and his son george w. bush and it was confusing for george w. bush. george bush finally said i'm 41 and he's 43. brenly got so confusing they just said 41 and 43 as a way to distinguish them are. his chief of staff told me i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 once and president clinton had made his day. he told the staff oh my gosh. i'm pretty sure was 43 who called in that. he said now i'm a member of the family. >> president bush was reagan's vice president for eight years and there's a question here about they were adversaries and i'm not sure president bush ever thought he would be picked for vp but talk about how that relationship grew between the two of them. >> i should point out and i apologize it predates my book and it predates when i was in president bush's inner circle so i know the answer, i do just from being around for 25 years. president reagan wanted george bush to be his veep p. candidate in the 11th hour at the republican convention. historians among you will remember it was former president ford to encourage a man that

so president bush's name was george herbert walker bush. he was named for his grandfather whose name was george herbert walker, that was his maternal grandfather. when he was growing up, george herbert walker's children all called their dad pop. when little george herbert walker bush comes along, they nicknamed him copy and started a playoff for what they called their father. so president bush was called poppy. i think almost until he went to the navy at the age of 18 after pearl harbor and he wrote somewhere he found out poppy was not a quick name for a young man in the navy, he wants to be a navy pilot but he tried to drop the name. i'm thinking of him writing about no one in texas was called poppy but missus bush brought him pop into the very end. it was very sweet so quickly it's a problem for you, to. president bush's name was george herbert walker bush went by george bush, he did not like having four names. then a man named george washer broke george walker bush was elected in 2000 and all of a sudden you had to president george bush's

so president bush's name was george herbert walker bush. he was named for his grandfather whose name was george herbert walker. that was his maternal grandfather. when he was growing up, his -- george herbert walker's children all called their dad pops. so when little george herbert walker bush comes along, they nicknamed him poppy and sort of a play off what they call their father. and so president bush was called poppy i think, warren, almost until he went into the navy at 18 after pearl harbor. and he wrote somewhere -- it's not in this book because this, of course, predates this book -- but he wrote that when he went off to the navy, he found out that, yeah, poppy was not really a good name for a young man in the navy who wanted to be a pilot, a navy pilot. and he really tried to drop the name when he moved to texas. i think that's where -- no one in texas called poppy if, but mrs. bush called him pop until the very end. it was very, very sweet. >> yeah -- >> quickly, this was a problem for you too. so president bush's name was george he

great portrait have george hw bush and his son george w. bush. and the artist who painted that portrait, and is kind of him accusing, georgia be bush setting by george w. bush and you need to post this way and george bush, i'm 41 and he is 43 and the artist said boy can't call you then and finally got so confusing that he said okay 41 and 43. and it the way to distinguish them. jean: he told me once, chief of staff actually told me that i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 months and that president clinton and made his day and he told his staff, oh my gosh, i'm pretty sure it was 43 who called him without any said he just called me 42 and. now i'm a member of the family. i thought that was very funny. warren: so president bush was bragg's vice president for eight years and is a question her about there were adversaries. and i'm not sure the president bush ever thought he would be picked for the vp. talk about how that relationship grew between the two of them. jean: i should point out and apologize, predates from when i was in presid

president bush's name was george herbert walker bush. as named for his grandfather whose name was george herbert walker. that was his maternal grandfather. when he was growing up, george herbert walker's children all called their dad pop. so when little george herbert walker bush comes along, they nicknamed him poppy sort of a play off of what they called their father so president bush was called poppy. i think almost until he went into the navy at 18 after pearl harbor. it's not in this book because of course it predates this book. when he went off to the navy, he found out poppy wasn't really a good name for a young man in the navy who wanted to be a navy pilot. he tried to drop the name when he moved to texas. missus bush called him pop until the very end. it was very sweet. this was a problem for you president bush's name was george herbert walker bush. he went by george bush his entire life. he didn't like having four names. he sounded a little stuffy. but then a man named george walker bush was elected president of the united states

