bush, and secretary to george h w bush. we have executive director of fiscal institute of international affairs. he has been it distinguished professor on diplomacy at georgetown, vice president of worldvision, a veteran who served in the gulf war, us special envoy to the darfur process and most especially administer of international development. today they have edited and produced transforming our world, george h w bush and american foreign policy, a collection of essays from well-known foreign-policy practitioners who participated in unfolding international events in the administration. i to make sure everyone knows we will have time to take some audience questions near the end of the program. if you have questions please submit them to event@wilsoncenter.org. please include your name and affiliation. let me get things going. for me, a recurring theme in this book even though it was written by 20 authors in terms of the essays is good fortune. and ocean that george w. bush was uniquely qualified to lead the free world whe

bush and secretary of transportation to george h.w. bush. and andrew is a professional at the book store and director of the skull croft institute of affairs and distinguished professor at georgetown, a veteran who served in the gulf war, u.s. special envoy to sudan in the dar forcrisis. today they have edited and produced "transforming our world, george h.w. bush a collection of foreign policy" a collection of essays from those that participated in the unfolding the events of r as part of the bush administration. we'll have time to take a few audience questions near the end of the program. if you have questions, please submit them to event@wilson center.org. please include your name and affiliation. let me get things going. for me, a recurring theme in this book, even though it was written by 20 authors in terms of the essays is good fortune. the notion that george h.w. bush was uniquely qualified to lead the free world when he did. as you point out, he's the first president in 128 years with prior diplomatic experience. the only president

george h.w. bush, and american foreign policy. a collection of accounts from bush administration officials who helped shape world events from the fall of the soviet union to the gulf war. >> i'm mark green, president and ceo. the wilson center was chartered by congress more than 50 years ago to, in their words, strengthen the fruitful relation between the world of learning and the world of public affairs. one of the principle ways we fulfill that mission is through our history and public policy program, which strives to make public the primary source record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world and based upon those records to facilitate scholarship, education, and debate. we also mobilize scholarship and research to inform public policy in other ways. from podcasts like international history declassified, to blogs like my own stubborn things. and today's program is very much in line with that purpose. our guests today, andy card. andy has served as chairman

i had done that before with george bush and it is a great honor. i was elected assistant leader when he was an elected leader and served with him for 10 years. i was in the infantry and he was obviously a combat veteran. i told them i would be your first lieutenant and he would be the captain and you don't have to worry about me. there are footsteps behind the waiting to take your job and i will go over the hill for you. we did that and we had a wonderful relationship based upon intelligent. i do beg your pardon, and we loved to legislate. we were both partisan, but he worked well with the other side. he worked well with george mitchell and robert byrd and tom daschle. we got the job done. we were not there as republicans and democrats but as republicans. -- as americans. that would be embarrassing to be in congress now to see a man with an d behind his name and he is ugly or an r behind his name and he has a monster. i can just tell you that things came up and we dealt with the decibel disability act, we go with immigration -- the disability act,

i did that before with george bush and it is a great honor. i was elected when he was elected leader, served for 10 years as assistant leader. he was a combat veteran. i told him, i said i will be your first lieutenant, you will be the captain, and you don't have to worry about me. we did that. we had a wonderful relationship based upon intelligence --i beg your pardon --and we loved to legislate. we were both partisan, obviously. he was a very partisan person, but he worked well with the other side. he worked well with george metro and robert byrd and tom daschle. i worked with a californian and a kentuckian. we got the job done. we were not republicans and democrats. we were there as americans. i would be embarrassed to be in congress now. see a man with an d behind his name and he is ugly or an r behind his name and he has a monster. i can just tell you that things came up and we dealt with the decibel disability act, we go with immigration -- the disability act, we dealt with immigration. there is no such thing as a partisan immigration bi

