bob is becky out here. of course, you're right in front becky. come on up here and the kids as well. i want to get the gates family here and it gives me great pleasure particularly surrounded by people who've worked with bob to honor him here as a distinguished public service by awarding him the national security medal. this is the highest metal that a president can give for national security. hey guys, and i have a long list of here that some very thorough speechwriter wrote out. about bob gates is accomplishments his record his service to his country, but i expect people here know this better than most but you ought to know how much i trust him admire him and respect. i will ask you. so this is the national security medal and if there's ever been one that's been well deserved or well-earned. it's the one i present now with great pride to bob gates director of central intelligence. got it. we're out of here. thank you all very much. thanks a lot. and welcome to the nixon library. my name is jim byron. i'm the president and ceo of the richard nixon foundation. hello to all of you and welcome. this is an imp

bob, is becky out here. she's right in fright. becky, come on up here and the kids as well. i want to get the gates family here. es me great pleasure surrounded by people who've worked with bob to honor him here as a distinguished public service by an -- national security medal. this is the highest battle that a president can get for national security. [applause] [applause] and i have a long list here that some very thorough speech writer wrote out about bob gates's accomplishments, his record, his service to his country. i expect people here know this better than most. you want to know how much i trust him, admire him, and respect him. [applause] -- so, this is a national security medal. it's one that's been well deserved, well earned, it's one that i present now with great pride to bob gates. director of central intelligence. [applause] >> we're out of here, thank you all very much. thanks a lot. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ book tv, every sundays on c-span two, beecher's leading authors discussing their latest nonfiction box. at 8 pm eastern, herbert hoovered by -- george nash details the life and legacy of the former pr

bob, is becky in here? or is she right in front, becky, come on up. the kids as well. i want to get the gates family here, it gives me great pleasure, particularly surrounded by people who have worked with bob to honor him, here, as a distinguished public servant. a warning handing national security medal, this is the highest medal that a president can give for national security. [applause] and i have a long list, here, that some various arose speech writer wrote about bob gates's accomplishments. his record, his service to his country, but i expect people here know this better than most. but, you ought to know how much i trust him, admire him, and respect him. [applause] [inaudible] and so, this is a national security model. if there is ever been one that has been one of the served or well earned it is one i present now, with great pride, to bob gates, director of central intelligence. [applause] we are out of here, we, thank you a lot. ladies and gentlemen the first lady of the united states accompanied by postmaster general lewis dejoy, mr. fred ryan and mrs. ann peterson. ladies and gentl

bob gates said very clearly, make them fire, you don't resign. that way, at least, everyone will know that you are trying to stand up and do the right thing. he also counseled milley to keep basically all of the joint chiefs on board with, him so that trump would understand that he crossed their red lines, that he would be forced to have all of the joint chiefs quit on him, and not just one person. don't make it about one person. and of course, you remember that the uniformed military, they are not political appointees, they are required to follow lawful orders to the commander in chief. in a way, you might risk politicizing the military. if you were to resign just because you disagreed with things. it is a very complicated issue, and i don't pretend to know what is right or wrong. with a terrible dilemma, where the president of the united states is this kind of rogue actor in a system. you see the hormel dilemmas and choices that are forced upon the others in the system as a result of someone like trump. so what's that, i think that perspective

i felt that as i say we were headeded into dangerous waters n the country and bob gates who i have immense respect for the secretary of defense and when i started as attorney general in head of the cia i said look where facing a lot of challenges and it's important that people serve in jobs where they knew what they are doing. >> one of the most interesting things you've written or said in the book a friend of the nixon library said your book may be the fairest assessment of president trump that he is red. your relationship with him and your assessment of him as president. >> they are was never under any illusions about trump's persona and how difficult it was to deal with him. i had never met him before although i had worked in new yorkrk with him as his general counsel with verizon corporation. most of my business friends who knew him who had worked for him thought he was a very difficult person. they advised me not to go. [laughter] i was under no illusion about that.dd i wasn't there to build a friendship with him. i i was there to serve the administration as attorney general and try t

