you're on with chris kyle. >> caller: hey, chris, i was an army scout in iraq and kuwait.being down here in florida, i did have the h

" chris kyle. >> caller: hi, chris. first of all, thank you for serving, and i just want to say that i come from a long line of military family as well, and i remember my dad and my brother both served in vietnam at the same time. and my mother was a tough cookie, boy, she just was real tough and thick skinned. and i remember as a child that we weren't allowed to ask or question either of them about the combat or the kills or anything like that. so now my son is a combat veteran, and he served -- he was in iraq in the second year of the war. but when he came home, he was torn and suffered a lot, and he was injured, and i remembered that old, you know, that old thing that you don't question, you don't talk about it. so what's your thought on that? because i really wanted to reach out to my son, but i just was instilled with that boundary of you just don't cross. >> host: chris kyle. >> guest: well, as far as the not talking to him about it, you know, i think a lot of these guys that are having problems, you know, i think

. >> so, we have a quote from chris kyle, a former navy seal confirmed with credited killings, he calledhe's trying to say that romney wouldn't have made the same call and anyone patriotic to his country, obama is taking more credit than he is due. and general, some have used the term stolen valor, too strong to apply in this case? >> well, i don't think we should be politicizing an event leak like this. this took place as part of a war and it shouldn't be political capital and that's just outrageous, that we have a former president and now a current one, that's exploiting it. and it's just dead wrong. >> well, i want us to keep both of you here, several questions that we want to bring up in our second segment and one of the questions is, could we have taken osama bin laden out before the steals ambushed his compound a year ago? some surprising answers to that, when we come back. i'd like to hear from you, go to the website or sign up for the facebook page and find a link to that and more at mike huckabee.com. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilos isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltz

and chris kyle is the author of the autobiography american center. "book tv" begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. on c-span 2 tonight, a discussion about political moderates in the republican party. from the bipartisan policy center. chairman martin dempsey talks about u.s. military strategy in iraq and afghanistan. and later, more "book tv" with a biography of physicist stephen hocking. spend the weekend in oklahoma city with "book tv" and c-span. check in with the literary life on booktv on c-span 2. oklahoma university president and former senator david lawrence on his letter to america. also rare books from galileo, copernicus and others. sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, oklahoma history on american history tv on c-span 3. to her the oklahoma city bombing memorial with codesigner. ask him a look into african-american life in 1920s oklahoma and native american artifacts from the special collections at the oklahoma history center. this weekend from oklahoma city on c-span 2 and 3. >> political analyst discussed the centrist wing of the republican party that they say is disappea

and finally, co-author chris kyle looks at his autobiography, "american sniper."is all this week in prime time here on c-span2. >>> well, newt gingrich made it official today, effectively ending his campaign, suspending his presidential campaign. both mitt romney and ron paul have released statements of support. we're going to show you the comments this evening at 8 eastern on c-span. >>> next up here on c-span2, economists give their assessment of the fiscal state of the u.s. calling on congress to address the debt and deficit. we'll hear remarks from former federal reserve vice chairman alice rivlin as well as house budget committee ranking member chris van hollen. this was part of an all-day forum hosted by the bloomberg summit. this is an hour. >> and with that, we are beginning with the central issue, again, in this presidential election year, the state of the economy, tailwinds and headwinds. my colleague, dan moss, is going to be moderating that panel discussion, and if he and his guests could come up on stage, i'll do a quick introduction, and they'll get

and at 10, chris kyle, author of "american sniper." >>> between 1971 and 1973 president richard nixon secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the little things, and then you hold on the big one. i mean, hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people, i'll say, well, we'll concede that and make 'em all feel good, but then don't give them the big one. >> every saturday this month on c-span radio, hear more of the nixon tapes including discussion with future presidents, key white house advisers saturdays at 6 p.m. eastern. this week hear conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. in washington, d.c. listen at 90.1 fm, on xm channel 119 and at c-span radio.org. >>> a british parliamentary committee looking into phone hacking by british newspapers issued a report yesterday finding that rupert murdoch, the head of news corporation international, is, quote, not a fit person to run a major corporation. the culture media and sport committee released the report during an hour, 15-minute news conference. >> i hope

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you're on with chris kyle. >> caller: hey, chris, i was an army scout in iraq and kuwait. being down here in florida, i did have the honor the last muster down in florida where they dedicated the udtc memorial, and that was very touching, very moving, and it was great to be able to see a lot of the seal guys that get out and do it every day. your comment on seeing the flag and seeing, you know, the national anthem, "star-spangled banner," we were at a toby keith concert, and when he played "american soldier," that just -- every hair on my body stood up. my wife looked over, and i had a tear in my eye. they just don't get it unless you've been there, done that. i've got a 17, 18-year-old kid, and what's your advice to the next generation of kids that want to join the military and train in special op combatants or, you know, maybe not even special op combatant, but just join the military and support their country? thanks. >> host: chris kyle. >> guest: well, thank you for your service. i appreciate it. as far as the kids, you know, i've got two kids myself, and i'm never goi