea, a nuclear power, got a missile that could reach the United States on your watch," Graham said.

Source: Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward, p.102-103 Sep 10, 2019

Mike Pompeo: CIA should not take responsibility for Afghanistan fighting

Pompeo described the FBI's position. "We don't have the apparatus to take control of this. This is something the army's got to do. You're saying make it a joint venture. We don't have those kinds of resources [or] expertise on the scale they're talking about. We're not going to take responsibility. Because we're not going to win. You understand we're not going to win." And that would be hard because Trump was saying, "How come we're not winning? How come they're (Taliban) blowing up guys?"
Source: Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward, p.258 Sep 10, 2019

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