-- comment for author bing west. >> caller: bing, chuck here. [laughter] >> guest: how are ya? >> caller: quick question. rules of engagement, we had lbj picking up the target, we had recon by fire and free fire zones, and looking at the rules of engagement over there in afghanistan and iraq must be really impacting the to real and physical -- morale and physical and mental health of our troops. what do you think? >> host: now, who are we talking with here? >> guest: chuck is another marine. he's a a marine. infantry. >> host: and, chuck, where did you serve? >> guest: i served in the ninth marines with bing. >> host: in vietnam? >> caller: yeah. >> host: okay, thank you, sir. >> guest: it's a problem. of it's a problem, chuck. you cannot use artillery or air. when you're on the ground if you're in a fire fight, i mean, it's really changed from when we were there. you can't call it in. you call back to your battalion. of your battalion has a lawyer who's sitting there, and he's looking at the target on a video, because everyone has video now. an

this month we are talking with military author and historian bing west. mr. west began writing by writing a field manual, training manuals in 1966, small unit action in vietnam. "the village" came out in 1972, reissue in 2002. "the march up: taking baghdad with the united states marines" came out in "no true glory: a frontline account of the battle for fallujah," and "the wrong war: grit, strategy and the way out of afghanistan," came out in 2011 and finally his book "into the fire: a first-hand account of the most extraordinary battle of the afghan war," a firsthand account of the most extraordinary battle of the afghan war. one of the themes and if you would like to participate in our conversation with bing west we will put the phone numbers up on the screen. we did a little differently this month, divided them by veterans and non veterans given bing west's background and what he writes about want to hear from the veterans. 202 is the area could if you are the veteran of a war or of the u.s. military 5853880 is the number for you to dial. 9 veterans 5853881.

. >> this month, booktv.org's book club selection is bing west, the wrong war. read the book, join in the discussion at booktv.org. live, sunday may 4th, look for the next in-depth guest, former gang member turned author and poet. his work includes the award winning "always running" and 2011 release "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. leers a look at books established this week. >> these pictures provide qualities and variety of stages mobs claimed for the victims dangle not just from trees, but light posts, telephone poles, and bridges. when we elevate the photographs above other artifacts of the same time period, our focus on strange fruit amounts to an acceptance of a very specific representation of the violence. after all, these gruesome images were created and preserved because they fell in line with the discourses that supported racial violence. the black corporation is surrounded by a mob of righteous whites, no grieving loved ones in sight. thus, mainstream lynching photography depighted victims with isolated brutes with no connect

analyst, andteran, author bing west will take your questions in death live for 3 -- in depth live for three hours. president andhe mrs. obama welcomed athletes from the olympic and paralympic winter games to the white house. the first couple also paid tribute to the victims of the recent fort hood shooting. this is about 20 minutes. >> welcome the president of the united states and mrs. bussell --michelle obama. [applause] >> hey, everybody. >> hi. >> welcome to the white house. [applause] i know you guys have been standing for a while, but you are athletes, you can handle it. we are so excited to lead team usa with us today. before we begin, i want to take a moment to it knowledge -- acknowledge. we have experienced yet another devastating tragedy. we just want to make sure that our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who lost loved ones and friends, as well as those that were injured because i know that many of the athletes here today are veterans themselves. in when something like this happens, it touches all of us. i know that the president and i are torn apart when things

. >> this month, booktv's book club selection is bing west's "the wrong war." read the book and join in the discussion at booktv.org. and live, sunday may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez, former gang member turned author and poet. his work includes the award-winning "always running" and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> megan mcardle argues that the u.s. is unique in its willingness to let its citizens and businesses fail and says that this is what's made the country successful. this hourlong program starts now on booktv. >> thank you, everybody, for coming. welcome to the american enterprise institute. i'm tim carney, i'm a visiting fellow here as well

. >> this week, bing west, "the wrong war" is this week's discussion. and look for our next guess luis rodriguez who is a former gang member and now poet. find booktv every weekend on c-span 2. coming up next on booktv, we talk about "dispatches from the eastern front" and he argues young people should learn from those that work said in congress when it was more con >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you so much for coming in. i am harry harding. i am the dean of public policy at the university of virginia. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the celebration of the p publication of the new book called "dispatches from the front" jerry is the assistance affairs at the university and he is an example of my professional schools, including professional schools of public policy need practitioner faculty with knowledge of the academy just as they need first rate academic scholars that are engaged in the profession they are teaching. jerry brings extensive experience in the world of public policy. he has served as a tax member on the senate for many ye