president bush's name and was george herbert walker bush. as named for his grandfather whose name was george herbert walker. that was his maternal grandfather. when he was growing up george herbert walker's children all called their dad pop. so when little george herbert walker bush comes along they nicknamed him poppy, as sort of a a play off of what they called their father. and so president bush was called poppy i think, warren, almost until he went into the navy at age 18 after pearl harbor, and he wrote some are, it's not this book because of course that predates this book. they wrote when he went off to the navy he found out that poppy was not really a good day for a young man in the navy who wanted to be a pilot, a navy pilot, and he really tried to drop the name when he moved to texas. i was thinking of you writing about no one in texas is called poppy but mrs. bush called him pop into the very end. it was very, very sweet. can i quickly just -- this was a problem for you, too. president bush's name was george herbert walker bush. he

his second term he was leader of the treasury department, secretary of the treasury and during george h w bush's presidency he was leader of the state department and secretary of state. in the year 2000 he became the leader of george w. bush's legal team that prevailed in the landmark case of bush versus gore so we could not have a better lawyer leader to be part of this program and secretary baker. thank you for taking time and being with us today for the final mark of this important conference. >> delighted to be with you. >> you've been a leader in so many areas. the logical place to start the conversation is how do you define the word leadership? >> it was the great historian james mcgregor burns who said leadership is a commitment to values and perseverance to fight for those values. that's a pretty good description of leadership. the toughest part of that formula is the commitment to fight for those values and getting it done. in washington dc, even back in the days that i was there it is usually to kill deals, it is hard to make deals and the difficult part of leadership in my view is tha

was the leader of the treasury department as the secretary of the treasury, of course during george h.w. bush's presence that he was the leader of the state department of secretary of state. in the year 2000 he became the leader of george w. bush's legal team that prevailed in the landmark case of bush versus gore. so we simply could not have a better lawyer leader to be part of this program than secretary baker so secretary baker. thank you for taking time and and being with us today is the the final market is very important conference. thank you damage. i'm delighted to be with you. now since you've been a leader in so many different arenas and we're going to be talking about the lawyers leader. i think a logical place to start the conversation is how do you define the word leadership secretary baker? well, you know, i think it was the great historian james mcgregor burns. who said that leadership is a commitment to values and the perseverance to fight for those values. i think that's a pretty good description of leadership. and the toughest part of that formula is the commitment to to fight

more americans blame george w. bush for america's failure in afghanistan than any other president. 38% rate bush as the most responsible. 19% said donald trump. 12% said barack obama. this is according to an insider poll on fox news, sean hannity's program. donald trump wasn't afraid to point the finger back to george w. bush or the united states intervention in the middle east. here's what he had to say on the handy program last night. >> we took this horrible place. a place that we shouldn't have been involved with. it was a horrible decision, going into the middle east. i know the bush family will not be happy, but i believe it was the worst decision in history of our country, but we decided to go into the middle east. it turned out to be quicksand. we have destroyed the middle east, and is a bigger disaster now than it was 20 years ago. it was a horrible decision. it cost trillions of dollars. i like to look at both sides. millions of lives. it's no different than it was. it is much worse. it has been blown to piece

but he's the one who followed george bush, the laughing stock of the, of the western world in 2001 into 2 wars, both of dennis, not and iraq. and he's the one who could not finish the wars were 20 years later. now in 2021. and he's still offering excuses, trying to justify what he did. so if there's one, if there's any embassy here, it's most certainly tony blair and that thing something given that we're talking about joe biden, in the same sentence. so, you know, tony, tony blair has lied from the beginning over time. even right now when he's talking about the withdrawal, he's saying that the taliban failed to give up all kinds of leadership. this is, this is blatantly fault you tell about actually offer to hand over osama bin lot. they just wanted proof that he was actually guilty of $911.00 before doing it, which is called due process, right? something that they came to believe in, in western democracies. and so he's, he's still lying about that right now in 2021. and he's still saying that, you know, the whole effort was noble. you know, this guy has blood on his hands from 2 countr

