. >> analyst david crist on 30 years of hostility between the u.s. and iran. part of the book tv this week announced the span -- this weekend on the c-span2. >> those comments came tuesday at a senate foreign relations hearing on business opportunities in latin america. this is an hour 20 minutes. doing business in latin america. our goal is to examine ways for the government to help promote the myth -- american businesses in their -- -- region while considering the challenges of a growing chinese foot killed, barriers to market access, and the impact of weak institutions in some countries on american investments. it is my view that we have been distracted by the events in the middle east and around the world and have not had enough compasses on latin america. it is also my view that we ignore our own neighborhood at our own peril. while most countries in latin america have escaped the worst of the downturn, there are troubling signs. our government has to engage in the region, working with the private sector to increase trade, promote american companies, and

this week marine corps reserve colonel david crist in this book "the twilight war." in at the military advisor of the middle east discusses what he calls the secret history of american's 30 year conflict with iran and the failure of both sides to commit to a diplomatic solution. >> host: david congratulations on this nip it. it's really a sweeping story of one of the most dramatic captures in contemporary u.s. foreign policy, one of the hardest challenges i think for our decision-makers in the relationship with iran and the non-relationship with iran as we might say. i thought we might begin that discussion with some, to just put, to explain to our listeners, why and how you wrote the book, some of the mythological issues so we get that straight before we get into some of it very vividly told stories of this 30 years of u.s. iranian engagement from the perspective of our military-to-military interaction. so i wonder if we could just start with -- telesort of why you wrote the book and how you wrote it considering that you are a government historian and this book was

>>david crist on 30 years of austerity between the u.s. and iran it. >> on tuesday the house fail to pass a bill that would ban abortions in washington, d.c.. mr. speaker, sometimes schoolyard boys pick on the wrong kid. antitrust forces thought they found a cheap way to make a large point against the right of women in our country to reproductive health and choice. so they picked on the district of columbia. picked a fight with the district of columbia. after all the district of columbia doesn't have a vote. even if the billle is about only the district of columbia. -- bill is only about the district of columbia, but in the process they picked a fight with the women of the united states because this is still a pro-choice nation. they didn't want to get women worked up in an election year, but they wanted a federal label. so they thought they could get the house to pass a bill that's coming to the floor today on suspension that women in the district of columbia are not entitled to an abortion previability at 20 weeks. mind you, everywhere e

historian and author david crist explores these and other revelations this is new book, "the twilight," the secret history of america's 30-year conflict with iran. he joins us now to talk about it. thanks for coming in. good to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> this has been a very complicated relationship. it's hard to remember the fact that at one time, these -- we were friends with iran during the time of the shah as a matter of fact. let me ask your opinion about sanctions like the ones that the president is imposing now. do these sanctions -- are they going to have any impact on iran and its policies and its ambitions? >> the sanctions will be building ever since the bush administration actually. there's a continuity in policy between the democrat and republicans on this. i think as the sanctions increasingly bite on the iranian economy, the oil exports down a third, and the diplomatics efforts combined with a robust military presence in the gulf, i think the combination of all these have historically offered the best chance at least at getting iran to at least go alo

author david crist on his book, "the twilight war." particle tv this weekend on c-span2. simon johnson and james smith talk about their book as well. >> thank you, i am glad to be back in washington dc. as i mentioned, i did my theological studies in this wonderful town. i try never to stay too long when i'm here, because i am afraid you can get something that you can't get rid of. power does tend to corrupt, and absolute power does corrupt in many ways. yet, i am so happy to be here, especially here at the catholic information center, which is the hub of all kinds of good things and it is an honor to be here. i am going to speak to you in a way, perhaps, a lot of people in washington dc do not speak. i'm going to speak in moral terms. you can ask me about policy issues and if i happen to have read about it or thought about it, i will be happy to offer you an answer. what i am trying to do in defending the free market is precisely what the subtitle says. to offer a moral case for the free economy. in order to offer a moral case for the free economy, i need to tell it to y