it was -- he was president of the american cancer society when george w. bush -- george h.w. sh nominated him to leave the nci, so andy spent three decades as a physician and president of the american health initiative, and he is now a professor at the md anderson cancer center. in 2006, time magazine made him one of the 100 most influential people who will shape the world. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dr. von eschenbach. [applause] >> good morning. would you like to join me on stage? david? good morning. before i introduce my panelists, i will probably take a little bit more of a historical perspective as to how we arrived at this point in time. yesterday, we looked at some of the history behind the national cancer act but it goes back further than that. if we go back 100 years or so to the turn of the 20th century, the preoccupation with science was to understand the fundamental nature

about the different facets of it into the way that she engaged with three different presidents, george bush, obama and the trump and of the different types of power with each of them so talked about nancy pelosi and power. >> different times i signed the contract we went through a different one but every title i had had the word power because one of the distinguishing is how comfortable she is with power. she has no qualms about power. this is a trait that is even rarer among the women that get into politics with amassing power and a friend of ours, john bresnahan, congressional correspondent about a decade ago he wrote a profile that described her as an iron fist in a gucci glove and i think that is just about the perfect description of nancy pelosi's use of power because she can be very persuasive. she has an iron fist. in the ninth interview i was asking about something she didn't want me to put inn' the book. she said you shouldn't put this in the book for this reason. i said it should be in the book for this reason and she started to show the iron fist. she didn't raise her voice, she

and of course george bush did not recommend wasn't something that would recommend to donald trump so why did he get nominated to given that trump sort of disdained all things. i think you have to give credit to donald trump's white house counsel who is a very conservative and his project is doing away with the e administrative state, federal regulations and he really put a thumb on the scale to be the first choice to take the seat that should have been garlands, obama's nominee. on the dc court of appeals ruling against the federal regulators so was very appealing to don mcgann in fact he chose kavanaugh to swear him and when he became a commissioner so he had a lot to promoting him to donald trump and in the bush years, he had to become a virtual son to george bush so he named the dc court of appeals was not a surprise at all back then. >> regina asks whether you thin. the rulings so far show him to be as conservative as expected. is he proving to be as conservative as alito? >> most of the time, he is voting with thomas, alito and morema often than not what he ds often, he doesn

, clinton, george w. bush, obama and trump as well as the cia, joint chief, hollywood and the supreme court and is most recent book which he co-authored and the moderator for our opening discussion is douglas brinkley, humanities and professor of history at rice university and professor douglas brinkleyt- is a best-selling author and grammy award-winning producer, and he served as presidential historian it both new york post new york historical and cnn is a frequent contributor to the new york times of theor washington post, the boston globe and he is the author of numerous books in his most recent new york times bestseller is american moonshine f kennedy andre the great space race and just before we begin, i ask that you please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices and remember to keep yourc mask on. please note that with the exception of the house photographer, not permitting the photography this morning p it. now join me in welcoming our guests, thank you. [applause] >> good g morning, welc

and then i read one of my critics of the bush books i did, george w. bush. i did four books on his wars on afghanistan and iraq and i was criticize because the books were to white house-centric. and you can cover the cia or the pentagon and think that the decisions are really made here. they are important parts of the puzzle but, you know, as george w. bush said, he is the decision-maker. and he is. even if he doesn't decide he has made a decision. when >> i was moved, as i'm sure all of you were, on a bob getting to talk to colin powell near the end of his life and the tape that was played on the air. and we hair at the new york historical society had to do a, perhaps in the spring, a program on the career of general powell, particularly his immigrant roots from jamaica. his time at city college. it's a great american story. and you asked general powell a question about who was his spiritual guru or who, out of all the people he met, who moved him the most. i want to ask you, and your long career, who have been the touchstone figures that you reflect on? >>

george w. bush and there is no love loss between those men, george w. bush and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration's approach to the great recession and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. >> i want to bring in david as well. obama made the point that they made a good team, as tim was talking about, and that he wouldn't have gotten most of what he accomplished without reid. tell me about that, the economic stimulus, obamacare. he pushed a lot through the senate, right? >> those are harry reid's finest hours. yes, he was very good during that period of time. obama was enough to the presidency and he needed someone like reid in effect to mentor him to be help him along and help him navigate the complexities of the senate and the house. he did very, very well with that and i think harry reid will always be remembered as a father of obamacare. at the same time one can't ignore the other side of the ledger and th

