cheney's book is singularly and significant. but the fact that dick cheney is perhaps i mean a lot of people out there would say that former vice president dick cheney and former president george w. bush should be right now on trial that they should be prosecuted for your card and say his potential crimes are insignificant but sort of but the fact that he isn't being asked about many of those crimes or that somebody asked them and he says i fully defended and there's not a whole lot of kickback not a whole lot of pushback there i don't think that you think this again you described our culture you described our political culture in particular we do not a whole elitist and anyone who achieves the oval office or thereabouts is an elitist by definition responsible we say something like this at least since world war two we've said something like this they held power they did the best they could they raped pillaged and plundered everything else but they did the best they could but still go there because if we go there in the future pe

, liz cheney. we understand and will debut at number one on "the new york times" best-seller list. [applause] today he joins us with weekly standard senior writer and best selling author speed late for a conversation about the attack on a nation about the decisions made since then and reflections on of an amazing life in politics and pretty much whatever else he and steve choose to talk about today in the hour that we have treated it hundred and after that conversation we will have a q&a session moderated by steve. lynn cheney has been discovered at aei for many years. dick cheney is a board of trustees. you're so glad to have them as a part of our aei family, and we thank them and you all for joining us here today. [applause] speed remember you are a reporter. >> i get paid back. >> i just want to say a word and then i will turn it over to mr. hayes to read the book i wrote as a more that covers all years of my life. the early years with a lot of good stuff to write about in the period of time. bu

cheney? what a cheap publicity stunt you are.ning me now is jon soltz, chairman of votevets.org. jon is also an iraq war veteran and served as major in the army on the field and recently returned from iraq in his final deployment to that country. thank you. i appreciate it. what do you make of the rhetoric? how unsafe are the americans left behind? >> i think the big point is there really aren't that many americans left in iraq. you have the embassy staff then the contractors contract specifically support the foreign military sales. a large chunk of the force are not americans, they're people who work from southern asia and these types of countries. there are not that many americans left. that's the best thing this administration did. there was a tremendous amount of pressure in the summertime to extend u.s. forces. they did a good job of lowering our number to 157. that's all that's going to be left on the ground of u.s. military. there's going do be some other americans on the ground, but a chunk of the contractors are, you kno

dick cheney, c william how hard taft, fourth casper wine burgei. >> the answer is dick cheney.ry few people know that. >> that's a very interesting one. >> you only got one right. >> oh two. >> it was just fun being here. you win. >> the 3406 sri portrays a dramatic military triumph. >> did you order the code red? >> you don't have to answer the question. >> i will answer the question. you want answers? >> i am entitled to them. >> you want answers? >> i want the truth. >> you can't handle the truth. >> cruise plays a lawyer in the jag joint ak air regarrison, judge advocate what does jag stand for? judge advocate general. uc lost his -- hey. didn't have to be coordinated to be on fox and friends. >> motor skills the first thing to go. >> here is question number 2 the japanese surrender agreement 1945 ending world war ii. the signing ceremony was held in tokyo bay on the deck of what u.s. ship, uss massachusetts, uss missouri, uss abraham lincoln, uss pearl harbor. cards up, please. the answer is... >> the battleship missouri takes her place in tokyo pay for the official surren

cheney writes, quote, she you, dr.e came into my office and tearfully admitted i had been right, unfortunately the damage was done. cheney referring to a difference of opinion that you guys had because you said well, we shouldn't have included that in to the president's speech when he was explaining to the american public. >> that's right, yes. >> bill: were you crying in cheney's office? >> no. >> bill: he made that up. >> i don't know why he thought i was crying. maybe the tears were in his eyes, no i was not crying. >> bill: is is hyperbole on the part of the vice president. >> maybe it's hyperbole. i have cried. i cried when i saw wounded soldiers. i cried a couple days after september 11th. i cried when i was sitting with the victims of rape in darfur some who had been raped by peace keepers. because of a press report, no. >> bill: he didn't like you because you didn't agree with him on a lot of things, north korea terrorism watch list, you wanted them off. he didn't. then there was the controversy over sheikh moh

former vice president dick cheney came "out front."ed him about the top-secret stealth drone the cia lost in iran. president obama said today he wants to prevent that technology from getting in the hands of iran but here's what the vice president told us. >> the right response to that would have been to go in immediately after it had gone down and destroy it. you could do that from the air, you could do that with a quick air strike. and in effect make it impossible for them to benefit from having captured that drone. i was told that the president had three options on his desk. he rejected all of them. >> and they all involved removing the drone immediately? >> they involved sending somebody in to try to recover it or, if you can't do that, and admittedly that would be a difficult operation, he certainly could have gone in and destroyed it on the ground with an air strike. but he didn't take any of the options. he asked nicely for them to return it. and they aren't going to do that. >> number two, the supreme court announced it will rul