. >> this month booktv's book club selection is bing west's "the wrong war." read the book and join in the discussion at booktv.org. and live sunday, may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez. his work includes the award-winning "always running" and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the president for americans for tax reform,

. -- bing west, the wrong war. poetmer gang member turned will be on book tv this weekend. live on c-span, "washington journal" is next. >> at 7:15 p.m. eastern, new jersey governor chris christie is a speaker at the annual chamber of congress -- chamber of commerce congressional dinner. coming up in 45 minutes, a look at how deficits affect the budget. 8:30 eastern, nina olson discusses the need for more oversight of tax preparers. 9:15, robert baker on the political process and the 2014 elections. is next.on journal" you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. host: good morning, everyone. president obama travels to washington state to view the devastation from the recent mudslides and be with families and first responders. following his visit, he would take off for japan, his first stop on a tour of asian countries. for coverage of the president in washington state today on c-span.org. on the domestic side, we will begin with the u.s.

book club selection, bing west's the wrong war. live sunday, may, 4th, look for our next in depth guest. luis j rodriguez, former gang member, author turned poet. he has his book, gang life, always running and 2011 release, it calls you back. booktv, every weekend on c-span2 >>> in international news from the associated press today, standing alongside japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, president obama reaffirmed it will defend the asian ally in confrontation with china over set of disputed islands. he called on both parties to peacefully resolve the long running dispute that heightened tensions between the two countries. the president called for u.s. and japan to resolve agreements over the completion of the trans-pacific partnership. the president is on a four-country swing through the asia-pacific region. from japan, president obama will visit malaysia, korea and the philippines. he is due back in washington next tuesday. >>> to iraq's ambassador to the u.s. gave assessment of potential outcomes of next wednesday's parliament a

>> vietnam vet, assistant defense secretary during the reagan administration, analyst and author bing west will take your questions "in depth," live for three hours sunday on c-span2's booktv. >> last year the politicians got wind of the excitement. we've learned more in the last five to ten years about the mind than in all of human history combined. president barack obama last year got wind of this, and in his state of the union address announced the brain initiative. just like the human genome project changed the course of medicine, giving us a disk with all our genes on it, obama announced the brain initiative with the europeans. $1 billion -- that's billion with a b, not an m -- will be devoted to creating a map, a map of brain. just think of it, we will have the genome and the connectio to ns of the mind on a disk. the short-term goal is to cure mental illness. mental illness has been with us since biblical times. even the bible mentions mental illness. but if we have a connectome and the genome on two disks that in some sense if you die, you live forever. you live forever in some sen

bing west joins us for three hours to answer your questions. mr. west will talk about the many books he's written on the vietnam, iraq and afghanistan wars as well as his experiences during the vietnam war and his time as the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs during the reagan administration. for the full schedule of authors and books in this weekend, visit us at booktv.org. >> these pictures now survive to verify lynchings' theatrical qualities and the variety of stages that mobs claimed for their victims dangled not just from trees, but also light posts, telephone poles and bridgings. bridges. when we elevate the photograph above other artifacts of the same time period, our focus on strange fruit amounts to an acceptance of a very specific representation of this violent. after all, these gruesome images were created and preserved because they fell in line with discourses that supported racial violence. the black corpse is surrounded by a mob of righteous whites, no grieving loved ones in sight. thus, mainstream lyn

bing west joins us for three hours to answer your questions. mr. west will talk about the many books he's written on the vietnam, iraq and afghanistan wars as well as his experience during the vietnam war and his time as assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs during the reagan administration. visit us at booktv.org. >> sean strub talks his about life and aids diagnosis in the 1980s. he became the first openly gay hiv positive person to run for congress. this is about an hour. [applause] >> very lovely, thank you so much. thank you. i, you know, i tell people about this tour that i'm going on, we have 40 some events, they say, oh, my god, you're going to be so exhausted. but i love it. i really enjoy getting out and talking to people, having the kind of conversations that have been arising at some of these events already. so i'm going to read just for a few minutes, for five or six minutes, the prologue from the book with, and then we can go into questions and answers. am i okay on the microphone? okay. >> you're tall. [la

