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What is wholly appropriate and what's not?

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As President Trump prepares to visit the Middle East, his credibility as a foreign policy partner may have been compromised, explaining Trump's conversation with Russian diplomats,

his national security advisor, repeated the same phrase over and over.

What was shared was wholly appropriate given the purpose of that conversation.

But the Washington Post and others are sticking by unnamed sources

who claim the president's disclosure of closely held secrets

created security problems.

The president has tweeted that he has the absolute right

to say what he wants about classified information.

Meantime, he hosted the president of Turkey today

as a deadline involving the Iran nuclear deal tomorrow

when he's leaving Friday for the

Middle East. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren. I'll name back with To The Point. On the eve of departure for his first trip overseas, President Trump is embroiled in another controversy.

It's about those reports that he shared highly classified information with two high-ranking Russians. National Security

Advisor General H.R. McMaster gave reporters this explanation at a press briefing this morning.

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