condi race was a very diligent person and i think she was briefed by colin, but it was clearly colin here is the ball, run with it. see how far you get with it. >> the other game was regime change, which was established u.s. policy inherited from the clinton administration. but the key fault line was whether this was a policy that was actually going to be implemented, and how. at what point, and clearly this was after 9/11, did the most administration settle on a policy of the forcible removal of saddam hussein's regime as their primary objective? >> i think almost very -- after the shock of 9/11 had sunk in, once that anthrax scare was gone, this followed the months after 9/11. this was something when iÑi wasn washington, i did not give enough importance to, i did not realize what impact this had on the administration, the anthrax scare, suddenly people were getting letters take it with anthrax. what we now know, and i did not realize at the time, they thought the last people to ever use anthrax aggressively was saddam hussein and his own country. anthrax letters going all over the

he bought a beautiful home in nashville that had been previously owned by philip condi, a very prominent was sickly towards the end of his presidency and all the way on his journey back to tennessee. he then began to revive a little bit. he was refurbishing this house and then he took a turn for the worse. very quickly he died. >> where was he born? >> born in north carolina. moved at age of 11 to tennessee with his family. that was a real pioneer place in those times. it was dangerous. a man or woman or child of the caucasian race was killed. it was very dangerous. his family had become quite prominent and lands. they speculated in plant in north carolina and made a fair amount of money. they went to tennessee with what they earn their. they were quite prominent. they were very friendly with andrew jackson and all of the high-and society at national and tennessee during that time. >> how did he meet sarah? >> her brother had been a classmate of polk's. she met her at a reception or party -- he met her at a reception or party and saw her reflection in the mirror and was immediately smitt

>> condi 48 and -- how the 248 and [unintelligible] will continue to provide teams.n to do embedded partnering and it will partner with army and police in a way that we have not done in the past. >> i just saw something recently that referenced the field artillery battalion. it referenced the artillery battalion of the 101st who will be directly involved in training. >> this is something very new. the regional commanders are going to use this and they are all providing mentoring. that part -- that team is going to partner with not only the national army units but also the police districts in that space as well. >> when they need to understand better that i think it is driven by the desire of the commanders, but what is the difference between the 48 and 482 and those combat teams? we need to understand that better and i don't expect to resolve that today. one last question for all of you. in the commissioner's opening statement, the referenced significant increase of the contractors related to the surge. have any of you see -- and when we were formed, one of the basic

condi race was a very diligent person and i think she was briefed by colin, but it was clearly colinow far you get with it. >> the other game was regime change, which was established u.s. policy inherited from the clinton administration. but the key fault line was whether this was a policy that was actually going to be implemented, and how. at what point, and clearly this was after 9/11, did the most administration settle on a policy of the forcible removal of saddam hussein's regime as their primary objective? >> i think almost very -- after the shock of 9/11 had sunk in, once that anthrax scare was gone, this followed the months after 9/11. this was something when iÑi wasn washington, i did not give enough importance to, i did not realize what impact this had on the administration, the anthrax scare, suddenly people were getting letters take it with anthrax. what we now know, and i did not realize at the time, they thought the last people to ever use anthrax aggressively was saddam hussein and his own country. anthrax letters going all over the place really spooked people. if you r

>> condi 48 and -- how the 248 and [unintelligible] will continue to provide teams.ed partnering and it will partner with army and police in a way that we have not done in the past. >> i just saw something recently that referenced the field artillery battalion. it referenced the artillery battalion of the 101st who will be directly involved in training. >> this is something very new. the regional commanders are going to use this and they are all providing mentoring. that part -- that team is going to partner with not only the national army units but also the police districts in that space as well. >> when they need to understand better that i think it is driven by the desire of the commanders, but what is the difference between the 48 and 482 and those combat teams? we need to understand that better and i don't expect to resolve that today. one last question for all of you. in the commissioner's opening statement, the referenced significant increase of the contractors related to the surge. have any of you see -- and when we were formed, one of the basic questions was