and april's in-depth guest, bing west. join the conversation at booktv.org/bookclub. >> in ecclesiastes in the old testament, that there's nothing new under the on. everything that has been taught before has been taught before. and everything has been done before. some talk about looking to the past, updating it as necessary and moving forward. if you go to another country for the first time, you usually get a guidebook to find out where the best hotels are in restaurants and places to be avoided. these are people who have gone before us. and we have the founders of our country who understand this is the least as well as the preachers of the day and they have created a constitution that establish boundaries for government that limit liberty for its citizens. i believe that is getting out of whack and we have exceeded that and that is why we have so many challenges that we have today. >> okay, so you weren't saying disengage from public life in a public square, but people would write they get that perception given the empha

vet, assistant defense secretary during the reagan administration, analyst and author, bing west will take your questions in-depth live for three hours sunday on c-span2's book tv. now a look at the marine corps under military budget cuts and their readiness. we will hear from commandant general james amos. this was hosted by the atlantic council. it is about one hour and 15 minutes. a chance to hear from the leaders of our military, and we want to thank saab americas for being our partner for the series for five or six years running. we really appreciate that. it is also a great honor, always, to have the chairman of the international security here for the atlantic council, lneral jim jones, james jones, former national security advisor to president obama, former supreme allied commander of europe, and combatant commander yukon, and the 32nd commandant of the marine corps. before i turned to him, i also have to salute our marine corps fellow at the atlantic council. it is because of general jones that we now have our marine corps fellow at the atlantic council, and he does great work

> vietnam vet, assistant defense secretary during the reagan administration, analyst and author, bing west. will take your questions in depth, live for three hours, sunday, on c-span2 2's booktv. >> you're watching book tv on coons c-span 2. now joining us live is the author of "flash boys." michael lewis, what is a flash boy. >> guest: the heroes of the book are the flash boys, and they're people who discover that the stock market has something funny going on and seek to find out what it is and then build a mechanism to prevent predators in the stock market from getting the prey. it's called "flash boys" for a couple of reasons. one is, the solution that the main characters come up with requires them to be faster than the high-speed traders who are the predators in the stock market. they have to be -- i wanted speed in the title and wanted a kind after superhero in the title because these characters at the center of the story, i felt -- they're not doing anything unnatural but they do have these weird powers in the financial markets right now, in the powers that are -- powers explain comp

. >> host: bing west has been our guest this month on "in depth." he is the author of seven nonfiction books and one novel, and this book right here, "the wrong war: grit, strategy and the way out of afghanistan," is booktv's book club selection for the month. booktv.org, thanks for being with us. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> live coverage on c-span and c-span2, here on c-span3, we are the home to american history tv with programs and events until our nation's story. lectures include delving into america's past and our new series real america features archival films produced in the 1930s to the 1970s. we travel to museums and historic sites to learn what this reveals about history. this focus is on the nation's commanders in chief and we will go to the battlefield for key events and figures during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. c-span3, created by cable tv and funded by your local cable and satellite provider. follow us on twitter. >> next on booktv, the national black writers conference. this is an annual event in its 12th year. i

veteran,m when it -- analyst and author, being last -- bing west will take your questions. on monday, a panel of tax asked her to call for a tax revolution. the discussion centered on the current tax code and changes that are needed. institute tax policy center, this is an hour and a half. -- half -- >> welcome to the urban-brookings tax policy. we are going to be talking about tax reform which is the holy grail of tax policy. it is sought after. there are rumored sighting all of the time. there have been recent tigsights like tom camp and ron whiten promises after extending the 5,000 stupid tax extenders for the last time there will be tax reform and it will never happen again. president obama called a tax reform commission, president bush called it. their independent tax reform commissions. we have lots of commissions which must mean tax reform is coming soon. by the way, tomorrow is april fools day. the -- i don't want to steal the thunder of this group. these people know how we will get the tax reform and they will tell us how to get there. the moderator is howard glekm

vietnam vet, assistant defense secretary during the reagan administration, analyst and author, bing west will take your calls live sunday on "in-depth." >> the three journalists that broke the story about edward snowden's nsa revelations. this is 45 minutes. hanistan. >> hello. please, take your seats. welcome back. this next event, i promise is going to be interesting. it is a skype interview on the snowden revelations. skypes.ves four that is the miracle of modern technology and it will either work or not work. it is very tricky so somebody may go down, somebody may have a time delay which is happening with one of our three guests. analogous to the quadruple somersault ringling brothers. please, bear with us. we will have problems from time to time but we have an excellent team of techies. i know because i can understand anything a say. it is my pleasure to interview -- introduce our interviewer, roger cohen. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. we are going to rely on technology to try to bring this in balance and ignore whoever may or may not be listening. i think it is fair to say

