khalilzad: that is albert wohlstetter. professor. one of our great nuclear strategists and a general. he was a professor at the university of chicago. i studied with albert wohlstetter. it happened accidentally. sometimes one encounter can make a huge difference in one's life. think gettingould ready and getting good grades, studying hard -- those are important. they are. sometimes, an event, an incident, in unanticipated development can make a big difference in your life. albert wohlstetter made a big difference in my life. it was a second or third day at the university of chicago after school started. i was living in the international house and had developed relations with a couple of other colleagues who lived there. i was taking a class on comparative politics, but the professor just distributed the syllabus. he did not hold a full class for the entirety of the schedule. so i was heading back to my dormitory at the international into my friendn in the hall that i had met at the international house, and they said, why don't you co

lamb: another disciple of albert wohlstetter was paul wofowitz. this man, it was from 2004, married his daughter. watch this. >> in the early part of the dedicate your part of the book to mr. wohlstetter. who was he. >> he was a great man, a dear probably the most single influence on strategic thinking in this country in the period. he was chairman of the research corporation.e rand he was trained in mathematics, logic. who was extraordinarily rigorous. he always asked the question, is this true? >> what would he have thought of hat we did in afghanistan and iraq? mr. khalilzad: the first time in the pentagon, kuwait happened, nd we successfully pushed saddam out of kuwait. i used to get a lot of calls from albert at that time. persistent. convinced of came something, he wasn't rank conscious. he would call anyone and levels to keep pushing his point of view. at that time that the united states some of pursued saddam, and brought by t a change in iraq enabling iraqis to overthrow saddam, but by helping them with ot only arms, but with some u.s. ai

host: another disciple of albert wohlstetter was paul wolfowitz. from -- this is from 2004. tch this. >> the early part of the book, you dedicate your part of it to mr. wohlstetter, who was he? >> he was a great man, a dear friend. he was probably the single most significant influence on strategic thinking in this country in the postwar. . postwar period. he was at once, chairman of the research council at the rand corporation. he was a man trained in mathematics, logic, who was extraordinarily rigorous. he always asked the question, "is this true? " -- havewould he thought thought about what we did in afghanistan and iraq? time,alilzad: the first when i was working in the pentagon, kuwait happened. obviously successfully of kuwait.am out i used to get a lot of calls from albert at the time. -- he was very persistent. when he became convinced that rankhing, he was not conscious. he would call anyone and everyone at all levels to keep pushing his point of view. time, that at that the united states should have pursued saddam, and brought about a change in iraq by enabling iraqi