and to think that speech by george bush came barely 13 years after this one by george bush. as commander in chief, i can report to you, our armed forces thought with honor and valor, and as president, i can report to the nation. aggression is defeated, the war is over. 5, god, 5, right there. we've been to the warner right. 5 times. how beautiful that anyone can enter, watch or twice, but 5 times, only us only america. so we buy and ending combat missions in iraq. again, i think it's time to review all of our achievements. we the united states. we went in there and in just 3 minds, 66 months, a year, a little over 2 years. okay. it was, it was a shane shade longer than 5 years or was it is too quick. math and just a shade under 20 or 30 years. we went in there and wait broad. we resigned. we, we, we stopped there. we, we went in there, they 2 years ago, and we top or sit down those jane. yeah. many years ago that was, that was many years ago since then. we have, we have totally brought down or, or built that job thing and found what happened to match it. no, no, never, never

why did fdr pick up seats in 1934 and why did george w. bushick up seats in his first midterm in 2002? in both cases the country was emerging from existential crisis , the depression in the 1930's, 9/11 and 2002. the president was blazing a path of hope for the electorate. they did not want a check for his policies. the voters of 1934 did not want republicans checking fdr's policies because they thought those policies relating to a recovery. voters in 2002 did not want a democratic check on george bush's policies because they thought those policies were making them safe, that he was leading decisively after 9/11. i believe 2022 is more likely to be a 1934 environment than the typical environment. the country is being led out of crisis. we hope covid is significantly behind us. it may not be entirely behind us. the electorate do not want a republican congress blocking every policy by president biden to continue to lead us into security and public safety, stability. host: steve israel joining us in this 45 minutes of "washington journal." feel fr

there was also the torch of afghans i mentioned at the start including a taxi driver on george bush iswatch, where was his deep sadness over any of that stuff that was his responsibility when it came to afghan lives? >> look, i think that a lot of people regret the way things have happened in afghanistan, the things are perceived today, but it's also fair to say that just yesterday we had president biden on television expressing concern about afghan civilians, who -- 20,000 siv's, many of whom remain not in kabul not -- and potential, who knows, tortured, deaths and the like. there is a lot of blame to go around, i think the hard question now is, have we made the decision to leave the country, how do we do so in a way that protects our americans remain there, about 10, 000, or 20,000 siv's, 18,000 remain in the country and 60,000 afghans who worked alongside us, how do we ensure that they are not subject to being attacked, potentially killed by the taliban. >> it's an important point, i'm glad you made it. on biden, i think we can both agree the handling of the siv situation has been b

that's what's george bush shooting threatened to bomb pakistan into the stone. i said that the president shut off the people that tiny 20 years ago. and i hope that we have the wisdom to leave pakistan to manage its connection with looking at the sweep of history when the, all the details are written, the story is understood. where will this 2nd enough gamma stands? his stay will be just another attempt invasion by another form into local, which was available to repel them and life. and i've got a stand will go on and will this be the the last time some the march is on come to . well, last for the time be various british mc, somebody else know that his name will be going back, you know, since but up the other question i would put him in the the russians got thrown out of afghanistan and that was the end of the saw here. is was the, is the americans of suffering this scale of defeat and an afghan is going to be the end of the american socio and i think it is in the, in that part of the world i think lately, but it's still deep implications for the what we call th

that survey notes more americans blame former president george w. bushor america's failure in afghanistan than any other president who succeeded him. 38% ranked bush is the most responsible. 27% said joe biden. 19% said donald trump. 12% said barack obama. yesterday on fox news on sean hannity's program, former president donald trump was not afraid to point the finger all the way back to george w. bush for the united states' intervention in the middle east. [video clip] >> think of it. we took this horrible place, a place that we should not have been involved. it was a horrible decision going into the middle east. i know the bush family will not be happy, but i believe it was the worst decision in the history of our country when we decided to go into the middle east. it has turned out to be quicksand. we have destroyed the middle east. it was a horrible decision that cost us trillions of dollars. if you look at both sides, millions of lives. it is no different than it was. it is worse. the worst decision ever made was going. you can do a strike as retrib