bing west. on the next "washington journal," we will focus on research into drones. beginning with brian fung. we will take you live to virginia tech, one of six federally approved research and testing sites. "washington journal" is live on c-span everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. annual call in program thursday, russian president vladimir putin was asked about ukraine, crimea, and foreign policy questions. he was also asked about edward snowden. [applause] >> hello, everyone. you can call us at the number you see on your television screen. s from welcome to phone u the moscow region for free. for those abroad, you can see the telephone number on the screen. we have received over 2 million questions so far. we are going to hit a new record. lots of messages are simple. like thank you for crimea. you can send your question by computer.your acceptingtwo websites your messages. you still have time to do it. i would like to bring your attention to the fact that we are going to provide transmission for people with hearing disabi

bing west, "the wrong war." read the book and join the discussion. live, look for next in-depth guest, luis j rodriguez. includes the award-winning book on gang life "always running." book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. >> at a forum on immigration policy, political analyst examined the record on border enforcement and immigration reform as well as discussed congressional action on immigration. this is an hour and 20 minutes. . >> welcome, everybody. everybody to make sure you turn off your ringers on your phones, that would be terrific. we have a wonderful event today that is timely and also very informative and eye-opening too many people here. it's on a hot topic in washington right now. this is an issue driving the debate. the president has not followed the law. given them pause that he is a trustworthy partner. this is central to the way republicans are approaching the next few months and whether we will have an immigration bill not.- or this is a hot topic. there are dreamers demanding it did return to the country. the issue of what has really

> vietnam vet, assistant defense secretary during the reagan administration, analyst and author, bing west, will take your questions, in depth, live for three hours, sunday on c-span2's booktv. >> a house appropriations subcommittee recently looked at the fbi and some of the challenges the agency faces in a post-9/11 world. members of an independent commission reviewing the fbi testified before the committee pointing to syria-based terrorism and cyber attacks as areas of concern. is about an hour. >> i woe like to welcome the distinguished bipartisan panel that is conducting the review of the fbi's progress in addressing recommendations of the 9/11 commission. the former attorney general he had win meese iii, chief of staff in the reagan administration and former attorney general. congressman and former 9/11 commissioner, congressman romer. and professor bruce hoffman, director of center for security studies at georgetown university. and widely recognized expert on terrorism. legislation to create this commission was first proposed in 2011 at the time of the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11

your chance to talk to a former assistant defense secretary and author bing west.it is all live on c-span two. tv, aerica history visit to the reconstructed 18th-century building where general george washington bid farewell to his officers sunday at 6:00 p.m. on c-span 3. on thursday, house oversight and government reform subcommittee hearing focused on state health insurance exchanges. witnesses included insurance exchange officials from hawaii, massachusetts, maryland, minnesota, california, and oregon. the hearing came three days after open enrollment ended. this is 2.5 hours. >> the committee will come to order. by statinge to begin the mission statement. secure to fundamental rentals. americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers. we will work in partnership with citizen watchdogs to deliver the facts to the american people. this is the mission of the oversight and government reform committee. good morning, everyone. this is a conversation

on our book club, april's bing west reads the wrong war. now, a discussion on the future of conservatism and the republican party. include authors, columnists and journalists. from the manhattan institute in new york city, this is an hour and a half. clicks what is the future of conservatism? there are a great number of people qualified to discuss these questions. we have assembled a number of younger leading-edge journalists, scholars and authors who come from a variety of backgrounds to discuss what the way forward could be. will not always agree, but perhaps through a thoughtful discussion we will illuminate the finer points of the debate. in a way, it reminds me of the early days of city journal, when people like kevin mcdonald and peoplekelling, hardly who would be characterized as classic conservatives, manage to get together and form a conservative policy that was both coherent and successful. i feel like in many ways we are at the same kind of point in history. in any event, we are glad to .ring together this group their resumes are

