food and drug administration under presidents george h. w. bush and bill clinton from 1990 to 1997. dr. kessler is a graduate of amherst college, harvard medical school and university of chicago law school. rodale is the publisher. to find out more, visit rodale.com. .. >> host: we are here with one of the authors i am have admired my whole life, eduardo galeano. eduardo galeano board in the uruguay i mentioned to him i have had his books in my head for decades. one of the reasons i became involved in latin america and studies about latin america was because of your work spur it is really a great pleasure for me to be here with you. >> thank you. >> host: you have been in the states for a while? how long? >> guest: it 10 minutes. i just arrived. >> host: i know you are going to york. >> guest: and then other cities. >> my new baby. >> this is the book, at "mirrors" stories of almost everyone but of course, i checked out the spanish title title, [speaking spanish] which is a little different which means universal history, almost. >> guest: almost because if you say universal history

president george h. w. bush gave her the first job she had as a federal judge. she was nominated by a republican president. the job was to be a district judge in the southern district of new york. her nomination was enthusiastically supported by both new york's senators, democratic senator and the republican senator. if you watch tv or the newspapers, you know that this judge has been called names by many people. in most cases, these commentators have read a case or two of hers. the may have taken a sentence of of context. they have made a sweeping judgments about her judicial fed is based on a few words that have been taken out of context. and nominee's professional record is fair game to consider. we are obligated to determine whether to confirm someone to a very important position with lifetime tenure. it is the constitutional duty that i take very seriously. when people get upset about a few items that a judge has given, or a few statements that someone has made in public, do those trouble 17 years of good judicial decision making? i do nothing so. if we wan

have been nominated to three different federal judicial offices by three different presidents, george h. w. bush district court, president clinton to the second court of appeals, and now president obama to the supreme court and, of course, she is the first hispanic nominees to the supreme court. being first is not always easy period of some of you may be the first and our families to attend law school or even attend college. i know that my family came around 1850, to vermont, and i became the first leahy to receive a college degree. my sister the second one. judge sotomayor was all in the third and a third class of women admitted at princeton. she graduated summa cum laude and phi beta kappa. she run on and excelled at law school and became -- began her legal career as a prosecutor in new york city end of the da of manhattan, bob martin baller wrote a wonderful op-ed piece in the your time say what a wonderful prosecutor and she was. i remember when president clinton has nominated her to the second circuit to. republican controlled senate to put a hold on her nomination, they tried to block her

george h. w. bush, president clinton to the second court of appeals and now president obama to the supreme court. and she is the first hispanic nominated to the supreme court. being first is not always easy. some of you may be the first in your family to attend law school or even attend college. i know that my family came around 1852 vermont and yet i became the first one to receive a college degree. my sister was the second one. judge sotomayor was only the third in the third class of women at princeton. she graduated summa cum laude. she went on and became -- she began her legal career as a prosecutor in new york city and the da of manhattan wrote a wonderful op-ed piece saying what a great prosecutor she was. i remember one president clinton had nominated her to the second circuit. the republican-controlled senate put a hold on her nomination. they tried to block her. i made more than a dozen speeches on the senate urging those who placed an anonymous hold to at least have the courage to come forwar

have been nominated to three different federal judiciary offices by three different presidents, george h. w. bush to the district court common president clinton -- district court, president clinton and now president of, to the supreme court, and of course, -- president obama to the supreme court, and of course she is the first hispanic to the supreme court. being first is not easy. some of you may be the first in your family to attend law school or even college. i know my family came in 1852 vermont, and that -- i became the first ladto received a secod degree. judge sotomayer was only the third and third class of women admitted to princeton. she went on to excel at law school. she began her legal career as a prosecutor in new york city' and the d.e.a. of manhattan wrote a wonderful op-ed piece in the new york times of what a

since lee atwater ran george h. w. bush's campaign in 1988. i really think this new brand of republicanism began. by the time of conservatism that edmund burke wrote about 200 years ago. a conservatism that was reaffirmed by russell kirk, by bill buckley. i love bill buckley. he was asked in 2005, i loved what he said about george w. bush. and what he said about the iraq war and the president's plan and the second inaugural address, due in journey across the globe. there's a conservative restraint concept. two in journey across the globe. buckley said sadly we conservatives are supposed to be restrained by reality and we haven't been conservatives are supposed to conserve. whether it's a taxpayer dollars whether it's military power. my god, the military fincher is a. the belief that you can export democracy to four corners of the globe. that you can send our troops everywhere. and again, president bush's words, and journey across the globe. that is not a conservative concept. that is a radical concept the type of spending that occurred over th

president george h. w. bush the first bush gave for the first job she had as and when a judge said she was actually nominated by republican president, that job was to be a district job and the southern district of new york. for nomination to the southern district was enthusiastically supported by both new york senators, democratic senator daniel patrick moynihan and republican senator dick motta. now if you watch tv or read newspapers or blogs to know that judge sotomayor has been called names as always happens in these supreme court nomination processes. she has been called names by talking heads on tv and radio and in most cases these commentators may have read the case or two others or even read a speech and took a sentence or so out of context and have decided that they are entitled to make a sweeping judgment about her judicial litmus based on a few words have been taken out of context. i think just about everything in the nominee's professional record is fair game to consider. after all we are obligated to

if he continues along this path the first realist that we have had in the white house susan george h. w. bush. and one other thing on that barack obama's approach on foreign-policy, it is similar to ronald reagan in another aspect. you talk about mucking things up. they have tried to blame reagan as their own despite the fact that neocons trashed reagan from his first days in 1981 until the time he left office in 1989. they said he loved to trade more than he loved human rights and that he dealt with the soviets too much. they were enraged u.s. trying to strike arms control deals, but reagan's rhetoric was an option of of hamas, but reagan knew what we needed after jimmy carter showed weakness across the globe. reagan knew we needed to talk tough, but reagan was a realist. he only send our troops into battle to times. >> host: talk about the evil empire and the whole revolution of candor he was speaking truth as american president for the first time in a generation about who the soviets were etc. but let us remember he does not invade eastern europe. you know what i mean? the use diplomacy, h