george w. bush, and there is no love lost between those men. george w. bush and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration's approach to the great recession, and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. >> president joe biden called reid one of the all-time great senate majority leaders, and for harry it wasn't about power for power sake. it was about the power to do right for the people. >>> on tuesday, barack obama shared a recent letter he sent to reid. i wouldn't have president been president had it not been for your encourage 789 and support. i wouldn't have got done most of what i got done without your skill and determination. >>> and republican house speaker boehner said, i am sad, but grateful for the friendship i had with harry. we disagreed on many things, sometimes famously, but we were always honest with each other. >>> we are also getting more reaction from the sports world as it mourns the loss of john madd

the way you described the way she engaged with three different president, george w. bushfenn trump and the way she had different types of power with each of them, talk about nancy pelosi and power. >> i kept changing the title of the book, every title i had had the word power in it because one of the distinguishing things about nancy pelosi is house comfortable she is with power. she has no. qualms about power. it's a trait among male politicians and even rare among women in politics. amassing power, holding power. a longtime friend of ours, congressional correspondent about a decade ago he wrote a profile of pelosi described her as an iron fist in a gucci glove. i think that's justs about the perfect description of nancy pelosi use of power because she does have a gucci club glove. when she knew hard power, she had an iron fist and i found myself in the ninth interview i did with her, i asked her about something she didn't want me to put in the book she said he shouldn't put this in the book and i said actually, i think it should be in the book for this reason and starte

george w. bush had many, many great friends and, you know, he talked to his chief of staff who talked to him. he wanted to cooperate for this book, wanted to talk about his great friendship with don evans for example, but can you say don evans saved george bush's presidency? you can't say he did, you can't say because he had a best friend he would succeed as president. i think what i learned and the extent there's a thesis to the book, it's that those presidents who did have a best friend were generally better for it, and so was our country. and that's what i discovered in the telling of these nine stories. now you could argue beebe rabozo played an integral part in his life, but in the last years when he could have spoken truth to him when he told nixon in 1967, do not run for president, i saw what you did in 60, and '62 with your family, the loss, it was quite ugly and no one had a better seat to see the emotional toll it exacted on pat, trisha and julie, and didn't want to see nixon or the family

with nixon ford george h to be was, clinton, george w. bush, obama and trump as well as the cia and the joint chiefs, hollywood in the supreme court. but douglas brinkley has a degree in humanities and professor brinkley is a best-selling author and a grammy award-winning producer as serving as the president of the story and cnn. and then the "washington post" and the boston globe and the author ofme numerous books new york times bestseller is american moonshot jfk and a great space race. just before we begin, please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices please note with the exception of our house photographer will be taking photography this morning please join me to welcome our guest. [applause] thank you. >> good morning. welcome to bob assess. [laughter] and what an honor for the new york historical society with a 40 minute conversation and isha number one in the charts. i would be remiss if i do and ask him the very question so when did you first meet bob caro? [laughter] i think about 25 years ago. and how do you verify i

george w. bush -- and there's no love lost between those men. george w. sh and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration's approach to the great recession, and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. >> obama was new to the presidency, and he needed someone like reid in effect to mentor him, to help him along, to help him navigate the very -- you know, the complexities of the senate and the house. he did very, very well with that, and i think harry reid will always be remembered as the father of obamacare. at the same time, one can't ignore the other side, and that is did he show wisdom? was he helpful or not with regard to the filibuster, which is part of today's controversy. he used the nuclear option as it was called at that time to blow up the filibuster, and especially for people who were appointees of the president or appointees to the courts. and what that has done and one of the reasons it's so controversial for