former vice president dick cheney came "out front."sked him about the top-secret stealth drone the cia lost in iran. president obama said today he wants to prevent that technology from getting in the hands of iran but here's what the vice president told us. >> the right response to that would have been to go in immediately after it had gone down and destroy it. you could do that from the air, you could do that with a quick air strike. and in effect make it impossible for them to benefit from having captured that drone. i was told that the president had three options on his desk. he rejected all of them. >> and they all involved removing the drone immediately? >> they involved sending somebody in to try to recover it or, if you can't do that, and admittedly that would be a difficult operation, he certainly could have gone in and destroyed it on the ground with an air strike. but he didn't take any of the options. he asked nicely for them to return it. and they aren't going to do that. >> number two, the supreme court announced it will r

sears. >>> we are back with former vice president dick cheney.aughter, republican consultant liz cheney, his daughter. liz, i want to start with you r off with you because we left things off talking about the presidential election. we've been seeing things get more dirty on the republican side. you have romney telling gingerich give back that freddie mac money. on top of that, you have gingerich saying, all those monies you earned at bain, you should give that back. what do you think about all this mudslinging? is it a smart move to the gop? >> i think it's pretty standard. we're getting down to the first votes before the iowa caucus. i think it's to be expected that people would start aggressively going after each other. i feel good about the fact that we're in a place now where it looks like we're going to have a real contest between newt gingerich and mitt romney. we've got some other great candidates, as well, with rick santorum and michele bachmann. >> how long before the race is settled? a while ago, we were saying if romney wins iowa, it's

dick cheney, another day, another lie.a decision about what to do when america loses an aircraft in unfriendly territory. you can have the last word online at our

>> he replaced dick cheney when cheney became secretary of defense, newt became the whip. >> you managed that campaign? >> i was one of the people that helped newt get to the whip job and then i was chairman of the republican leadership when he was the speaker. >> all right. you are somebody we don't see often these days. and that is a former member of congress coming out so vocally, so public for speaker gingrich. why are a number of your former colleagues and current colleagues, why aren't we seeing more of them come out in support of the speaker? >> i think a number of them are supportive of the speaker. and i guess our people are staying positive and not saying controversial things and so thereby not getting air time. but there are a lot of former colleagues and present members of the house who are, in fact, supporting speaker gingrich and i think we will see a lot more of those in the weeks and months ahead. but i was at a christmas event the other evening where a number of his former colleagues walked up to me and said they were helping. former senator bob smith is on the ground up

cheney, liz cheney, thanks for being here.think you have some media interviews right after this and then we'll excuse the crowd. thanks again. >> ... up close and personal with one of the 21st century chief architects of american foreign policy. the leadership lecture series was established by a ambassador to commemorate her husband's 50th birthday. my kind of birthday present. [laughter] please join me in welcoming xu and chuck for reviving the community with the opportunity to host insightful and provocative leaders from all walks of life. [applause] >> i also want the students to thank them for generously donated 300 of secretary rice's book who were given to the three and injured first students attended this year's event. [applause] the university takes no credit for doing this. i want to thank our good friend, mitch, of books and of books. recently discussed launching a new speaker he called to say we will have an opportunity to host secretaries rice's first public book tour event. mitch i think this is the beginning of a

. >> meantime, former vice president dick cheney is weighing in saying the president's response was a mistake. >> the right response to that would have been to go in immediately after it had gone down and destroy it. you could do that from the air, do it with a quick air strike and in effect make it impossible for them to benefit from having captured that drone. >> cheney says if iran sends it back at all it will be in pieces after getting all the intelligence they can out of it. >>> jerry sandusky faces his accusers in court today. they'll describe abuse suffered years ate at the hands of the former penn state coach. the judge will decide whether there's enough evidence to try sandusky on more than 50 charges of molestation of little boys. outside the courthouse in pennsylvania, susan, how many victims do we expect in court today to take the stand? >> reporter: you know, carol, it's impossible to say at this time. we know that there are ten victims referred to in that grand jury report and the prosecutors are aware of at least eight of them. look, counting up the numbers, there could

how would you describe your relationship with vice president cheney?well, i think it was respectful. we disagreed but were able to disagree in a respectful way. i think the vice president was disappointed that in the sect term we did a number of things with which he didn't agree. the president decided to really give diplomacy an all-out try. yes, sometimes you don't win in using the diplomacy in that way, but, for instance on north korea, we didn't really have a military option with north korea. we needed the chinese and the south koreans and the russians and the japanese and so diplomacy was the course that we chose. i think the vice president didn't always agree. >> coming up -- childhood dreams, catfish noodling, and elvis. the other side of some of our bigge egest newsmakers next. yoe for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like

