her book is called "all in: the education of general david petraeus."lease welldom the program paula broadwell. (cheers and applause) >> jon: thank you for joining us. i haven't seen you since the triathlon we both did. >> you did great. really proud of you. keep after it. >> jon: the book is called "all in." now so the last time i recall a journalist or author with embedded... embedded with the person at this level it was mckrystal and it was "rolling stone" and he got fired. how did they let you... how did petraeus allow that? did he know you were there? were you, like, hiding? did he allow this? (laughter) >> i was an insurgent. no. i had been working on this project as my dissertation and when he went to afghanistan in the summer of 2010 i decided to turn it into a book and i shot him an e-mail and said "i'm going to go for it." i'm not sure he took me seriously but i showed up in afghanistan, sent him an e-mail and said "i'm here i'm doing this." as you know my background is the military and i went to the military academy also so i had a natural ne

david petraeus sort of pioneered this message. you get a fan base in the media. re, you can bypass the traditional chain of command. by the way, this is the book to read for petraeus opposition research. this is the one that they are going to go to. >> general petraeus' name floated today about presidential picks. >> and the white house was worried about that. this plays again into the tense things that we're talking about. back to the pr point, the pentagon spent some $4 billion a year on broadly speaking border relations. how many are there in a good month? probably much lower than that. how many reporters are there in the press corps? there's this total imbalance and the tremendous amount of resources that the pentagon has to shape the message. the new york times bureau is not $4 billion. it wouldn't even come close to what the pentagon is spending on this message. >> have you paid a professional cost for what you did in the run away general? how have you been able to get to talk to people on the record after that? >> i've been able to do a bunch of pretty inte

supposedly for ten years in afghanistan it's been quite a ways what does that say for a general david petraeus is this really just an entire if you can. there's a saying he was a big failure. no i think jumper traces reinventing himself and has had much more influence on this defense budget we're seeing roll out that people know betray us was essentially a strategy and the intelligence dimensions of it because part of the counterinsurgency strategy and part of the drone strategy is to have these nimble forces out in the field collecting information and intel return synthesizing human intelligence on the ground to technical and. sort of the new world of i.t. if you will applied to these areas and david protégés is the new king of that arena and has partnered with leon panetta in achieving that so while these big counterinsurgency sort of occupations seem to be coming to an end david petraeus is getting the most important slice of that pie and he's doing just fine so he's got to move on and i guess you could say reinvent to wash your hands of some of those aspects and i want to give i want to th

please, join me in welcoming director david petraeus. thank you, sir. prison.nd thanks for a warm welcome. it is great to be with you all this morning, it's great to be part of your 2012 national security symposium, the 86th, i note. and it's great to be with so many with whom i've been privileged to serve in the past decade in particular. just out of curiosity, in fact, how many here have been deployed since 9/11, if i could just see a show of hands? how many have been deployed more than once since 9/11? how many more than twice? since 9/11? do any have three years or more in deployment, just out of curiosity? right here? where's my guys back there? how many coins you got with you today, fellas? [laughter] if you've got three years or more deployed since 9/11, come on up here, and we'll see how quickly my guys can respond. if not, we'll do a great photo. come on up here. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> well done. thanks. [applause] those are the individuals and the others in here and so many more that you've led and represent and served with who have t

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witnesses include the head of the cia, david petraeus, and robert mueller, director of the fbi, among other intelligence chiefs. we'll have live cofferage of the hearing for you starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >>> i do believe that the west, for all of its historical shortcomings, and i'm scathing in my book in discussing these shortcomings, because they have to be admitted, for all of these shortcomings, the west still today represents the most acceptable and workable, universally workable political culture. >> in 1991 the united states was the only global super power. today, how to restore its status in the world from former national security adviser brzezinski on his strategic vision. saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "after words." also this weekend on "book tv" did fdr use world war ii as a cover to create a more powerful executive branch? burton and anita full some atd at 11:00. sunday at 11:00, the new privacy is no privacy. "book tv" every weekend on c-span 2. >>> it would be intolerable if a handful of violent people, and that is what it is,

