nobody you know according to this think tank into the foreign policy magazine that published the list authors explained that they left the top position empty because the modern world has no. but they also said that their choice of names on that list on the individual's ability to singlehandedly. bring about change that significantly affect the lives and fortunes of large numbers of people the russian president followed by u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke or the influence the organization has on the u.s. economy and by extension on the global economy german chancellor angela merkel for policies that are quote. that binds europe and us president barack obama he ranks the fifth on the list then you have the head of the european central bank chinese communist party leader and others the new tour asli eccentric russian businessman surrogate polanski has been released by cambodian authorities after agreeing not to leave the country he was arrested along with two other russians after allegedly threatening local sailors on a boat but his company denies the claims but on skid row's t

don't come from a putin has been named the most powerful person on earth the us foreign policy magazine has the russian president at the head of its annual list of the world's most influential people however he didn't make it into first place which was left blank zone he's got a check on explains it was the international political think tank you raise your group that came up with a list of the world's most powerful individuals with the russian president at the top of that list then they decided no they couldn't leave him there so they put mr nobody at the top of their list so why they would put in a second to mr a lawyer missis nobody according to this think tank into the foreign policy magazine that published the list authors explain that they left the top position empty because the modern world has no clear leader they said they also said that they based their choice of names on that list on the individual's ability to single handedly quote bring about change that significantly affect the lives and fortunes of large numbers of people of the russian president followed by u.s. federal r

about a prince being named the most powerful person on earth the us foreign policy magazine has the russian president at the head of its annual list of the world's most influential people let's get more now from art he's going to she joins me live now from washington d.c. so president putin he's beaten everybody else but strangely he didn't actually make it into first place which has been left blank so what's going on here gun bill can you imagine the brainstorming behind that decision it was the international political think tank you racial group that came up with a list of the world's most powerful individuals with the russian president at the top of that list then they decided no they couldn't leave him there so they put mr nobody at the top of their list so why they would put in a second to mr alarmist this nobody you know according to this think tank and to the foreign policy magazine that published the list authors explain that they left the top position empty because the modern world has no clear leader they said they also said that they based their choice of names on that list on th

foreign policy. what is foreign policy? >> guest: well, it's -- the fp group is a division of washington post that publishes foreign policy magazine. the foreign policy web site which is now much bigger than the magazine, we have almost three-and-a-half million visitor a month to the web site and run a series of events and other programs on international issues. >> host: mr. rothkopf, in "power, inc." you have a chapter, a chapter about a swedish goat. what is that story? >> guest: well, i wanted to go back to sort of the origin story of the company and, of course, companies of one form or another have existed since the beginning of time. but the oldest corporation that's still in existence is a swedish company that started perhaps a thousand years ago when a goat wandered away from its owner and came back with red horns because it had drunk from a treatment that was full of copper ore. and the owner came back and found the stream and started digging for copper, and that became a copper company and became a company called -- [inaudible] which means great copper mountain. and it's now a company which is primarily in the paper busin

they would put in his second to mr well or mrs nobody according to this think tank into the foreign policy magazine that published the list authors explain that they left the top position empty because the modern world has no clear leader they said they also said that they based their choice of names on that list on the individual's ability to single handedly quote bring about change that significantly affect the lives and fortunes of large numbers of people with the russian president followed by u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke you for the influence the organization has on the u.s. economy and by extension on the global economy german chancellor angela merkel for policies that are quote the glue that binds europe and us president barack obama he ranks the fifth on the list and then you have the head of the european central bank the chinese communist party leader and others. stripped of his seven tour de france titles will using steroids council survive a lance armstrong is said to be considering publicly admitting his guilt as a reporter for you. line a friend of a previously eccentric e