. >> this month, booktv's book club selection is bing west, the "the wrong way." breed the book and join in the discussion. live sunday may 4, look for our next into the guest, former gang member turned author and poet. his works include the award-winning always running and this 2011 release they called you back. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> next, a discussion about press freedom and the public's right to information versus national security with editors from "the new york times," the "washington post," the nation and "the new yorker" as was the general counsel for the office of the director of national intelligence. this is from the sources and secrets conference in new york city. it's about one hour. .. because i people here and i think that would stand out if i didn't call. let me begin with you. the topic here today is where do we go from here and in september, the times did a story, your first nsa story of this round from mr. snowden. they were to gather a lot of information. let's imagine that you are going in to see bob that you want to get to the ns

and on a book club, april's in depth guests, bing west.oin the conversation at booktv.org/bookclub. >> tuesday march the first anniversary of the boston marathon bombing that killed three and injured more than 250 others. next, a discussion with two journalists working on a new book based on the investigation of the bombings and the aftermath. former tv news producer casey sherman and former "boston herald" lead investigative reporter david wedge spoke at fisher college in boston. this is an hour. >> thank you. first, i'd like to say thank you to our interns from fisher college. we've got a group of really dedicated students that have been working with dave and i over the past several months to transcribe interviews, as we said, talk about the timeline of the bombing, timeline about some of the secondary stories that really came out of the aftermath to this. i want to thank them. i also want to thank jim courtney for this incredible opportunity, especially the fact that dave and i are sitting down because i'm very sure that when i stand ne

policy in the middle east and your kanschance to tal bing west. and on american history tv, a visit to france positive taverage museum where general georgia washington bid farewell to officers. >> attorney general eric holder testified on the president's 2015 justice department request. it totals over $27 billion including $25 billion for federal programs and the rest for state, local and tribeal assistance. this was the second hearing in two days. this hearing is about four hours. >> attorney general holder thank you for appearing before the committee this morning. before we begin, i want to mention that our thoughts today with the families and victims and survivors of wednesday's shooting at fort hood. at this hearing last year we spent a great deal of time discussing the victims of the terror attacks that occurred five years earlier. our thoughts are with the victim from this attack and from the earlier victims who this must be a painful reminder. the budget request for the budget year 2015 is rather flat. it would continue efforts to restore h

your chance to talk to retired former assistant defense secretary and author, bing west. c-span 2.ive on and on american history tv, a fraunces tavern museum, the reconstructed 18th century building where general jonl bid farewell to his officers, sunday at 6:00 p.m. on c-span 3. >> at a senate armed services the army hearing on budget, chief of staff ray commented on the fort hood shooting and how the healthy handles mental problems. >> good morning, everybody. the committee meets today to hear testimony from secretary of the army john mchugh and chief of staff of the army general ray odierno. our hearing is on the army's fiscal year 2015 budget request and current posture. we meet with heavy hearts. once again, our army must recover from an act of unspeakable violence here at home. much remains unknown about the shooting incident yesterday at ft. hood including the question of what prompted this horrible attack. all that is certain is that lives have been lost and that families are grieving, and we all share in their grief. secretary mchugh and general odierno, please c

. >> this month, booktv's book club swings is bing west's "the wrong war."read the book and join in the discussion on booktv.org, and live, sunday may 4th, our next in-depth guest, luis rodriguez, former gang member turned author and poet. find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> next, a conversation about legal issues facing documented and undocumented immigrants. a panel of hispanic legal advocates participated at this event hosted by american university's washington college of law last week. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming. dean grossman, thank you for this great conference, and i would like to thank the panelists and everyone who puts this conference together for giving so wonderfully of their time. i'm the president of the hispanic bar association of the district of columbia. and we are in our 37th year. we love to partner with american university that every year supports a very significant cohort of the latino law student community here in the district of columbia. we do this because it's the right thing to do. and we do this because

. >> this month booktv's book club selection is bing west's "the wrong war." read the book and join in the discussion at booktv.org. and live sunday, may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez. his work includes the award-winning "always running" and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the president for americans for tax reform, grover norquist, and several members of congress held a press conference thursday on tax policy and the need for tax reform. this is an hour. knox. >> my name is ryan ellis, i'm tax policy director for americans at tax reform. this is our annual tax day eve press conference where we highlight the irs issue along with members and senators. before i turn it over to grover norquist who's going to be the emcee of this event, i wanted to just run through the handouts you have on your seats so that you're familiar with them. and all these can be found, by the way, at atr.org. and dent forget our hash tag on twitter today which is @tax day. these are people who have committed to

