douglas macarthur high-school in a community that they actually had book burnings in my community. i believe the border for education may have considered but then decided it is cheaper to do douglas macarthur. >> so with your even stand in news stories how many lawyers. [laughter] if i've ever missing for more then three days call dick cheney. a wonderful question. the publisher simon & schuster assigned a lawyer to this to read every word most of the concerns were typical in tehran's of naming places with infringement with the publisher in be from the lawsuits. there were several cases they said are you sure you can talk about this? there is nothing in any way, shape, or form or anything i heard that i should not report to there is no problem. dick cheney is a public figure and so am i. and washington needs to laugh at itself they'll laugh at us but there're no issues with their briefings in the meetings that i went to. now we have a very vigorous ethics process because they're not permitted to except advances and we have to be scrupulous to ensure we're not violating the house et

douglas macarthur high-school in a community that they actually had book burnings in my community. i believe the border for education may have considered but then decided it is cheaper to do douglas macarthur. >> so with your even stand in news stories how many lawyers. [laughter] if i've ever missing for more then three days call dick cheney. a wonderful question. the publisher simon & schuster assigned a lawyer to this to read every word most of the concerns were typical in tehran's of naming places with infringement with the publisher in be from the lawsuits. there were several cases they said are you sure you can talk about this? there is nothing in any way, shape, or form or anything i heard that i should not report to there is no problem. dick cheney is a public figure and so am i. and washington needs to laugh at itself they'll laugh at us but there're no issues with their briefings in the meetings that i went to. now we have a very vigorous ethics process because they're not permitted to except advances and we have to be scrupulous to ensure we're not violating the house et

i went to douglas macarthur high school in a community that years before i went to the high school there were book burnings in my community. i believe the board of education might have considered senator joseph mccarthy high school but decided it was cheaper to do general douglas macarthur. >> i was wondering what your mix of real events and fictional and news stories and actual people, how many lawyers did you and your publisher have to -- [laughter] >> let me say this if i never missing more than three days call dick cheney. it's a wonderful question. so the publisher assigned a lawyer to this who read every word. most of the lawyers concerns were the typical concerns that any author or lawyer would have in terms of naming places, any kind of potential infringement protecting the publisher and me from any lawsuits. there were several locations where they said are you sure you can talk about this and since there is nothing in the book that any way shape or form comes remotely close to anything i heard that shouldn't report there is no problem. dick cheney is a public figure. i am a publ

i go back to douglas macarthur's speech to find one that had the political impact this had. what transcends everything to me is the fact we are talking not about a can being kicked down the road but the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons that's being kicked down the road. that needs to be discussed. >> you know, you mention macarthur, he had already been relieved of his services by harry truman. many argue that, you know, the prime minister is in the battle of his life might be in a couple weeks reaching the same fate. what do you think? >> yeah, macarthur was fired i believe april 11th he came back here spoke before joint session of congress on april 19th. it was a nail in the coffin for harry truman if you want to talk politics because his approval ratings dropped to 22%. >> that's true. >> the next january lost in new hampshire and withdrew finally to run for re-election. i think this is more than politics. again, you talk about nuclear weapons, there's more at stake here. >> doug, always good to see you, my friend. and he was there for the macarthur speech, by the

well guess who the chief of staff of the united states army was none other than douglas macarthur. macarthur got into a discussion with the president and said basically to the effect i just hope america loses the next war and a bayonet is in a young american truth and the enemy has his foot on his neck and he is cursing one man i wanted to the roosevelt. he said that and then he realized what he had done and offered his resignation and franklin roosevelt said don't be foolish. we talk about between 585 billion-dollar budget. there are things we can do to be more efficient so that we can pay for things that we really need. but my feeling is that we've cut it in all the wrong places. when we've taken our army down recently to the world war ii levels, that sends the wrong message to the people. some of the things we can do i talk about how we can change the contracting in the military. but the parts of show that between 2001 to 2008 the major acquisition programs $300 billion because they keep adding. if you have a prospective type of system where you know i've got to do it for this a

none other than douglas macarthur. macarthur got into a discussion with the president and said, basically to the effect that i just hope that when america loses the next war, and a bayonet is in a young american troop and the enemy has his foot on his neck and is cursing one man, i want it to be roosevelt and not macarthur. he said that and then realize it what he had done and offered his resignation to the president. franklin roosevelt said development be foolish. you and this budget have to get together. we have 585 bill -- $585 billion budget there are things to do to be more efficient official so we can pay for things we really need in the war on terror and to win. my feeling and my concern is we have cut in all the wrong places. when we have taken our army down to preworld war ii levels that sends the wrong message to bad people. some of the things we can do i talk about how we can change contracting in the military. the government -- a lot of reports have shown between 2001 and 2008 major acquisition programs, $3

guess who the chief of staff in the united states was, not anyone other than douglas macarthur. macarthur got into a discussion with the president and said basically to the effect that i just hope when america loses the next war and the bayonet is in a young american troop and the enemy has his foot on his neck, i wanted to be roosevelt and not macarthur, he said that and realize what he had done and offered his resignation to the president. franklin roosevelt said don't be foolish. we talk about -- we have bought $585 billion budget. there are things we can do to be more efficient so that we can pay for things that we really need to in the war on terror and to win. my feeling, my concern is we cut in all the wrong places. when we go to pre world war ii levels, that sends the wrong message to bad people. some of the things that we can change contracting in the military reports have shown between 2001-2008 major acquisition programs $300 billion because of the way contracting is with the cost plus contracts, they keep adding stuff to that. prospect of tight system where you know

one has to go back to the days of douglas macarthur being fired by president truman who was then invited to congress by the republican leadership to a raptureous audience. history has shown that general macarthur and the republican leadership was wrong. truman was right. and deemed one of our best presidents for the hard, difficult decisions he made to much political criticism. and history has not been so kind to the career and personality of general macarthur and the deliverer -- message he delivered to that congress. i suspect that history will not be kind to yesterday's speech and the decision to stage it. the prime minister delivered no alternative vision other than an impossible set of demands that would ensure negotiations by america, our allies, and the russians fail. he seemed to doom americans and iranians to be permanent enemies, even though the iranian people, distinct from the ayatollahs and their minions, by all accounts are the only country in the region other than israel that has a positive view towards americans. think about that. but the flaws in netanyahu's speech were