>>david crist on 30 years of austerity between the u.s. and iran it. >> on tuesday the house fail to pass a bill that would ban abortions in washington, d.c.. mr. speaker sometimes schoolyard boys pick on the wrong kid. antitrust forces thought they found a cheap way to make a large point against the right of women in our country to reproductive health and choice. so they picked on the district of columbia. picked a fight with the district of columbia. after all the district of columbia doesn't have a vote. even if the billle is about only the district of columbia. -- bill is only about the district of columbia, but in the process they picked a fight with the women of the united states because this is still a pro-choice nation. they didn't want to get women worked up in an election year, but they wanted a federal label. so they thought they could get the house to pass a bill that's coming to the floor today on suspension that women in the district of columbia are not entitled to an abortion previability at 20 weeks. mind you everywhere els

. >> david crist on 30 years of hostility between the u.s. and iran tonight at 9:00. "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome dr. atul grover as we focus on the new health care law and its implications. one factor is the shortage of doctors now in the future. -- now and in the future. what are we looking out over the next 15 years? guest: looking any shortage of close to 90,000 physicians. going into 2025, closer to a shortage of 30,000 physicians. that is if nothing is done now to increase training. host: you can see the darker indications were they have a higher ratio of doctors. in the south, midwest, and more rural areas, the shortage is more acute. guest: that is true. one challenge is not just in the total supply of physicians, but how to get them distributed in the places they're needed the most. those clear ratios of physicians per capita do not always capture the needs of the population. south and southwest, you can see the population is older, has more chronic conditions, has more need for positions. physicians. -- has more need for physician

. >> david crist on 30 years of hostility between the u.s. and iran. the twilight war. s night at 9:00. >>> peter schweizer was the final speaker at this year's young american conference. his latest book, "throw them all out" uncovered insider trading in congress and discusses the challenges facing young conservatives. this is an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. everybody having fun this week? yeah. good. i'm glad to hear that. well, as you've been sitting here learning from a lot of incredible people, incredible leaders and thinkers, i've been watching tv. i've been watching the olympics, and there's something strange about watching the olympics, even during this political season when we're facing a national election. you think i'd be watching cable news but i've been watching the olympics, watching the swimming, gymnastics, soccer, basketball, the other night, an american won the gold medal in judo. and she stood up on the podium. she stood up on the podium, and it was an amazing display because she stood up on the podium and they

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david dewhurst in texas. and then there were two who went running for the tea party before they suffered losses from challengers. longtime pennsylvania senator arlen specter who went to the democratic party. and charlie crist who turned independent. there you have it. i want to start with john hileman. you talk about a game change. i'm watching people with the language of save our republic. the language almost sounds like seven days in may. like a military coo. this is different than just conservative. >> yes. i like that sound effect, the dropping in the water thing. you think about the irony. if you had said four or five years ago, even two years ago that the endorsed blessed candidate of rick perry the governor of texas who is as right as you can imagine in american politics would be dismissed -- >> out flanked on the right. >> too liberal by a primary -- gop electorate primary, people would have thought you were crazy. if you have a candidate who's not actually certifiable and as long as they have a little bit, enough money, the candidate who's the furthest to the right wins. always. it's now a golden rule. >> you cover these. people like john mccain go down, basically, what's his name hayworth, they w

david, let's talk about tampa and what's going on down there. that comment from haley barbour i thought was kind of stinging this morning on the day the convention begins. charlie cristhe dnc. we just got a little bit of information about who used to work for charlie crist and it's a lot of current romney staffers, including andrea saul. does it hurt to have high profile republicans either questioning or leaving the party as mitt romney is its nominee? >> well, it certainly doesn't help. let's start with that basic premise. mitt romney is coming into tampa and you can see there's a whole hub or actually not, of activity behind me. really with the least amount of enthusiasm of any candidate in modern times. and paul ryan, by picking paul ryan, he didn't really do that much to juice up the enthusiasm the way that mccain did with sarah palin, at least initially. if you go back and think about the barack obama entrance into denver and how he stormed his way into there, he was not only captivating democrats, the whole country was just amazed and interested in barack obama. here, you really see the culmination of kind of a shotgun wedding that was financed by the super pac