cooperation, i communicated with a huge number of sons of congressmen of ministers, well, from petraus bob gateshere and so on. and these were people who, yes, of course, were critical of russia, but they did not have such russophobia. a disgusting form, don't you think that something in this very serious change has changed qualitatively. so i wanted to ask this, because this is no longer what rejection russian politics, it turns out that this is the rejection of russia and russians, this is what kind of phenomenon dmitry well, firstly, this is clearly the rejection of russia by russians, because russia and specifically vladimir putin have embarked on the path of restoring the hegemony of the collective west. this hegemony began to unravel. uh, the threat here, uh, is not even so much russia as china , but here there are two, if you like, uh, at the same time a direction, uh, in the thoughts and emotions of the collective west, on the one hand, this is something about what was said, when the soviet union collapsed, the so -called non-polar moment, when the main decisions will be made in the west

as i say we were headed toward very dangerous waters as a country and my friend bob gates who i have immense respect for who had been this secretary defense and and then when i first served as attorney general had been the head of cia. he said look, you know you're serving the country and and we're you know, we're facing a lot of challenges and what's important. is that the best people serve in these jobs people who know what they're doing so that's the reason i took the job. the the one of the most interesting things i've seen written or said about the book is our friend of the nixon library hugh hewitt said that your book may be the the fairest assessment of president trump that he's read. can you talk a little bit about your your sort of relationship with him and your your assessment of of him as a president? i was never under any illusions about trump's persona and you know how difficult it was to. deal with him. i had never met him before although i had worked in new york for 15 years as general counsel of gte and then verizon corporation and most of my business friends who knew

cooperation, i communicated with a huge number of sons of congressmen of ministers, well, from petraus bob gatesting form of russophobia. don't you think that something in this, that's a very serious change, a qualitative change. so i wanted to ask this, because this is not something that rejection of russian policy, it turns out that this is the rejection of russian russians. this is what kind of phenomenon dmitry well, firstly, it is unambiguously rejection of russia and russians, because russia, and specifically vladimir putin, have stood in the way of restoring the hegemony of the collective west. in this hegemony began loosen. uh, the threat here, uh, is not even so much russia as china, but here two directions arose, if you like, uh at the same time. e, in my thoughts in the emotions of the collective west, on the one hand, this is what they were talking about when the soviet union collapsed, the so-called non-polar moment, when the main decisions will be made in the west, specifically in the united states, and i remember with what indignation e the sewerage of the state secretary, then sp

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bob and evan corcoran having exposure? >> well, they even have exposure or maybe be witnesses in the special counsel investigation there is an analogous situation where paul manafort and rick gates, the campaign manager deputy campaign manager had make recommendations to the justice department through an attorney. that attorney was totally unwitting, and clearly did not know that she was making a false representation. but chief judge hallow letters put iran on as a witness, and to ask her questions about where she got the information from. and i could definitely see the department following that. they have clear precedent from the chief judge of the city district court, and i think for those two lawyers one of the things that, if they are witnesses, they can also be council. that's one reason to bring on additional people. >> i was impressed that anybody wanted to sign on to this, case given how complicated it has been for president trump >> i think there are other reasons as well, that you might not sign on to it. i think as a friend of mine, professor mary has said, maga could be making attorneys get attorneys. and so that's the trend -- >> right, that's an inside lawyer joke.

bob menendez, henry cuellar, democratic congressman from texas. whenever a politician is involved in illegal criminal choice. matt gatesas behind the january 6th attack, he is a person you can't treat like other defendants. that is wet, or other suspects, i should say. >> right, you're making the distinction. there is a legal case -- >> they should've been ready with trump, trump will never tell the truth about what is happening. that is what i mean here. >> right. i didn't need to maris characterize what you are saying but, i was trying to segway to donna right when we went to break said i absolutely disagree with that. so, donna, why did you disagree with what russ said in the previous segment? >> part of the point is that i don't think trump was treated like other suspects. he was given basically a year and a half to comply with the presidential records act. the started in early 2021 and resulted, then, enough subpoena with some documents still not turnover. then that resulted in the result of this property. i can't imagine if any other suspect, if i for example, had been holding on to the classified documents they