after the hearing graham, who up until that point had been none noncommittal told foreign policy magazine that he was unlikely to vote for hagel. others went further. senator dan coates gave a 15 minute speech said he would vote no. hagel's performance did not earn him much praise from the other side of the aisle. here is senator claire mccaskill. >> well, i'm going to be candid. i think chuck hagel is much more comfortable asking questions than answering them. that's one bad habit you get into when you've been in the senate. you can dish it out but sometimes it's a little more difficult to take it. >> jennifer: interesting. she declared claire mccaskill mccaskill, to say if she would vote for him. joining me now is nicholas burns, former u.s. ambassador professor of dip diplomacy. >> thank welcome to "the war room"." >> thank you. >> jennifer: it lasted eight hours and 20 minutes including breaks. how do you think chuck hagel did today? >> it was a tough hearing no question about it. very contentious in parts. it didn't seem to me, in key starts especially when you show that it was delib

executive director of the national security network, and former pentagon official and current foreign policy magazinenist, rosa brooks. it is good to have you here with us. michelle, who i believe you worked with at the pentagon, tell me why i have it wrong or at least why you worry that hagel wouldn't be the right pick for this position. >> i don't know i would say ezra that hagel is the wrong pick, i just don't think he is the best pick. i think there are others around there who would have many of the upsides that hagel has, without the down sides that hagel has. if mitt romney had won and chosen him, i would have applauded him as real courage. chuck hagel has a lot going for him. he is a brave guy, a principled guy. there is a lot to like about him. he is also a republican, and the democratic party has worked really, really hard over past decades to erase the deficit, in which voters consistently said they trusted republicans more than democrats on national security. democrats have worked really hard to erase that gap, but picking chuck hagel seems to me to be sending a message i can't figure out

susan is the editor-in-chief of foreign-policy magazine has done tremendous work in billing foreign-policy.com into a key locus of the nationals carry discussion. prior to joining foreign-policy susan was reported to "the washington post" and the capitol hill newspaper roll call and brings great experience and expertise to the conversation tonight. runtime and susan were poised for an intriguing conversation about leadership generalship command and relief, tom and susan. >> for so thank you so much for that kind introduction and thank you to c&s who is not only been a benefactor to tom but directly and indirectly foreign-policy as we embarked on this project over the last two years. thank you very much and i think you have given us a perfect starting point for the conversation today in your very generous and right on the mark introduction of tom and the book so -- i too have known tom not only as editor and a friend but as they just dropped a thinker who has lots of important things to say about leadership, followership in the nature of being an institution i think one of the things that i mos

this was back in may, as published by foreign policy magazine. the last thing you want is an american or western-led invasion into syria. >> is part of the problem that there has not been a more robust international presence inside of that country or is it more or less the fact that they really can't identify who these rebels are, this opposition? they can't get control over who these different groups are inside of the country? >> again, that's a very good question. i think it's a combination of the two things. on one hand you can really not defeat the syrian army of bashar al assad, despite all the defections without really arming the rebel forces. on the other hand, who are the rebel forces? you're seeing more and more foreign fighters, more of the tactics of al qaeda in iraq. you have these two things. perhaps a year ago if intervention had happened it would have been cleaner or simply simpler. right now no matter how you look at it, it will be a mess. >>> after two years of bloodshed the israeli government is trying to call and do everything

it's interesting to note though that aaronr came out in an article foreign policy magazine saying being the left, you've got some gay and lesbian organizations coming out because of comments that chuck hagel, and pushing president obama away from him. >> and the ambassador to luxembourg openly aggressively gay and did he kind of an apology tour on capitol hill just as his name was surfacing. he wasn't the nominee, and susan rice made the rounds of capitol hill before her name was close to nomination and found sob unacceptable. he apologized, but many gay rights groups don't believe it, and say he's not sincere. and from the left and right. if his name comes up for nomination in the confirmation hearing. >> tucker: so, john, the campaign against hagel has been so intense and prolonged that it raises a question why the president would put his name forward anyway knowing there's big fight ahead on this question when he has a lot to take care of. does it signify a change in the president's foreign policy. >> tuck, you know this better than anybody, the president decided he's the one that fi

