republican, independent, and it's fair to say that you couldn't have a better model for that than george h. w. bush. >> i think george bush saw politics as the path to public service. >> you think about his service to us as a nation, to be a war hero, to be an ambassador to china, u.s. representative at the u.n., to be the vice president of the united states, to be the president of the united states, to be the father of a future president. this man has affected this country and served this country in so many ways. >> he could pound his chest and say look at all i've done, but instead, he would always say this is what i believe in. >> he just has an extraordinary sense of humor. and sometimes, it catches you off guard. and when he can turn a prank against someone, it's always delicious for him. >> he has a rare humor, loves a good story. can't remember a punchline, but loves a good story. >> i really wanted to get it down to the bare essence of just -- i keep hearing that president bush is doing it. did you see? he did it on tv. he did it again. so he actually became pretty good at the impression of

sp c-span.org if you count george h. w. bush, and i do. really came to help our reagan in his second term. at joined the justice department in 1985, state your 1989 which allowed me to serve of the first year of the senior bush administration. and then in 2008 after an easter sunday epiphany i endorsed barack obama. he was not anticipating that. i was not anticipating it either at the beginning of the campaign because i began as a legal adviser to mitt romney and left that campaign only after heated after his defeat in the primaries. but i was very distressed about the manner in which the candid it's were treating each other, in particular the way in which mr. romney's religion had been handled. that caused me to think more broadly. one person that i discovered was the ecumenical community spirit of barack obama which was probably where i began life. as a democrat. a coordinator for john f. kennedy. you may remember that was a close election. some people say it was a close election because of the vote in cook county. some people even say i

the fa team jet fighters returned to the carrier george h. w. bush in the persian gulf.er in the day, u.s. aircraft carried two more strikes against militant forces. in one, a drone hit a morter position. waited for the fighters to return and hit it again, killing the fighters. four teams dropped a bomb on a convoy, then came back for a second pass dropping four more bombs. the militants are known as isis. but, they are in essence the successors to al-qaeda in iraq. they have surprised every with the swiftness of their attacks. tens of thousands of civilians have fled their homes. the pentagon estimates 35,000 are stranded on a mountain surrounded by fighters. late tonight, the u.s. force made a second air drop of aid to those refugees. they pushed it right out the back of the plane. military has delived more than 5,000 gallons of water and 28,000 meals. >> the united states has no right and no moral standing in the world today. >> in san francisco's union square tonight, dozens of people protested the bombings in iraq. >>> still heavy rain and high rains in hawaii tonig

fighter-bomber landing on uss george h. w. bush after another about round of air strikes in on iraq u.s. forces target the group islamic stakes also known as isis. pentagon says abutter drop artillery of used against the forces. hours after the president obama approve the strike >> : after reports >> : islamic militants controlled parts of syria i racked have a punch is of thousands of people away from their homes christians let those sheltering in this church have been threatened with extinction if they do not convert. >> : militants well-organized equipped with captured tanks aren't vehicles and artillery. turning to take control of direct biggest hydroelectric dam. right now lices controls more land mass than the entire country of great britain. was it official by joining the fight u.s. will do more harm than good. >> : we pushed the population further toward isis. obama administration risk of doing nothing is greater. >> : ices content of terror against innocence including minorities out of religion and grotesque targeted actio

today for example think george h. w. bush. he's 90-years-old jumping out of airplanes whereas george w. bush has been sent to the persian gulf in response to the possibility of another war in iraq. george w. bush decides i'm not going to criticize my successor to the model is to always be available for advice. there's a great deal of talk of the former presidents coming together to have a meeting. we have a record number tha with getting together and they can come up with a solution to the crisis. franklin pierce would try to initiate that meeting and as i described in my book he would end up undermining that meeting because he knew that appears was trying to subvert the war policy as a result of the meeting so being able to confidentially give advice -- they know enough to have been president and they served in the role they have the standing of the former president but they are out of politics and they seek no more political office for themselves and so they are in the best position to issue tended advice and confidential adv

might add, between george washington and george h w. bush, the debt was $10 trillion.oubled it just in his administration. we have 14 million more people on food stamps today than when obama became president. gas prices have gone to $3.80 a gallon. today 4 million people are not who had full-time jobs for years ago. president obama is dismantling our immigration laws by executive order. eric holder has filed a lawsuit against the states of texas, florida, arizona, utah, and tryingbecause they are to arrest people who are in this country illegally. is also filing lawsuits against the states of texas, north carolina, and florida because they want to require an id in order to vote. and what about lois lerner? [indiscernible] systematically arrest organizations it does not agree with philosophically. president obama went around the country when he was trying to pass obamacare. said he was going to reduce your premium 2500 dollars a year. he said, if you like your health insurance, you could keep it. he said, if you like your cantion -- physician you keep him or her. that i

counselor to the administrative drug enforcement administration, a special counsel to the president george h. w. bush. he's written several op-ed pieces on criminal law for "usa today," forbes, the "washington post" and u.s. news and world report. he's been interviewed and quoted by "the new york times" and "the wall street journal," has testified as an expert witness before congress, has appeared on ferries network programs and is a contributor to the blogs crime, consequences and powerline. mr. otis outgained his undergraduate degree at the university of north carolina at his juris doctorate at stanford law school. the chair will now recognize the gentleman from north carolina, to introduce our second witness. >> mr. chairman, it's my pleasure today to introduce a leader in this battle fighting against drug crimes. former assistant united states attorney eric evenson is here today. mr. evenson retired december last year after more than two decades as a federal prosecutor, and after significant experience as a prosecutor in the state courts of north carolina. he served as an assistant district attor

york times" today showing an american jet coming in on the flight deck of the carrier of the george h. w. bushwhich is in the persian gulf where some of these operations are being flown from and also in today's "washington post," a piece by the president of the kurdistan region of iraq asking for an expansion of the airstrikes that arair strikes tg in iraq in the northern region about the kurdistan region. the president writes it to a schedule that we received military support from the united states and others immediately. every day the terrorists are able to operate cranes a humanitarian crisis, description and hoarder. he writes every religion, state and community must voice its support for the civilization and humanithumanity in countries wia capacity to help first and foremost the united states must understand this is an urgent danger and act accordingly we must stop them now with air support and military could he writes we can't. >> caller: the question we should have never left. we should have kept your troops. we should have taken over the country. all of the legal tax and funds should

george h. wmplet bus w. bush asked me not ogo because there were places that were dangerous. the carter center had a policy of going into areas that, we don't have redescraints or restrictions of whom we meet. we can meet with leaders with whom the u.s. government has no relationships and the u.s. government will call on me as i go into north korea, cuba, palestinian factions, nepal and meet with a maoist, they asked me to ask questions and to bring back some answers. >> a final question for you. you have been critical of edward snowden, you believe that he broke the law with some of the revelations he made. but at the same time you think it was important that some of this be brought to light. >> i do. >> you said you're concerned that your e-mails are being looked at by the nsa, and when you have sensitive topics, you do handwritten letters. the head of the nsa has said they are not looking at your e-mails. >> that's a relief to know. i remember when the head of nsa one of them said that they didn't monitor american -- they didn't record american telephone calls. and it turn

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