we heard from brian lowery just a moment to go about what he called an iconic moment when george h w bushying in state in the capital and then senator bob dole insisted he get help to stand. let's watch. [no audio] host: bob dole saluting his fellow world war ii veteran, george h w bush. now, the late senator will lie in state himself today, becoming the 33rd person to lie in state in the nation's rotunda. he is the 35th person overall. flags are half-staff today to honor him. president biden will pay tribute today, this morning, coming up. we will have coverage of those remarks along with other dignity -- dignitaries. here is a picture. the casket will lie on the lincoln catapult. the platform used for services in the capital since 1865. biden, pelosi, schumer, and mcconnell are all expected to speak this morning. we are in an open forum this morning. we are talking about public policy issues that are on your mind. thank you for waiting. john, democrat caller. caller: i have been held on the phone for so long that i forgot what i was going to talk about. host: i am sorry. caller: i belie

. >> reporter: but he reveled on playing the bad guy, calling then president george bush a loser andfore politicians used those "l" words. >> i don't care. i don't want to be somebody i'm not. >> reporter: during the president trump presidency, reid changed his tune about bush. >> in hindsight, i wish every day for a george bush again. i think that he and i had our differences, but no one ever questioned his patriotism. there's no question in my mind that george bush would be babe ruth in this league that he's in with donald trump. donald trump wouldn't make the team. >> reporter: in 2012, he used the senate floor to accuse mitt romney of not paying taxes, even though he had no evidence. >> he's refused to release his tax returns. let him prove he has paid taxes, because he hasn't. >> i don't regret that all. >> some people called it mccarthyite. >> they can call it whatever they want. he didn't win, did he? >> reporter: years later, he asked to meet with romney to make amends. >> shook hands and put it behind us. >> reporter: why was it important to tie up that loose end? >> i try t

then i read one of my critics of the bush books i did, george w. bush. i did four books on his wars in afghanistan and iraq. i was criticized because the books were too white house centric. i remember, wait a minute, that's where they make the decisions. you can cover the cia or the pentagon and think the decisions are really made here. they are important parts of the puzzle but george w. bush said, he's the decision maker. >> the tape that's played on the here and we here at new york historical society are hoping to do, perhaps in the spring, a program on the incredible career of general powell and his immigrant roots from jamaica and his time at the city college. he's a great american story. you asked general powell about who did he, out of all the people he met, who moved him the most. i hope you guys remember bob or heard this conversation. >> you asked general powell the questions. i'm asking you. >> this was three months ago where he was very open. i did not know he had cancer and parkinsons and he was quite open about it. even reporters sometimes

that george bush would be babe ruth in the example of donald trump.p wouldn't make the team. >> reporter: in 2012, he used the senate floor of accusing mitt romney of not paying his taxes, even though he had no evidence. >> he has refused to release his tax returns. let him show his tax returns because he hasn't. >> reporter: some called it mccarthyite. >> well, they can call it whatever they want. he didn't win, did he? >> reporter: years later, reid asked to meet with romney to make amends. >> shook hands. >> reporter: why was it important for you to tie up the loose end? >> i try to do that with everybody. >> reporter: reid inspired fierce loyalty from many of his long-time aides and fellow senators. not out of fear but affection. he often told colleagues i love you, even in public. he had a storybook romance with his wife, his high school sweetheart. the two converted to mormonism when they married. >> she had a pair of levi's on. she looked so good. it's true. >> reporter: in january 2015, reid, a workout addict, who ran numerous marathons had a

she and george w. bush had a very difficult relationship and nancy pelosi was the highest ranking member of congress to oppose the iraq war from the start. that was, you know, i was actually thinking about that with the news today on liz cheney. liz cheney is taking a position now that's politically perilous with other own party. the smart money in the republican, with donald trump not liz cheney and that was true with the democratic party during the iraq war, that the democrats who wanted to run for president, had ambition almost to a person supported the war in its early days and that turned out to be something damaging to them. in any case, nancy pelosi the highest ranking member of congress opposed the war from the start and when she was first elected in speaker in large part because of the war because in 2006 election, the republicans had said because of the unhappiness over the war she was convinced she would be able to convince george w. bush to change course in iraq. she was unable to do that despit