stockpile as a means to draw russia into negotiations, foreign policy magazine reported, ahead of the unannounced discussions. the house subcommittee chairman mike rogers asks if they have assurances as to what is going on there. i would note that last year's defense authorization villepin -- bill calls for briefings on his discussions to the congress, the servant -- the armed services committee and subcommittee. it does not less than twice each year, the president or his designee will brief the committee on foreign relations and the committee on armed services about the dialogue between the u.s. and the russian federation on issues of limits or controls of nuclear arms, missile defense system, and long-range conventional strike systems. the deadline for that would be march 2 this year. my first question to you, if confirmed, will you honor that request as part of the mdaa? >> the request for the briefing? >> yes, the requirements for the briefing. will you keep congress advise on any discussions dealing with national defense and dialogue with russia on national missile defense and nu

policy. they said he was stomping over the geneva convention. he editorialized it in "foreign affairs" magazine continued the policy and since has and still blames bush. continuously blames bush. he knows he continued to -- >> bob: he was running for office by the way, did you get that, too, i used the vice president? okay, good. >> eric: got to go? that's it. are you done? >> bob: yeah. >> eric: coming up, the vice president gaffe machine is off to a roaring start in 2013. can't believe good old joe and what he said. female senator's swearing in yesterday. we'll show you the tape. it's friday. great song. listen. ♪ sweet little thing ♪ she's my pride and joy ♪ ♪ ♪ she's my sweet little baby ♪ i'm her little lover boy ♪ ♪ >> andrea: well, it was an historic day in washington as 20 women were sworn in the u.s. senate. record number. but is there something about being a woman that makes them superior lawmakers? california democratic senator dianne feinstein seems to think so. here is what she told abc's diane sawyer in an interview with her fellow female senators. >> i don't watch people who watc

conversation about the president's announcement, a look at his evolving foreign policy and national security policy, mark halperin of "time" magazine and washington david sanger of the "new york times." david, let me begin with you and talk about what does this -- these choices say about the president and how he sees the challenge of national security over the next four years? >>ell, charlie, i think that in the selection of john brennan, who, as you said, has been his counterterrorism chief and many people believe has essentially run the entire intelligence community, you have seen the president choose somebody who is central to the president's light footprint strategy. that is the strategy of not getting involved in the world through these big attritional wars in which we send 100,000, 200,000 troops into iraq and afghanistan but instead the man who helped shape president obama's concept that with a combination of drones, cyber warfare, special forces you can actually go out and defend america's interest without staying inside countries, without trying to rewire them. but i think that you'll find that both these men, both mr. bre

magazine, "foreign affairs." the whole magazine has been redesigned and this issue has a great debate about perhaps the biggest foreign policyllenge facing the united states facing the world -- the future of china. will it go democratic. it also has an article by me, about america's biggest challenge. for a link to that, go to cnn.com/fareed. and buy the magazine. now for the last look. >> more than 100 years ago, the first ball was dropped in new york's time square to celebrate a new year. >> today cities around the world celebrate those first moments of the new year en masse. >> happy new year! >> but this year, there was a truly remarkable first -- myanmar, formerly burma held what is believe to be its first-ever public new year's celebration. see, the ruling junta had denied the right to ring in the new year as part of a larger ban on any large gathering. but with the pressure off on monday night, the burmese were finally free to celebrate the passage of time. from 2013, to 2013. as many as 100,000 people were set to have attended this event. much of the pricetag for the party was covered by international companies. all

. >> vogue magazine is not making foreign policy decisions in the u.s. senate. >> thank goodness. do you think he'll pass? >> i think it's premature to decide. we have to have the confirmation hearings. >> we're already finding a lot of the large organizations, they're not going to fight that aggressively. >> tonight, a clearer picture just how bad the flu season is turning out to be and could get much worse. if you haven't had your flu shot, you might want to listen to this. dr. saunjay gupta joining me ahead. me ahead. me ahead. excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much accesseico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just click away with our free mobile app. isurprise...it's eating less. to losing weight. i'm hungry just thinking about it. thank goodness fo