. >> this month, booktv's book club selection is bing west's "the wrong war." read the book and join in the discussion at booktv.org. live sunday, may fourth, look for our next in depth guest, luis rodriguez, former gang member and turned author and poet. and his 2011 release, it calls you back. find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the chair of the federal communications commission, testifying recently before a house appropriations committee on the fcc's budget request. tom wheeler saying he is committed to keeping the internet open and accessible. we'll also hear from the commissioner of the fcc during the hearing which is about an hour and 45 minutes. >> looking at me the whole time is a real punishment so. okay. the meeting will come to order. want to welcome our witnesses. chairman tom wheeler, and commissioner ajit pai, for before the committee today. the first time both of you have appeared before our subcommittee. so i want to welcome you and thank you for being here today. the focus of today's hearing is the fcc's fiscal year 2015 budget request. yo

and online our book club selection is bing west, the wrong war. join the discussion at booktv.org.and allies sunday may 4 look for next in death just, former gang member turned author and poet. his work on gang life, always running. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> if you were to come up with the most influential people in the world, who would be on your list? "time" magazine has done so and ben goldberger is joining us on the phone from new york. is the nation editor for time.com. thanks for being with us. >> guest: good to be with you. >> host: let me ask you, who made the top 10 announced earlier this morning. >> guest: we don't rank of the list. it's sort of one of the fun parts is you can do it yourself but it is a list of the 100 most influential enough so in no particular order. i can say there are four covers to the issue and they are beyoncÉ, robert redford, mary bara and jason collins. the first player in one of the major use pro sports leagues to come out as gay. >> host: let me ask about robert redford, best known for his acting capabilities but also a leading activi

and online our book club selection is bing west's "the wrong war." read the book and join in the discussion at booktv.org. and live sunday, may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez. his work includes the award-winning book on gang life, "always running," and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the national transportation safety board held a forum on cruise ship safety at its headquarters here in washington. panelists included cruise line executives and safety and maritime experts. they reviewed recent high profile incidents examining ship design, fire protection and corporate oversight of cruise ships. this is about 90 minutes. >> welcome back. we will now proceed with our fifth panel, and i know we're all looking forward to hearing from them. mr. larue. >> thank you, chairman hersman. as a reminder for our possiblists, you'll -- panelists, you'll need to push the button on the microphone, please bring it close to you and be sure to turn it off when you're finished speaking. our next panel

> vietnam vet, assistant defense secretary during the reagan administration, analyst and author, bing west, will take your questions "in depth," live for three hours, sunday on c-span2's booktv. >> now, michael botticelli, acting to director of the white house's national drug control policy, he addressed lieutenant governors from around the country here in washington, d.c. for a conference and he told them the war on drugs is outdated and he outlined the administration's approach to reducing drug abuse. this is about half an hour. >> good morning. my name is todd lamb, lieutenant governor of oklahoma and chair of the national lieutenant governors association. good morning and thank you all for being here of the we certainly had a very busy first day and a great evening last night. this morning we welcome a very distinguished guest. acting director michael botticelli of the national drug control policy office. too many of your states and territories are phasing a growing tide of opiate overdoses. as leaders we all struggle with public health and safety aspects of drug use in our various com

. >> this month, booktv z book club selection is bing west's "the wrong war." live, sunday, may 4th, look for our next in-depth guest, luis rodriguez, gang member turned author and poet. his work included the award-winning "always running" and "it calls you back." booktv every weekend on c-span. >> georgetown university hosted a discussion recently on evidents to help war veterans transition to civilian life. the event included opening remarks by colonel rich morales. after his remarks, a panel with retired military veterans who run organizations that help veterans find jobs. georgetown center for public and nonprofit leadership hosted this event. it's two hours. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. i'm kathy -- i love this -- i hate it when you have to do that and say it again. everyone say good merge so thank you. i'm kathy, i direct the center for public and nonprofit leadership at the mccourt school for public policy at georgetown university, and on behalf of all of us, welcome. we're thrilled you're here, and as you can tell from the title of this foru

