secretary of state to colin powell and former navy intelligence officer. robert, thank you for joining us today to add your perspective to this. the situation with mike pompeo. let's start with the fact that your former naval officer. mike pompeo is a former military officer serving the army. graduating first of his class at west point, harvard law and then going on to serve as military veteran. what you say about this new position that he has been asked to do as secretary of state replacing rex tillerson? >> i think he is perfectly suited. creswell he is the presidents trust, secondly as you indicated he was number one in his class at west point. former army, he knows chain of command. which is what you know as an army captain. he also knows international law, he is a lawyer was in the private sector and public sector, ran cia. i think he is the perfect choice. if you think about it for a minute, the presidents trust in