. >> "vogue" magazine is not making foreign policy decisions in the u.s. senate. >> thank goodness. do you think he'll pass? >> i think it's premature to decide. we have to have the confirmation hearings. >> we're already finding a lot of the large right-wing pro-israel organizations, they're not going to fight that aggressively. >>> tonight, a clearer picture just how bad the flu season is turning out to be and could get much worse. if you haven't had your flu shot like i haven't, you might want to listen to this. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins me ahead. >>> flu season is hitting early and hitting hard. government health officials say the number of people seeking treatment for flu has spiked over the month. 41 states are now reporting widespread cases. 18 kids have died so far. keep in mind, the flu typically kills as many as 50,000 people every year in the united states. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins us now. i didn't realize it kills that many people. it certainly seems worse than last year. i know a lot of people have gotten sick. is i

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foreign policy. >> ambassador there, have you a contributions of cbs, time magazine, nbc and "new york times". >> and part of the problem is disconnect tweechb elite status. no one they are killed it's big news. and in the middle of a presidential campaign, you bet they expect two candidates who are vying to be commander in chief to talk about why americans are being killed and nothing is being done about it. >> and by the way, the elite main stream immediate why never gave the rez benefit of the doubt when it came to national security issue that's got concrete. they political sized iraq and afghanistan. this is a disgrace with personal representative of the president of the united states, dead in the street dragged through the streets. these are foreign policy it doesn't matter. >> you know, there are a lot of sicking points to this. they requested security. beforehand. numerous occasions seek ti denied they knew what's happening in realtime. they never told the american people. then, there is a cover up as suspect aspect of this. all to protect the president so he can cruise to reelection. it worke

foreign policy. >> ambassador there you have the contributions of cbs, "time" magazine, nbc and the new york times. mainstream media. >> part of their problem is the disconnect between their elite status and the vast majority of the american people who know when an american ambassador and three of his colleagues are killed in an american consulate, it is big news. in the middle of a presidential campaign, you bet they expect the two candidates who are vying to be the commander-in-chief to talk aboutde why americans are being killed and nothing is being done about it. >> and by the way, tom freed man and joe klein and the rest of the w elite mainstream media you just showed, they never gave president bush the benefit of the doubt when it came to national security issues that got, in tom freedman's words, messy. they paw lit sized iraq and afghan n stay. for them to say somehow conservatives are politicizing benghazi, which this is a disgrace. the personal representative of the president of the united states is dead in the street in benghazi and dragged through the streets and these policy elites in

foreign policy. america's future foundation's online magazine double tank of us in professionals the opportunity to find their voice and am pleased to on the editor, georgia turkey. are you around? please network withdrawal if you have an idea. but that's a heavy right for us as well. we also invite you to a number of other networking and professional development events. learn more at america's future.org or follow us on twitter at afs d.c. it is my honor to introduce our panel moderator this evening, maurice sanders. lori is the manager of the richer freedom project at the american presence of gibberish insert for the last three years. in this role she supports adis external affairs and student outreach teams as well as marketing and outreach for arthur brooks latest book, the road to freedom, which i highly recommend if you haven't had a chance to read. she's a member of the america's future foundation planning committee on which he asserts as 2010. the shyness and welcoming, laurie sanders. [applause] >> thanks, roger and welcome to the american enterprise institute. i'd like to thank america's futur