struck me in the way that you describe the way that she engaged with three different presidents, george bush, obama and then trump and the way she employee the different types of power with each of them so talk to me please about nancy pelosi and power. >> i kept changing the title of the book. it had the different titles and finally ended up with the lessons of power. every title i had had the word power because one of the distinguishing things about nancy pelosi is how comfortable she is with power. she has no qualms about power. it is just a trait that is rare among the politicians and even more among women who get into politics so at ease with amassing power and a long time friend of ours, congressional correspondent about a decade ago he wrote a profile and described her as an iron fist and i think that is just about the perfect description of nancy pelosi's use of power because she does have a -- she can be very persuasive [inaudible] she has an iron fist and i thought this actually myself in the ninth interview i did with her i did ten in all and in the ninth interview i was asking he

in a statement today, former president george w. bush recalled when dole paid respects to his father george h.w. bush in 2018. "i will always remember bob's salute to my late dad at the capitol, and now we bushes salute bob and give thanks for his life of principled service" today the capitol's flag was lowered to half staff in honor of the late senator. we have more on senator dole's political career now from newshour managing editor judy woodruff. >> woodruff: in 1968he won a seat in the united states senate. he became known for a moderate to conservative voting record and an ability to bridge policy divides. but dole was also a partisan warrior. he served as republican national chairman starting in 1972, and defended president nixon during much of the watergate period. he impressed nixon's successor, president gerald ford, who asked him to be his running mate in 1976. the announcement came in dole's hometown. >> it shows that you can come from a small town in america, but you don't need the wealth and all the material things in this w

al gore and george bush are an interesting example. george w. bush, many, many great friends. i talked to his chief of staff when he wanted to cooperate for this book pretty wanted to talk about is a great friendship with don evans for example. you cannot say he did. you cannot say at a best friend was going to succeed as president. think what i have learned is that those presidents who did have a best friend were generally better for it. and so is our country. that is what i discovered in these nine stories. you can argue really important role in richard nixon's life. i think he was for the most part part of the influence. but the last four years he could have spoken truth to him in the way he did in 1957 when he told nixon to not run for president. i saw you did in 60 and 62 with your family after you lost is quite ugly. nobody had a better seat to see the toll that is exacted on pat, trisha and he did not want to see nixon where the family go through it again and 68 so he said don't run. nixon does not listen to him and runs. the nixon becomes a president he becomes insecur

but he reveled in playing the political bad guy calling then president george w. bush liar well before politicians used those l words. >> i don't care. i don't want to be somebody i'm not. >> reporter: during the trump presidency, he changed his tune about bush. >> in hindsight, i wish every day for a george bush again. i think he and i had our differences, but no one ever questioned his patriotism. there's no question in my mind that george bush would be babe ruth in this league that he's in. donald trump wouldn't make the team. >> reporter: in 2012 he used the senate floor to accuse mitt romney of not paying his tkss even though he had no evidence. >> he's refused to release tax returns as we know. let him prove he's paid taxes. >> i don't regret it at all. >> some people call it mccarthy-ite. >> call it whatever you want. later he did ask to meet are romney to make amends. >> shoot hands and put stuff behind us. >> why was it so important to tie up that lose end. >> i try to do that with everybody. >> reid also inspired fierce loyalty from many longtime aides as wel

george bush was able to do a tax cut and a bipartisan education bill. he didn't advance his own partisan goals. biden has pushed through this gigantic covid relief bill, almost $2 trillion, pushed through this giant infrastructure bill. whatever you think of those bills, those are colossal wins for his team. >> do you think, though, collectively we as a society look at things differently now? the scored card is different a leans maybe negative than it did during the george w. bush administration? >> maybe. we have this objective fact of covid. it's frustrating. it's trapping us in our homes. here i am talking to you through a computer screen. do i enjoy that? i do not. so we have complains. we have real problems. some of the problems reflect successes that we don't understand. why are we having problems with supply chains? the answer is because american consumers have so much money to spend they're outbidding what the world can deliver as it recovers from covid. the supply chain problems are the result of massive, massive wealth in this country meeting