he was right behind george bush in the warranty era. so of course, he's still trying to justify what he did. still ahead and this r t news, our europeans rallied to demand that government's help. women threatened by the taliban. we'll take a look at that after the break. i ah, with me ah. ah, i use join me every 1st a on the alex summon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. me the the news ah hello, go now the faith to ask on women under taliban rule is also a huge worry worldwide and solidarity rallies protested. have demanded action from that governments including taking in more refugees. many of express fears that the taliban will impose strict laws power in women from key parts of public life. much as read off canoes agency spoke to human rights activist about who's to blame the current crisis. in my opinion, america is the main country who, who is responsible right now, because what they should be doing, they're not doing what they are doing is against h

he was right behind george bush in the warren terrace. so of course, he still trying to justify what he did. okay, we'll keep you posted on what's happening in afghanistan, but still to come next here on our see concerns grow over trends. identifying men being placed in female prisons and in some cases, abusing fellow inmates. we've got a special report on that. so after the break, i use driven adrian shaped by those in me i think we dare to ask in what we got to do is identify the threats that we have crazy. even front ation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic development only i'm going to resist . i don't see how that strategy will be successful, a very critical time. time to sit down and talk me the news. ah, hello again. now we're going to return now to a topic that we feel deserves more investigation and it's getting elsewhere. in the latest of a series of reports, we're looking at the problem of transgender convicts abusing female inmates in prisons around the globe. a growing number of women say that lives have been turn

he was right behind george bush in the warranty. of course, he's still trying to justify what he did. now the washington d. c. capital police officer who fatally shot a trump supporter in general in the january 6th riots has been exonerated in an internal probe. the case has become a political cause with some republicans hiding victim. and us air force veteran asking babbitt as a martyr. so let's get more details and go live night, see us and speak with our correspondent, machaela morphine. a good evening, caleb. so i have further details being given then by capital police as to their reasons for exonerating this officer. while this is part of the ongoing fall out of the january 6th the capital riot and we now have the us capital police announcing that they have concluded their investigation into the killing of ashley bab. it was fatally shot during the events that took place on capitol hill. now, according to the statement they've released, there won't be any disciplinary action against the officer who carried out the shooting. the

but i guess i would like to say i can focus on bush's well, george w. bush who was such a great administrator and a moral person i think and run a tight ship. i think he was very charismatic and skilled politician and could with the whole idea of foreign interventions the debacle of the iraq war predict. >> we have just about a minute left and all that richard norton smith take a minute. it. >> blue-collar racism really important point. one reason that i think why the second president bush has risen in the rankings is applicable to this whole process. and that is that when we reassess presidents, one of the factors that we take into account is how did their successors handle the same issues. for 40 years, every president had a deal with the cold war, some more than others. presidents and their attitude towards israel and the middle east, we have 70 and 80 years in which they compare and contrast in the fact that there is a lot of criticism directed at george w. bush with the original decision to go into a rocket, but as time passes, we also look at how i

was in basilica, but he's the one who followed george bush, the laughing stock of the, of the western world in 2001 into 2 wars, both of gunnison and iraq. and he's the one who could not finish the war for 20 years later. now in 2021. and he's still offering excuses, trying to justify what he did. the united kingdom and the united states did not invade afghanistan to help women go to university, even though that's a great thing. they invaded afghanistan under the precincts of nation building and posing the taliban and getting all kinds. they, they claim that they assassinated they, they got been logged in in 2011. so what are they still doing there? he's the one who started this war in iraq, afghanistan, he was right behind george bush in the warranty era. so of course he's still trying to justify what he did. okay, we'll continue to keep explaining. i'm going to stand for you, but changing direction next, concerns growing over trans, identifying meant being placed in female prison, and in some cases, abusing fellow inmates. we've got a special report on that after the break. ah, join

he was right behind george bush in the warren terrace. so of course, he still trying to justify what he did. still had this concerns grow, i would trans identifying men being placed in female prisons and in some cases, abusing fellow inmates will have a special report on that just off the the the ah, is your media a reflection of reality? ah ah, in a world transformed what will make you feel safe for tyson lation community? are you going the right way or are you being somewhere direct? what is truth? what is faith? in the world corrupted, you need to defend the join us in the depths. will remain in the shallows. ah ah, welcome back in our we return to a topic we feel does this more investigation is getting elsewhere? is in the late to the series of reports, we look at the problem of transgender convex, abusing female inmates in prisons around the globe. a growing number of women say their lives have been turned into a living hell by male prisoners who are exploiting the system. and one of the most notorious cases in canada, women found th

