Confirmation Hearings Have Consequences:

(Left) Director of National Intelligence James Clapper  –  (Right)  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel

(left) Director of CIA John Brennan – (Right) Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey

The four men above are the players who give the daily National Security Briefing to President Obama.

(Left to right) President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Susan Rice, Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.

The second tier utilize the information from the Top Four.

And then there’s Valerie Jarrett:

I won’t say any more – you can put any of their names in the search feature at the right –> and see what their most recent track record is about.