but he revelled in playing the political bad guy, calling george w. bush a lose i and liar long before politicians used the "l" words. >> i don't really care. i don't want to be somebody i'm not. >> reporter: during the trump presidency, however, reid changed his tune about bush. >> in hindsight i wish every day for a george bush again. i think that he and i had our difference, but no one ever questioned his patriotism. there is no question in my mind that george bush would be babe ruth in this league that he is in with donald trump. donald trump wouldn't make the team. >> reporter: in 2012, he used the senate floor to accuse mitt romney of not paying his taxes, even though he had no evidence. >> have he has refused to release his tax returns. >> or some people called it mccarthyite. >> they can call it whatever they want. he didn't win, did he? >> reporter: years later, reid asked to meet with romney to make amends. >> we shook hands and put stuff behind us. >> reporter: why was it so important to tie up that loose end? >> i try to do that with everybody.

al gore and george bush are an interesting example. george w. bush, many, many great friends. i talked to his chief of staff when he wanted to cooperate for this book pretty wanted to talk about is a great friendship with don evans for example. you cannot say he did. you cannot say at a best friend was going to succeed as president. think what i have learned is that those presidents who did have a best friend were generally better for it. and so is our country. that is what i discovered in these nine stories. you can argue really important role in richard nixon's life. i think he was for the most part part of the influence. but the last four years he could have spoken truth to him in the way he did in 1957 when he told nixon to not run for president. i saw you did in 60 and 62 with your family after you lost is quite ugly. nobody had a better seat to see the toll that is exacted on pat, trisha and he did not want to see nixon where the family go through it again and 68 so he said don't run. nixon does not listen to him and runs. the nixon becomes a president he becomes insecur

bush, the elder and a reagan who were her cold war heroes. she had a personal, she had great personal report. this may surprise your, your viewers with george w bush and they click and, and that had real time results. they only overlap for 2 years, but, but they continued to be friends. she had a rocky relationship at the beginning with bark obama, although they are much more liked than she and george w bush. they're both cerebral and they're there. they're both people who don't really love politics or politicians. but she found him to be at the outset. rather arrogant and too much of a hurry and she was offended that he wanted to give a speech before he was even elected president on marilyn's most like klondike corner, which is the brandenburg gate. so she'd be told that he took that very well. and ladies and staff were having chosen that, and then of course, she discovered that he'd been tapping her or private phone or cell phone, whether he'd given the instructions for that or, or, or others in the mean. i mean, i just want to go out there, i just want to stop there for a 2nd. she found out the u. s. president was spying on her. right. t

but he revelled in playing the political bad guy, calling then president george w. bush loser and a liar, well before politicians used those "l" words. >> i don't really care. i don't want to be somebody i'm not. >> reporter: during the trump presidency, however, reid changed his tune about bush. >> in hindsight, i wish every day for a george bush again. i think that he and i had our differences, but no one ever questioned his patriotism. there was no question in my mind that george bush would be babe ruth in this league that he's in with donald trump. donald trump wouldn't make the team. >> reporter: in 2012 he used the senate floor to accuse mitt romney of not paying his taxes, even though he had no evidence. >> he's refused to release his tax returns as we know. let him prove that he has paid taxes because he hasn't. no, i don't regret that at all. >> reporter: some people called it mccarthy-ite. >> well, call it whatever they want. >> reporter: years later, reid did ask to meet with romney to make amends. >> shook hands and put stuff behind us. >> reporter: why was i