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but i guess i would like to say i can focus on bush's well, george w. bush who was such a great administrator and a moral person i think and run a tight ship. i think he was very charismatic and skilled politician and could with the whole idea of foreign interventions the debacle of the iraq war predict. >> we have just about a minute left and all that richard norton smith take a minute. it. >> blue-collar racism really important point. one reason that i think why the second president bush has risen in the rankings is applicable to this whole process. and that is that when we reassess presidents, one of the factors that we take into account is how did their successors handle the same issues. for 40 years, every president had a deal with the cold war, some more than others. presidents and their attitude towards israel and the middle east, we have 70 and 80 years in which they compare and contrast in the fact that there is a lot of criticism directed at george w. bush with the original decision to go into a rocket, but as time passes, we also look at how i

you have got committee chair the question the election of george bush. you got a committee chair this who was suing the president. you have got a committee chair of of the siblings republican senators are equal to terrorist and should be on the terrorist watch list. you've got a member of raskin before the present was even sweat and the city should be impeached who question the election before objected electors if you got an adam schiff we know is playing nothing but politics comply to the american public that the get proof, took this country through an unbelievable false impeachment to find out that he lied to us. the idea that she thinks these predetermined people will protect her, i think you should start off with everybody should be able to ask the questions. let's get to the bottom of this. shouldn't -- they should never happen again to win the conference took place there was a break in a line in the capitol police. they are the majority party. why didn't they take from that to brew prepared for any of the time come for? you have a house administrat

he was right behind george bush in the warren tara. so of course, i'm still trying to justify what he did. a bit of other news this morning away from i've got to stand a washington d. c. police officer who fatally shorter from supporter during the january 6 capital building riots has been cleared by an internal probe. the case has become a political cause, with some republicans hailing the big tim u. s. air force veteran ashley babbitt, a martyr. kind of moped reports. this is part of the ongoing fall out of the january 6 the capital riot, and we now have the us capital police announcing that they have concluded their investigation into the killing of ashley babbitt who was fatally shot during the event that took place on capitol hill. now, according to the statement they've released, there won't be any disciplinary action against the officer and carried out the shooting. they say case closed, this is what they said. the actions of the office there in this case potentially saved members and stuff from serious injury and possible death

has had military operations in afghanistan, starting with george bush then through obama, then through 4 years of trump and now through less than one year of bite. and so it was under the the trumpet ministration that this unilateral agreement with a tall, a boss from the us to the tall of on took place. certainly donald trump is takes advantage of every opportunity to slam everyone that he possibly can. the future of this is the u. s. certainly is getting out of afghanistan on the, on the military front, which should have done 19 years ago after we went after al qaeda push them into pakistan. and then tragically decided, oh, go ahead and go after al qaeda since we're here. and then the iraq war happened and things kind of settle down. but a program started then going after the holiday on again. but it's been 19 years really that the united states has been there. that it, it really should not have been both the president and the secretary states claim the us as she's got a she that sculls and leave the small goals were talking. of course, i'll call it but law, et cetera, but perhaps th

in fact, as i recall, i think george bush had a mission accomplished banner on a, on a us ship, where he said it was over admission had been accomplished. so i think the real issue is, what was the us? why do they stay? and i think the people and i've been understanding many people in the region and also others around the world. they look at how the united states conducts itself and where it chooses to go. and it is almost always a battle over either resources or territory or both. and so in that regard, we gave up resources in territory. ok because are put in place government that is now vacated from cobble that government is no longer working with us. we have to have a new relationship with the taliban if we would like to have access to the territory or resources. you know, very, it's a very realistic view. i think that most people should have about how to understand why the united states does what it does around the world. people are making comparisons between today's withdraw on the u. s. leaving vietnam and the $970.00. that the last helicopter of science on those images have bee