it's your chance to talk to bing west. all live on c-span2.constructed 18th-century building where george washington bid farewell to his officers. washington journal continues. host: joining us now to talk about the economy, pedro da costa of the wall street journal. good morning. the front page of your paper this morning, your colleague writes about the numbers. and milestone being reached. the private sector has that werelot of jobs incurred during the recession. au can look at that as depressing milestone, two. it has been going on for five years. the population has been growing during that time. numbersalking about that have not kept up with population growth or the trend we would have had had we not had that downtrend. it is kind of sad that it took us that long to just get there. when you include government jobs, we are still short of the total loss because the government has been a drag. host: the figure we see yesterday at 6.7%. break that down. guest: it is a very high unemployment rate, historically. the job market has been so weak f

and bing west. >> "washington journal" continues.t: our next guest is the author of "the road to global prosperity," michael mandelbaum, also a professor at johns hopkins university. thank you for being with us. guest: pleasure to be with you. host: one of the quotes that summarizes the thesis, you write makes sense. not always the reality. guest: not always reality, and particularly difficult for the global economy. stability is provided by government but there is no world government, but there is a world economy. who provides the framework for the global economy? the answer is we do. the united states does. this is one of the great services -- indeed, i would say the greatest service that the united states provides to the world. for a variety of reasons, but the fact is that, for example, the american navy patrols the sea lanes over which most trade passes. without the american navy the trade would be more difficult. the united states is crucial for the smooth function of the global economy. host: as you look at the ongoing tension

. >> our book club selection is "the wrong war" by bing west.y 4, look at our next in-depth guest. his work includes the award-winning "always running." we are on every weekend on c-span two. 2. >> c-span brings public affairs from washington directly to you. we offer complete gavel-to-gavel are coverage of the u.s. house as a public service of private industry. we are created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago. watch us in hd. follow us on twitter. like us on facebook. >> washington journal continues. host: join us to discuss the ukraine is matthew rojansky. he is from the wilson center. you're glad to have you back on "washington journal." we are three-day removed from that international pact. it is still early. is that succeeding? guest: it is better than nothing at this point. the united states and the european union and the russians as well as the ukrainians are involved in the process on some level. the geneva talks that came out of it, that they were able to get any agreement means that diplomacy has a chance. there has been violence,

. >> vietnam veteran bing west will take your questions.pth depth" live for three hours on sunday. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with congressman tim griffin, a republican from arkansas on the ways and means committee. let's talk about paul ryan's budget. it included a repeal of benefits under the affordable care act. that unveiling comes as the president announced 7.1 million americans signing up in the and roman period. i want to get your reaction to what the president had to say. guest: if you look at what he had to say, the bottom line is that this has made health care better. that is not what i am hearing in arkansas. we have had numerous witnesses before our committee, including the head of cms, secretary sibelius, when we asked questions about the number of enrollees, they had no idea. they could not provide us any information. i don't know who the 7 million includes or who it doesn't. it does not surprise me that when people are required to sign up, that they'll timidly sign up. the problem with obamacare is t

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club selection is bing west's "the wrong war." read the book and join in the discussion at booktv.org. and live, sunday may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez, former gang member turned author and poet. his work includes the award-winning "always running" and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> megan mcardle argues that the u.s. is unique in its willingness to let its citizens and businesses fail and says that this is what's made the country successful. this hourlong program starts now on booktv. >> thank you, everybody, for coming. welcome to the american enterprise institute. i'm tim carney, i'm a visiting fellow here as well as a senior political columnist at the examiner. what i do here is the two programs, one is called the culture of competition where we talk about competition, we talk about things like subsidies and crony capitalism and when competition yields good fruits and when it might not yield good fruits. the other thing i work on is called the progr

. >> author and military strategist bing west the former assistant secretary defense talks about counterinsurgency, the wind down of the war in afghanistan and current foreign-policy. the council of foreign relations member and former analyst is the author of six nonfiction books including the village, the strongest tribe and his 2011 release the wrong war. >> host: why do you call the afghanistan war "the wrong war"? >> guest: because we had a strategy in place for the war and we shouldn't have a strategy of trying to build a nation with 31 million tribesmen hurtling into the night century. that was too much. so it was the wrong war for the strategy we chose. >> maybe you could do that in japan or germany after world war ii, but doing it and afghanistan was the wrong war for that strategy. >> host: what would have been the right one? >> guest: very simple. we should have finished al qaeda in 2001. our general who was there before the interest obutfor the interel i think all of us think back. we were attacked on 9/11. 3,000 americans died, more than pearl harbor. we have al qaeda and we had osama