if he had not done that then george w. bushand george bush would've never existed because their descendent of john howland. the relatives and their descendents, they've got some -- if we could make these avatars tell their story, how fantastic that would be. so there we have it. going to the stern of the ship, that particular structure their which is designed to really pull in ropes and be able to sort of secure the ship and secure various pieces of cargo coming onto the ship. this is the main deck and this is where you've got the steerage office. that's called a captain. if you go further towards what would be the tiny cramped cabins on the left you can just see the stick on the left. that was a very small stick that controlled the rotor. rudder. deck control the steerage of the ship and then you have the captains cabin, obviously the best gavin on the ship. he had a little bed. this is what we believe the mayflower compact in which bradford had a large hand in. this is where you see the pictures of them all signing the compac

george bush accepts the republican nomination for president. we will get reaction from barbara gonzalez and we will look at the conduct of the philadelphia police and tour through the independent media center all that and more coming up on pacific radio's condemn democracy now!. >> you are listening to pacifica radio on public access tv stations around the country on the internet both live streaming and video casting and ww w democracynow.org in an unprecedented community media collaborative. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez as we continue the reaction of the none nation speech of the acceptance speech of george w. bush for nomination by the republican party at their presidential candidate. >> as i said an amazing speech by bush. he actually attempted basically to portray himself as a caring sensitive compassionate conservative, but the reality of the message that he was bringing of increased military spending, privatization of portions of social security accounts, charter schools that would begin to tear apart the public school system rather

. >> in hindsight, i wish every day for a george bush again. that he and i had our differences, but no one ever questioned his patriotism. there's no question in my mind that george bush would be babe ruth in this league that he's in with donald trump. donald trump wouldn't make the team. >> reporter: in 2012, he used the senate floor to accuse mitt romney of not paying taxes, even though he had no evidence. >> his refuse to release his tax returns. he hasn't paid taxes. >> i don't regret that all. >> some people called it mccarthyite. >> they can call it whatever they want. he didn't win, did he? >> reporter: years later, he asked to meet with romney to make amends. >> shook hands. >> reporter: why was it important to tie up that loose end? >> i try to do that with everybody. >> reporter: he inspired fierce loyalty. not all out of fear, but affection. he often told colleagues he loved them, even in public. >> i love you, john carry. >> reporter: he had a story book romance with his wife. the two converted to mormonism when they married. >> she

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

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time helping his wife elizabeth win a senate race and accepting an appointment from president george w. bush to co-chair a commission on problems at the military hospital. >> senator dole, who is himself a veteran and a wounded veteran at that, former distinguished senator, a man who knows washington well, but more importantly knows the kind of questions to ask. >> reporter: he continued to push for answers on capitol hill as well, traveling there in support of legislation for disabled veterans. >> just the right thing to do. >> reporter: and advocating for politicians who share his vision like kansas senator pat roberts, also urging congress to confirm mike pompeo as the head of the cia and robert light hiser as a trade representative. >> i'm proud to be here. i know this man and i noel do a great -- know he'll do a great job. >> reporter: in 2012, dole entered the capitol rotunda to visit the cass set of his friend and former world war ii veteran as he laid in state. the pair met while recovering from combat injuries during world war ii. they had been sent to the same hospital in michigan

you discuss the signing of the panama canal, to go back to panama and the reversal efforts by george h.w. bush, targeting panama, having the target of noriega as a subversive -- for people to look at understanding that was an important thing to reverse for george w. bush and the bombing of the people and people living in refugee conditions and weapons used to the panamanian people experimented with to invade iraq. that legislation was a big -- or that policy or whatever jimmy carter did, a lot of people just really didn't understand that the panama canal was something that was not u.s. interests to allow to be overturned. jonathan: this is a great question, i'm really glad you raised this because it's one of jimmy carter's most overlooked achievements, was the securing of the panama canal treaties. this was an enormously heavy lift. nobody -- so, it required two-thirds of the u.s. senate and 2/3 of the country was against it in part because ronald reagan at that time was going all over the country saying it's ours, we're not giving it back. in answer to your first question, i talked to jimmy c