el ex presidente george w bush dio la orden.kabul, y los talibanes huyen de la ciudad. algunos afganos celebraron. >> [habla en inglÉs] claudia: el rÉgimen del talibÁn tÉrmino, anunciÓ bush. tras siete aÑos de guerra, barack obama mandÓ refuerzos, y 17.000 tropas estadounidenses se unieron a las 36.000 que ya estaba en ese paÍs. luego de una cacerÍa de mÁs de 10 aÑos, el terrorista mÁs buscado fue asesinado en pakistÁn. despuÉs de un tiroteo mataron a osama bin laden, le dijo al mundo, obama. tras la muerte de bin laden, obama anunciÓ la retirada de las tropas, pero los talibanes continuaron dando pelea comento mi 17 donald trump lanzÓ la madre de todas las bombas contra isis en afganistÁn. los ataques de los talibanes continuaron, y estados unidos hizo un acuerdo de paz con ellos. >> [habla en inglÉs] hemos tenido negociaciones exitosas, sostuvo. claudia: dÍas antes de dejar la presidencia, trump ordenÓ la salida para el 1 de mayo, de las tropas esta audiencia, pero el presidente biden lo hizo el 31 de agosto. enfrentaron poca

that is why you see, from george bush, to president obama, president trump, you see the use of military all throughout. the blame does not go to one side or the other in my mind, because they have all been part of this failure in one way or another. president obama had increased the drone war. he increased the number of bombs dropped on other countries and civilians killed and efforts to disconnect the american people from what the military was doing. there is so much to talk about, that i want to emphasize this is not a liberal or conservative issue. this is an american issue, and we need to address it as such. host: let's try jonathan, who is calling from conyers, georgia. could you get as a quick question in? caller: just a quick comment. good morning. trump told wolf blitzer that bush -- i will say bush, cheney -- should be impeached for lying us into iraq. regarding the middle east, when hasn't it not been on fire? 6000 years ago? the pakistani isi was largely responsible for the civil war in afghanistan, and aligning themselves with and creating the taliban. the pakistanis hid and

a pole they did, americans rank george w. bush as the president most responsible for the outcome of the afghanistan war. this was from august 17. another piece in the guardian written by the former prime minister of england, you heard george w. bush reference england going to war with us in afghanistan. tony blair is condemning the dangerous u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. in a lengthy essay published on his website, the former prime minister who ordered british troops to join the invasion said the withdrawal has been a tragic and unnecessary decision that undermines the west's aims. he accused biden of being -- as if our engagement was compared to our commitment 20 or 10 years ago. let's hear from you. you say yes, it has been worth fighting. i'll come to the conversation. caller: good morning. my comment is the war in the beginning stages for the purpose it was for to kill osama bin laden who was in afghanistan at the time was yes. it was worth it because he was the orchestrator of 9/11. once he was killed, we should have gott

they asked you to come after george w. bush left so late. i had never seen reagan lose a debate.gued strongly for him to debate john anderson. john anderson was another republican running for president. carter did not want to debate to republicans. so i said we ought to go debate anderson i felt sure reagan would wipe up the floor with him, which he did. i wanted to put an empty chair out there and put a sign on it, jimmy carter's chair but they would not let us do that. i would have been very effective but reagan was a wonderful debater. whenever the red light went on the camera he was good. the only debate they had in that 1980 campaign was one debate. he just destroyed jimmy carter in that debate. and then of course he did something i don't think wl ever be done in american politics again, he asked somebody, me, who had done to campaigns against him to be as white house chief of staff. everybody was shocked. nobody was more shocked than i was what a beautiful human being i was privileged to serve for four years. >> getting back to your magnificat statement of patriotism for ou