leaving iraq and going into kuwait when the prime minister munroe moloch he fired vice president cheney i mean any sunni i mean it's all it's it's all ethnic and then the kurd population to the north the whole the the reason given by bush the first and powell back in one thousand ninety one for stopping halfway to baghdad was we didn't want to create a power vacuum twelve years later bush jr goes over there. and creates the very thing we were afraid of creating in ninety one we invaded illegally a country that was of no threat to us no threat to a neighbor we invaded with a fraction of the forces we set and did nothing for four years while the place went down the drain and now we're we're we're watching wall all the ethnic cleansing is jake mentioned is starting to go on it's all sunni versus shia and up in the north in kurdistan it's a little bit better of a place but. as bad as saddam was absolutely he was a tyrant he was terrible he was a bad actor a fifty cent bullet would have saved a million iraqi lives and five that forty five hundred american lives yet we don't do assassinations

then condoleezza rice and her relationship with dick cheney. >> i think the vice president was disappointed that in the second term we did a number of things of which he didn't agree. >> and a holiday special. the best of our "getting to know" series. >> i didn't want to be a nun and i didn't want to be a congress wam. >> i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." the politician of the battle over the extension of the payroll tax goes something like this -- the president, one, republicans lost. >> may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. we were able to come to an agreement. >> some democrats suggest the payroll tax cut battle was a turning point for the president they feared had lost his magic and his chance for re-election. republicans worry their tea party win, which wanted to fight this one out, has become a weight. earlier, i spoke to one of the longest serving republicans in the senate, dick lugar of indiana, who faces a tea party challenge in his re-election bid. let me talk a little bit

. >> dick cheney says today not to underestimate newt gingrich. do you take his warning seriously? >> absolutely. i think what you saw the other night in iowa was someone who, you know, the betting going in was he was going to be under fierce attack. that was right. the betting was he would wilt under that attack or he would make a mistake or gaffe. not only did he come out of that debate really strong, it was mitt romney who came out of that debate in trouble. >> so have we seen the democrats play their cards early here? i mean, is this going to be the theme for the democrats? stand with the workers, stand with the middle class, pretty much the same platform that the democrats had in the last election. >> absolutely. >> not much has changed here. and is this what president obama has been talking about? is this going to be enough for the democrats to get the house back? >> well, i sure think it is. i think we have a great shot taking the house back. and i do believe president obama will be re-elected. as you know, as you've said, the debate in this country right now is about income

. >> the attack is big in the cheney family, too. >> it diminishes the u.s.sence and leverage and in effect is going to significantly alter our position in that part of the world. >> he right now is commander in chief and performing dismally with respect to iraq and pulling everybody out. but the americans disagree. even 58% of republicans all support the pullout from iraq. this deadline was originally set by president bush just before leaving office he signed an agreement saying all troops would have to leave by the end of 2011. he probably assumed that deadline would get extended. but president obama made sure it wasn't and that our troops would come home. joining me tonight is patrick murphy, former democratic congressman from pennsylvania and the first veteran of the iraq war to serve in congress and msnbc analyst, richard wolf. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thanks for having us on. >> congressman, after nine years why would anyone want to prolong the iraq war? >> well, you know, reverend, this is hypocrisy. politics end at the water's edge except whe

you -- dick cheney as much as he is board and i still have some code to adds. why didn't it have a self-destruct button on it? >> you are an expert in drones. does the obama administration look weak at this point by asking for it 1234*. >> have you seen ahmadinejad? forget about it. when you beg and plead makes you look stupid, he is a mean dude that will take your ball and then gets you on the ground and says give me your lunch money. >> it is a kid late to puberty and got the crap knocked out of him, and he is in the woods of the playground field rubbing sticks together to make fire. >> and 40 years later he is running a country. >> i was going to use that as a nuclear metaphor. >> that's a good point. they have all of this oil they they can't pump. you though what will happen? they take apart the grown and you know what is happening, a grown. >> they are saying that it doesn't do any good. >> when they sell it to china it won't be so great. he did have a self-de defunct button. >> they can fuel our flow, but they can't flow like we flow. >> it is self-destru

, liz cheney. we understand and will debut at number one on "the new york times" best-seller list. [applause] today he joins us with weekly standard senior writer and best selling author speed late for a conversation about the attack on a nation about the decisions made since then and reflections on of an amazing life in politics and pretty much whatever else he and steve choose to talk about today in the hour that we have treated it hundred and after that conversation we will have a q&a session moderated by steve. lynn cheney has been discovered at aei for many years. dick cheney is a board of trustees. you're so glad to have them as a part of our aei family, and we thank them and you all for joining us here today. [applause] speed remember you are a reporter. >> i get paid back. >> i just want to say a word and then i will turn it over to mr. hayes to read the book i wrote as a more that covers all years of my life. the early years with a lot of good stuff to write about in the period of time. bu