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well, i managed to ferret out one interview with george w. bush. it was in the "washington post," major newspaper, in the style section. it was a story about -- it was on a 20th anniversary and it described this lovable, goofy grandpa who has fun with his children and looks at all the portraits he painted of the great meeting you. there's a side mention of there were these couple of wars, but at least he's not as bad as trump who called his opponents evil. bush never did that. so it wasn't too bad, a couple million people killed, millions of refugees, two countries destroyed, ethnic conflicts and elicited -- spread over the whole region. he didn't call his opponents evil. so that takes care of the decider. well, that, in a way that encapsulates the nature of the flood of commentary, time of material about the cost to us, you know, trillions of dollars spent, american lives lost. what was achieved? there's some side mention that other people didn't too well either, but that sets up a framework for thinking. and, in fact, it's pursued it. it's not th

. >> in hindsight, i wish every day for a george bush again. and i had our differences, but no one questioned his patriotism. no question in my mind that george bush would be babe ruth in this league that he's in with donald trump. donald trump wouldn't make the team. >> in 2012, he used the senate floor to accuse mitt romney of not paying his taxes even though he had no evidence. >> he's refused to release his tax returns as we know. let him prove he has paid taxes because he hasn't. no, i don't regret that. >> some people called it mccarthy. >> well, they can call it whatever they want. didn't win, did he. >> years later, reid did ask to meet with romney to make amends. >> shook hands, put stuff behind us. >> why was it so important for you to tie up that loose end? >> i try to do that with everybody. >> reid also inspired fierce loyalty from many of his long time aides as well as fellow senators. he often told colleagues he loved them, even in public. >> i love you, john kerry. >> he had a storybook romance with his high school sweetheart. t

that's wicked. >> will ferrell's depiction of george w. bushseem a lot more relatable and maybe a little silly but, you know, warmhearted. >> we have to get ready to debate al gore. polls say you're neck and neck. >> i'm a uniter, not a divider. i'm a uniter, not a divider. >> snap out of it. >> everybody knew that bush was sort of challenged when it came to the english language. >> strategery. >> but darrell's gore said something that was not helpful to gore. >> rather than squander the surplus on a risky tax cut for the wealthy, i would put it in what i call a lockbox. >> that sort of slightly superior repetition of lockbox sort of said something to americans about gore that is responsible for the 500 votes in florida. >> i love those hockey moms, you know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull -- lipstick. >> democrats were petrified of sarah palin. she had a rousing speech at the republican convention and it took tina fey putting on a wig, she was really the takedown of sarah palin. it was tina fey that took her down.

i want to read something from former president george w. bushd this is significant. he put out a statement, he said this good man represented the finest of american values and defended them in uniform in world war ii and advanced them in the united states senate and livered them out as father, husband friend, our entire family benefited from that friendship including my father. i will always remember bob salute to my late dad at the united states capitol and we bush's absolute bob and service and laura and i send heart felt condolences to elizabeth and join in prayer and comfort. president biden went to go visit -- both senators i should say, bob and elizabeth dole where they live here in washington, d.c. so they've had a long friendship and i actually had a chance if i may just say to visit senator bob dole just a few months ago, a gentleman was very kind to my family and i, certainly he will be missed here in washington and we will wait to see what the president has to say later today about his friend, former senator bob dole. mike: david spun

you discuss the signing of the panama canal to go back to panama and the reversal efforts by george w. bush senior targeting panama, having the target of noriega as a direction for people to look at as opposed to understanding that that was an important thing to reverse for george w. bush, and that the bombing of the people and the refugees that are still living in refugee positions and the weapons that we used on the panama people that was experimented with to go invade iraq. that legislation was a big -- for that policy or whatever jimmy carter did, a lot of people just really didn't understand that the panama canal was something that was not u.s. interests to allow to be overturned. guest: yes, this is a great question, i'm really glad you asked it. it is one of jimmy carter's most overlooked achievements, the securing of the panama canal treaties. this was an enormously heavy loss. so, it required two thirds of the u.s. senate, and two thirds of the country was against it. in part because ronald reagan at that time, former governor of california, was going all over the country saying we