magazine, quote, his backers can cite no significant legislation for which hagel was responsible in his two terms in the senate. they can summarize no perceptive hagelian analysis of defense or foreign policy. >>> so, does hagel have a chance to be confirmed or is this going to be a fight that's picked and the president suffers a black eye. joining us now mike allen, welcome. >> good morning, mark. >> so why is the president picking this fight. hagel has a lot of opposition on the right. why does he want chuck hagel for the job? >> part of it now is a manhood thing. he can't be ruled second national security pick after susan was out there described as a presidential favorite, he went ahead and made a different choice for secretary of state going with john kerry. democrats are unhappy because of some of the gay comments, some of the democrats in the senate now didn't serve with him and so are on the fence. a top senate democratic official said to me, a path exists for him to be confirmed when you're with the president's party. but they say, he has a lot of explaining to do and the white house has a lot of work to do if republicans impose hagel enmasse. they can't count on the 51 democratic

magazines. i think the president views this. he is really -- he sees himself as the protector in chief and that's true on foreign policy and it'sestic -- >> he clearly seems to have been permanently affected by the newtown tragedy, but how much -- if you were advising him how much should he invest in this at the beginning of what can a packed second term? >> he definitely was affected by it. every american was affected by what happened in that awful situation. i mean the president could have done a lot of this in the last four years which he chose not to do. he could have done a bunch on executive orders and decisions he chose not to because he understood the political problem with this. to me this whole issue -- i live in austin, texas, and texas is a place where people love their guns. i have owned five guns. most people know something has to be done. most people know there has to be something, how far does it extend is a question of debate. something will get passed -- go but i'm just -- >> before that, my fear is the real thing that won't get done is what the real issue is which is mental health. >> it's going to get -- >>

magazine called him an arabist. talking about the golden rule of foreign policy -- what do you guys want to achieve in 2016 besides warran? what do you guys plan to do when you get your reactionary candidate in office? guest: bill kristol is the editor of "the weekly standard," another conservative journal of opinion. i work for "national review." ron paul question is a very fair one to raise. some people in the house, rand paul in the senate -- the movement -- i was at the sun dome in florida where he had his last rally. that libertarian streak of the republican party is going to continue. you see it in house primaries across the country. perhaps the tea party reassert and reevaluate where it's going to go -- reasserts and reevaluates where it is going to go. i think he will continue to seek candidates inspired by ron paul -- you will continue to see candidates inspired by ron paul. caller: my comment is -- obviously, we have a stalemate between republicans and democrats. i believe boehner's this job right now is to further any jobs -- boehner's biggest right now is to further any deals, to make deals happen, and sto

foreign policies. let's talk about it with jim pinkerton a contributing editor and writer for the american conservative magazinehor of thank the liberals for saving america. welcome to both of you. steve croft said it in the intro he said we barely had enough time to scratch the surface of their complicated relationship. jim, assess what scratching they did? >> no scratching whatsoever, that is for sure. every journalist has to make a choice. if you want the interview you sometimes have to take the terms that the interviewee wants whether the termser explicit or implicit. when oprah winfrey be began to interview lance armstrong. was tough question, tough question, tough question, a tough interview at least the first half. steve croft has set himself up for puff tee interviews with the obama administration. it was quite striking. ron forneau of the national journal said the president and mrs. clinton were like an old married couple, happily sitting there and happily married. that is the kind of tone the whole thing set. jon: it was weird seeing the president on there beaming sometimes. >> i think it was a great

magazine? they're telling me it's ok to kill 10 people and not 11? host: go to foreign policy for may. talk about your feelings on the u.s. on the world stage? or how you might assess the last four years of the obama administration? caller: i would like to have the secretary of state hillary clinton sat in front of a judge to respond to what happened in benghazi, because she said she was responsible for what happened there. host: were you not satisfied with her testimony before congress last week? caller: i was not, sir. she should be tried for what happened in benghazi. host: why were you not satisfied? caller: because it did not cover anything. [indiscernible] host: thanks for calling this morning. if you want to check out secretary clinton's testimony, you can see that online at c- span.org. one more call this morning from springfield, virginia, on the democratic line. vita, your assessment. caller: banks taking my call. -- thanks. i really resent those who call in to talk about hillary clinton at is too old. somebody said that is a 69-year- old lady thinking about the presidency. o