. >> the comments of the general david petraeus. he was joined by james clapper. taking questions from the senate committee. as the hearing got under way, james clapper signaled that the u.s. is seeking to avoid a violent confrontation with iran. it's monitoring the possibility of a preemptive strike by israel. this is available online at washingtonpost.com. >>> allen furman is described as one of the least popular person on hill. he's retiring after nearly 20 years as the senate apartmepar tarren inspect 1989 we sat down with him about the jobs and the responsibilities. part of our video library. check it out at c-span dot organize. here's part of that conversation. >> mr. president, for a few weeks -- >> the presiding officer of the senate varies sometimes from hour to hour. does that mean you're the primary source of parliamentarian. >> the responsibilities of senators generally are, it's so -- so varied, they really are not expect to be experts in parliamentarian services. we're there to provide expertise as presiding officers change hour by hour. >> back to y

committee holds its intelligence hearing with james clapper, director of national intelligence, david petraeus, cia, ronald burgess, jr., dia, robert mueller and karen wagner, home land security, and matthew olsen, national counterterrorism. >>> the home land security department is doing the best it can to secure the borders under current law. she spoke and took questions at the national press club for an hour. >>> good afternoon. and welcome to the national press club. my name is teresa warner and i'm the 105th president of the naal

we have just finished a conversation with holly petraeus, who is the spouse of david petraeus and spent much of her time as a military spouse and working on financial literacy and other policy issues. she's now at the consumer financial protection bureau. from your point of view because you raised the question of funding for the military, which is a big issue in washington now, where will the intersection with concern over the kinds of issues we talked about and the concern over spending intersect? >> i think the first place they will look to are sort of the size of the military and weapons programs. as far as trying to draw actual savings out of the kinds of numbers they are talking about, they will be looking -- big programs. but i think their concern is real from many folks that that will very much, the pressure will trickle down to any number of programs that could be there for the troops in terms of financial literacy funding for those types of programs. i have not seen any particular cuts related to those types of programs. i haven't reported any of that. but the concern is real,

witnesses include head of cia david petraeus and robert mueller. beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. >> april 15th, 2010, i had arrived in paris. walked into the hotel lobby met him for the first time. he looked at me and said, so you're the rolling stone guy. i don't care about the article, >> michael hastings wrotet ver. commander of the u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan in the 2010 june issue of "rolling stone." >> i said, sir, it's between you and lady gaga not knowing she was going to be on the cover. >> he replied just put me an lady gaga in a heart-shaped tub. i thought this is a different kind of general, a different kind of story. >> several months later as a result of the article, general mcchrystal had been fired. michael hastings continues the story sunday night on q&a. >> it would be intolerable if a handful of violent people, and that is what it is, just a handful, could harden us against needed change. i've seen an uglier and it

join us next week, witnesses including the head of the cia david petraeus and robert muller, director of the fbi among other intelligence chiefs. we'll have live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. >> i do believe the west for all the historical short comings and i'm scathing in my book in discussing the shortcomings because they have to be admitted, for all of the shortcomings, the west still today represents the most acceptable and workable university workable political culture. in 1991, the united states was the only global superpower. today how to restore its status in the world from former national security adviser brzezinski on "strategic vision." also this weekend on book tv, did fdr use world war ii as a cover to create a more powerful executive branch? and sunday night at 10:00, the new privacy is no privacy. lori andrews on how your rights are being eroded by social networks. book tv every weekend on c-span2. >> it would be intolerable if a handful of violent people, and that is what it is, just a handful, could harden us against needed change. i

