State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce discusses Secretary of State Marco Rubio becoming the NSA.
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00:00All right, now, are you, were you finished in the sense of?
00:03I did want to ask you about the hooties because Secretary Higgs had a very sharp
00:09He did, so let's do this. Are you going to continue on this line?
00:12No, we're going to move on. All right, so we've done three and four, and I know, look,
00:17this is, this is, and you are going to be all writing stories. I'm going to be fascinated to
00:23read. But I think that's pretty much as much as I can say about the nature of what's going to
00:29happen from this point forward today. And so let's go ahead with Andrea and see what else.
00:34Well, I just want to go. Who are these?
00:35Presently, Deputy Secretary Lando would step up to the daily management here at State.
00:43Is this a temporary?
00:44I, you know, Secretary Rubio is a very involved, energetic man. Many of you have traveled with him.
00:51You see what he's capable of. The American people have seen it. And there's been no point where
00:58there is a question about whether or not he could do something or how is he going to manage it.
01:04So there's no question about that. But he's not a man who does things in a partial way,
01:10and he would not have accepted an assignment if he didn't think he could do it. And he's,
01:15of course, working both. With that said, I can tell you that the other leadership in this building,
01:21as a newbie to politics, are remarkable. And certainly Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau,
01:30never met him, never knew him. And he chairs certain meetings. You know, you see him in the hallway.
01:38This is a man with an extraordinary experience, cares about the individual, has a terrific sense of humor.
01:46He asks all kinds of questions and is one of the most transparent people I've met. He's also very,
01:54very good at his job with the diplomatic aspect and moving policy forward. He's a remarkable person.
02:03And I think you will, whatever had happened today, you would see more of him. And there's dozens of people
02:11in a framework of leadership in this building that have made me comfortable to accept this job,
02:17to be in this job, to speak to you in this manner. And the Deputy Secretary is one of them.
02:22But there are dozens of others, as well, who I have faith in.
02:26Do you see this as a Kissinger model, who is the only other president that I know of,
02:31who has done both the State Department and –
02:33Well, I guess we're going to have another one. All righty. Now, Matt.
02:36Matt. Matt, let's go. No, wait. All right.
02:42Let them go.