george bush before becoming president. well, we appreciate you coming on to the program. it's always giving us your insight and opinion on this. that was what came professor of history on international relations . these are recent pictures from cobble apple. dip come up from various countries, are waiting flights to escape foss. dentist on nato forces, or at the site to ensure the safe, if activation for the parent can reportedly want to boost the number of personnel that to 6000. meanwhile, the us to stay and cobble has lowered the stalls. i'm striped off the staff who transferred to caleb open in new york is following the american reaction as asked out of san well, the flag is down. the u. s. embassy is evacuated and the staff is at the cobble airport. and from what we understand, they were ordered to burn sensitive documents before leaving the embassy. and now the voices are comparing the situation and cobble to the situation in saigon in 1975. the famous photograph of the us helicopter, pulling out as the government of south vietnam bell. well, here's some of what's b

a pole they did, americans rank george w. bushs the president most responsible for the outcome of the afghanistan war. this was from august 17. another piece in the guardian written by the former prime minister of england, you heard george w. bush reference england going to war with us in afghanistan. tony blair is condemning the dangerous u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. in a lengthy essay published on his website, the former prime minister who ordered british troops to join the invasion said the withdrawal has been a tragic and unnecessary decision that undermines the west's aims. he accused biden of being -- as if our engagement was compared to our commitment 20 or 10 years ago. let's hear from you. you say yes, it has been worth fighting. i'll come to the conversation. caller: good morning. my comment is the war in the beginning stages for the purpose it was for to kill osama bin laden who was in afghanistan at the time was yes. it was worth it because he was the orchestrator of 9/11. once he was killed, we should have gotten

ashton kentucky says it is george h. w. bush -- ash in kentucky says it is george h. w. sh and bill clinton. hayden sang the outcome was set in stone as soon as bush and cheney invaded and occupied afghanistan. this is on them. just a few of your comments from social media. we will show you front pages around the country and the focus for a fourth day now mostly on afghanistan on this front pages. we will let you see those as we hear from jay in maryland on the line for veterans of the war of afghanistan. caller: i am a veteran from afghanistan and iraq. this is a travesty, a slap in the face to not only the veterans of the united states but the veterans of our allies. i have lost friends, loved ones. i have spoken to my battle buddies, the ones that are still alive. they are despondent. across the nation, there is not someone who has served in this country who feels like this is the right move. if they do, they are ignorant. guest: you say -- in host: -- host: you say nobody feel sick this is the right move. do you mean leaving or the presence in which we left -- or the

he had to conservative appeals court's judges that he clerked for and george bush and george bush did not recommend him to donald trump so why did he get nominated given trump -- i think you really have to get credit to donald trump white house counsel john mcgann who is a very key libertarian conservative and his pet project is on the administrative space and don mcgann that's why he really put his thumb on the scale for neal gorsuch to be the first choice for trump to take the seat that rightfully should have been married garlands, obama's nominee but brett kavanaugh had a record on the court of appeals ruling against federal regulators and so was very appealing to don mcgann that he chose cat amount to swear him in which he became a commissioner of the federal election commission. i think don mcgann and in bush's ear he had a virtual simon bush named to the d.c. court of appeals was not -- it all back then. >> regina kavanaugh's ruling so far show him to be as conservative as expected but as he proven to be as respected this thomas alito and. >> absolutely. he is most of the time v

he met with george bush and representatives of the ayatollah to keep the hostages in iran during the 1980 campaign. nothing could be further from the f truth. george bush didn't -- he was in the united states the whole time and no representative reagan or anybody from the military or the cia said that. these are conspiracy theories made up and it's entirely untrue. i will tell you i interviewed bruce langdon [inaudible] he said the reason we were released are ronald reagan was a reins were terrified of reagan. they were terrified that reagan would take military action decisive military action. and he released the hostages on the e.. it was a simple fact. >> host: oliver "in depth" offers would like to ask him or her what they are reading and some of their favorite books. here's the responses from craig shirley some of his favorite books include mark twain the adventures of tom sara jay winick 1955. miracle in philadelphia tom wolf the bond fire and larry mcmurtry, lonesome dove. currently mr. shirley is reading james watson's endad of days napoleon hill's -- jon meacham's franklin wi