>> condi 48 and -- how the 248 and [unintelligible] will continue to provide teams.been given a mission to do embedded partnering and it will partner with army and police in a way that we have not done in the past. >> i just saw something recently that referenced the field artillery battalion. it referenced the artillery battalion of the 101st who will be directly involved in training. >> this is something very new. the regional commanders are going to use this and they are all providing mentoring. that part -- that team is going to partner with not only the national army units but also the police districts in that space as well. >> when they need to understand better that i think it is driven by the desire of the commanders, but what is the difference between the 48 and 482 and those combat teams? we need to understand that better and i don't expect to resolve that today. one last question for all of you. in the commissioner's opening statement, the referenced significant increase of the contractors related to the surge. have any of you see -- and when we were forme

would go on leave i would definitely not wear my uniform, i would try to grow my hair and b as in condis possible. at the time the military was not accepted by the public. didn't when i made the decision to go to west point, my high school teachers tried to talk me out of it. an interesting dynamic. that is not the dynamic we have today. today everyone thinks you for your service. the outpouring of support for soldiers and service members is fantastic. the support of the hawaiian people to the family members that we left behind was unbelievable. i cannot think those people up. the support that i have seen for the american people in this war has been fantastic. they have separated their political opinion about the war. what has not been at issue is support for american service members. i would like to thank them for the support they have given us. thank you. host: how did you get that jacket through security? guest: they have got to put it through the metal detector. absolutely. [laughter] host: jerry, good morning. caller: thank you for your service. how come they are not rotating other

. >> i know there is nothing we, nothing passive, nothing naive in the creek and lives of condi and kinguld not have halted by hitler's armies. negotiations cannot convince al qaeda as leaders to lay down their armor's. to say that force is sometimes as there is not a call to cynicism. it is the -- is history. host: the full speech is at the cfl library. a comment from marion hansard by twitter. ken is next from georgetown, indiana, on the air right now, independent line. caller: good morning, i have to say i am a democrat being held hostage in the state of indiana. i just want to say, the gentleman from louisiana said it, he took my steam away. he was so elegant the way he spoke. i wish i could speak so well, a lack of education prevent that. he is so right, this is a dog and pony show. this is business as usual. i am an african-american male in indiana. things are bleak. things do not look good at all. i do think that the reason our government brought that the gate -- brought that brigade back from afghanistan and put them straight into civil disobedience. and the thing about ronald re

would go on leave i would definitely not wear my uniform, i would try to grow my hair and b as in condi go as possible. at the time the military was not accepted by the public. didn't when i made the decision to go to west point, my high school teachers tried to talk me out of it. an interesting dynamic. that is not the dynamic we have today. today everyone thinks you for your service. the outpouring of support for soldiers and service members is fantastic. the support of the hawaiian people to the family members that we left behind was unbelievable. i cannot think those people up. the support that i have seen for the american people in this war has been fantastic. they have separated their political opinion about the war. what has not been at issue is support for american service members. i would like to thank them for the support they have given us. thank you. host: how did you get that jacket through security? guest: they have got to put it through the metal detector. absolutely. [laughter] host: jerry, good morning. caller: thank you for your service. how come they are not rotating

>> condi 48 and -- how the 248 and [unintelligible] will continue to provide teams.ng and it will partner with army and police in a way that we have not done in the past. >> i just saw something recently that referenced the field artillery battalion. it referenced the artillery battalion of the 101st who will be directly involved in training. >> this is something very new. the regional commanders are going to use this and they are all providing mentoring. that part -- that team is going to partner with not only the national army units but also the police districts in that space as well. >> when they need to understand better that i think it is driven by the desire of the commanders, but what is the difference between the 48 and 482 and those combat teams? we need to understand that better and i don't expect to resolve that today. one last question for all of you. in the commissioner's opening statement, the referenced significant increase of the contractors related to the surge. have any of you see -- and when we were formed, one of the basic questions was we had too