counterinsurgency as well but just not not on the on the grand scale and then in iraq also when david petraeus took over there. what you saw in the surge was a lot of lot of violence and what i mean and also gave birth to our so-called man in kandahar right you know you have afghans who we are now trusting with taking over in the country essentially torturing and committing the same kinds of sense that we're supposedly protecting directly doing it and so one of the scenes i have in the book which now the book we're talking pretty heavy policy so for what i want to write a book was about kind of these wild and crazy guys boozing it up running around europe running around the world you know figuring out the best ways to kill people and run the war and that's what this book's really about like after a decade of war what sorts of people rise to the top and how did we get there but yes there are man in kandahar a guy named abdul razak is a known war an old war criminal known human rights abuse or known drug smuggler i met him hung out with he's a charming guy yeah you don't you don't you don't get

director david petraeus when he was on active duty. they report it as a coincidence.port, you decide. >>> our top story at the bottom of the hour, republican candidates are scouring for votes in the first of the nation new hampshire primary. molly line tells us that the granite state holds many challenges for the contestants. >> oh, beautiful, for spacious skies, amber waves of grain. i told the folks of iowa corn counted as an amber wave of grain. >> mitt romney invoked what he called a favorite national hymn in a town hall this morning in new hampshire as he tried to bridge the gap between voters in iowa and granite state. a tough challenge for all the g.o.p. white house hopefuls. the first in the nation primary contest is sandwiched between two states, iowa and south carolina, where evangelicals and social conservatives hold greater sway. 21% of the new hampshire republican voters surveyed in the 2008 exit poll said they were evangelical christians. and the same number considered themselves to be very conservative. >> i am not a religious fern. so i don't like the

> my guess would be the most uncomfortable aspect of the book will be my depiction of general david petraeus has been widely regarded as the hero of the iraq war and afghanistan. i offer a very different picture from what one is accustomed to when you read about general petraeus. >> like what? >> i quote some of his colleagues talking about him. the knock on him from his colleagues, there's a lot in the involvement in this, too. there's also truth. when he comes up he makes everyone before him look like a total idiot. i used from your language in the book. there's a great quote from another in general. petraeus leads the dead dog on the doorstep every time. this is a very popular indictment of the record from iraq and afghanistan when he was responsible for equipping an army the rescue army. it was a total disaster. to this strategy in afghanistan which was in my mind a complete disaster. >> you can see a person right now saying "that young punk is 31 years old. you never served in the military. what do you know about anything about the military?" >> i report what i have seen and heard. i wa

general david petraeus, formally assumes command of an international force on sunday.takes over as the new nato commander in afghanistan after general stanley mcchrystal was fired last month. >>> and joran van der sloot is suing the lawyer who represented him when he confessed to killing a peruvian woman. his current lawyer says the lawyer was a private lawyer. they've also filed suit against the police chief who led the interrogation. now we take you back to "lockup". >>> each week, dozens of new inmates arrive at the tennessee prison for women. today, paula sisk is among them. >> i'm here because i had a drug indictment and i violated my probation in september, because i was publicly intoxicated on my prescription medication and alcohol. >> okay. what i need you to do at this time is put all your property on the table. >> while drugs and alcohol brought sisk to prison, they could pose even more problems in the near future. >> okay. you have some sonogram pictures. so how many months are you? >> six. >> six months? >> um-hum. >> like other pregnant inmates here, sisk

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this is cia director david petraeus. >> in fact, our analysts did provide assessments of the risks presented scenarios by which they could be sent somewhere, not back to afghanistan or pakistan, and then based on the various mitigating measures that could be implemented to ensure that they cannot return to militant activity. >> three affected drone strikes in yemen overnight. according to security officers, at least nine people believed to be linked to al-qaeda were killed in these attacks. u.s. officials do confirm a drone strike in yemen. they're not giving any details other than that. keep in mind this comes a day after president obama openly discussed the u.s. drone program. >> they've been very precise precision strikes against al-qaeda and their affiliates. we are very careful in terms of how it's been applied. this is a targeted, focused effort at people who are on a list of active terrorists who are trying to go in and harm americans. >> and administration authorities denies that the president made a mistake or a slip-up by revealing what had been classified information about those d

general david petraeus celebrated war hero in iraq and afghanistan and now is heading the c.i.a. the congress is we need more soft power. what that meant was we needed to have the military involved in the counterinsurgency. they had to be on the ground in there. you can't do it with drones. >> kimberly: you can't. >> greg: military is one of the only places left in america that create great people. people that you want to have working for you. or work for. colleges produce protesters. and the military produces winners. >> bob: what is the european military producing? >> greg: chocolate. i don't know. i'm sure they produce -- >> dana: we got to get out of here, because we have been teasing this all day. what is more embarrassing than snore go long this segment, make it short. >> dana: you are busted anyway. >> kimberly: bolling doesn't have a tan in his. >> dana: presidential yearbook photos and then they made us get ours out, too. we'll have it after the break. don't miss it. ♪ ♪ you've felt like this before, right? 2:30 in the afternoon, a lot to do, and you've hit the wall. but

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you do it by getting rid of the other celebrity general david petraeus who is now over at cia. >> do you think that was purposeful to get him out of the combat situation? >> i write about this. the white house's fear is -- >> i fear it, too. the guys in the middle up in new york. >> i think it's a very valid fear. whether -- >> although it didn't work with huntsman very well did it? >> well -- >> no. you give him a job and he comes back and runs against you anyway. >> petraeus would probably pull 20 times higher than huntsman. >> let's take a look at a dramatic moment in 2010 when the president announced general mcchrystal's dismissal. following the release of your article. here it is. >> conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. it undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system. i welcome debate among my team but won't tolerate division. >> one of the geniuses of the constitution, we made the president the commander in chief. the top military person is our

general david petraeus came in and there were a lot of lessons learned. we are getting much better at it. i think americans in general have to learn from the american military. what some of these lessons are because they are critical. we have to know these lessons now and expand our thinking and do more homework and think in an intellectually more open way about all these things and to our potential allies are and how to defend america and what real national security is a deliberate ourselves from the cliches we have fallen victim to in the last 9 years in the incredible new world we live in. patriquin shows us how to do that. >> it is an amazing story. the book is "a soldier's dream". thank you, william doyle. thanks for coming and talking with us. [applause] >> is very non-fiction offer or book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweak as at twitter.com/booktv. >> next on booktv, paul barrett talks about the ubiquitous use of the glock kissel. it is about an hour. [no audio] >> editor at business week. he

witnesses are scheduled to include director of national intelligence, james clapper; david petraeus, the head of the cia; the director of the defense intelligence agency, lieutenant general ronald burgess jr.; fbi director robert mueller; homeland security undersecretary caryn wagner; and matthew olsen, the head of the national counterterrorism center. also at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3, the senate banking committee hears from richard cordray, the head of the consumer financial protection bureau. >>> by 2016 according to the imf, the world's leading economy will be a communist dictatorship. that's in five years' time. now, think about that. if imf is right, the guy you elect next november will be the last president of the united states to preside over the world's leading economy. >> columnist and author mark stein has published nine books. his latest, "after america," is a new york times bestseller. he also writes the happy warrior column for national review. and live sunday "in depth," your chance to call, e-mail and tweet with your questions live at noon eastern with booktv on c-sp

he was an advisor to generals stanley mccrystal and david petraeus when they were the top commanders in afghanistan. and david ignatius is a foreign affairs columnist for the "washington post." he has covered the afghan conflict and peace process. we thank you both for being here. andrew exum, as a former uniform service member what's your reaction to these videos. >> i was disgusted, really, i think the reaction from the come dant of the marine corps to the secretary of state was entirely appropriate. on the one hand, this type of dehumanization of the enemy takes place in every major conflict. on the other hand, we hold our soldiers to a higher standard. and we have commissioned and noncommissioned officers that are paid to make sure that these types of things do not happen. >> woodruff: so how could something like this happen? >> well, i mean, first off, are you putting 18 and 19-year-olds in kbachlt i think in a lot of ways it's good for the american people to see these videos because people don't have an idea of what afghanistan is like, what the war is like. and yet, it's import